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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

Someoneman Since: Nov, 2011
#676: Jan 31st 2020 at 4:54:19 PM

It was already said in this thread that 3 people is too small to qualify as a "fandom" against hundreds of haters. If a work had to be hated by literally everyone to qualify, there probably wouldn't be any real examples of SBIH.

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#677: Jan 31st 2020 at 8:02:15 PM

Yeah that ad is downright offensive and misguided.

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#678: Feb 1st 2020 at 4:20:48 PM

This was added to Horrible.Video Game Generations Seventh Onwards:

  • Contra: Rogue Corps is the latest example of the sheer, naked contempt Konami has held towards the video game market ever since the Silent Hills debacle. The plot is a complete mess, switching between a grim and gritty survival story about a framed mercenary company trapped in a doomed city and a satirical parody of shooters seemingly from scene to scene. The gameplay is a joke, with a mere handful of enemies and bosses that, along with entire level designs, are repeated and recycled as early as the second level. Most absurd of all, the game completely destroys the core appeal of the Contra series by giving all your weapons an overheat mechanic. Not only is this a complete slap in the face to the franchise and its main points, but the overheat gauge is so ridiculously short that you'll run the meter only after, at best, three seconds of firing.

Another example with no independent evidence of near-universal negative reception.

ADrago Since: Dec, 2015
#679: Feb 1st 2020 at 4:54:07 PM

[up] I saw that game be put on several "Worst Games of 2019" lists, and it got a 40 on Metacritic with a 4.7 user score so it looks bad enough to count.

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#680: Feb 1st 2020 at 5:04:09 PM

[up]It could be re-added if the example mentioned these things.

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#681: Feb 1st 2020 at 5:14:15 PM

I dunno, the consensus among the reviews I see on the Metacritic pages (at least in regards to the critics) seems to be that it's not outright deplorable but it's still a lackluster entry to the Contra series, and that the gameplay is unremarkable at best (additionally, the Metacritic pages for the XB1 and PS4 versions are at a more lenient albeit still not great 56 and 52 respectively), and I'm pointing these things out as someone who doesn't like the game either.

Does that disqualify it?

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#682: Feb 1st 2020 at 5:48:43 PM

[up] I think so.

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#683: Feb 2nd 2020 at 7:26:07 AM

Yeah, that just sounds like So Okay, It's Average.

Edited by TalesofUnder on Feb 2nd 2020 at 10:26:27 PM

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MasterN Berserk Button: misusing Berserk Button from Florida- I mean Unova Since: Aug, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#684: Feb 2nd 2020 at 2:56:02 PM

Yeah, only horrible in comparison.

Also, nice to see PETA still has not learned from the constant criticism they received.

Edited by MasterN on Feb 2nd 2020 at 2:56:28 AM

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#685: Feb 2nd 2020 at 4:12:44 PM

It's worth noting here that Horrible was brought up in the no real life examples thread.

ryanasaurus0077 Since: Jul, 2009
#686: Feb 2nd 2020 at 9:31:07 PM

I have to fess up, guys... that was my fault. I brought up the possibility of the Trump impeachment trial being added with an objective POV. I knew I felt I had to take it up with that thread before doing any drafting. I just didn't think people would react so badly as to submit SBIH to NRLEP.

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#687: Feb 2nd 2020 at 9:42:47 PM

[up] Honestly, I think it should be there anyway. It's not a reaction to your specific thing, it's a general "Why the hell does this allow RL examples at all" thing.

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#688: Feb 8th 2020 at 10:12:48 AM

Shall I cut Prostars? Andre Black Nerd made a retrospective on it recently and he found it decent, as did a lot of people who remembered the show in the comments section. I'm split because critics still hated it and no one actually loves the show.

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#689: Feb 9th 2020 at 9:10:53 AM

It looks like someone readded Contra: Rogue Corps to the page.

"Hey, least I didn't lose all my artistic talent when I crash landed in the arena here."
AlmightyKingPrawn I can chase the wind, I can race the rain from Down at Fraggle Rock *clap clap* Since: Oct, 2019 Relationship Status: I love you for psychological reasons
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#690: Feb 9th 2020 at 3:17:02 PM

[up] seems it was never cut in the first place

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#691: Feb 9th 2020 at 3:23:19 PM

Cut Prostars.

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#692: Feb 9th 2020 at 3:50:55 PM

[up][up] Oh, it wasn't? I dunno how I missed that. Well, that's now been remedied.

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#693: Feb 10th 2020 at 11:54:55 AM

This entry isn't sitting well with me:

  • Shadow man [from the director of Attack Force] is poor even by Steven Segal low standards. The plot [co-written by Segal] is nonsensical, the action and special effects are poor and there are copious amounts of body and voice doubles. The acting [including a random appearance from Imelda Staunton!] is weak and it looks extremely cheap. Film Brain rips it to pieces here[1]

Can someone familar with the film fix it?

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#694: Feb 10th 2020 at 11:56:18 AM

....Does it really look like that. What's with all the brackets.

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#695: Feb 13th 2020 at 11:43:48 AM

A user named ~Shut Up Tails just deleted all of the Mr Enter Reviews from Western Animation without saying why.

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#696: Feb 13th 2020 at 11:43:52 AM

[up][nja]

According to this ATT, ~Shut Up Tails is removing links to The Mysterious Mr. Enter on SBIH pages, while also randomly adding his name multiple times to the Western Animation page; I thought we should talk about it.

Edited by WarJay77 on Feb 13th 2020 at 2:46:32 PM

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#697: Feb 13th 2020 at 1:19:27 PM

That user was brought up in the complaining thread and Fighteer bounced them.

Someoneman Since: Nov, 2011
#698: Feb 13th 2020 at 4:21:44 PM

The Shadow Man example should be cut (or just commented out, since it's technically a ZCE) solely due to its bad formatting.

nrjxll Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Not war
#699: Feb 13th 2020 at 5:08:58 PM

TBH, I looked at the Western Animation page just the other day and I thought it went overboard with the "see X's take on it here" stuff.

I'm not endorsing a vendetta against a specific reviewer, of course, but I do wonder how many of those are necessary. The purpose of these pages is not to advertise for Caustic Critics.

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#700: Feb 13th 2020 at 5:15:50 PM

No, but these reviews can help give some citation and evidence that the opinion expressed isn't niche.

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