Poll Which social media event related to comic book movies was the most embarrassing in your opinion? (28 votes)
Modern day comic book movies rely a lot on social media for publicity, whether good or bad. They can be done by the marketing department promoting the film, or they can be done by fans.
Today we focus on the negative aspects of social media when they are used by the general audience of comic book movies.
Relatively recently, there are quite a number of comic book movie-related social media events which generated negative attention. Many of the reasonable fans even disavowed themselves from these events, saying that they don't support such actions. Among these events, which one do you think embarrassed you the most?
Sources provided for context, so you can get a feel of it and give your opinion on it.
- Sabotaging the movie of a rival franchise with negative reviews and spoilers: https://www.cbr.com/dceu-fans-black-panther-rt-score-spoil-fans/
- Peaceful protest outside a film studio for a director's cut of a movie: https://www.cbr.com/snyder-fans-protest-warner-bros-justice-league/
- Campaigning for fans to buy multiple tickets for a movie with a struggling box office: http://junkee.com/justice-league-fan-campaign/136613
- Sending death threats to critics for giving negative reviews to a movie: https://www.comicbookmovie.com/batman_vs_superman/dc-fans-send-death-threats-to-3-critics-a140871
- Petitioning to shutdown review aggregator websites for rating a movie negatively: https://variety.com/2016/film/news/suicide-squad-fans-petition-rotten-tomatoes-bad-reviews-shut-down-1201829631/
Discuss.
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