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
Berserk Button: misusing Nightmare Fuel
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.
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.
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?
"Hey, least I didn't lose all my artistic talent when I crash landed in the arena here."
I think so.
Yeah, that just sounds like So Okay, It's Average.
Edited by TalesofUnder on Feb 2nd 2020 at 10:26:27 PM
“Now! Let us engage in the art of deduction!”
Berserk Button: misusing Berserk Button
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
One of these days, all of you will accept me as your supreme overlord.It's worth noting here that Horrible was brought up
in the no real life examples thread.
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.
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.
seems it was never cut in the first place
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?
She/her. Profile pic is by Richard Michael Gomez @StarmansArt. Please watch Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock. https://youtu.be/Vm92JNgPbqkA user named ~Shut Up Tails just deleted all of the Mr Enter Reviews from Western Animation without saying why.
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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
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallThat user was brought up
in the complaining thread and Fighteer bounced them.
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.
No, but these reviews can help give some citation and evidence that the opinion expressed isn't niche.
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall

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.