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Amazon Prime Video quietly introduced a new 72-hour delay for all user reviews posted to Prime Video, including "A League of Their Own" and "The Lord of the ...

[Lord of the Rings](https://variety.com/t/lord-of-the-rings/): [The Rings of Power](https://variety.com/t/the-rings-of-power/),” Prime Video’s monumentally scaled fantasy series based on the works of J.R.R. The series appears to have been review bombed — when trolls flood intentionally negative reviews for a show or film — on other sites like [Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_lord_of_the_rings_the_rings_of_power), where it has an 84% rating from professional critics, but a 37% from user-submitted reviews. Each critique is then evaluated to determine whether it’s genuine or a forgery created by a bot, troll or other breed of digital goblin.

As has happened with other recent streaming releases, Amazon Prime Video's latest series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has found itself the ...

The series is only available to watch for Amazon Prime subscribers, available on a monthly or annual subscription, Amazon may not allow user reviews on Prime Video for the series until several episodes have been released, and perhaps after they're certain that some folks have found a new target to complain about online. [The Hollywood Reporter](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-amazon-review-bombed-1235211190/) brings word that Amazon is fighting this by suspending user reviews for the series on the Amazon landing page/Prime Video app, [preventing anyone from leaving a rating on it at all](https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/marvel-moon-knight-review-bombed-imdb/).

'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' Episode Guide: What time do new episodes premiere on Prime Video? How many episodes are there in the LotR show?

So you’ve already binged through the first two episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and you want more. Here’s everything you need to know about when future The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power episodes premiere… We need to watch the next episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power to find out! At the end of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Episode 1, a meteor flashes across the skies of Middle-earth. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. So what comes next in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power?

Amazon suspends reviews for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power in an effort to quell review-bombing after the show's Prime Video premiere.

" [The Rings Of Power](https://www.cbr.com/lotr-rings-of-power-creators-more-than-tv-amazon/) is not television," Bayona said. [The Rings of Power will have more action sequences](https://www.cbr.com/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-more-action-than-any-other-series/) than "any television or streaming show we've ever seen." [early reviews of Rings of Power](https://www.cbr.com/lotr-rings-of-power-reviews-scale-drama-prime-video/) noted the immense scale and high drama of the big-budget fantasy series and praised it as a faithful companion to Peter Jackson's original film trilogy. However, feedback on the review aggregate site [Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.cbr.com/lotr-rings-of-power-scores-critic-audience-reviews-rotten-tomatoes-amazon-prime/) shows an audience that can't seem to agree, with the critics' rating sitting at 83%, while the audience score is a rotten 37% at the time of writing. Fans appear divided on the series, particularly in regards to storyline and character, though a large portion of its audience has [praised the show's cinematography](https://www.cbr.com/lotr-rings-of-power-fan-reactions-praise-stunning-visuals/) and its "stunning" imagery and visual effects. [first two episodes](https://www.cbr.com/lotr-the-rings-of-power-two-episodes-prime-video/) on Prime Video on Sept.

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As fans tried to stream the series, some complained that only Episode 2 was available for viewing.

[@JayAreOliver](https://twitter.com/JayAreOliver/status/1565505562753785858) wrote, “Amazon only released episode 2 of Rings of Power? Strange marketing plan.” [@moviesRtherapy](https://twitter.com/moviesRtherapy/status/1565505593212866560) was overcome by emotion, writing, “Only Episode 2 of [#TheRingsOfPower](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheRingsOfPower?src=hashtag_click) is working right now. “‘House of the Dragon’ was successfully viewed by millions of HBO Max subscribers last night. [@LOTRonPrime](https://twitter.com/LOTRonPrime) hopefully it’s just me but only episode 2 is available not episode 1 why!? [@therealmccaw](https://twitter.com/therealmccaw/status/1565504301065289729) tweeted. “It looks good, has a few charismatic performances that sell the characters and is all in all watchable, if something less than compelling — predictable even in the suspenseful parts, occasionally exciting and sometimes sort of boring. The option to press play for Episode 1 of the series was nowhere to be found, with the play button missing altogether and text reading “This video is currently unavailable.” According to [the “Game of Thrones” prequel series](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2022-08-19/house-of-the-dragon-review-hbo-game-of-thrones) “House of the Dragon” reported experiencing an outage on HBO Max, according to [DownDetector.com](https://downdetector.com/status/hbo-max/). [statement provided to The Times](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2022-08-22/house-of-dragon-the-premiere-hbo-max-down-crash). [measured review](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2022-08-31/lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-review-amazon-prime-video) of the series. Has to be a mistake,”

The audience score later rose to 50 percent. Review bombing is birthed after a group collaborates to upload negative reviews for its “perceived cultural or ...

His stories are about his fictional races doing their best work when they leave the isolation of their own cultures and come together.” Who are these people that feel so threatened or disgusted by the idea that an elf is Black or Latino or Asian?” [The Hollywood Reporter](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-amazon-review-bombed-1235211190/) that reviews are being held for 72 hours to weed out trolls — and not of the hulking J.R.R. Review bombing is birthed after a group collaborates to upload negative reviews for its “perceived cultural or political issues rather than its actual quality,” as THR defined the term. (Racists have criticized the series’ diverse casting.) “The Rings of Power” currently has a 34 percent average audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, compared to an 87 percent critics score. The audience score later rose to 50 percent.

Instead, it was aimed at minimizing trolling or offensive review content as well as authenticating the comments are from actual viewers. (The book side of ...

Review bombing occurs when bigots flood a show with bad reviews in order to make it seem less appealing or popular.