

“They wanted to involve such an important work with current politics and they have succeeded,” reads an example. Perusing Rotten Tomatoes’ audience reviews for Rings of Power, there are some one-star entries that meet the definition. “Review bombing” is when a group of online users post numerous negative reviews for a product or service due to its perceived cultural or political issues rather than its actual quality. The source later claimed Prime Video started the policy this summer on all its shows.

An Amazon source says reviews are being held 72 hours to help weed out trolls and to ensure each review is legitimate. How The Rings of Power is doing on Amazon’s own user review ecosystem is not yet clear because the company has taken the unusual step of suspending user ratings for the show.

The scores come a couple weeks after Marvel’s She-Hulk was declared review bombed on the site, with 88 percent critics score and an initial 36 percent audience score. 'Doctor Who' Heading to Disney+ in Landmark Streaming Deal
