Petition Against Rotten Tomatoes Withdrawn by Creator

A lot of media attention had been surrounding the online petition on Change.org, which was created by angry DC Extended Universe fans after the movie Suicide Squad had received overwhelmingly negative reviews.

The petition, created by Abdullah Coldwater, had been a way for fans to express their displeasure. There is also a belief among fans that DCEU movies are unfairly reviewed and too often compared with Marvel movies, and that those negative reviews would affect people’s opinion on the movie whether it was a good film or not.

According to Time, Coldwater had clarified that his petition’s aim had not been to shut down the website, but that is was a “to deliver a message to the critics that there is a lot of people disagree with their reviews”.

On August 3, Coldwater withdrew his petition after gaining over 17,000 signatures, according to comicbook.com. In his final announcement on Change.org, he left the following message:

In fact i started this petition to gather dc fans to express our anger just for fun. I didn’t mean it to be taken that serious. After thinking. I found this petition is pointless. And the only thing that it does is spreading a speech of hate and online fighting among the supporters and objectors . The movies is something to enjoy. And the hate and fight is the opposite of enjoying.

Suicide Squad will be released on August 5, where fans can decide for themselves if they agree with Coldwater and his supporters, or the critics from Rotten Tomatoes.

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