Buh-Bye, "Captain Marvel" Trolls: Rotten Tomatoes Cans Commenting On Unreleased Films

Captain Marvel has been the victim of a targeted review troll.
The upcoming release of Marvel's first female-focused superhero flick, Captain Marvel, has gotten many keen, and early reviews are confirming our excitement is justified.
But, unsurprisingly, it's also been the victim of a targeted troll due to comments made by the lead actor, Brie Larson, in an interview.

It was all fine and dandy until Larson dared to say something deemed too "SJW" (social justice warrior; a derogatory term used against people with progressive views).
Larson told Marie Claire that her press days "appeared to be overwhelmingly white male" and she wanted to use her position to promote people from more diverse backgrounds and experiences.
"[The role] comes with all these privileges and powers that make me feel uncomfortable because I don't really need them," she continued.
"But any uncomfortableness I feel is balanced by the knowledge that it gives me the ability to advocate for myself and others."
That was all the kindling trolls needed to flood the film's Rotten Tomatoes page, giving it an extremely low "Want to See" audience score (a feature that's since been removed) before the film's release.
Rotten Tomatoes has since issued an update to remove the "Want to See" feature for unreleased films (like Captain Marvel) and to stop this from happening again in the future.
"Unfortunately, we have seen an uptick in non-constructive input, sometimes bordering on trolling, which we believe is a disservice to our general readership," the update read.
"Fans will still get to have their say: Once a movie is released, audiences can leave a user rating and comments as they always have."
Shockingly, this is not the first time this has happened.

Upon the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, there was an uproar from a particular demographic of the population.
Before some had provided a female-less cut of the flick or threatened to remake the whole movie, there was a campaign by upset males to ruin the film's review score before it was even released.
Of course, not all of the site's bad reviews and comments are from women- and diversity-hating adult babies, but they were certainly the loudest about their disdain.
Rotten Tomatoes' decision to limit their power to ruin review scores before release won't fix the problem, but it'll certainly peeve the babies off.

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