Variety on Friday that the 72-hour delay was put in place recently, first quietly on “A League of Their Own” that launched this summer, and now on its “Lord of the Rings” show.
The move is designed to weed out bots or trolls from the genuine audience reception. Reps for Amazon did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.
That approach may prove to be necessary, as the show has already seemingly been “review bombed” on sites like Rotten Tomatoes, with critics lauding the show with an 84% score while “fans” saddled it with a 36% grade, with thousands of reviews pouring in before the dust has even settled on the whole series. “The Rings of Power” in particular has had to fend off Internet trolls for months leading up to its release, with more racially intolerant admirers of J.R.R.
Tolkien’s books attacking the show for its diverse casting rather than having Middle Earth’s elves, dwarves and hobbit…err, “harfoots,” be populated by all-white inhabitants.
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