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Rotten Tomatoes President: We Didn't Change Site to Protect Captain Marvel

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

Phoenix666 writes:

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: 5, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 28 2019, @06:15PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 28 2019, @06:15PM (#808232)

    Yanover, too, has seen those social media reports claiming his site cut some secret deal with Disney, and says they're absolutely false.

    "None of (the site is) owned by Disney," he said, noting that the idea that there was "some predestined arrangement between ourselves and Disney is completely untrue."

    https://www.universalpictures.com/leadership-team/paul-yanover [universalpictures.com]

    Before being named to his post at Fandango, Yanover served as executive vice president and managing director of Disney Online, where he oversaw all Disney-branded initiatives on the Internet and mobile web, from Disney.com to Disney's suite of premium digital products including online games, virtual worlds, network of family targeted sites, and streaming service Disney Movies Online. Yanover began his career with Disney at Walt Disney Feature Animation, ultimately becoming vice president of technology and digital production for the division, and also served as senior vice-president of Disney Parks & Resorts Online, overseeing the ecommerce business across Disney’s resorts and theme parks.

    Mystery solved. A favor for the House of Maus.

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  • (Score: 0, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Thursday February 28 2019, @09:10PM (1 child)

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Thursday February 28 2019, @09:10PM (#808364) Homepage

    Jewish pressure to censor unprofitable comments? Color me surprised!

  • (Score: 1, Disagree) by DeathMonkey on Thursday February 28 2019, @11:47PM (1 child)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday February 28 2019, @11:47PM (#808465) Journal

    We prohibit mod-bombing right here at free-speech-topia Soylent News.

    Is that also a conspiracy to keep the white man down?

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by slinches on Friday March 01 2019, @12:25AM

      by slinches (5049) on Friday March 01 2019, @12:25AM (#808478)

      Bad analogy. It would be more like Soylent News removing the comments section on Meta stories because many of the comments were critical of an editor's controversial statements.