The 2010 Gorsline Awards

Welcome all to the 2010 edition of the Gorsline Awards, where I pick my favorites across all of pop culture. All the awards are solely based on my own opinion and are only based on what I have seen. So, if you disagree, that's fine, feel free to comment. I love to talk about all of this stuff or else I wouldn't be doing this.

MUSIC

I'll be honest, music isn't really my thing. I enjoy music but I'm not a big follower. For me the highlight of the year was listening to the entire Beatles library, my favorite album was Revolver. I also listen to new music and below are the three songs I enjoyed most this year:

"Animal" by Neon Trees
"F$%@ You" by Cee-Lo
"Magic" by B.o.B. and Rivers Cuomo

COMICS

Unfortunately this is a slowly dying medium, fewer people read comics every year even though the characters and stories are huge on the silver screen no one wants to make the leap to the printed page. The industry needs to convert to digital and they need to do it yesterday. Fortunately, the industry has not suffered creatively.

Favorite Superhero Comic

From Marvel: Ultimate Spider-Man - For a line that appeared to be dead, Brian Bendis has re-energized this title to make it one of my favorite reads every month.

From DC: The Flash - I was incredibly surprised at how much I enjoy this book since prior to this year the Flash was one of my least favorite characters, but I love the ride Geoff Johns has been taking us on.

From the Other Guys: Invincible - True this is the only Independent "Super-Hero" comic that I read but it is a terrific read.

Favorite Non-Superhero Comic

This is easy. "Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour." I know a lot of people were not thrilled with the ending to this epic story, but I loved it and thought it was perfect. The series proved that comics are still a reliable medium for telling stories full of emotion and humour.

VIDEO GAMES

This year I have started a GameFly subscription and I have loved it. It's let me play games that I normally wouldn't get the chance to play and this year I got to play several of the big releases of the year and my favorite was Mass Effect 2. It has great gameplay and a terrific story. If you have a system that you can play it on, grab it and play it before Mass Effect 3 comes out next year.

TELEVISION

Favorite Comidic Performance by a Female

Amy Poehler as Leslie Knoppe on Parks and Recreation

Favorite Comedic Performance by a Male

Danny Pudi as Abed on Community

Favorite Sitcom

Parks and Recreation - A great show not watched by enough people. It mirrors the Office because the first season wasn't very strong but this past season was comedy gold. I hope it stays around for a long time.

Best Dramatic Performance by a Female

Elizabeth Moss as Peggy on Mad Men

Best Dramatic Performance by a Male

John Hamm as Donald Draper on Mad Men

Best Drama

Mad Men - I love this show. There is no show that rewards its audience by paying attention to the subtleties put into every performance than Mad Men. It is TV perfection

Special Mention - Lost. It is one of my favorite shows of all time and it finally came to an end this year. It may not have been what everyone wanted, but it brought closure to the survivors of Oceanic flight 815 and that is what I really wanted.

Best New Show

The Walking Dead - To be honest so far this TV season has been crap. The Walking Dead isn't perfect and needs some work if it is going to have some legs. But right now it is a really fun ride.

MOVIES

Favorite Female Performance of the Year

Natalie Portman in "Black Swan"

Favorite Male Performance of the Year

Joseph Gordon-Levitt in "Inception"

Favorite Movie

"Inception" - It's not a Pixar movie! My favorite movies over the last two years have been Pixar movies. But this year Christopher Nolan's epic picture has taken hold of my mind and won't let go. It is easily my favorite film of the year.