{"id":64270,"date":"2022-09-02T22:37:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T22:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/amazon-prime-video-suspends-the-rings-of-power-user-ratings-after-review-bombing-occurs\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T22:37:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T22:37:56","slug":"amazon-prime-video-suspends-the-rings-of-power-user-ratings-after-review-bombing-occurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/amazon-prime-video-suspends-the-rings-of-power-user-ratings-after-review-bombing-occurs\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Prime Video Suspends ‘The Rings of Power’ User Ratings After ‘Review Bombing’ Occurs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prime Video is forging a new path for \u201cThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.\u201d<\/p>\n

The big-budget series debuted its first two episodes September 2, with an Amazon source telling The Hollywood Reporter that reviews are being held for 72 hours to weed out trolls \u2014 and not of the hulking JRR Tolkien variety, though possibly as witless. (Racists have the series’ diverse casting.) \u201cThe Rings of Power\u201d currently has a 34 percent average audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, compared to an 87 percent critics score. As of print, there are zero reviews for the series on Prime Video with users unable to post.<\/p>\n

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A representative for Prime Video had not returned IndieWire’s request for comment at publish time.<\/p>\n

Recently, Disney+ Marvel series \u201cShe-Hulk\u201d was confirmed to be \u201creview bombed\u201d on Rotten Tomatoes with an 88 percent critics score distinctly different than the initial 36 percent audience score. The audience score later rose to 50 percent. Review bombing is born after a group collaborates to upload negative reviews for its \u201cperceived cultural or political issues rather than its actual quality,\u201d as THR defined the term.<\/p>\n

Current Rotten Tomatoes reviews range from the racially-blind series being slammed for mirroring \u201ccurrent politics\u201d in a story that was \u201calready written and should not have been sullied\u201d to calling it \u201cboring.\u201d One review reads, \u201cReflecting world diversity in Middle Earth is an odd goal, albeit good for marketing maybe, but it was clearly more important than making a functional TV series.\u201d<\/p>\n

Co-created by showrunners JD Payne and Patrick McKay and already renewed for five seasons, the cast behind \u201cRings of Power\u201d anticipated racist backlash.<\/p>\n

When the studio originally released a photo of its multicultural cast, Amazon was immediately met with vitriolic online trolling, as fans took to social media to slam certain roles based on race and gender.<\/p>\n