Some Star Wars fans appear to be review bombing a movie that is completely unrelated to controversial Acolyte TV series.

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/13458510

It seems some Star Wars fans are accidentally review bombing the 2008 Australian horror film Acolytes instead of The Acolyte Disney+ series. The Acolyte is the latest live-action Star Wars series to air on Disney+, premiering its first two episodes on June 4, with new episodes airing weekly until the finale on July 16. The show has earned mostly positive reviews from critics so far, but it has been incredibly divisive among Star Wars fans, to say the least.

At the time of this writing, the Rotten Tomatoes critic score for The Acolyte is a respectable 84%, while its audience score is an abysmal 16%. Without delving into spoilers, there are Star Wars fans who are not happy about some of the creative choices in the show, feeling as though it doesn’t fit with the rest of the Star Wars canon. Others are not impressed with the show’s quality, and are unhappy at the direction the Star Wars franchise has been going in general. There are also some people who are upset that the show focuses on female characters and has a diverse cast.

Those unhappy with The Acolyte, whether it’s due to legitimate criticism about the show’s quality or anger over its “woke” content, have taken to Rotten Tomatoes to let their displeasure be known, spamming the series with low ratings to bring down its audience score. However, some individuals seem to have gotten lost, instead review bombing the 2008 Australian horror film Acolytes, which has nothing to do with the Star Wars franchise in any capacity. Now, the Acolytes film was never popular with audiences anyway; from what we can see using the Way Back Machine, it’s gone from about a 42% audience score to a 33% audience score. Still, it does seem as though its score has been impacted by Star Wars fans who actually want to review bomb The Acolyte instead.

  • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
    28·
    6 months ago

    I didn’t like the Book of Boba Fett, but only because I wanted a different show. I wanted a loner amoral bounty hunter weaving through the galaxy. Basically I wanted the early Season 1 Mandalorian. But it wasn’t as bad as people online said.

    Anybody that uses the term “woke” in their review can be dismissed entirely.

    • Phil_in_here
      18·
      6 months ago

      Book of Boba Fett would have been a decent Star Wars story if it was the Book of Bib Fortuna seizing power.

      Boba Fett was saved by Tuscans, but spends the whole show talking about protecting “his people”, the city folk.

      It’s like if James Bond was left for dead and rescued by Navajo, then became sheriff of Albequerque and needed to keep the streets clean for the saloon and “his people”.

      It’s not the character we know, and it doesn’t even make sense as a character arc!