The list has been added to the bottom of the page. I couldn't stand the not knowing.
I will watch one a week, depending on what Netflix sends, but staying relatively in order. And then I will post about the experience. Aren't you all excited? :)
The first viewing will be next Tuesday. Hoping to do Monty Python, but netflix has not told me I can expect to see it. I will announce what I'm watching the day before.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
before i post the list...
I just gotta say... there were many more complications than I expected. 2 of them, in fact.
1) I watched the poll results pretty closely... and about 2 days before the end of the poll, one of the movies started gaining many more votes than it had previously. I happen to work at a place where we do internet polling with our sites... and I was talking with a couple guys from work about this (one of them had brought it up with me earlier, due to a conversation he had with a friend who also noticed this... in fact, it was due to this conversation that I started paying more attention). One of the guys who actually pays attention to polling trends as a part of his job, suggested that the reason behind this was the someone made a post or sent an email somewhere along the way that said "go here and vote for ____".
I think they missed the point.
Anyway, after a lot of thought and discussion, I have decided to leave it alone. What it comes down to is that, frankly, I'm too lazy to put a bunch of work into making another poll, getting people to come vote for it, tallying everything up again... especially when, more than likely, I would get the same results. In the grand scheme of things, it really doesn't matter.. no puppies will die from the possibility of this poll being compromised.
2) I had a 4-way tie for 48th, 49th, and 50th places. I really should have anticipated this one. but I didn't. I made another poll in my personal blog, and got it narrowed down to two movies for 50th... But then what? should I have yet another poll? when they seem to be going so well? I debated flipping coins, rolling dice, darts... and came to the conclusion that, again, it really doesn't matter that much, and I am lazy. So, there will be a total of 51 movies. I'm still calling this the top 50 list though. 51 sounds unnatural.. and a little odd (don't think about that one too hard- it's really not worth it).
So, the next post will have the top 50 list. Are you all as excited as I am? Ooooh! When will that list get posted? tomorrow? over the weekend? Who knows?
Not me, that's for sure.
1) I watched the poll results pretty closely... and about 2 days before the end of the poll, one of the movies started gaining many more votes than it had previously. I happen to work at a place where we do internet polling with our sites... and I was talking with a couple guys from work about this (one of them had brought it up with me earlier, due to a conversation he had with a friend who also noticed this... in fact, it was due to this conversation that I started paying more attention). One of the guys who actually pays attention to polling trends as a part of his job, suggested that the reason behind this was the someone made a post or sent an email somewhere along the way that said "go here and vote for ____".
I think they missed the point.
Anyway, after a lot of thought and discussion, I have decided to leave it alone. What it comes down to is that, frankly, I'm too lazy to put a bunch of work into making another poll, getting people to come vote for it, tallying everything up again... especially when, more than likely, I would get the same results. In the grand scheme of things, it really doesn't matter.. no puppies will die from the possibility of this poll being compromised.
2) I had a 4-way tie for 48th, 49th, and 50th places. I really should have anticipated this one. but I didn't. I made another poll in my personal blog, and got it narrowed down to two movies for 50th... But then what? should I have yet another poll? when they seem to be going so well? I debated flipping coins, rolling dice, darts... and came to the conclusion that, again, it really doesn't matter that much, and I am lazy. So, there will be a total of 51 movies. I'm still calling this the top 50 list though. 51 sounds unnatural.. and a little odd (don't think about that one too hard- it's really not worth it).
So, the next post will have the top 50 list. Are you all as excited as I am? Ooooh! When will that list get posted? tomorrow? over the weekend? Who knows?
Not me, that's for sure.
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