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Post by taylorfirst1 on Nov 14, 2017 15:20:40 GMT
That's ridiculous. Luckily, I don't care what critics think about anything.
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Post by kevin on Nov 14, 2017 17:51:11 GMT
Wow, that's ridiculous. But Rotten tomatoes doesn't have a monopoly on reviews. Critics and websites like Metacritic can still post and display reviews or does the embargo lift at the same time as Rotten Tomatoes reveals their score?
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Post by Skaathar on Nov 14, 2017 18:14:03 GMT
Huh, well that seems.... underhanded. I mean, ok it's not like RT scores are the end-all, be-all of movie ratings. And honestly, people really shouldn't base their opinions on that score. But the fact that WB doesn't want RT scores to come out until just before the movie comes out shows seems almost dishonest somehow. Like they want to rake in as much money as they can before people start talking about the movie.
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Post by seahawksraawk00 on Nov 14, 2017 18:34:10 GMT
I don't know anything much about the show. I know they delayed the release of the "Bad Moms Christmas" rating last week and that was a stinker. What other movies have they done that with? It could be that they are using the show as a cover for shitty movies? It's impossible to say yet. ![](https://s26.postimg.org/gf93ycxax/giveup.gif) Looks to me like they'll do anything to crack 1 billion. But I don't see it happening. They might as well conceal it till the opening weekend is over if they're trying to do that
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Post by politicidal on Nov 14, 2017 18:38:46 GMT
Wow, that's ridiculous. But Rotten tomatoes doesn't have a monopoly on reviews. Critics and websites like Metacritic can still post and display reviews or does the embargo lift at the same time as Rotten Tomatoes reveals their score? No the reviews themselves are made available when the embargo lifts tonight. Vox suggests this is a cynical if savvy ploy by Fandango to increase ticket sales since they own Rotten Tomatoes.
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Nov 14, 2017 18:52:04 GMT
This here's the part I find most pertinent:
Of course, as is well covered, the Tomatometer isn’t really important. Its aggregation method is too simplistic and the medium of cinema too subjective for any single number to tell us that much about a film. Nevertheless, the percentage has become an important part of the Hollywood hype machine, giving a general consensus of critical opinion and as a result, often been used on a film’s marketing; leading to complaints it’s impacted box office takings. Evidently, to delay releasing it has a big impact on the conventional release build-up.
Now, this decision could have some positives. An early Rotten Tomatoes score can be misrepresentative, especially when an embargo drops well in advance; not every critic has seen or reviewed the film in question, so the sample size is smaller and the initial number can be skewed, which may in turn influence others’ opinion. The move instead puts focus on the reviews in that initial period (and, naturally, those desperate to know the metric could work out an average themselves). It could be thus argued that the site is trying to avoid misuse of its service. However, that’s not really the case.
Rotten Tomatoes aren’t delaying the reveal to try and reduce any misleading conclusions – they’re actually playing into the false sense of importance around the Tomatometer to draw more eyes to their newly-launched online show;
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Post by Tristan's Journal on Nov 14, 2017 19:33:49 GMT
.... But the fact that WB doesn't want RT scores to come out until just before the movie comes out shows seems almost dishonest somehow. Like they want to rake in as much money as they can before people start talking about the movie. too long to read, not short enough to ignore.
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