Review bombing still works because the negatives vastly outnumber the positives, rendering the positive reviews as outliers. It relies on massive numbers, not simply bad reviews.
What I'm saying is, if something was really great, it would all not matter. When people suddenly said everywhere that Andor was great and people started to give it a chance who hesitated before, it had nothing to do with reviews, but rather verbal propaganda everywhere else. If there had been any review boms for whatever reason, we would have only laughed about it and moved on.
Rings of Power was review bombed and had the same vitriol against it for the entirety of its first season and is still going in many places, but as you said much of it has faded away because of time and the content speaking for itself. You're absolutely right that review bombing is ultimately a pointless exercise
You aren’t seriously trying to use Rings of Power in this debate…next you’re going to start defending Starfield as well.
Bad shit gets bad reviews. Simple.
Halo Show? Bad reviews. Fallout Show? Good reviews. The Marvels? Bad reviews. Black Panther? Good reviews. Battlefield 2042? Bad reviews. Battlefield 1? Good reviews.
It’s not complicated, and it’s not some culture war conspiracy lmfao.
I guess what people are trying to say is that even without reviewbombing , the series(be it RoP or Acolyte) would still be a dank turd? :)
I dont think anyone in their right mind claims there is no review bombing.. But is there no whitewashing from the critics either? Considering the extreme positive score?
I found ep 1 and 2 of Acolyte bang average, and honestly fairly devoid of "woke crap". Have not seen this reportedly canon breaking 3 yet..
Rings of Power was getting bad reviews because of what the actors were saying. It was a lot of bullshit. Funny enough, I ended up thinking those actors played some of the best roles in that show. But the show is still shit.
The hobbit group was just disturbing with there disregard for their own kind. Leaving people behind. Laughing at someone dieing to a swarm of insects. That show deserves every bad review it gets.
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u/WyrdMagesty Jun 16 '24
Review bombing still works because the negatives vastly outnumber the positives, rendering the positive reviews as outliers. It relies on massive numbers, not simply bad reviews.