re: Rotten Tomatoes Last Jedi bot is fake. Scores just suck on their own.

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It’s also why I suspect critics were paid or afraid of getting cut out of the Disney loop. 93% my arse.

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Exactly. Disney is dominating. You think critics want to be shunned from future movies?

It's easy for any writer just to say: "oh, the negative audience reviews are bots or a vocal minority that is spamming RT." Articles don't need any substantive facts or corroboration for any assertions these days. It's conjured out of thin air.

There's no way it's a 93% score unless everyone has gotten sucked into the fear mode in Hollywood of being ostracized by not toeing the party line.

Which is odd because I always thought RT had so many online independant reviewers - a lot small time - that Hollywoods group mentality would have a watchdog from the outside.

But then again, maybe every critic is getting something in the mail these days from studios. There have been way too many movies the last 10 years that are above 90% that in the past would have no business being that high.

For example:

Kingdom of the Crystal Skull:

Critics - 77%
Audience - 53%

King Kong:

Critics - 84%
Audience - 50%

Barbershop, The Next Cut:

Critics - 90%
Audience - 67%

Spy Kids:

Critics - 93%
Audience - 46%

Get Out this year has a 99% critics rating...the same as The Godfather.

Critics ratings on RT haven't been worth anything but propaganda for awhile.