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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: 2) by Absolutely.Geek on Thursday February 28 2019, @10:36PM (6 children)
I agree I thought the HERo thing was a bit heavy handed in the trailer....but that didn't put me off anymore then Black Panther has a "GASP" black guy in the lead roll. But they didn't do a hey this movie is called "BLACK panther"
Don't trust the police or the government - Shihad: My mind's sedate.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 28 2019, @11:05PM (4 children)
The lead from Black Panther wasn't inserting his foot in his mouth every five minutes with racially charged comments. Here we have an unpopular comic book character being played by a disliked actress who appears to believe virtue signaling and grievance grifting are substitutes for charisma. Ms Larson clearly doesn't want to hear it from white males, so...
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Absolutely.Geek on Thursday February 28 2019, @11:27PM (3 children)
I'm not talking about the actor; it is the trailer; I really don't care what actors do or say....as long as they play the part well. I don't watch TV or follow what these people do outside of the movies....why would I care.
Don't trust the police or the government - Shihad: My mind's sedate.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 01 2019, @12:24AM
We shouldn't and we should separate the artist from the art. [dailywire.com] Unfortunately we are in the middle of a culture war and it's a safe bet the politics of the movie align with Larson's. The phrase "Get woke, go broke" isn't a social comment or mantra, it's a call to arms. You may be fine with a minority [squarespace.com] (f 0.1 & 5.1) hijacking our shared culture for their political ends but many of us have had enough of this divisive nonsense and have no problem employing "progressive" tactics against "progressives".
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 01 2019, @07:35AM (1 child)
Really? You really want to be completely ignorant on issues outside the movie?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 01 2019, @10:19AM
On a movie review site? Yes.
On a geek forum? No.
let her rip
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 01 2019, @10:14AM
Errr dude that is teh working / publicity title
It actually is "Black Lives Matter - The Movie (Black Panther edition)"
I know I know Black Kitty sounds cooler but get with the pc program here