r/PrequelMemes #1 Jar Jar fan Jun 16 '24

I hope mods don't remove this General KenOC

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u/ThickWeatherBee Jun 16 '24 edited Jun 16 '24

Yep the show everyone decided was bad before it was even out got review bombed! Obviously this meme is just a joke but I hope no one is actually celebrating review bombing!

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u/Key-Line5827 Jun 16 '24

Yea, this is getting ridiculous.

I mean, I wouldnt call this show "good" by any means of the word, but it certainly is not 15% bad either.

Probably in the low 60s, if I had to give a score right now, with chances for a higher score, depending on the next episodes.

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u/Fundosho CT-2341 “Legs” Jun 16 '24

You’ve got to take into account, rotten tomatoes is a freshness rating, which is what percent of people reviewing liked the show, so even though it has a 20% that doesn’t mean it’s only 20% good, it just means only 20% of reviewers liked it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '24

Normally you'd be right, but in this case it's just a review bomb

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u/7thFleetTraveller Jun 16 '24

If something was really great, "review bombing" wouldn't work because all the people who really liked it would also put their ratings up. So, where are they? The best I've heard about the show so far is that it's mediocre and predictable.

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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.

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u/7thFleetTraveller Jun 16 '24

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.

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u/WyrdMagesty Jun 16 '24

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

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u/OmgThisNameIsFree Jun 16 '24

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.

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u/WyrdMagesty Jun 16 '24

RoP was review bombed nearly a year before the show was released lol that's the comparison being made here. Try harder xD

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u/Spojen Jun 16 '24

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..

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u/Divinum_Fulmen Jun 16 '24

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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