In the tradition of great partnerships like Batman & Robin, Michael Jordan & Scottie Pippen, and peanut butter & chocolate, we are very pleased to announce that Rotten Tomatoes is merging with Flixster. Think of it as a surprise present for movie fans that's been hiding under the Christmas tree until today.
Rest assured that RT will continue to be the essential place for critical reaction and analysis, but now we'll just be able to reach more people. We're still going to publish articles and interviews, and we're still going to make sure that we've got as many reviews from leading critics as we can find.
Ultimately, the combination of Flixster and Rotten Tomatoes aims to be the most comprehensive movie information source, both for users on our sites and on other platforms such as Facebook. To do that, we'll be using a database of more than 250,000 movies, 2.3 billion user reviews, 500,000 critic reviews, more than 20,000 trailers and videos, Tomatometer and Flixster Scores, movie news and interviews, and showtimes and ticket information. And don't be surprised to see new features in the future.
Continue on to the next page for the full press release.
Don't Tase Me Bro writes: on Jan 04 2010 12:19 PM Kewl! (Reply to this) |
whiskeyriver writes: on Jan 04 2010 12:23 PM Rotten Tomatoes was acquired, not vice versa. So don't be surprised to see some changes here (possibly not for the better). (Reply to this) |
vitajex writes: on Jan 04 2010 12:52 PM Does it say more about Flixster or more about me that, although "Flixster Inc., [is] producer of the world's largest online movie community", I've never even heard of the damn thing? (Reply to this) |
frothy writes: on Jan 04 2010 12:55 PM Netflix and RT already are partners, and Flixster is a huge partner with Netflix, so this isn't terribly surprising. (Reply to this) |
BCENS writes: on Jan 04 2010 12:55 PM SELL-OUTS. I wonder if Flixter will try to "embed" something in my browser. (Reply to this) |
sauronthegr8 writes: on Jan 04 2010 01:03 PM Hope there aren't too many changes. I liked Rotten Tomatoes better in the old days. (Reply to this) |
dave@marketingtactics.com writes: on Jan 04 2010 01:20 PM I see this a "good thing". Less control by Rupert. (Reply to this) |
Dachshund96 writes: on Jan 04 2010 01:29 PM Looks like I will terminate my visitations to this website. How do you cancel accounts? (Reply to this) |
rle4lunch writes: on Jan 04 2010 01:47 PM hmm (Reply to this) |
BCENS writes: on Jan 04 2010 01:53 PM In reply to this comment (#2582029) Less control by Rupert means exclusive control by Flixter. Are there any viable alternatives to this new conglomerate? If not, prepare for a Flixter makeover. (Reply to this) |
aaron s. writes: on Jan 04 2010 01:54 PM wow, already this place was filled with arrogant S.O.B.s but now we are adding more? (Reply to this) |
Some guy you dont know writes: on Jan 04 2010 02:09 PM I cant wait for honkeylover45 and largebutt332 to become top critics. Or hell, if the tomatometer was open to the public. We'd become... IMDb. I for one dont welcome our new Flixter overlords. (Reply to this) |
Floor Man writes: on Jan 04 2010 02:44 PM Good. Maybe RT will now have the resources to develop THEIR OWN iPhone app.... Many months ago, RT sent a "Cease and Desist" to the developer of a perfectly good and functional iPhone app; now it just uses Metacritic instead of RT. Now, I don't mind his getting a C&D...as; long as RT was working on their own! It seems they haven't been. WTF? Hrm.... (Reply to this) |
ledawg1138 writes: on Jan 04 2010 02:46 PM Ah great. What the hell is Flixster? (Reply to this) |
earthbound writes: on Jan 04 2010 02:46 PM This could be good or the end of RT. I lean towards good. RT is too valuable to screw up and the new owners should know this. RT survived IGN without looking like the IGN movie section (a cluttered mess). Hopefully it will survive this. How could it actually help? RT is excellent, but very narrowly focused. If RT remains pretty much unchanged in look and feel and its utility doesn't suffer, the addition of a better movie database could help the site. Click on a movie and see the RT page as it is now with tabs for the expanded content? Sounds fantastic. This isn't a disaster unless Flixster wants to make it one and they'd be fools to do so. If what people come to RT for is taken away or buried, today is a sad day, but so long as any shanges don't distract from RT's main purpose, all is good. Yes, I'm babbling, but only because I am trying really hard to see something positive in this news. (Reply to this) |
DoctorSubmarine writes: on Jan 04 2010 02:50 PM Don't let Flixter order you around, RT! Maintain your integrity! (Reply to this) |
orca5050 writes: on Jan 04 2010 02:51 PM I've been using Movie Review Query Engine lately. MRQE.com. They have cool graphs for each film as well as a twitter site I think they also own called flicktweets.com. Just something different to look at. (Reply to this) |
RT-Ryan writes: on Jan 04 2010 02:53 PM Some guy - the Tomatometer already IS open to the public... in the form of the Community Tomatometer. But as far as honkeylover45 and largebutt332 becoming Top Critics, or even Tomatometer critics for that matter, well, it takes more than an awesome username to earn that title, and we have no plans to change that. And to clarify, RT and Flixster will still operate as two separate websites. You won't be seeing us changing our name to Rotten Flixmatoes or Flixster Tomatoes. We fully intend to maintain our integrity, because we know you all love us just the way we are! (Reply to this) |
earthbound writes: on Jan 04 2010 02:55 PM Cool. (Reply to this) |
jomo999 writes: on Jan 04 2010 03:08 PM Oh dear. Rotten Tomatoes exemplifies everything that flixster ISN'T. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a movie snob and I know there are plenty of people who view films as simple entertainment but... RT is a film site for people who respect films, not just rate them willy nilly. Geez how do I say this without insulting a lot of people? Let me put it this way, Flixster is full of people who rate things either 1/10 and 10/10 without expressing their opinion, it's where people complain about The Godfather and The Lord of the Rings having too much talking. THAT sort of movie site. (Reply to this) |
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