The Rings of Power reviews banned on Amazon Prime for 72 hours to ‘weed out trolls’-Ruth Lawes-Entertainment – Metro

Fans will have to wait to leave a review on Amazon Prime (Picture: Amazon Prime)

*Warning: This article contains spoilers from the first two episodes of The Rings of Power.*

While there may be elves and harfoots in The Rings of Power, it appears trolls are not welcome in The Lord of the Rings universe.

The prequel, which is set thousands of years before Peter Jackson’s film trilogy, in the Second Age, is based on the appendices of JRR Tolkien’s The Lords of the Rings novels, as well as The Silmarillion, Tolkien’s Unfinished Tales, and The History of Middle-Earth.

As well as introducing us to the lush, expansive scenery of Middle Earth, which presumably cost a hefty chunk of the fantasy drama’s reported $1billion (£868 million) price tag for five seasons, the first two episodes see Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) vow to avenge her brother’s death, among other storylines.

Given the ambition and scale of the series, showrunners Patrick McKay and JD Payne must have let out a sigh of relief when the first reviews landed.

Critics heaped praise on The Rings of Power, with the Metro awarding the first two episodes four out of five stars.

Reviewer Josh Stephenson wrote: ‘This is a big, beautiful TV show in a scale and scope unseen in the medium so far that you can scarcely believe isn’t a blockbuster film.’

Critics have raved about The RIngs of Power (Picture: Amazon Prime)

But while the pros have been sharing their thoughts on the prequel, which also stars national treasure Sir Lenny Henry, Amazon Prime users have been suspended from penning reviews.

On Amazon Prime, at the time of writing, The Rings of Power currently has no star ratings and no reviews, which would be highly unlikely given the hype around the drama.

The LOTR prequel was filmed in New Zealand (Picture: Amazon Prime)

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the online shopping and video platform, founded by Jeff Bezos, has suspended reviews for 72 hours to ‘help weed out trolls and to ensure each review is legitimate.’

An insider told the publication Amazon started this policy to eliminate ‘review bombing’ for all of its shows earlier this summer.

One of the main talking points from the launch of The Rings of Power has been a terrifying orc sequence, with Theo (Tyroe Muhafidin) and his mother Bronwyn (Nazanin Boniadi) trapped in a room with a lone monster.

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Discussing the significance of the scene, JD exclusively told Metro.co.uk: ‘It’s scary. Our goal with the orc was to show how scary a single orc can be.

‘Sometimes orcs can be like video game characters when they’re just suddenly get killed en mass. We thought if it’s this difficult to kill one orc how difficult is it going to be to kill a lot of orcs?

Metro.co.uk has contacted reps for Amazon for comment.

The Rings of Power is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video now.

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