Move over Batman, there’s a new team of vigilantes fighting for DC Comics’ universe — no, not Suicide Squad, it’s Suicide Squad’s internet fans. On Tuesday, comic-book enthusiasts banned together to sign a petition against Rotten Tomatoes after the review aggregator posted a mere 36 percent approval rating of the movie. This approval rating, or “tomatometer†means that, of the 64 reviews currently collected by the site, only that percentage of critics gave it a positive response. It should be noted that the reviews gathered come from widely read publications and media outlets, and are not just generated by some dude sitting behind a computer who calls himself “Rotten Tom Ato.â€
Despite the negative rating not necessarily being a reflection of that website’s opinion of the film, one fan, Abdullah Coldwater of Alexandria, Egypt, took to Change.org to demand Rotten Tomatoes end its review-sharing ways. The petition is short and direct: “We need this site to be shut down, because it’s [sic] critics always give the DC Extended Universe movies unjust bad reviews,†and adding, “that affects people’s opinion even if it’s a really great movies [sic].†As of this post being published, 4,874 caped-by-internet-anonymity crusaders have signed the petition in defense of the film that has not yet opened to the general public.