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Woke ‘Little Mermaid’ Reboot Completely Bombs in Reviews, IMBD Blames Online Trolls, Manipulates Votes to Give Higher Audience Score!
gateway pundit ^ | 5/29/2023 | Cristina Laila

Posted on 05/29/2023 1:06:58 PM PDT by bitt

The woke ‘Little Mermaid’ reboot completely bombed in reviews this weekend.

Disney’s live-action take on The Little Mermaid reportedly brought in $95.5 million globally in its three-day opening, according to Deadline.

However, the woke movie completely bombed in reviews – the bulk of the negative reviews were from overseas movie goers.

Critics blamed murky lighting and woke lyrics.

IMBD, Rotten Tomatoes and other online review-aggregation websites claimed online trolls are driving the bad reviews.

The bad reviews were actually tossed out in order to raise the final audience scores!

For example, IMBD said it published the “weighted vote averages” because not all votes are the same.

IMBD said: “Our rating mechanism has detected unusual voting activity on this title. To preserve the reliability of our rating system, an alternate weighting calculation has been applied.”

(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...


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To: discostu
68% at Rotten isn’t bombing. I mean it ain’t great, but it ain’t Kandahar or About My Father.

It didn’t bomb in the box office either. It debuted at #1 and raked in over $100 mil domestically.

21 posted on 05/29/2023 1:25:33 PM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President. A conservative who fights and wins.)
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To: Olog-hai

Apparently


22 posted on 05/29/2023 1:28:32 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Olog-hai

(IMBD)

Just the headline and 3 times in the excerpt I’ve seen

😂🤣😜🙄🙄🙄


23 posted on 05/29/2023 1:30:36 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: bitt

Manipulate the votes? Hmmmmmm, where have I seen that before.


24 posted on 05/29/2023 1:33:53 PM PDT by Fledermaus (It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
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To: bitt

So they’re using Dominion voting machines or some similar software for movie reviews now? Hey why not...it works for regular elections these days.


25 posted on 05/29/2023 1:34:40 PM PDT by xp38
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To: discostu

“It scored big and fast.”

Big, compared to its break even numbers? Big...worldwide?


26 posted on 05/29/2023 1:36:03 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of feelings, not thoughts.)
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To: Mr Rogers
"But does it have “legs”? And will overseas audiences watch? That is what we’ll find out over the next couple of months."

Gonna run out of Granny willing to shepherd the brood to the cinemas instantly and run into their own brick wall of Granny "I ain't payin' for Disney+ to take yo ass to the movies, this show be on your channel before you go back to school."

27 posted on 05/29/2023 1:36:37 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (Tanned, rested, and ready.)
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To: bitt
IMBD said: “Our rating mechanism has detected unusual voting activity on this title. To preserve the reliability of our rating system, an alternate weighting calculation has been applied.”

In other words, we didn't like the poll results so we reset the goal posts so the polls agree with our stance on the issue.

28 posted on 05/29/2023 1:37:40 PM PDT by econjack
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To: bitt

Typical prog Disney.

Cut a toxic fart

and blame others for their stink.

Typical.


29 posted on 05/29/2023 1:42:26 PM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: bitt

My wife and I saw it on Thursday in 3D. I wasn’t thrilled about going but as it turned out it was very well done. We both enjoyed it. Some people are over-reacting. Very few “changes” noticeable in the movie and the star has an amazing voice. We saw her on “That’s My Jam” and that girl can sing!


30 posted on 05/29/2023 1:42:41 PM PDT by Pendergast (We need Trump to form the “America First” party.)
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To: Drew68

As per above, costs were around $250 million. It bombed.


31 posted on 05/29/2023 1:47:26 PM PDT by LouAvul (Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.." )
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thought it was IMDB


32 posted on 05/29/2023 1:48:01 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: bitt

3 days/$95 million is a “bomb”?. the msm is lying again.


33 posted on 05/29/2023 1:48:39 PM PDT by Ikeon (Don't worry about dying, you're gonna live forever, its all about location, location, location)
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To: Mr Rogers

Yes and yes. And don’t forget the merch. And reigniting merch sales for the “original”. Financially it will do fine.


34 posted on 05/29/2023 1:49:37 PM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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IMBD, Rotten Tomatoes and other online review-aggregation websites claimed online trolls are driving the bad reviews.

35 posted on 05/29/2023 1:56:01 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: bitt

The only number that matters is box office.


36 posted on 05/29/2023 2:00:01 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Bobalu

Love Critical Drinker


37 posted on 05/29/2023 2:01:01 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: bitt

Reviews didn’t stop ‘The Little Mermaid’ from being #1 at the box office raking in $117 million.


38 posted on 05/29/2023 2:04:43 PM PDT by JesusIsLord
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To: JesusIsLord

What else was playing?

We’ll see if it drops off. Probably a lot of the people who went to see it went expecting it to be like the original. Now after the word of mouth gets out, we’ll see what happens.


39 posted on 05/29/2023 2:06:07 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Biblebelter

“Not me!” Lol..

I think the only Mermaid movie I’ve seen that remains in my mind would be “Hans Christian Anderson” starring Danny Kaye.
It came out in 1952. I saw it maybe 15 years later in the Second Grade Catholic School Auditorium. Danny Kaye used to be a big comedy and musical star, don’tcha know. It was well done entertainment. Good songs, good period piece costumes.
Almost enough to make a student forget about upcoming Math Exams.


40 posted on 05/29/2023 2:24:12 PM PDT by lee martell
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