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Originally Posted by Kandarian Demon
But a vote for a movie you haven't seen means nothing.
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I disagree and its something I've discussed previously in this thread too.... If there is a weight of evidence to demonstrate how significant a movie is or how much impact it had on the genre we are discussing, I think a case can certainly be made for a blind backing. Its fine to give your own opinions and have a certain level of due diligence and
no one is being made to conform to anyone else opinion. However, if someone can convince me of the importance and impact a movie has had on the genre, you better believe I'm going to sit up and take notice. Or do you really think that the people who have blind backed movies are doing so because they want to appear 'cool'?
It's my understanding that we are trying to vote for more than just 'our favourite' movies.... I can name a ton of movies that have immense nostalgic value to me personally that would not even come close to any of the lists I have made for this project.
I just think there is more room than people realise in this debate. Are we saying that if we had only seen 20 movies from a decade that we should list those as the top 20 movies of the decade, simply because they are the best by default? That just seems wrong.
Ultimately these lists are what they are and I don't mind how people vote or what people back or don't back, but I am going to continue backing the movies I do, despite the majority failing to get much support. I also appreciate anyone who has blind backed any movie I have supported and I don't feel the backings 'mean nothing' or have been done because they 'like me'... I hope my backings have stood on their own merit...