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minus-squareArghZombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·10 months agoWhich is why RT scores were usually good. Because a RT percentage is just the percentage of critics that thought the film was good or better. Too many people treat RT scores as a single “this is a film that has a quality rating of 90%” whereas it’s “90% of critics think it’s not shit”. Really, this is RTs fault for picking a metric so often used in a different way.
Which is why RT scores were usually good. Because a RT percentage is just the percentage of critics that thought the film was good or better.
Too many people treat RT scores as a single “this is a film that has a quality rating of 90%” whereas it’s “90% of critics think it’s not shit”.
Really, this is RTs fault for picking a metric so often used in a different way.