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posted by martyb on Thursday February 28 2019, @05:58PM   Printer-friendly
from the Honeypot? dept.

CNet:

Review site Rotten Tomatoes is instituting some changes, leading many to believe it's responding to the recent controversy over the site's Captain Marvel page. But Paul Yanover, president of Fandango, which owns the site, told CNET that's not the whole story.

In case you were snapped away by Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War, and thus missed the recent controversy, here's a recap. Captain Marvel doesn't come out until March 8, but users were already leaving negative comments about the film on Rotten Tomatoes, a process dubbed "review bombing." Many recent comments seemed to come from those who are angry at star Brie Larson.

The movie review site has removed users' ability to leave reviews or to indicate they are not interested in seeing a film [EDIT: before it comes out].


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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday February 28 2019, @07:28PM (2 children)

    by bob_super (1357) on Thursday February 28 2019, @07:28PM (#808295)

    > Brie Larson's hateful comments, which ought to be known to people who are considering seeing the movie.

    Unless the people involved are accused of, or encourage, criminal acts, I don't care. I want to see a movie, and the carpenters or the sound designers might be total assholes, the costume designer a prostitute, and the limo driver a slumlord ... There are too many problems out there to try to find the perfect asshole-free entertainment.

    I won't see that one in the theater, purely out of superhero fatigue (that excludes Deadpool or Incredibles, which are a refreshing take on the genre, when Marvel origin stories are dull and repetitive, and DC's horrendous). Not sure whether I'll see the next Avengers given how the previous one assumed that you had seen every Marvel movie, and didn't bother to bring people like me up to date...

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 28 2019, @07:35PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 28 2019, @07:35PM (#808302)

    Of course. The carpenters, limo drivers, and caterers are on the same level as the lead actress doing the PR tour for the film. Makes sense.

    If you want to go out and have a good time seeing the movie, that's fine. But maybe piracy is a better option. Or see something else since you are already feeling the fatigue in your bones.

  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 01 2019, @12:58AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 01 2019, @12:58AM (#808493)

    and the carpenters or the sound designers might be total assholes, the costume designer a prostitute, and the limo driver a slumlord ...

    Do tell, man... like... really?...
    Now I want to watch that movie.