Its the latest development in a year thats seen the review aggregation site increasingly shift into the spotlight.
that Rotten Tomatoes and online aggregators of its ilk have absolutely nothing to do with real film criticism.
Instead, he said, they reduce a film down to a number.
A score that doesnt seem to be too helpful when a film splits its audience so much.
And thats before you get to the different weight given to different critics.
Metacritic, meanwhile, tries to measure how much someone liked something.
In videogames, games publishers are sometimes offered bonuses if the Metacritic score hits a certain number.
Want to make a film?
That this is now a selling point worthy of going on the poster.
And if RT steers a viewer to watch their new favourite film, thats hard to quibble with.
Its latest move really has me questioning who the service is for.
Its decided to delay the reveal of its score for the newJustice Leaguefilm.
Its launching a new weekly podcast, and part of the show will be a Tomatometer Score Reveal.
Its not holding back the listing of reviews, that can still be found linked to on the site.
That a Rotten Tomatoes score is now a news story in itself.
This is being written before that reveal, incidentally.
The filmmaker is reduced to a content manufacturer and the viewer to an unadventurous consumer.
In the case ofJustice League?
Its not likely to make an awful lot of difference in truth.
Id suggest Rotten Tomatoes, for all its merits, isnt helping.
