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One of the worst movies I've ever seen was called Megiddo The Omega Code. It preserved itself as some action/sci-fi thing but in reality it was an adaptation of the book of revelations made by insane fundamentalist burger Christians. There were two brothers, one is the hero and he goes on to be the president of the US of A. The other guy is literally Satan and becomes president of the godless EU. In the eve they fight it out on some plain in occupied Palestine. It was very moronic and off-putting.

In the "so bad it's good" I would put Reptilicus, the 1960's Danish attempt at a Godzilla-type movie. Never since has a "giant monster destroys city" scene been more obviously just a guy in a costume knocking over cardboard boxes.

The greatest fall from grace goes to Lars von Trier. In 1994 he made the TV series Kingdom Hospital that was a very well-made parody of the arrogance and megalomania of the medical profession told through a cheesy ghost story at a hospital. It was extremely well-written with relatable characters that supported eachother brilliantly. The jokes were crisp, relevant and are funny to this day. In 1996 a sequel was made which was just as good. Then stuff happened, the national broadcaster decided to spend their money on other projects, key actors died and that was the end of it.

Or so we thought. In 2022 a third season was released with mostly new actors playing mostly new roles. It was amazingly bad and unfunny. Where 1994-Trier had sharp points to make about the intersection between science and the supernatural, 2022-Trier was just a boring old boomer making literal "Hurr Durr! Im Sweden you get cancelled if you have sex without written consent!" jokes. Where the characters of the two first seasons had been ridiculous but relatable the characters in 2022 were just annoying idiots. The jokes were stale and overdone. It is as if 2022-Trier was performing cargo cult rituals imitating 1994-Trier without understanding why the first two seasons worked as well as they did.