Line #5 DarthWiki/WorseThanItSounds


1	Sometimes the best work can have a premise that [[SugarWiki/BetterThanItSounds just sounds stupid]] if you try to explain it to someone. Sometimes [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot a bad work can have a great premise]]. That is more or less what we are doing here. The principle of this page is to take a work and try to make it seem several magnitudes better than it actually is.
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3	The work doesn't have to be [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible Horrible]]. A SummerBlockbuster will do. Even genuinely good works are allowed here. Don't worry about upsetting any who like those films, ''as long as you keep in mind the "several magnitudes better" part''. So make it seem like a UsefulNotes/PulitzerPrize /MediaNotes/AcademyAward /MediaNotes/EmmyAward /MediaNotes/GrammyAward winner (even [[OscarBait if that doesn't necessarily make it entertaining]]), and even the fans will get it.
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5	In fact, a work being listed here does not mean it's bad at all. This is merely the EvilTwin of SugarWiki/BetterThanItSounds. There are even some cases where both apply.
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7	But please, don't just rattle off the points of a work, and "forget" that it sucks. Pretend you're part of the marketing department. You're trying to put up a bunch of smoke and mirrors to the viewers. You're trying to sell them this work. You're trying to make it sound [[MundaneMadeAwesome a thousand times more awesome than it really is]].
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9	'''For an example of what we mean, take this description of ''Series/GilligansIsland''''': "A classic story of {{tragedy}} and hope. Seven lost souls work together in a [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption Sisyphean]] attempt to rejoin a society that has long since forgotten them."
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11	Compare TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot, which is where the premise sounds good on its own, as well as SugarWiki/VillainWhitewashingService, where we do image consultancy for villains.
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13	Compare JustForFun/PitchTheWork. Contrast SugarWiki/BetterThanItSounds. See also DarthWiki/PaintTheHeroBlack.
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15	'''A REMINDER:''' This is a JustForFun page. If your favorite work is on here, don't take it too seriously. At the same time, while it allows a snarkier tone than usual around here, it's not an excuse for excessive bashing -- that's not fun.
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20	!!Examples
21	[[index]]
22	* [[WorseThanItSounds/AnimeAndManga Japan's #1 Most Popular Contribution To The World At Large]]
23	* [[WorseThanItSounds/ComicBooks The Perfect Blend Of Pictures And Words That Encourages Literacy.]]
24	* [[WorseThanItSounds/FanWorks Safe Self-Therapy For Emotional Confusion Brought On By A Desire For More Content Or Unsatisfactory Endings.]]
25	* [[WorseThanItSounds/{{Film}} Brilliant Marriage Of Light And Sound To Create One Of The Most Universally Beloved Methods Of Story-Telling In The 20th And 21st Centuries.]]
26	* [[WorseThanItSounds/{{Literature}} Concrete Recording Devices That Have Catalogues And Kept Safe Every Form Of Knowledge Since Civilization Began.]]
27	* [[WorseThanItSounds/LiveActionTV Brilliant Marriage Of Light And Sound To Create One Of The Most Universally Beloved Methods Of Story-Telling In The 20th And 21st Centuries From The Comfort Of Your Own Home.]]
28	* [[WorseThanItSounds/{{Music}} Abstract Harmonies and Invisible Stimulation Ensures Stimulation In Brain Activity.]]
29	* [[WorseThanItSounds/ProfessionalWrestling Acting From the Physically Impressive]]
30	* [[WorseThanItSounds/TabletopGames Ever Evolving Physical Games Involving Intelligence, Risk and Imagination.]]
31	* [[WorseThanItSounds/VideoGames Incredibly Advanced Interactive-Fiction]]
32	* [[WorseThanItSounds/WebComics Easily Accessable Online Picture-based Storytelling]]
33	* [[WorseThanItSounds/WebOriginal Contributions To The Largest Growing Free-Use Informational Highway]]
34	** [[WorseThanItSounds/TVTropes Recurring Motifs And Formulas Found In Fiction And The Reality That It's Based On.]]
35	* [[WorseThanItSounds/WesternAnimation Tirelessly Created And Replicated Images Played In-Sequence Used To Tell Fantastical Stories Set In Magical Lands Real and Unreal.]]
36	[[/index]]
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