Bouncing over the acting nominations, because I'm sure there's going to be plenty of those complains everywhere.

So: Technical awards. What a mess.

The production design for non period drama are: Constantine, Game of Thrones, Gotham, House of Cards, and True Blood.

Not just Gotham, the Gotham PILOT.

I'm so insulted.

The Stunt Coordination category is always so dumb that it's hardly worth getting mad about anymore, but the Daredevil snub there still stings.

But inside gossip news: Apparently Daredevil submitted the first two episodes, the Fisk flashback episode, and the FINALE as their for your consideration pack so no wonder.

The finale is just so terrible. A giant leap backwards aesthetically.

They still should have been a stunt shoo-in for "Cut Man"

Well at least Arrow's in good company as they get snubbed again this year.

But for real, Daredevil should not have submitted the finale. They could have had a real shot at production design with a better episode.

They were betting it all on Vincent D'Onofrio getting an acting nomination and lost hard.

I DON'T KNOW ENUOGH ABOUT THESE TOPICS TO GET MAD MYSELF BUT I AM SO HERE FOR GETTING MAD ON YOUR OWN BEHALF. Also I never saw Daredevil yet, so… would you mind explaining why it is such a bad snub????

I AM SURE YOU ARE RIGHT BUT I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHY

Sure thing! I love talking about stunt stuff because it's a really overlooked because of how blandly most action movies and procedurals approach it.

In terms of tv shows, stunt coordination is almost always the same thing as fight choreography because of filming constraints.

Budget is a big one as well as scheduling, but the rise of prestige dramas and streaming services has decreased that impact.

Right now the biggest factor is the size of tvs and other screens. Making something look good on a movie screen vs a tv vs a computer monitor.

So smaller screens, so the action also has to be smaller. Fewer battles, fewer long car chases, more one on one stuff.

And Daredevil really nailed the smaller scale (outside of the finale)

Episode 2, "Cut Man", ends with a three minute long fight scene done in one take! Which Netflix has helpfully put on youtube for us: Marvel's Daredevil - Hallway Fight Scene - Netflix [...

Probably because it was fucking everywhere the night it went up on Netflix because people were flipping out.

The scene just nails so many really hard pieces of fight choreography.

A lot of action movie will have the hero just blow through bad guys never breaking a sweat. When they punch someone, the guy stays down.

Daredevil has Matt look exhausted as he struggles to win the fight. He's not instantly a great fighter, even though he's trained for it!

Which is important for setting the tone for the series. You get from watching it that Matt's not been doing this hero thing long. He's just realizing how over the head he is but he keeps going.

It's a great character piece, which is overlooked in action a lot.

Plus it's just so well done. The camera turning to follow the action in the cramped hallway and the lighting is just so nice.

Daredevil definitely had some episodes with less than ideal lighting. It's a dark show, but that doesn't mean it needs to be so dark I can't see it on my laptop, okay Netflix?

But the hallway fight has good lighting. Moody without obscuring.

The Emmys are often shallow in their nominations. The same shows get them every year.

No one was expecting a best drama award for Daredevil, but the stunt thing seemed like a nice gimme.

They did get a sound editing nomination, which is hilarious.

"Award for best use of crunching bone in soundtrack"

As far as the episodes picked to be submitted, I think just too many shows send pilots and finales. They're rarely the best ones.

There's a lot of episodes that would have showcased a bigger rang for Daredevil. The ones they picked were heavy on the Kingpin role while the supporting cast had a weak showing.

So it grates.

I think Deborah Ann Woll could have had a shot as supporting actress with a stronger episode choice. Or at least got her name out there for future seasons.

I guess she was technically a lead but the lead vs supporting categories in awards is always ridiculous.

As far as production design, it's more complicated. I just hate how Gotham looks.

It's trying to be gritty, but it's the shallow, predictable, surface level grittiness. Like soggy sandpaper.

Maybe Daredevil isn't much better, but it looks amazing next to the rest of the MCU.

The MCU just is weak in terms of style. The Avengers effect of trying to shove everything into the same box.

Emmys and their technical awards. Always so many weird choices.

Alright, this hallway scene is totally awesome, and I completely see what you mean. It's coherent and interesting (I love how the door stays in the shot and is at an angle so it serves as an impromptu

platform and also inconvenient barrier) and yeah, the colors look sharp and interesting and you get a real visceral sense of what is happen and how it could actually happen like that irl. Really, really cool!!

I haven't really seen any of Gotham but everything I've heard about it makes it seem like a totally forgettable and sometimes totally awful show. I mean, I'm prejudiced against Batman related stuff to begin

with (the only Batman I liked was the cartoon and the movie where Jack Nicholson was the Joker but I liked those a LOTTT)

but even people who were primed to love it seemed to be dropping it heavily, early on.

Gotham has a lot of problems as a concept. By setting it right after that Wayne's murders while Bruce is a kid means you can't have Batman villains running around

but no one wants to watch Jim Gordon solve regular crimes so they have to twist themselves in knots making the timeline works.

Combine that with the vagueness of the world building (what era is it? what technology is invented? who knows what?) and it's just style with nothing underneath.

And the style isn't particularly unique or inspired. So it's just sort of there, its parts never forming a cohesive whole.

I really appreciate your interest in these fringe media topics! Sadly I do not have much sexy Hollywood gossip to share, only weird screener drama.

NO THAT IS OKAY I DON'T CARE ABOUT SEXY HOLLYWOOD DRAMA NEARLY AS MUCH AS I CARE ABOUT THIS MORE TECHNICAL MINUTIA