THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER Follows SHE-HULK As Latest Victim Of Review Bombing By Trolls

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER Follows SHE-HULK As Latest Victim Of Review Bombing By Trolls

The first two episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power arrived on Prime Video this past Friday, but the show is following She-Hulk: Attorney at Law as the latest victim of review bombing...

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By JoshWilding - Sep 04, 2022 08:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Lord of the Rings
Source: THR (via SFFGazette.com)

The Hollywood Reporter (via SFFGazette.com) has revealed that Prime Video has suspended user ratings for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power for 72 hours so Amazon can make sure any submitted reviews are legitimate. The show is the latest target of online trolls who are review bombing the series across a number of platforms, including Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb.

Despite boasting very positive reviews from critics, the pricey Amazon series has a "Rotten" 37% Audience Score on the review aggregator. This comes weeks after the same thing happened to She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (targeted primarily because it has a female lead), so what's the issue this time?

Unfortunately, it appears to be because the series has a female lead and a lot of actors of colour. There have been arguments online that an elf should not be Black and that it makes no sense for a dwarf to have a darker skin tone because they live underground. We wish we were joking, but that's a legitimate issue for some "fans," and this sort of vile racism has become fairly prevalent online lately.

It's important to point out that not everyone who has left a negative review is a troll or racist, and there will be those who simply don't like what Prime Video has delivered with The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

The problem is, it's become all too commonplace for these so-called fans to attack TV shows and movies simply because they feature the sort of diversity that reflects the modern world. She-Hulk twerking has been treated like the worst thing ever, though you just know it would be hailed as an all-time great moment if it was Deadpool pulling off those moves.

In the case of this show, it's only right that Middle-earth isn't whitewashed, but not everyone can see past their own bigotry. IMDb is also said to have also started removing negative reviews, and while some will cry foul and call this "censorship," the fact is that incels and racists seem determined to spread their hateful opinions through review-bombing. As a result, this is what happens.

The first two episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power are now streaming on Prime Video! We'd highly recommend checking them out.

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VictorAlonzo
VictorAlonzo - 9/4/2022, 8:01 PM
Innuendo much?
lvcl
lvcl - 9/6/2022, 9:26 AM
We must respect the votes of the people. The critics are sometimes bought by the TV channels. If they don't like the series because it's bad or for any reason, it should be reflected without manipulation, cutting the votes.

The Sandman, shows the same diversity and instead people liked it, and this is reflected in the votes.
MadThanos
MadThanos - 9/4/2022, 8:08 PM
Every single show those trolls are doing the same thing over and over.

One day the show will be actually bad. Like, for real. Really bad and those trolls will be all right like a casual coincidence.

Oh, wait...
Origame
Origame - 9/4/2022, 8:12 PM
@MadThanos - so where were the trolls review bombing wandavision?
MadThanos
MadThanos - 9/4/2022, 8:15 PM
@Origame -
Origame
Origame - 9/4/2022, 8:19 PM
@MadThanos - no answer. Figured as much.
Spagett
Spagett - 9/4/2022, 8:20 PM
@Origame - Is that a real thing that happened? If so, why?
TheSuerJackAss
TheSuerJackAss - 9/4/2022, 8:24 PM
@Origame - Lets throw in Wonder Woman 2017 @MadThanos
Origame
Origame - 9/4/2022, 8:24 PM
@Spagett - ...it didn't. That's the point I'm making.
TheSuerJackAss
TheSuerJackAss - 9/4/2022, 8:25 PM
@Origame - Also why are the old days female heroes loved ? @MadThanos Im talking Buffy / Xena / Lara Croft theres unlimited examples. Also a lot of female & poc characters in Star Wars are beloved & liked. They are just not made by Disney just an FYI
MadThanos
MadThanos - 9/4/2022, 8:37 PM
@Origame - I thought that was your fault for not getting sarcasm but reading it again, I could have had shown brighter intentions on the text.
MadThanos
MadThanos - 9/4/2022, 8:41 PM
@TheSuerJackAss - because they were... good? With no to very little injection of politics and personal beliefs.
TheSuerJackAss
TheSuerJackAss - 9/4/2022, 8:44 PM
@MadThanos - Honestly I would go as far as saying the politics & swapping are not the problems. The problem is when this is the marketing. The problem is not letting these shows & media stand on their own two feet. What She-Hulk & The Rings Are Power are doing ? Is anti consumer instead of letting them stand on their own. The audience learned from Ghostbusters: 2016 & The Last Jedi when projects like She-Hulk & The Rings Of Power do what they did. Look at House Of The Dragon. Yeah theres forced race swapping. But I dont think those guys did what She-Hulk & The Rings Of Power are doing. Thus theres interest there. The Sandman is another one
TheSuerJackAss
TheSuerJackAss - 9/4/2022, 8:46 PM
@MadThanos - At most with the House Of The Dragon show runners all we can certainly say are they are arrogant with their reasoning. But they never went out of their way & did what She-Hulk & The Rings Of Power are doing
krayzeman
krayzeman - 9/4/2022, 8:53 PM
@MadThanos - you guys are way more negative on this show than some other groups I’m in like the Ringerverse and Binge Mode. I guess it depends on what group adheres to whatever biases you may have good or bad. It confounds me. The only ones who know if these shows truly are hood and bad are the streaming services making them. All the review bombinv doesn’t matter if these enough people to continue to watch them thus justifying making more so this argument really remains to be seen…
philinterrupted
philinterrupted - 9/4/2022, 8:53 PM
@TheSuerJackAss - what did She-Hulk do? Genuinely asking.
TheSuerJackAss
TheSuerJackAss - 9/4/2022, 8:55 PM
@philinterrupted - Same thing happening here. Calling all negative reviews trolls & review bombing & they are using every buzz word in the book. When in reality the writing is terrible & the comedy is terrible & the main lead is not at all likeable
TheSuerJackAss
TheSuerJackAss - 9/4/2022, 8:57 PM
@philinterrupted - The virgin joke was the most stupidest thing ever. Her cousin has been on alien Planets. Her cousin are friends with literal gods. Her cousin brought back the snapped people. Her cousin even [frick]ing time traveled. The conversation or "running joke" could have been literally anything else. But they thought Steves Virginity was funny ? Did a 12 year old girl write it ?
philinterrupted
philinterrupted - 9/4/2022, 11:00 PM
@TheSuerJackAss - that’s it? The captain America virgin joke?
TheSuerJackAss
TheSuerJackAss - 9/4/2022, 11:01 PM
@philinterrupted - Im not listing every bad joke. At the end of the day they dont land
philinterrupted
philinterrupted - 9/4/2022, 11:05 PM
@TheSuerJackAss - have you watched the show?
I have. I personally find it uneven. It’s also too short to get any momentum. But it’s not the abomination (pun intended) that some are making it out to be.
TheSuerJackAss
TheSuerJackAss - 9/4/2022, 11:07 PM
@philinterrupted - You think its not some think it is. These are called OPINIONS its an amazing thing
philinterrupted
philinterrupted - 9/4/2022, 11:12 PM
@TheSuerJackAss - yep, and you’re on the internet in a comment section and I just voiced my opinion. Well to what conversations are.
TheSuerJackAss
TheSuerJackAss - 9/4/2022, 11:13 PM
@philinterrupted - Indeed ditto
CaptainMexico
CaptainMexico - 9/5/2022, 12:58 AM
@TheSuerJackAss - @TheSuerJackAss - those are the shows that gave birth to the incels of today…it set the bar too high for males of prepubescent age to live up to, and the women of those shows were too strong to for those young men to possibly understand.

Now they are sad that women and women of colour have made them unworthy when it comes to who has the power, making them feel insignificant. It’s pretty simple. Now that the she hulk has driven them to the brink of madness, all we can do is watch the shows for ourselves and make up our own minds. God help us all.
TheSuerJackAss
TheSuerJackAss - 9/5/2022, 12:59 AM
@CaptainMexico - So why is House Of The Dragon more liked than She-Hulk ? Plenty of female characters in this one.
MILESSPIDERMAN
MILESSPIDERMAN - 9/4/2022, 8:09 PM
Great show, enjoyed rings of powers so far
Winston19
Winston19 - 9/4/2022, 8:10 PM
“though you just know it would be hailed as an all-time great moment if it was Deadpool pulling off those moves“

Lol no….. no it wouldn’t. It would be just as stupid as She-Hulk
Origame
Origame - 9/4/2022, 8:18 PM
@Winston19 - if Deadpool 3 featured him twerking, they would've gone out of their way to make sure the moment matched that scene from she hulk and make it PART of a joke specifically to MAKE FUN OF the original she hulk scene.
mountainman
mountainman - 9/4/2022, 8:23 PM
@Winston19 - I haven’t watched ROP yet so I have no opinion. She-Hulk I have (episode 1 at least) and it was bad. And from what I’ve seen it’s gotten worse.

Why can’t people not like things? These people that claim that every time there’s a bad review that it’s caused by trolls are getting old. It’s like the overuse of a variety of negative terms - racist, homophobe, facist, groomer. Both sides do it. This hyperbolic name calling.

The biggest thing I’ve seen with the people who have been opposed to ROP is Tolkien purists. Not trolls, but people that wanted more source accuracy than what they got. I’m not a Tolkien scholar so I’ll judge the show based upon its merits alone.
Scarilian
Scarilian - 9/4/2022, 11:42 PM
@Origame -
To be fair, even that would be unlikely to be funny to many. The act of twerking in itself is more cringe than comedic.

Though you raise a good point with the Deadpool 3 remark... are they intentionally shoving in certain aspects so they can point to those instead later. Like they probably intended the twerking scene to mean something, but was the twerking scene added primarily so Deadpool 3 can reference it down the line and fans can go 'he made fun of something bad in the MCU'

As opposed of-course to critiques of other aspects of the MCU.
Origame
Origame - 9/5/2022, 4:58 AM
@Scarilian - I think the she hulk writers just suck at writing comedy.
Winston19
Winston19 - 9/5/2022, 7:35 AM
@mountainman - ROP is way better then she hulk IMO. Still not LOTR good but so far I’m into it. I’m not a Tolkien scholar either so I’m watching it just as a fan of the movies
mountainman
mountainman - 9/5/2022, 10:45 AM
@Winston19 - I’ll get to it this week. I’m loving House of the Dragon so far so I’m going to have to shift my brain to a different type of fantasy story before I sit and watch it.
Winston19
Winston19 - 9/5/2022, 12:23 PM
@mountainman - oh 100% completely different and your expectations can’t be the same, HOD is far better. But middle earth is always fun to visit. I definitely can’t see me being attached to these characters like LOTR or GOT but again I’m still enjoying the fantasy world of it.
mountainman
mountainman - 9/5/2022, 12:43 PM
@Winston19 - I’ve heard what it has the look and feel of middle Earth, regardless of any issues with writing or acting. If it has the look and feel, that sounds good to me. I’ll probably be watching the first episode tonight. I’m not a Tolkien purist so i don’t think i’ll have issues with the things that some folks online have.
mountainman
mountainman - 9/5/2022, 12:44 PM
@Winston19 - Part of me wants to wait until a few more episodes drop since i’ve heard the story doesn’t really get going in the first two. I may wait until 4 or 5 have dropped and binge them. At least once the story shifts to Numinor.

House of the Dragon has hit the ground running right from the start though!
Winston19
Winston19 - 9/6/2022, 2:56 PM
@mountainman - I’d say start it next Friday to let things flesh out more. The world is beautiful but still not really attached to anyone yet.

Last nights episode was wild! Although I thought only Targaryens can ride dragons? That other dragon rider was from house Valyrian. Either way the show is starting off great. The time jump caught me a little off guard in the last episode. I’m oh she’s pregnant, then I’m like oh she already had a kid lol
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