How I plan to spend the weekend, on the Rottentomatoes page for #Melania. #USpol
It begins. #Melania #USpol
I don’t know who the CEO of RottenTomatoes is, but I hope they’re safely hidden away in a secret bunker somewhere. #Melania #USpol
The only film ever made where every member of the crew, other than Brett Ratner, is credited as “Alan Smithee”. #Melania #USpol
Guardian and Independent #Melania #USpol
The Evening Standard has given it four (4) stars. Reminder that the Standard is a weekly freesheet owned by a Russian oligarch whose father was a KGB agent #Melania #USpol
Variety, Daily Beast. #Melania #USpol
Literally just the Standard. Pricks. #Melania #USpol
That’s the stuff. #Melania #USpol
The Wrap, Decider (down to 7% now) #Melania #USpol
Sure, Jan. #Melania #USpol

@Nickiquote

So the Rotten Tomatoes popcorn meter has been overrun by bots?

 
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@srfirehorseart @Nickiquote That's the verified audience review, which requires users to have actually purchased a cinema ticket before rating. Rotten Tomatoes tries to confuse users by displaying the verified audience review for films in a similar format as the unverified one for TV shows.

So it's
possible they used a bot, but the bot would have had to buy film tickets for each review. I think the more likely explanation is that only Trump true-believers are seeing this movie.

@Nickiquote @2something

Ok, so if 100 people bought tickets and 99 of them rated the film as good then it'd get a 99% rating?

If that's the case, then one party rally cinema screening to the faithful could generate all the results.

@srfirehorseart @2something Also bear in mind that no-one who is not a die hard MAGA would contemplate paying to watch this dross.
@Nickiquote @srfirehorseart @2something It's going to be interesting when this abomination hits streaming. I suspect it will do well for a short time and then vanish. But most people will be watching to take the piss and make sarcastic remarks (well, we Brits will) and some will be looking for stuff to turn into memes. MAGA folk will watch out of loyalty, but they'll be playing on their phones out of boredom. We can only hope some of them have an epiphany during it.