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Topics: Bridgerton, TV And Film, Netflix, Artificial intelligence, Technology, Social Media, Period Drama
Rhiannon Ingle
Topics: Bridgerton, TV And Film, Netflix, Artificial intelligence, Technology, Social Media, Period Drama
It's been just one day since the latest season of Bridgerton landed and it's clear fans of the steamy period drama are pretty divided on it.
Obviously, a whole bunch of Netflix lovers will no doubt have rattled through all four episodes in part one of season four as they patiently wait for the remaining four in part two to drop next month (26 February).
But a fair few don't seem too impressed so far with a handful rushing to social media to share their gripes with what they're calling 'AI slop' in the eagerly-awaited season which is the first time we're getting a fix of the Regency-era drama since season three hit our screens in 2024.
They seem to be most vexed over both the 'quality' of the filming as well as scenes which they've likened to 'Saturday Night Live' sketches
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One X user fumed: "Bridgerton season 4 but the episodes are full of SNL sketches, and I'm not even joking."
"This looks sooooo bad bro, two years for this sh*t," complained a second as a third piped up: "The light isn't even in the same direction???? With budget they must have?"
Another echoed: "What is happening with Netflix’s quality rn I'm dyinggg."
And a final X user seethed: "That critic that called it AI slop was saying the truth after all."
That final fan appeared to be referencing The Independent's Nick Hilton's three-star review of the new season which was titled: "Feels a lot like AI slop but is somehow still enjoyable."
In the review writes: "The show – created by Chris Van Dusen and produced by Shonda Rhimes' Shondaland – has managed to take the conventions of the period drama and distil them into something even more conventional.
"It is the closest a human could come to creating an AI slop Regency romance: distilling plotlines from classic novels and fairy tales, generating consistently perfect facial bone structure, rendering everything in lurid, over-saturated colour."
However, despite such comments, the outlet's chief TV critic admitted: "And yet, Bridgerton remains perfectly enjoyable."
"Despite all the cynicism this project arouses in me, the latest season of Bridgerton is reliably pleasant to watch," he later adds. "Bridgerton deploys its familiar formula for a fourth time and – shockingly – achieves much the same result: a sexy American soap opera in bonnets and bodices."
Tyla has reached out to Netflix for comment.
Bridgerton is currently available to stream on Netflix.