:D
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 5 January 2018 02:25 (six years ago) link
i am excite
There were some ballots that I didn't know whose they were, so I just wrote their name or whatever the email suggested it might be. Also, if you haven't gotten a response back from me saying that your ballot's recorded, that means I didn't get your ballot and you should re-submit.
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Friday, 5 January 2018 02:28 (six years ago) link
hmm i sent my ballot on xmas eve but didn't get a response, just sent you another email
― flappy bird, Friday, 5 January 2018 02:31 (six years ago) link
Received!
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Friday, 5 January 2018 02:34 (six years ago) link
i am excite― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl)
Sly tribute to Tommy Wiseau.
― clemenza, Friday, 5 January 2018 02:47 (six years ago) link
sent, dammit
needed 55-60
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 5 January 2018 04:01 (six years ago) link
Sent!
― devvvine, Friday, 5 January 2018 11:52 (six years ago) link
ok i'm in
― not raving but droning (Noodle Vague), Friday, 5 January 2018 12:55 (six years ago) link
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 5 January 2018 13:34 (six years ago) link
No Hollis Frampton - I suggest we stop this now.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 5 January 2018 19:00 (six years ago) link
i never made the mistake of looking at the nominees' list
still i mostly went for canonical narrative directors
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 5 January 2018 19:09 (six years ago) link
Yeah just sent this
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 5 January 2018 19:15 (six years ago) link
Oh I looked at the list - can't believe I didn't nominate Frampton, he's my favourite canon experimental filmmaker.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 5 January 2018 19:16 (six years ago) link
tfw you haven't included Ray or Kurosawa in your final 50.
http://images.mid-day.com/images/2017/nov/Drinking-poison.jpg
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 5 January 2018 19:17 (six years ago) link
Man Ray, Nick Ray or Satyajit?
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 5 January 2018 19:22 (six years ago) link
I haven't included any Rays though I was talking about Satyajit.
Making me ill rn but there was some modern shit I wanted to include.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 5 January 2018 19:26 (six years ago) link
Also, if you haven't gotten a response back from me saying that your ballot's recorded, that means I didn't get your ballot and you should re-submit.
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Friday, January 5, 2018 2:28 AM (seventeen hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Does this apply to today as well? Not had a response yet.
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 5 January 2018 19:59 (six years ago) link
me neither, but Eric hasn't posted here either tbf
― not raving but droning (Noodle Vague), Friday, 5 January 2018 20:10 (six years ago) link
True, don't want to seem pushy, just legitimately concerned my #1 vote Michael Bay won't make the cut.
(I jest)
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 5 January 2018 20:15 (six years ago) link
Today's ballots haven't been counted yet.
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Friday, 5 January 2018 20:17 (six years ago) link
I don't want to give anything away other than to say that the top dozen or so have really started to firm up their leads and positions, but for a little while there, we were looking at a truly "Deeper and Deeper" at #3 on the Madonna poll situation. (I've said too much.)
Also, I WILL say this: If you're on the fence about voting, fully the entire bottom half of the list could be radically altered with just one or two votes.
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Friday, 5 January 2018 20:20 (six years ago) link
Yeah, get voting people!
The process took me an hour and a half, and the longlist was 110 directors... It was too hard so basically filled 20-50 in 5 minutes (which is probably the right way to go for me).
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 5 January 2018 20:22 (six years ago) link
Only regret was not nominating Claude Lelouch and reading one could do a write in only after I submitted, but such is life.
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 5 January 2018 20:23 (six years ago) link
Only get voting if you vote for the same things as me! Otherwise go away!
― emil.y, Friday, 5 January 2018 20:33 (six years ago) link
Otm.
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 5 January 2018 20:34 (six years ago) link
this could be a pretty weird list
― not raving but droning (Noodle Vague), Friday, 5 January 2018 20:35 (six years ago) link
we were looking at a truly "Deeper and Deeper" at #3 on the Madonna poll situation. (I've said too much.)
that's Greek to me!
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 5 January 2018 20:36 (six years ago) link
Only one person has voted for one specific director that made me want to make like Mr. McAllister with those two Tracy Flick ballots.
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Friday, 5 January 2018 20:36 (six years ago) link
...one person so far
― not raving but droning (Noodle Vague), Friday, 5 January 2018 20:38 (six years ago) link
xp just my way of saying that one awesomely left-field director choice was making major headway to finish in the top 3 ... and could still tbh, since I haven't counted today's ballots yet
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Friday, 5 January 2018 20:38 (six years ago) link
this could be a pretty weird awesome list
FTFM.
― Polly of the Pre-Codes (j.lu), Friday, 5 January 2018 20:43 (six years ago) link
agree!
― not raving but droning (Noodle Vague), Friday, 5 January 2018 20:43 (six years ago) link
my bowels are uneasy
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 5 January 2018 20:53 (six years ago) link
lol
― Dan S, Friday, 5 January 2018 20:54 (six years ago) link
I think we all know this is going to be bad for your dyspepsia Morbs
― not raving but droning (Noodle Vague), Friday, 5 January 2018 21:23 (six years ago) link
I'm probably going to laugh myself sick when I see the final tallies, but right now I'm excited. And Fred, I hope you'll reveal to us later some of these portentous hints you've started dropping.
― Polly of the Pre-Codes (j.lu), Friday, 5 January 2018 23:08 (six years ago) link
Just sent my ballot in, excited for the roll-out. My top 10 or so feels fairly canonical, but it was hard for me to justify putting some of my current favorites above the people who really shaped the medium.
― intheblanks, Friday, 5 January 2018 23:28 (six years ago) link
All different approaches to a mammoth task like this are equally viable imo, though I steered away from those "having shaped the medium" in favor of directors I think r cool. But it's all good, which is what will make this poll one of the greatest on here, I'm sure.
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 5 January 2018 23:42 (six years ago) link
yeah, i mean, they were also formative directors for me when i was younger. Also when i do watch movies by one of those directors, i usually think " this is one of the greatest things ever made," even if i spend more time watching stuff from the 70s nowadays
― intheblanks, Friday, 5 January 2018 23:46 (six years ago) link
anyway, probably boring to discuss before the roll-out, i'm really interested to see how things shake out
― intheblanks, Friday, 5 January 2018 23:47 (six years ago) link
Still maybe a little time to get a ballot in, fwiw.
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Saturday, 6 January 2018 05:20 (six years ago) link
Wait for meeeee
― Bitcoin Baja (wins), Saturday, 6 January 2018 10:03 (six years ago) link
Submitted, hopefully in time. I bumped Spielberg for Hellman but I promise I didn't feel great about it
― Bitcoin Baja (wins), Saturday, 6 January 2018 10:11 (six years ago) link
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 5 January 2018 19:00 (yesterday)
voted HF on a right in
― plax (ico), Saturday, 6 January 2018 13:39 (six years ago) link
but yeah, weird omission, nostalgia is a key film at the very least. also so many mediocre filmmakers nominated.
― plax (ico), Saturday, 6 January 2018 13:43 (six years ago) link
Think the results thread will be a lot of arguments about poptimistic votes
― not raving but droning (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 6 January 2018 13:46 (six years ago) link
I wrote in one director whose omission seems p egregious to me and, looking upthread, see at least one other I prob would have voted for if they'd been on the list(Which is kinda the argument for nominating all those mediocre filmmakers, it is useful to work from a list of all the filmmakers that are at all notable - I know I nominated ppl I had no intention of voting for but others might, & it's easy to forget even fave faves when throwing a list together)
― Bitcoin Baja (wins), Saturday, 6 January 2018 13:51 (six years ago) link
I realised yesterday that I had forgotten to vote for Joe Dante in favour of putting in "important" & "arty" directors. But then I couldn't decide who to replace so figured I should just stick with what I sent in. But Gremlins tho.
― emil.y, Saturday, 6 January 2018 15:07 (six years ago) link