Ms. Marvel: New MCU show is being hit with negative reviews

MS. MARVEL

Jun 09, 2022 @ 7:26pm

The new Marvel series “Ms. Marvel” is being heaped with unfair, negative reviews online, intended to ruin the show’s rating. More about it on Netzwelt.

• On the film and series website IMDb, “Ms. Marvel” often receives the worst possible rating.
• “Fans” and viewers overwhelm the new MCU show with unfair criticism – the so-called “review bombing.”
• Read some of the nasty comments about the new Marvel series here.

“Ms. Marvel” has started. The first Muslim female superhero, Kamala Khan, makes her MCU debut on Disney+. Unfortunately, the brand new Marvel release is also overshadowed by an unsightly “trend” that has been observed more frequently in recent years. What happened?

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On the popular film and series website IMDb, users can rate titles on a scale from 1 to 10. With “Ms. Marvel” it is now noticeable that the series, in addition to a number of perfect ten ratings, also receives a disproportionately large number of one ratings (i.e. the worst grade on the scale).

In addition to the ten ratings, the one ratings represent the largest group with – at the time of writing this article – 22 percent. You can check out the IMDb user rating see for yourself here.

In English, the phenomenon of (relatively) unjustified votes is referred to as “review bombing”. This unsightly and destructive “trend” has already been observed in the Marvel series “Moon Knight” in recent years, for example, since the Armenian genocide was mentioned in it.

The Marvel movie “Eternals”, on the other hand, was overwhelmed with negative reviews online due to a shown kiss between two men – and James Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad” was attacked by “fans” of Zack Snyder’s set DC universe.

Review bombing on “Ms. Marvel”: Some IMDb users criticize the MCU show

IMDb users now mainly criticize the “Ms. Marvel”. supposedly childish character and tone of the show – as well as the origin of Kamala Khan’s superpowers, which have been changed compared to the Marvel Comics.

For example, an unfair reviewer writes (via The Direct): “This series has literally nothing but unnecessary colors and graphics. The plot is rubbish and a far cry from the comic storyline. The source of Kamala’s powers is literally the worst idea anyone can come up with.”

Another user remarked, “Marvel, this isn’t what we want. Another mediocre Marvel series, but this show feels like a real Disney show. I just want Daredevil back and good stories, not this crap.”

Another commented: “It’s really rubbish, it’s literally a children’s series […] pretty decent if you were an 11-year-old.”

And the origin of Kamala’s powers is again criticized by another reviewer: “Bracelet power is nonsense. Inhuman terrigenesis would be a better idea.”