Was just about to post this. Looks like a good match for everyone.

The Goose | March 16, 00:58 CET

Voted.

I've always wondered how they decide which two contenders to match up. A Clockwork Orange vs. Ghostbusters and Wall-E vs. Gattaca are just... weird.

BreathesStory | March 16, 02:49 CET

Do you have to join the site to vote? I see the titles but no way to access them.

redeem147 | March 16, 02:54 CET

redeem147, hmm. I just clicked on the link, the individual voting boxes were there, I marked each appropriate (or inappropriate :P) radio button, and clicked "vote." No registration or anything. I have no idea why you are having problems. Sorry. :(

BreathesStory | March 16, 03:14 CET

If you're trying from a smart phone you might not be able to vote so I've noticed.

The Goose | March 16, 03:38 CET

Poor Stargate...what a terrible draw for a fun franchise.

Tumnus | March 16, 04:40 CET

Yeah, up against Star Wars, Stargate doesn't stand a chance. On the other hand it seems to be referring to the original movie, not the whole franchise.

BreathesStory, if you look at the second paragraph, it sounds like they ranked them all and then arranged them by seed like in a regular tournament.

Serenity's doing well so far but it's not winning by as much of a landslide as I'd like. Come on guys! ;)

Rachelkachel | March 16, 07:30 CET

Do you have to join the site to vote? I see the titles but no way to access them.

io9 appears to load-balance based on geography. When I first clicked the link I ended up being taken to "http://uk.io9.com..." which displayed the titles but no radio buttons, after a couple of attempts it stuck on the actual URL linked (http://io9.com...) which shows the titles with radio buttons and a 'Vote' button to the left of each entry. Maybe that's true for Canada too (now's probably a good time BTW since the US will be a bit quieter at the moment, it being between 2 ish and 5 ish am over there).

Man, some toughies on there, 'District 9 vs Robocop' for instance and the 'Serenity' one would've been a real conundrum if it was against 'Spider-man 2'. Mainly went with most enjoyable too (rather than trying to decide 'greatest' criteria).

(also, slightly OT but io9 seem to have really broadened their remit since I last looked, some pretty interesting looking science-ish articles on there, i'll have to start checking their site out more regularly)

Saje | March 16, 11:27 CET

The link should work properly now without any redirection (I hope).

Simon | March 16, 11:52 CET

Rachelkatchel, ah. That would explain it. Pfff. There was an actual explanation? What a concept. My two remaining brain cells never bothered to read anything. I just followed my Pavlovian imperative to vote for Serenity and flew right by that block of text.

BreathesStory | March 16, 15:04 CET

It's working now. :)

It might help if it said whether they were original films or remakes (ie Tron, Invasion of the Body Snatchers.) Or maybe it did say and I missed it.

redeem147 | March 16, 15:54 CET

Voted, but I think most of the other voters are too young to remember the brilliance of 'Clockwork Orange'.

embers | March 16, 17:03 CET

Or they just prefer 'Ghostbusters' (also a cracking film) ? You're probably right though embers, these lists almost always suffer from creeping recentism (same with 'The Matrix' vs 'Brazil' though again, 'The Matrix' is also an excellent film).

It might help if it said whether they were original films or remakes (ie Tron, Invasion of the Body Snatchers.) Or maybe it did say and I missed it.

It says "'Invasion of the Bodysnatchers' (1978)" so it's the Donald Sutherland one (not the Kevin McCarthy original). Also, there's only one 'Tron' (i.e. the 'remake' is actually a sequel and is called 'Tron: Legacy').

Saje | March 16, 17:37 CET

Ah, not the McCarthy, so glad I didn't vote for it. :)

redeem147 | March 16, 18:29 CET

Yep, me too also neither (has its moments but it's not as good as the original. Or 'Back to the Future' IMO).

Saje | March 16, 19:01 CET