Episode 7: 2021: Endgame

"So this is Christmas/and what have you done?/Another year over/a new one just begun."
                 -John Lennon, "Happy Xmas (War is Over)"

2021 Awards Show
   A few years ago, I believe it was 2019, I had my own "Awards show". I gathered up nominees for the best tv shows, movies, and whatnot of that year and decided who I thought was the winner of each. So this year I decided to bring it back, and to make my end of the year blog be it. So let's just jump right into it.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
-Mercury - Act 1 by Imagine Dragons
-OK Orchestra by AJR
-Pressure Machine by The Killers
-Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night by Bleachers
     -WINNER: OK Orchestra by AJR
SONG OF THE YEAR
-"Choker" by Twenty One Pilots
-"Give Me the Future" by Bastille
-"Joe" AJR
-"Wrecked" by Imagine Dragons
     -WINNER: "Give Me the Future" by Bastille
MOVIE OF THE YEAR
-Free Guy
-Ghostbusters: Afterlife
-Nobody
-Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
-Spider-Man: No Way Home
-The Suicide Squad
-Tick, Tick... Boom!
     -WINNER: Spider-Man: No Way Home 
MOVIE ACTOR OF THE YEAR
-Paul Rudd in Ghostbusters: Afterlife 
-John Cena in The Suicide Squad
-Bob Odenkirk in Nobody
-Simu Liu in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
-Andrew Garfield in Tick, Tick... Boom!
-Ryan Reynolds in Free Guy
-Tom Holland in Spider-Man: No Way Home
     -WINNER: Paul Rudd in Ghostbusters: Afterlife
MOVIE ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
-Mckenna Grace in Ghostbusters: Afterlife
-Margot Robbie in The Suicide Squad
-Awkwafina in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
-Emily Blunt in A Quiet Place Pt. II
-Zendaya in Spider-Man: No Way Home
-Angelina Jolie in Eternals
-Scarlett Johansson in Black Widow
     -WINNER: Margot Robbie in The Suicide Squad
TELEVISION SERIES OF THE YEAR
-Dave (Season Two)
-Loki (Season One)
-Supergirl (Season Six)
-Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Season Eight) 
-It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Season Fifteen)
-Squid Game (Season One)
-The Walking Dead (Season Eleven)
      -WINNER: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (S15)
TELEVISION ACTOR OF THE YEAR
-Tyler Hoechlin in Superman and Lois
-Anthony Mackie in The Falcon & the Winter Soldier
-Andy Samberg in Brooklyn Nine-Nine
-Norman Reedus in The Walking Dead
-Cress Williams in Black Lightning
     -WINNER: Anthony Mackie in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
TELEVISION ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
-Alycia Debnam-Carey in Fear the Walking Dead
-Elizabeth Olsen in WandaVision
-Hailee Steinfeld in Hawkeye
-Danielle Panabaker in The Flash
-Melissa Benoist in Supergirl
      -WINNER: Hailee Steinfeld in Hawkeye
YOUTUBER OF THE YEAR
-Jacksfilms
-Rhett & Link
-Danny Gonzalez
-Internet Comment Etiquette
    -WINNER: Danny Gonzalez
AND NOW, A SPECIAL INTERVIEW
   For this interview, I talked to my friend Colton. Here are the questions I asked him:

1. What was your favorite new movie this year?
2. What was your favorite new show or new season of a show this year?
3. Were there any movies or shows you really didn't like?
4. What was some of your favorite music this year?
5. What did you think of the new Spider-Man movie?

And his responses!

Spider-Man was my favorite but the 007 movie was a close second. I was excited for the new season of big mouth and it was pretty funny. I thought squid game was pretty overrated, but it was entertaining enough to watch it. I didn’t watch much of the other new shows. I’m a huge fan of the album Kommunity Service by YG and Mozzy for music this year. I’m really into rap. The new Spider-Man was great because it didn’t have plot holes, it was funny, heart wrenching, and it was overall very entertaining

Big thanks to Colton for agreeing to be this week's special guest. See you next for the New Year's Special (the last of the special trilogy)!

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