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Maybe it's just me, but I find the "Tomatometer score" to be confusing. The combination of the tomato graphic with a number confuses an otherwise obvious rating
by metatation 9y ago
Maybe it's just me, but I find the "Tomatometer score" to be confusing. The combination of the tomato graphic with a number confuses an otherwise obvious rating.
I have a very strong (but false) intuition that the tomato graphic is a qualifier for the rating number. i.e. "Is this saying that 92% of people would throw tomatoes at this performance? Oh it's a fresh tomato...but wait, why would they throw tomatoes if they like it. Oh I see, the tomato is a lame representation of the rating, not saying something about the rating number."
Anyway, my false intuition is so strong that I still have to concentrate to ignore the tomato and simply look at the number (even if the number itself is controversial as noted by this discussion thread).
- MaymayMaster 9y agoWas this really worth a 3-paragraph post? Jesus.
- symlinkk 9y agoit's called "rotten tomatoes". the tomato is rotten, e.g. more greenish colored, the worse the movie is. i admit i was a little confused at first too.
- metatation 9y agoExcept that rotten tomatoes are not green..they are deeper red in color than a fresh one. Plus, why throw tomatoes at all if you like a performance. For me it's a completely broken analogy.
- aedron 9y agoIt doesn't help that (red == good) and (green == bad).