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Topic	HBO's Watchmen is getting review bombed.
Lebronwon 10/26/19 6:59:55 PM #1:	https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/26/hbo-watchmen-is-bombing-reviews-but-that-wont-scare-off-any-viewers.html The new series Watchmen, based on the comic by writer Alan Moore, premiered last weekend on HBO, and according to The Daily Beast, its the latest victim of review bombing. However, if the perpetrators are hoping to sink the show, theyre unlikely to succeed. For those not in the know, review bombing is what happens when scads of disgruntled viewers go to the Rotten Tomatoes website and leave one-star reviews for a movie or television show to drag down its overall rating. In the case of Watchmen, it received a score of 98% from critics and 43% from audiences. A complete disrespect of the source material, said one commenter. We have enough politics in our lives right now, can we just escape a little? groused another. Another called it the worst show HBO has ever created. MacDonald said that in some cases, people who participate in this behavior are fans who view themselves as gatekeepers of a franchise. However, he said that racism and misogyny are more likely causes. Captain Marvel and Star Wars: The Last Jedi were attacked for their female leads, he said. I would argue that the reason HBOs Watchmen is getting review bombed right now is not necessarily because of how the show strays from the material, but because it opened with the Tulsa massacre of black Americans. The Tulsa massacre was an incident that took place in Tulsa, OK, in 1921, in which thousands of white rioters attacked the citys black business district, causing multiple fatalities. MacDonald said that the initial responses to the show that he saw all focused on this, in part because many viewers never knew that the incident had even taken place. It was taken as an educational experience, as a positive that the show had unearthed a forgotten but crucial part of Americas history, he said. The review bombings started after that. Add to this that the lead character is a black woman, and well, there you go. --- Not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6, not 7 <cite>Lebronwon posted [p:929277893] in HBO's ... [t:78113389]...</cite> <quote>https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/26/hbo-watchmen-is-bombing-reviews-but-that-wont-scare-off-any-viewers.html The new series Watchmen, based on the comic by writer Alan Moore, premiered last weekend on HBO, and according to The Daily Beast, its the latest victim of review bombing. However, if the perpetrators are hoping to sink the show, theyre unlikely to succeed. For those not in the know, review bombing is what happens when scads of disgruntled viewers go to the Rotten Tomatoes website and leave one-star reviews for a movie or television show to drag down its overall rating. In the case of Watchmen, it received a score of 98% from critics and 43% from audiences. A complete disrespect of the source material, said one commenter. We have enough politics in our lives right now, can we just escape a little? groused another. Another called it the worst show HBO has ever created. MacDonald said that in some cases, people who participate in this behavior are fans who view themselves as gatekeepers of a franchise. However, he said that racism and misogyny are more likely causes. Captain Marvel and Star Wars: The Last Jedi were attacked for their female leads, he said. I would argue that the reason HBOs Watchmen is getting review bombed right now is not necessarily because of how the show strays from the material, but because it opened with the Tulsa massacre of black Americans. The Tulsa massacre was an incident that took place in Tulsa, OK, in 1921, in which thousands of white rioters attacked the citys black business district, causing multiple fatalities. MacDonald said that the initial responses to the show that he saw all focused on this, in part because many viewers never knew that the incident had even taken place. It was taken as an educational experience, as a positive that the show had unearthed a forgotten but crucial part of Americas history, he said. The review bombings started after that. Add to this that the lead character is a black woman, and well, there you go. --- Not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6, not 7</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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