After Game Of Thrones And Breaking Bad Mess, I Need To Rant About Review Bombing
Yahoo • • entertainment
Key Points:
- A rivalry between Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad fanbases has led to coordinated one-star review bombing on IMDB, aiming to lower the ratings of each other's top episodes.
- Breaking Bad’s “Ozymandias” episode, once the highest-rated on IMDB, has seen its score drop due to tens of thousands of one-star reviews from opposing fans.
- This pattern of review bombing extends to other acclaimed shows like Succession, Chernobyl, and Better Call Saul, where highly rated episodes also accumulate large numbers of one-star votes.
- The article highlights that review bombing is a broader issue often driven by unrelated grievances, such as casting choices or political reasons, undermining the integrity of fan ratings.
- While the
