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Giving it a 1/10 score just means that person is very angry for some reason, not because they objectively evaluated the series and gave it a 1/10 rating because
by koonsolo 4y ago
Giving it a 1/10 score just means that person is very angry for some reason, not because they objectively evaluated the series and gave it a 1/10 rating because it's terrible on all fronts.
Giving it a 3/10 means that series needs to live up to some kind of standard that other series don't need to live up to.
If this series wouldn't be based on Tolkien and was released before anyone heard of "woke", it would at least be a 7/10. For reference, Xena is a 6.7/10.
- kshacker 4y agoEven a 6.7 likely has a few people giving it 1/10, a few people giving it 3/10 and a few people giving it 10/10. I have probably rated a couple of things 1/10 out of the 20 odd ratings I may have provided IMDB, but that does not make me angry, just that the particular topic (move, series, episode) somehow seemed to waste my time, but someone else may feel otherwise. > Giving it a 3/10 means that series needs to live up to some kind of standard that other series don't need to live up to. Whatever standard people used to give 3/10 to Xena could be used to give 1, 3 or 10. The problem is we do not know who is a genuine critic, and who is just a hater (or a complete aficionado) unless we start doing some kind of meta-analysis which is what Amazon seems to be trying to do, as long as they do it consistently.
- overgard 4y agoWell, basing a series on a well known work is a tradeoff. You have an automatic audience, but they have certain expectations and if you fail to meet them the backlash is harsh. Would it be higher rated if it wasn't based on Tolkien? Probably, but vastly fewer people would care about it. End of the day you have to respect the source material.