A quick look at Rotten tomatoes top critics score of all time is a good reminder why one should take critic score with a big row of salt

Possibly yes. The only way to find out is time. Because review bombers tend to stop after the first few days. So the future reviews will tend to be more reliable than the early reviews

I'd say not. The problem is that many 'critics' are just randoms like you and I.

'critics' giving it 8/9/10 out of 10 aren't being truthful.

I love how people are all 'you can't rate a show that just came out!' but critics have done just that as well.

Reading the RT 'critics'[1] we find there are a total of three critics (none of them 'top critics'. We have a 7/10, a 3.5/5 and a fresh score. Somehow that translates to an 84% score at the moment.

Why are bullshit high reviews not considered 'positive review bombing'?

[1] https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_lord_of_the_rings_the_...