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].
(Score: 5, Informative) by slinches on Thursday February 28 2019, @08:26PM (1 child)
This is disingenuous. No one left a "review" at all. There was never even an option to do so. There was a section of the site that has since been removed where people could indicate whether they wanted to see a movie or not and post an explanation of their choice. A large number of people were upset by some statements from the lead actor and the public made their opinions known about it by indicating they don't want to see the movie. The site then removed that section because they didn't like the opinions being expressed there.
Trying to call what happened "review bombing" or "trolling" is an attempt to mislead the public about what happened and why the change was made.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday March 01 2019, @03:28PM
That's right. It's rhetorical sleight-of-hand attempting to get control of a narrative that has escaped them.
In addition to the points you made, there are many other facts that cross-up the distilled hatred and victim culture that Disney, Brie Larson, and the punditocracy are pushing on the public discourse. First, Alita Battle Angel, in the theaters now, with a female protagonist, is doing just fine. Second, there are many, many action films led by female protagonists that have done very well at the box office and with fans; here are a few: the Tomb Raider franchise, the Underworld franchise, the Hunger Games franchise, the Resident Evil franchise, and Wonder Woman, to name a few. So if the audiences for action movies are so replete with misogyny, then why have those movies all done so well? Third, audiences are still sore about how Disney just killed the beloved Star Wars universe with the same kind of behavior that's coming out of Captain Marvel; there's a looming sense that the Mouse is about to stab the fans in the back again (to teach them a LESSON!!!)
Washington DC delenda est.