China's 1st $100m Film Pulled For Re-Shoots After Only Making $7m
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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chinas-first-100m-film-pulled-cinemas-disastrous-opening-weekend-1127224
Just as trolls have occasionally gamed Rotten Tomatoes ratings in the U.S., Chinese studios have sometimes alleged that their scores were unfairly hurt by fake negative reviews — or that the competition was boosted by purchased positive ones. Such ghostwriters for hire are known in China as "shuijun," a pejorative term that literally means “water army,” because companies pay them to “flood” forums with fake reviews.
Asura's producers are now alleging that they were targeted by a particularly aggressive "water army" attack. In a second social media post, they say they discovered a large number of 1/10 reviews for Asura posted to Maoyan by suspicious accounts immediately after the film's release. Describing the episode as "the shame of the industry," they say a sizable discrepancy soon emerged between Asura's early average scores on Maoyan (4.9/10) and on Alibaba's Tiao Piao Piao (8.4/10). The statement concludes with a series of pointed statements directed at Maoyan, questioning the integrity of the platform's rating system and asking when the company will take action to address such problems. The post also ends with some disparaging words for the shadowy, unknown perpetrators of the campaign, saying that "whoever is behind this is dirty, stupid and ridiculous."
Is that asian Daenerys?
Someone on reddit dubbed them "Chinaerys" and "Mao Drogo"
Does that make the other fellow Asian Drogo, or Asian John Snow?
You know you've screwed up hard when in a nation of that size you only gain $7 million.
Clearly that's the Amethyst Empress and her younger brother, the Bloodstone Emperor.
oh my fucking god that is amazing.
Chinese viewers may like Hollywood hype, but they aren't morons
"Asura"? More like "Basura"
So how was the movie?
And the White Walkers are Gwai Lo.
Well, it'll make a profit when it gets released in Chi-
Oh we can't say that this time around can we? Whoops
It'll make a profit when it gets to the US :v
Is this Game of Thrones?
Nah, the Chinese movie industry aint like that. You'd only dissapear if you critizise the state, if you critizise a movie no one will care.
I imagine piracy would be a problem there too.
What if the movie is about the state?
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