@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 5 months agoWatch Out Hollywood, Rotten Tomatoes Is Adding “Hot” Movies to Its “Fresh” Rankingswww.hollywoodreporter.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down13cross-posted to: movies
arrow-up110arrow-down1external-linkWatch Out Hollywood, Rotten Tomatoes Is Adding “Hot” Movies to Its “Fresh” Rankingswww.hollywoodreporter.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 5 months agomessage-square8fedilinkcross-posted to: movies
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish7•5 months agoNow we have four possible combinations: Fresh and Hot (good critic score + good audience score) Rotten and Hot (bad critic score + good audience score) Fresh and Stale (good critic score + bad audience score) Rotten and Stale (bad critic score + bad audience score) Fresh 'n hot, come and get it!
minus-squareAndrewlinkfedilink7•5 months agoThis feels wrong - a tomato can’t be both ‘fresh’ and ‘stale’ - they’re the opposite of one another! If ‘good audience score’ is ‘hot’, then ‘bad audience score’ should be ‘cold’ surely.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish6•5 months agoGood point there. I think it’s a reference to the symbols on the website - fresh tomatoes + hot popcorn, and rotten tomatoes + stale popcorn.
Now we have four possible combinations:
Fresh 'n hot, come and get it!
This feels wrong - a tomato can’t be both ‘fresh’ and ‘stale’ - they’re the opposite of one another! If ‘good audience score’ is ‘hot’, then ‘bad audience score’ should be ‘cold’ surely.
Good point there.
I think it’s a reference to the symbols on the website - fresh tomatoes + hot popcorn, and rotten tomatoes + stale popcorn.
Ah, that makes sense, thanks.
Little Caesar’s X Rotten Tomatoes crossover when?