Site created 12/15/97.		page created: 11/29/02 Welcome, one and all, to The Long Lost 3rd Annual Bitsy Awards... The Digital Bits' very own Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe rolled up into one. Every year, The Bitsys recognize outstanding work in DVD. And every year, it gets harder and harder to narrow down the field. The massive explosion in DVD's popularity has resulted in some absolutely incredible work. 2001 was no exception with our favorite format seeing... uh... Okay, we're not fooling anybody here. Owning to that fact that we could barely keep our servers in working order earlier this year, when we normally post The Bitsys, these awards are ridiculously, embarrassingly late. No question about that. In fact, at this point we'd be willing to wager that the vast majority of you assumed we'd simply forgotten about 'em. You may even be wondering why we'd bother doing it at this late date. Well, there are several good reasons for that. For starters, we could scarcely call them the "annual" Bitsy Awards if we skipped a year, now could we? Also, 2001 really was a banner year for DVD. Some of the most eagerly anticipated titles of all time made their digital debut. With the format really taking off, DVD producers felt free to experiment with features and create several truly groundbreaking discs. And besides... thanks to Stanley Kubrick, the year 2001 still sounds futuristic, so it doesn't really feel like these are all that late. We've made a few slight changes to the awards format this year. Each category has no more than three winners (well... except for one or two where we ended up with ties, weak-willed jellyfish that we are). We truly want these awards to reflect the very best the format has to offer, so while the selection process was extremely difficult, each category ended up with a winner and two runners-up... a gold, silver and bronze... a Moe, Curly and Larry (I suppose the categories with ties have a Curly Joe or a Shemp, too). Plus, we've brought in a brand new category: Best Psychotronic DVD. With a nod to Michael Weldon for coining the word in the first place, Best Psychotronic DVD will honor excellence in the presentation of cult cinema on disc. Small changes aside, the idea remains the same. We'll take a look at our favorites from 2001, as well as a few of our not-so-favorites. So return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear as we proudly present Bitsys III: The Search For Spock! P.S. - Our promise to you, the reader... The 4th Annual Bitsys will appear MUCH, much sooner than these did. In fact, given that 2002 is almost over, they're practically right around the corner at this point... Bill Hunt, Todd Doogan and Adam Jahnke (your humble hosts) The Digital Bits Editors' Top 10 Choices Outstanding Achievements in DVD for 2001 Other DVD Awards for 2001
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