Congrats to "The Methuselah Generation," This Week's Project of the Week - UPDATED

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• REALLY?? | November 24, 2011 10:03 AMReply

  David Alvarado- Your #4 Update on Kickstarter makes it very clear why people question your credibility. Your statement which appears below is false as verified by Indiewire as BENDING STEEL was announced the WINNER. When voting closed, BENDING STEEL was 40-50 votes ahead. Indiewire admitted making a mistake declaring Methuselah the winner. You even congratulated BENDING STEEL on their win on Facebook. SHAME ON YOU for claiming you ended up tying. You forgot the word UPDATED after Methuselah wins in your update. Just as another person commented, you are disingenuous. Get updates by RSS Update #4: Methuselah wins! Posted about 5 hours ago Thanks everyone for your vote in the IndieWire "Project of the Week" contest. We ended up tying for a technicality with another great project, "Bending Steel".

• David Alvarado | November 26, 2011 6:30 PM

  Look, the polls had a technical hiccup at the eleventh hour, and both teams were loosing votes as they came in. Nobody disputes that. So it's like a mistrial, and the good news is that both projects go on to the next stage. I'm sure that Bending Steel will do just as good if not better for project of the month.
  But more importantly, for your sake, please relax. You may live longer.

• Ryan Scafuro | November 22, 2011 11:17 PMReply

  I'd like to respectfully ask that everyone stop making insulting comments about either of the films. It does not help the situation and neither filmmakers are at fault here, it's clearly a case of the polling system being flawed and disorganized. Also, it's my birthday and I'd like to have a few glasses of wine instead of sitting in front of the computer and hitting the refresh button ever 5 seconds like I have been since Friday. Thanks.

• hugo_stiglitz | November 23, 2011 1:19 AM

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• JUST WONDERING | November 22, 2011 10:37 PMReply

  The Methuselah Generation: The Science of Living Forever
  A Documentary project in New York, NY by David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg
  ONLY HAS 55 BACKERS ON KICKSTARTER
  Makes one wonder: How did all of the Indiewire votes materialize with only 55 backers? I guess they do need the publicity, so that's what they won't play fair. In addition, I guess that explains their Science Of Living Together.

• David Alvarado | November 23, 2011 4:07 PM

  Not to mention, we've barely begun the fundraising process. We're only 10% our goal and our hope is to start raising awareness of the kickstarter page after this contest. I wish you wouldn't resort to calling us cheaters, we played a fair game here. Just because IndieWire made a goof, I don't see why you would malign us like this.

• Alucard | November 23, 2011 12:27 PM

  Know who else is part of the anti-aging community? Vampires!!! AH-AH-AHHH!!!

• Too | November 23, 2011 11:03 AM

  That's probably because the anti-aging community is a lot bigger than the bending steal community in general, e.i. people who normally engage in supporting the actual research have voted for "Methuselah Generation".

• Michael Jackson | November 22, 2011 10:27 PMReply

  ::eats popcorn::

• I live with my mom | November 22, 2011 10:25 PMReply

  While there is no clear winner in this contest, its very clear that there are plenty of losers - everyone posting here.

• Film girlie | November 22, 2011 9:58 PMReply

  Hey guys! So I logged on to check the results, and boy was I suprised. Not because Methuselah Generation won, but because of some of the comments that were made. The truth is that yes, the poll was flawed, BUT regardless of errors, the poll ended at the same time for all participants! Everyone had an equal chance of winning. Sure, it's disappointing, yet what is not good for the community is to direct inappropriate comments toward other filmmakers! And let me note for those who are wondering, I am not affiliated with The Methuselah Generation.

• Dave Carroll | November 22, 2011 10:22 PM

  You have some valid points regarding the community and respect but I completely disagree with your assessment of it being fair at the end. We had long since ended Bending Steel's online campaign for votes once we won both Monday's (10a) and Tuesday's (10a) polls. Loggin error or not we dealt with the same issues. We clearly thought that after 10am today we were far beyond reasonable doubt of winning and let the win slip as we all had better things to do.

• kathryn scafuro | November 22, 2011 9:53 PMReply

  Thankls for correcting the error of your ways. Bending Steel was ahead and does deserve the Project of the Week...this is so important to many people and the polling is expected to be first rate. Filmaking is an art and so much work goes into every film, this should not happen again...a little work on the website may be necessary to prevent this happening again....go BENDING STEEL!!!

• Jake | November 22, 2011 9:47 PMReply

  There was no 'obvious winner'. The poll was extended because there was a discrepancy in the deadline. Both sides had an equal shot at continued votes. Both sides lost votes because of an app error. Furthermore, claims of cheating are ridiculous. The Methuselah Generation community is strong and vast across the Internet and we mobilized at the right time and worked hard to get the word out about this lucrative contest. We have way better things to be doing with our time then creating fake FB profiles, trust me. Passionate supporters of film should be happy that this kind of enthusiasm exists for independent film. Rampant negativity will not help any of us accomplish any of our goals.

• Ryan Scafuro | November 22, 2011 9:43 PMReply

  Another quick note, our kickstarter project is set to end in 2.5 hours and instead of promoting it I am stressing out about this contest, which is not really helpful. So let me add... IF YOU WANT TO DONATE TO THE BENDING STEEL KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN YOU CAN DO SO HERE... ONLY 2.5 HOURS LEFT!!!! ;) http://kck.st/nQiYDu

• EXAMINE YOUR CONSCIENCE | November 22, 2011 9:40 PMReply

  Regarding Brendan's Comment- Apparently Jason Sussberg from Methuselah admitted Bending Steel won. PLEASE READ- Jason Sussberg good job team "bending steel." it's jason from Methuselah. you out-competed us! good luck on your film. hope to see it. This is posted on Bending Steel facebook page for the world to see. The only way you can make up for your mistake is to declare Bending Steel the winner simply because they won. It appears that Indiwire is the only one who doesn't know the obvious winner. You need to take immediate action and declare Bending Steel the sole winner since Methuselah already conceded Bending Steel the victory. First, voting didn't end as scheduled when Bending Steel was clearly winning. Second, Methuselah conceded in a facebook posting. TWO WRONGS DO NOT MAKE A RIGHT. Indiwire needs to answer to the public, why you insist on declaring Methuselah a winner along with Bending Steel when all the evidence proves otherwise?
  
  Your Comment

• ms. lady | November 22, 2011 9:49 PM

  Regardless what Jason said, apparently people had been trying to vote even before the first deadline but could not. I assume he was trying to be a good sport and assuming no specific wrongdoing on anyone's part. Obviously the poll itself had problems and thus the two frontrunners, who were very close in the # of votes throughout the past few days, deserve to be rewarded.

• Al Gore | November 22, 2011 9:40 PMReply

  People, stop being mean. Remember, I invented this place.

• Dave Carroll | November 22, 2011 9:35 PMReply

  Hey Dana, thanks for listening and clearly taking this seriously. The Indiewire POTW and POTM is really important to the indie film community and we certainly appreciate it. Thanks for acknowledging Bending Steel and our position in the poll. We'll await Indiewire's decision. I also want to thank our supporters, Ryan and I appreciate it.

• Ryan Scafuro | November 22, 2011 9:10 PMReply

  Hi Dana, thank you for your response. In the above edit, you say the poll was supposed to close at "10am today." I would like to be very clear that in the email that was sent out to all the participants by Bryce, the contest was to end at "MONDAY Nov 21 at 10AM." I agree with what was proposed in "Pacific's" commment: you should close this contest until you are able to run it better, and declare all POTW winners as POTM, giving them all the status and prize. This has caused a good deal of stress and has not been fair to anyone involved. I'm sure the producers of "The Methuselah Generation" would be amenable to this as well.

• Ryan Scafuro | November 22, 2011 9:25 PM

  Sorry I meant to state that I am a co-producer of "Bending Steel" in that comment. And to echo David's statement, the producers of both projects have been nothing but respectful to each other, and started a dialogue before any of this confusion began. After all, we are first and foremost filmmakers.

• David Alvarado | November 22, 2011 9:07 PMReply

  Hey all, David Alvarado here. I'm one of the directors for The Methuselah Generation. Aside from all the mean-spirited comments about our film, we agree fully that there was obviously an error in the polls. I think at 10am there was something like 15-20 points ahead for Steel, but the polls did not close. I don't think either team knew what to make of that. But additionally, as those of you watching closely ought to know, the polls were also locked up and people could not vote for films due to an app error. I have numerous screen grabs to show the amount of people writing to Jason and me at 9:45am, saying that they could not vote due to an app error at the eleventh hour. Given that fact, it could have reasonably been us to win. Therefore, with this uncertainty, I agree with IndieWIRE's decision to give both projects equal winnings. Maybe even a dual "Project of the Week" announcement is due here, yes?
  But a final two thoughts: 1) The director's of Steel and Methuselah have been very respectful of each other. We would hope that everyone else continues to be respectful and DISCONTINUES to write these rude comments. We are all indie filmmakers and should support one another, not insult. 2) Allegations of cheating are tempting, but unfounded and even libelous. The numbers that both teams earned are amazingly high, but they are due to hard work and sleepless nights of fire and fury. Both films deserve this recognition, if nothing else for our obvious dedication. Thanks for your time.

• Dodger | November 23, 2011 6:22 AM

  Your Comment
  Mr. Alvarado, you conceded victory to Bending Steel on Facebook. Your above comments now make you disingenious. Now you say there were poll problems that should enable Indiewire to continue to run the polls without notification to the filmmakers, until Indie arbitrarily closes the poll when you are ahead.

• Hmmm... | November 22, 2011 8:56 PMReply

  Dana, thanks for your post. Unfortunately you will never please everyone and I believe your solution is a fair one.

• Hmmmm....No | November 22, 2011 9:05 PM

  Fair is acknowledging the real winner! Bending Steel deserves this.

• Not Dana | November 22, 2011 9:01 PM

  DO OVER!!!

• MAKE IT RIGHT-BE FAIR | November 22, 2011 8:54 PMReply

  Dana, thank you for stepping up. There were too many people watching on Monday at 10:00. We all know BENDING STEEL was the winner. You need to take this a step farther and declare ONE WINNER namely BENDING STEEL. You need to do this the right way which would only be fair. Also, David Alvarodo wrote in his third update on Kickstarter voting ends on Monday at 10:00- SEE BELOW. The people involved with Methuselah know they lost because like everyone else, they were watching at 10:00 on Monday. They need to step up and admit they lost. If they don't, it's up to Indiewire to declare BENDING STEEL the winner to maintain your credibility with the public and the film industry. This is clearly how you gain public respect.
  Get updates by RSS Update #3: Less than 24 hours for your vote!!
  Posted 2 days ago Hi all, we have less than 24 hours for you to take just a few seconds and vote for The Methuselah Generation to receive "Project of the Week" and the notoriety that will come with it. Easier access to Sundance, a huge PR push, these are all things that will make your donation go much further.
  
  Here is a shortcut link to the facebook voting site: http://apps.facebook.com/my-polls/?poll_id=lux3jdk6
  
  It will only take ten seconds, thanks!
  
  The deadline to vote is Monday Morning, Nov 21st, at 10am EST
  
  David

• ms. lady | November 22, 2011 8:48 PMReply

  I agree w/below commentators, indie wire is using indie filmmakers to their advantage, to try and get people within their network to promote their site- they're not even very good at it (see below "this is not the first shady poll" and above "we cannot find a good polling application")
  
  hm. maybe they could award projects based on merit instead of popularity! but if there's a poll and there's gonna be a winner, I'll be there to vote for the best one

• Pacific | November 22, 2011 8:48 PMReply

  I don't see how awarding both projects this status is fair at all when there was a clear winner of what you are calling a contest. And declaring a winner at an arbitrary moment over a day after the poll was supposed to close is not human error, it is plain NEGLIGENCE. Putting independent filmmakers in this situation is not only unfair, it is detrimental to the community. If you really want to make up for it, I propose you close this contest until you find a proper polling method, and GIVE ALL PROJECT OF THE WEEK WINNERS FROM NOVEMBER (INCLUDING BOTH "METHUSELAH GENERATION" AND "BENDING STEEL" THE PROJECT OF THE MONTH STATUS AND AWARD.

• Jersey Coast | November 22, 2011 9:03 PM

  Knowing that they have had polling problems in the past just goes to show that winners in a Facebook popularity contest is a questionable way to pick a film. Particularly when it is obvious from reading that some of these films make fake accounts to up their votes.

• Arabian Coast | November 22, 2011 9:01 PM

  Pacific has it right, these polls are just shameless self promotion for Indiewire and as you can all tell they have an arbitrary method of picking winners which then just cheapens all the winners.

• Atlantic | November 22, 2011 8:58 PM

  hear hear! "GIVE ALL PROJECT OF THE WEEK WINNERS FROM NOVEMBER (INCLUDING BOTH "METHUSELAH GENERATION" AND "BENDING STEEL" THE PROJECT OF THE MONTH STATUS AND AWARD"

• Dana Harris | November 22, 2011 8:46 PMReply

  Mike, Ty -- the reason I didn't is with a mistake like this, I want to take responsibility, get it settled and move on. There's no way to turn back time and make it entirely "right." The response to this program has been huge -- bigger than I ever would have imagined -- and the passions run high. It's an imperfect solution, but it's what we've got and we'll do our best for it not to happen again.

• Dodger | November 23, 2011 5:45 AM

  Your Comment
  
  Dana,
  
  Your comments are self-serving. You should declare Bending Steel the winner. Even the crew at Meth Generation conceded defeat which is now on the record. Instead, you move the goalposts back enabling Meth to pull ahead. As the digital distribution consult is with your company anyway (Snag something), you could still provide the Meth film with a consultation but declare Bending Steel the winner, give them the consult too, but only advance Bending Steel to the Project of the Month contest. That is the solution and far superior to your "imperfect solution."

• TY | November 22, 2011 8:39 PMReply

  You guys admit your faults. Then, change the title and picture!!!!!!

• Mike | November 22, 2011 8:31 PMReply

  Thanks for responding Dana. The poll was clearly suppose to end Monday at 10am. Honestly though if you know Bending Steel was the winner....

• TY | November 22, 2011 8:31 PMReply

  I couldn't find any justice in here at all. The real winner is definitely 'Bending Steel'. Don't cover the truth!!!

• Dana Harris | November 22, 2011 8:21 PMReply

  God, I am sorry for not responding earlier; was out of the office for most of today. You're absolutely right, it's our mistake. We didn't close the poll on time. To make up for it, we're giving both Methuselah and Steel status as project of the week and they'll be considered for project of the month. And we're testing a new app that automatically closes the poll at a given time and removes the human-error factor.
  
  Will edit the article to reflect this.
  
  Happy Thanksgiving, all. We appreciate your passion for this feature and don't take it for granted.
  
  
  Dana Harris
  Editor in chief, Indiewire
  dana@indiewire.com

• ryan scafuro | November 22, 2011 9:03 PM

  Hi Dana, thank you for your response. In the above edit, you say the poll was supposed to close at "10am today." I would like to be very clear that in the email that was sent out to all the participants by Bryce, the contest was to end at "Monday Nov 21 at 10AM." I agree with what was proposed in "Pacific's" commment: you should close this contest until you are able to run it better, and declare all POTW winners as POTM, giving them all the status and prize. This has caused a good deal of stress and has not been fair to anyone involved. I'm sure the producers of "The Methuselah Generation" would be amenable to this as well.

• Banana Hammock | November 22, 2011 8:15 PMReply

  I friggin' love movies. Know what I love more than movies? Justice!

• DIRTY | November 22, 2011 8:11 PMReply

  This poll was supposed to close 10:00 am Monday at which time BENDING STEEL was clearly the winner. Everyone but Indiewire was watching. You must apologize to the public loud and clear, and right this wrong. Anyone associated with Methuselah should be embarrassed. Apparently your followers are, if you even have any, because I'm not seeing them on this page. That tells us all something.

• brendan | November 22, 2011 8:06 PMReply

  Posted on the Bending Steel facebook page from one of the producers of Meth Generation at 12:30 MONDAY:
  
  Jason Sussberg
  good job team "bending steel." it's jason from Methuselah. you out-competed us! good luck on your film. hope to see it.
  
  I mean come on. It was very clear when the poll was supposed to end. This really undermines the credibility of this contest and the website. Very unprofessional.

• RESPOND INDIEWIRE!!! | November 22, 2011 8:14 PM

  Where was the person in charge of this poll? Why wouldn't they just log on Monday at 10am EST and just declare a winner rather then wait twenty something hours and pick a random time in the poll..... Someone from Indiewire respond to this please.
  
  p.s this isn't the first time there has been questionable polling on this site

• Oh SNap!! | November 22, 2011 8:10 PM

  I saw that too...they new they lost! That's f*d up!

• ms. lady | November 22, 2011 7:51 PMReply

  hey, both had a fair chance to keep marketing once they realized voting was still going- crappy poll, but fair win go methesula! (if only i could spell that!)

• Hmmm... | November 22, 2011 8:07 PM

  You're brilliant! Fair chance to keep marketing after the unfair continuation of the poll.... hmmm, that makes total sense. Fair to who? ...the winner who was only able to win because the poll lasted longer than advertised and only pulled ahead at the very end just before the unofficial deadline?

• baby LADY | November 22, 2011 8:00 PM

  give us a break MS. LADY.

• MR. Lady | November 22, 2011 7:57 PM

  I don't agree with my wife (MS. Lady) They used an arbitrary deadline at 2pm on Tuesday to determine a winner. Why not anytime on Monday when Bending Steel was ahead ALL day or Tuesday all morning!!!
  
  LOL fair

• Lady Dude | November 22, 2011 7:55 PM

  How is this a fair poll? Everyone was told Monday at 10am EST? Bending Steel won fair and square, the Methheads know that!

• Mexican Biker Dad | November 22, 2011 7:44 PMReply

  I Say We Stomp Him, Then We Tattoo Him, Then We Hang Him, Then We Kill Him! Viva Los Bendings!!!

• Dodger | November 22, 2011 7:35 PMReply

  I think the NYC Consumer Affairs should investigate your conduct of the poll. Bending Steel was ahead at 10 am on Monday yet the poll continue beyond your deadline until you arbitrarily closed the polls on Tuesday when the Meth Generation had taken the lead. Furthermore, the nature of the votes for the Meth Generation and the timing suggests that Meth Generation insiders may have created Facebook accounts to rig the voting. Shame on you! Your mistake needs to be explained and corrected immediately!

• Methuselah Cat | November 22, 2011 7:30 PMReply

  m...meow

• hotgirlhair | November 22, 2011 7:28 PMReply

  :/

• RUf NeX | November 22, 2011 7:26 PMReply

  99% in here MOTHA.. GO BacK To YoUR IVoRY TOWer INDieWIRe!! LeT THE PeoplE BEND! BEND BenD

• Mike. | November 22, 2011 7:21 PMReply

  Check yo 3D camera son...Why he got to be RGB, stupid bald guy is giving me headache WHAT+!

• Professor Professional | November 22, 2011 7:17 PMReply

  KEEP IT PROFESSIONAL INDIEWIRE!!! -prof

• Patrick | November 22, 2011 6:59 PMReply

  There is no reason to direct your hatred towards the film that is currently being declared the winner. Direct your anger towards the shoddy poll system they set up for it. Limiting the contest to people with Facebook accounts is one thing, but not ending at the said deadline is just negligent.

• ridiculously precious | November 22, 2011 6:58 PMReply

  yay!! i'm a Methuselah Generation supporter and i say yay!!

• Kerry | November 22, 2011 6:46 PMReply

  Last time I checked Bending Steel was at number 1. When did the "re-count" occur? Just curious cause it was pretty evident yesterday what film was the true winner. For shame!

• Pol Pot | November 22, 2011 6:41 PMReply

  No! I shittiest Pol!

• Ivan Putski | November 22, 2011 7:10 PM

  Want to make bet?! I destroy you!
  
  Bending Steel is not the only BS on page here. IndieWire I crush you!

• Billy Jean | November 22, 2011 6:38 PMReply

  FAIR IS FAIR!

• hack comedian | November 22, 2011 6:37 PMReply

  i've never seen a shittier pole.

• Mav | November 22, 2011 6:37 PMReply

  Wow what a bunch of sore losers.

• WTF | November 22, 2011 7:18 PM

  also, technically, they're sore WINNERS

• WTF | November 22, 2011 7:17 PM

  Look, most of us aren't knocking this film but the producers of Bending Steel and their supporters saw that they had won at the posted deadline and had assumed that it was fair. If you felt you were robbed of a fair win then you'd be pretty sore, too.

• Gary Brown | November 22, 2011 6:34 PMReply

  This poll was rigged. Bending Steel was the clear winner until 2 hours past the cut off time.

• Stefan | November 22, 2011 6:34 PMReply

  fixes and scams dirty tricks my man BENDING STEEL IS THE REAL DEAL .

• Mik | November 22, 2011 6:33 PMReply

  Injustice has been served.

• Zywiec | November 22, 2011 6:27 PMReply

  In communist Indiewire, you don't vote for poll, Pol falls asleep on bench in Greenpoint

• Sergei | November 22, 2011 6:24 PMReply

  In communist Indiewire, you don't vote for poll, poll votes for YOU.

• Jam | November 22, 2011 6:17 PMReply

  Nice work on fucking over Bending Steel.
  
  Celebrating 15 years... of incompetence.

• Mike | November 22, 2011 6:10 PMReply

  Your website is dumb now.

• Amy | November 22, 2011 5:47 PMReply

  I love it when my vote doesn't mean anything. P.S., Meth Generation voters, that is NOT Bob Newhart in the ill-fitting raincoat, and you are going to be wildly disappointed.

• James_Hetfield | November 22, 2011 5:47 PMReply

  THIS REMINDS MEEEE-AHH OF THE TIME JETHRO TULLLLLL WON BEST METAL ALBUM IN 1989! I WILL SHOW NO REMORSE TO THE PHANTOM LORD OF THIS POLL AND LEAVE HIS EYE BLACKENED! GIMMEEFUEL GIMMEEFIRE GIMMEE DEATH TO INDIEWIRE!
  
  EET
  FUK

• Hetfield Fan #32030947 | November 22, 2011 6:31 PM

  I love you man!!!!!

• dsipper | November 22, 2011 5:35 PMReply

  good luck to that film with the unpronounceable title. just you wait for BENDING STEEL 2: BENDING THE RULES

• Allan | November 22, 2011 5:30 PMReply

  Indie Wire's credibility is significantly in doubt here. This poll was supposed to close 10:00 am Monday at which time Bending Steel was the clear winner by 7 or 8 % - if not more. This wreaks of an intentional fraud upon the public and complete breach of professionalism. For my part I will do my best to make it known among my colleagues of entertainment professionals that Indie Wire cannot be trusted. Only a public retraction of the results reinstating Bending Steel as the winner and a public apology will right this wrong. Bending Steel won hands down. Plain and simple.

• Jean | November 22, 2011 5:24 PMReply

  Well the good news is that it looks like Torchwood is getting another season.

• Jean | November 22, 2011 5:18 PMReply

  I also checked the results at 10 am and Bending Steel was ahead by about 50 votes. Not cool.

• B.S. | November 22, 2011 5:13 PMReply

  This is complete BULLSHIT!!!

• Pee-Poo Yum! | November 22, 2011 5:10 PMReply

  Occupy Indiewire!!!

• Bending Me | November 22, 2011 5:11 PM

  Totally brah!!!

• jim | November 22, 2011 5:10 PMReply

  Congrats to indiewire for running a flawed contest and ignoring its own rules/deadlines!

• Stiff Upper Hip | November 22, 2011 5:09 PMReply

  Where are all the Methuselah supporters defending their film? Thats right....there are none...they were all fake facebook accounts....duh

• Too | November 23, 2011 11:09 AM

  They are probably not just active on indiewire. A lot of supporters probably come from LessWrong, Overcoming Bias, Methuselah Foundation and SENS.

• selena | November 22, 2011 5:07 PMReply

  If you're going to have a poll and give an official closing time of said poll, you should follow it, since, hey guess what - you're the ones who set it. BENDING STEEL won as of 10am Monday.

• WTF | November 22, 2011 5:04 PMReply

  WTF...BENDING STEEL HAD IT AS OF MONDAY @10 AM (YOU KNOW, THE DEADLINE). I CALL SHENANIGANS

• Raquel S | November 22, 2011 4:58 PMReply

  I was following this contest closely and I'll echo yet again that at the posted voting deadline, Bending Steel was DEFINITELY winning. By many votes, at that. This is a total sham.

• Jennyooooo | November 22, 2011 4:50 PMReply

  Wait a second....when I checked at the time the polls closed Bending Steel was ahead on votes!?! I'm confused here....why would you even have these polls if it's all arbitrary!?!

• Stefanie P. | November 22, 2011 4:49 PMReply

  What are you just making up the rules as you go? Didn't the contest end at Mon. @ 10? Well, BENDING STEEL was the real winner then. If you are going to have a contest then follow your rules!!!

• Balls Gag | November 22, 2011 4:49 PMReply

  3D fucking sucks!

• Gary Brown | November 22, 2011 8:21 PM

  3D makes me fuckin dizzy....speaking of ball gags, the dude running this poll could have been tied up at the time and unable to stop the voting.

• Andy | November 22, 2011 4:48 PMReply

  What the hell is with you guys!? I havent seen bullshit like this since the 2000 election, you guys should be ashamed of yourselves!

• May the best project win | November 22, 2011 4:47 PMReply

  hey everyone it looks like the polls are still open if we keep voting maybe they'll choose bending steel tomorrow, hahaha

• KBOMB | November 22, 2011 4:46 PMReply

  GOOD THING I VOTED FOR A MOVIE THAT WAS THE WINNER BUT IS NOT THE WINNER SOMEHOW. LEARN HOW TO COUNT INDIEWIRE

• Emily | November 22, 2011 4:35 PMReply

  Dear Indiewire, you are not supporting independent filmmakers when you get them to promote your contest and website to all of their friends and family, when they could be using the time to do actual work on their projects, and then run the contest with a complete lack of professionalism. Shame on you.

• Anne H. | November 22, 2011 4:26 PMReply

  I was watching the polls and BENDING STEEL was up by like 50 votes on monday at 10. What I indiewire trying to pull here?

• Jeff | November 22, 2011 4:22 PMReply

  Wait WHAT? Bending steel was clearly ahead when the polls were supposed to end on Monday. Lame.

• Sexy Time Frankenstein | November 22, 2011 4:21 PMReply

  At 10am and a few minutes after wards, Bending Steel was ahead. This contest has been sketchy from the beginning. (the original link had the wrong deadline date listed!)
  
  10am eastern or was it a different time zone?