So Bad, It's Horrible is one of the more flame-bait-y parts of the site, so a cleanup thread is needed to ensure that works aren't added simply because someone doesn't like them.
If you want to list a work under this, keep the following in mind:
- The work must have very few fans or defenders (both genuine and ironic). It should fail to appeal to any type of audience.
- Being offensive in its subject matter isn't enough.
- It isn't horrible just because a certain critic disliked it, though their reviews can be used as sources and citations.
- The work should have notably poor reviews (e.g., less than 3/10 on IMDb, or single digit scores on Rotten Tomatoes)
- For a Moral Substitute to qualify, it cannot even appeal to its target demographic.
- Please be polite while writing and as much as possible, avoid falling into Complaining About Shows You Don't Like. Instead, focus on explaining why the work is horrible.
In addition, per No Recent Examples, Please!, a work must be at least one month old before it can be added, to prevent knee-jerk reactions.
Edited by GastonRabbit on Oct 6th 2024 at 3:34:45 AM
Yep, that's my other big reason for being wary. It is apparently heavily disliked on Youtube according to one of the Simpsons wikis, but I'm not sure if the critical response cared much beyond "Oh hey, another diss on Trump full of typical disses on Trump."
I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.I think it's quite clear that the ban on Web Original works refers to amateur-created content only, not to the likes of The Red Ape Family (which was explicitly created to make money) or an official short for The Simpsons of all things.
(Don't know enough to give input on the West Wing Story issue specifically.)
Edited by DoktorvonEurotrash on Feb 29th 2024 at 5:18:47 AM
While I agree with you, I don't think that whether or not it's competently produced really matters. The Emoji Movie is competent on a technical level, but is still nigh-universally loathed.
Is this game bad enough to qualify?
Been watching some of the worst Nintendo 3DS games and this was in a lot. I've been checking it out and it feels like a qualifier. I want to hear your opinions.
Allow me, take my hand and never let go, promise? - GiselleThe Willy Wonka example was re-added
. At this point, the problems were so blatant and the backlash was so swift, the only thing that keeps me from saying "Just leave it on the page because it'll be added again eventually" is the potential reveal of more bullshit happening with this event.
The Turner Diaries definitely belongs here. Not only is it filled with white supremacy from front cover to back cover, but it's filled with typos, plot holes, awful characters, stereotypes and terrible prose. The worst part about this book is that it inspired multiple real life hate crimes. This book is one of the lowest rated books on Goodreads for a very good reason.
Edited by DecafGrub47393 on Mar 2nd 2024 at 2:40:16 PM
Here's looking at you, kid.
Unfortunately, there are a number of people in fringe groups who like the book and agree with what it's saying. It wouldn't have inspired as many incidents of violence if there weren't.
Every subpage has the preface, "Merely being offensive in its subject matter is not sufficient. Hard as it is to imagine at times, there is a market for all types of deviancy, no matter how small a niche it is. It has to fail to appeal even to that niche to qualify as this." And judging by its impact, it appealed to the niche it was targeting.
Edited by StewieGriffin34 on Mar 2nd 2024 at 2:46:13 PM
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Berserk Button: misusing Nightmare Fuel
No, we don't make exceptions to No Recent Examples, Please! just because the example is bad enough to deserve to be added immediately.
Agreed. Remove it and put a marked-out note telling people not to add an entry until a month has passed.
Should we keep an eye out for knee-jerk additions of Megamind and the Doom Syndicate to Horrible? To be fair, general consensus is that the movie is absolutely abysmal (especially as a follow-up to the original movie), but the movie literally only just came out.
Edited by kablammin45 on Mar 3rd 2024 at 12:14:29 PM
"Hey, least I didn't lose all my artistic talent when I crash landed in the arena here."I feel like the reception is at least partially due to what is essentially a glorified Pilot Movie made for television/streaming being advertised as a "sequel". I'm sure it's bad, but given DreamWorks' usual track record with TV shows I doubt it's that bad.
Came for the tropes, stayed for the cleanup.Whatever happened to deleting Music Remixes? I know cutting the Webcomics page was denied for being too hasty, but Remixes is not at all worth keeping. All of the valid examples have already been relocated to other pages, leaving only five examples that are just random YouTube videos.
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Granted I think West Wing Story is more hated due to political reasons rather than the short itself, due to portraying the Squad as good and Trump as bad. Most of the negative comments I see are due to conservative viewers getting upset that the short made fun of Trump but supported the squad.