Why is "It was a dark and stormy night.." not a good opening?

Question

Also, why has it spawned an award for bad writing?

Answer 1

Don’t use It!

Answer 2

It's overused introduction to a piece of writing it's a saying like once upon a time that has been used and over used over the years. Audiences want new and exciting themes and ideas not reused classical literature introductions. It is a change in the taste of wanted literary novel types like more vampire less prince more drama more gore people especially the younger ones are into more fictional beasts and comic characters than in years past.