▲ 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
[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 43 points 3 years ago (2 children) The best part - Rotten Tomatoes can be manipulated by paying several people $50. Five Hamiltons. I know reviewing movies doesn’t pay well, but I didn’t know it was that bad. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 13 points 3 years ago How many $50 reviewers did they have to buy though? Looking at Ophelia... huh, it's not on Rotten Tomatoes anymore... Well, looking at ANOTHER crappy Daisy Ridley movie, Chaos Walking: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chaos_walking 21% rating on 154 reviews. So 32 positive reviews and 122 negative reviews. To hit 60% they would need to add 151 positive reviews. 183/305 total reviews. At $50 a pop, those 151 positive reviews would run $7,550. Chump change. permalink fedilink source parent [–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago If you really want to get depressed research how much representatives and senators have been bought off with in the recent past. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 13 points 3 years ago How many $50 reviewers did they have to buy though? Looking at Ophelia... huh, it's not on Rotten Tomatoes anymore... Well, looking at ANOTHER crappy Daisy Ridley movie, Chaos Walking: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chaos_walking 21% rating on 154 reviews. So 32 positive reviews and 122 negative reviews. To hit 60% they would need to add 151 positive reviews. 183/305 total reviews. At $50 a pop, those 151 positive reviews would run $7,550. Chump change. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago If you really want to get depressed research how much representatives and senators have been bought off with in the recent past. permalink fedilink source parent