▲ 509 ▼ IGN | Rotten Tomatoes Under Fire After PR Firm's Scheme to Pay Critics for Positive Reviews Uncovered (www.ign.com) submitted 3 years ago by TheSparrowPrince@lemmy.world to c/moviesandtv@lemmy.film 74 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] pulaskiwasright@lemmy.ml 32 points 3 years ago* (3 children) Rotten tomatoes had nothing to do with this. They don’t even employ critics. They aggregate them and the PR firm was directly contacting reviewers. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] downpunxx@kbin.social 18 points 3 years ago (1 child) If you think RT hasn't been in active incentive based collusion with studios and critic for years, you're the type of purposefully ignorant that advertisers make their bread and butter off of. RT was been corrupt since they sold out, and that was a very very very long time ago now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) Didn't they actively and very publicly suppresse reviews on a few movies because they called it brigading? I think one was girl Ghostbusters? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hiccup@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 years ago Also, the last jedi. Both are terrible movies. I had the same experience when watching both and thought I must be tripping balls and hallucinating at how bad both films were. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 years ago They have been playing fast and loose with who qualifies as a professional reviewer allowing for increased manipulation. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago They're saying their data is rotten. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] downpunxx@kbin.social 18 points 3 years ago (1 child) If you think RT hasn't been in active incentive based collusion with studios and critic for years, you're the type of purposefully ignorant that advertisers make their bread and butter off of. RT was been corrupt since they sold out, and that was a very very very long time ago now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) Didn't they actively and very publicly suppresse reviews on a few movies because they called it brigading? I think one was girl Ghostbusters? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hiccup@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 years ago Also, the last jedi. Both are terrible movies. I had the same experience when watching both and thought I must be tripping balls and hallucinating at how bad both films were. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) Didn't they actively and very publicly suppresse reviews on a few movies because they called it brigading? I think one was girl Ghostbusters? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hiccup@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 years ago Also, the last jedi. Both are terrible movies. I had the same experience when watching both and thought I must be tripping balls and hallucinating at how bad both films were. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hiccup@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 years ago Also, the last jedi. Both are terrible movies. I had the same experience when watching both and thought I must be tripping balls and hallucinating at how bad both films were. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 years ago They have been playing fast and loose with who qualifies as a professional reviewer allowing for increased manipulation. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago They're saying their data is rotten. permalink fedilink source parent