Suicide Girls models pose on the red carpet at Spike TV's 'Scream 2008' Awards at Greek Theatre in Hollywood. (Photo by Flynet Pictures)
Judging from the pictures and video on Spike.com, the Scream Awards proved itself to be an interesting barometer of pop culture Saturday night. (Not to sound like an ad for the show, but you'll have to wait until Tuesday to see it.)
Stars and freaks stood side-by-side on the red carpet as the Suicide Girls, Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie rubbed elbows with the likes of Liv Tyler, "Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan and even George Lucas.
The awards show bills itself as honoring the best in comics, fantasy, sci-fi and horror, but those genres bisected with mainstream media more than usual this year. Not only has "Dark Knight" been one of the most widely acclaimed and financially successful films of the year, but "Iron Man" brought another comic book character to the big screen for a successful debut.
The show featured a special guest appearance from George Lucas and a band of storm troopers, a performance by Marilyn Manson and Tim Burton entering via giant balloon.
From the LA Times:
"The Scream Awards presented a pop-culture environment where filmmakers like 'Dark Knight' director Christopher Nolan shared the same stage as comic-book writers such as Mike Mignola, creator of 'Hellboy,' who said that in the old days Hollywood would strip-mine comics and scoff at the creators. Now, they walk on the same red carpet, which on Saturday night had giant posters of the Green Lantern and Spider-Man above it.
'Comic books have given birth to all of this," Mignola said. 'Comic books are the baby that gave birth to a giant. And sometimes it was a difficult delivery.'"
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