i'm mr meeseeks look at me!
― Mordy , Monday, 27 January 2014 05:19 (ten years ago) link
i watch each episode multiple times and they only get funnier each time. simulation ep funniest so far but meeseeks is hilarious
this show is the best
― Clay, Monday, 27 January 2014 05:43 (ten years ago) link
this show has made me re-identify entirely w/ my name
― Mordy , Monday, 27 January 2014 05:52 (ten years ago) link
this show is incredible.
― tɹi.ʃɪp (Treeship), Monday, 27 January 2014 06:30 (ten years ago) link
the Mr Meeseeks episode is the first one I've seen that I thought was funny
― SHAUN (DJP), Monday, 27 January 2014 13:20 (ten years ago) link
u didn't like the simulation episode? i thought the jerry subplot was hysterical. "yep."
― Mordy , Monday, 27 January 2014 16:59 (ten years ago) link
i hate community so i'm surprised i like this show. i wish it was somewhat less southparky/scatological/trollish but there's enough of interest to make it worthwhile
― this harmless group of nerds and the women that love them (forksclovetofu), Monday, 27 January 2014 17:00 (ten years ago) link
The pilot left me cold and I haven't really been paying attention to it
― SHAUN (DJP), Monday, 27 January 2014 17:01 (ten years ago) link
friend showed me the mr meeseeks episode the other day. it was super funny but did u notice that the characters keep stuttering and going "uhhh"? whats up with that
― flopson, Monday, 27 January 2014 17:01 (ten years ago) link
i think the pilot was the weakest ep so far (the m night shmalyalien one was the best) tho i was already really impressed by the art + humor from the beginning
― Mordy , Monday, 27 January 2014 17:02 (ten years ago) link
slow down. looking good. my man!
also every single glitch gag was hilarious
― Mordy , Monday, 27 January 2014 17:09 (ten years ago) link
Fucking love this show, but yeah, the pilot is easily the weakest episode. The voice actors hadn't really settled in, and their verbal tics were really annoying.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 27 January 2014 17:09 (ten years ago) link
I also kind of can't deal with the slobber/vomit on Rick's chin
― SHAUN (DJP), Monday, 27 January 2014 17:10 (ten years ago) link
I really hate the non-Rick and Morty characters, particularly the dad. Are there any episodes where the dad is not in it at all?
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 4 February 2014 18:24 (ten years ago) link
The dad is hilarious in the simulation episode.
― Mordy , Tuesday, 4 February 2014 20:58 (ten years ago) link
Watching the pilot, Rick sounds an awful lot like he's based on Dan Harmon's verbal tics and heavy drinking
― President Frankenstein (kingfish), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 07:20 (ten years ago) link
i endorse this television
― CANONICAL artists, etc., etc. (contenderizer), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 07:34 (ten years ago) link
Roiland's original short from 2006 is here: http://vimeo.com/m/49664066
it's pretty bad imo, but the voices are almost all the way there.
― Clay, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 07:46 (ten years ago) link
I should mention that video is totally nsfw at all and extremely juvenile
― Clay, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 08:49 (ten years ago) link
The guy who does the voices of both Rick and Morty is also Earl of Lemongrab!
― Dan I., Sunday, 9 February 2014 05:52 (ten years ago) link
figures
― CANONICAL artists, etc., etc. (contenderizer), Sunday, 9 February 2014 06:10 (ten years ago) link
also House of Cosbys iirc
― Simon H., Sunday, 9 February 2014 06:25 (ten years ago) link
http://www.avclub.com/article/rick-and-morty-officially-renewed-for-a-second-sea-107698
― Mordy , Thursday, 13 February 2014 00:23 (ten years ago) link
HA! of COURSE the guy behind House of Cosbys did this. "Roooooooooo-deeeeeeeeeee! Theeeeeeee-ooooooooooo!"
― President Frankenstein (kingfish), Thursday, 13 February 2014 01:08 (ten years ago) link
oh man this show. that meeseeks bit, the way they kept throwing "i'm mr meeseeks! look at me!" in the middle of their speeches, basically anytime a meeseeks was on screen, slayed me. anyone know how any episodes there'll be? also why have so many american tv show taken a break these past two weeks?
― Jibe, Friday, 14 February 2014 19:01 (ten years ago) link
olympics
― an enormous bolus of flatulence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 14 February 2014 19:08 (ten years ago) link
my guess is that the first season will have 10. Moral Orel had 10 in the first season, as did Frankenhole (MO got an expanded second season, Frankenhole just got 10 more). Squidbillies only had 6, and Venture Bros had 13 in the first season.
― Mordy , Friday, 14 February 2014 20:13 (ten years ago) link
ah ok thx jvcmordy, are any of those shows anything like rick & morty? i'm in the mood for smth good. have watched a half ep of venture bros and not really into it tbh.
― Jibe, Friday, 14 February 2014 20:15 (ten years ago) link
squidbillies is stupid, but moral orel is alltime classic imho. also try china, il, metalocalypse + frisky dingo (by the guy who does archer now) - none of them are like rick + morty but they're all off-beat stoner friendly cartoons that premiered on adult swim so in that way they're all exactly like rick + morty.
― Mordy , Friday, 14 February 2014 20:21 (ten years ago) link
I really should give this another try, the pilot really didn't work for me but I keep hearing it's gotten better.
Venture Bros will always be the ultimate Adult Swim animated thing but the long breaks between seasons drive me nuts.
― Simon H., Friday, 14 February 2014 20:35 (ten years ago) link
this probably sounds like an excuse, but venture bros takes patience. i basically hated it at first, but it builds on itself and just keeps getting better as it goes. easily one of the best things adult swim has aired.
― CANONICAL artists, etc., etc. (contenderizer), Friday, 14 February 2014 21:06 (ten years ago) link
there's eleven episodes in season one btw, so five still to come.
― Clay, Friday, 14 February 2014 21:40 (ten years ago) link
"i really cronenberged up the world today"
― Treeship, Saturday, 15 February 2014 02:47 (ten years ago) link
omg mazzy star
― Treeship, Saturday, 15 February 2014 02:50 (ten years ago) link
<3 this show
Yeah, I just caught up with the last two episodes and now I'm a convert.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 19 February 2014 00:47 (ten years ago) link
This is Earth Radio. And now, here's...human music:https://m.soundcloud.com/el_der/human-music-as-featured-in
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 03:41 (ten years ago) link
Can't get over mr meeseeks
― Treeship, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 01:18 (ten years ago) link
this is back for 5 new episodes starting monday btw
― Clay, Friday, 7 March 2014 06:38 (ten years ago) link
Reddit AMA w/ Roiland and Harmon:http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/202owt/we_are_dan_harmon_and_justin_roiland_creators_of/
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 20:06 (ten years ago) link
last episode was every bad thing about harmon's style rolled into one: vapid sentimentality, pointless improvisational teenage blathering heavy on the pop culture references, fourth wall breaking, DEEP MEANING without meaning ("i eat breakfast every morning twenty yards from my rotting corpse")... it's been a mostly good and occasionally very good show until here but man do i hope they hold off on this penny arcade ish in the future
― We hugged with no names exchanged (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 20 March 2014 16:04 (ten years ago) link
http://www.reddit.com/r/rickandmorty/comments/20nnms/rick_and_morty_rixty_minutes_season_1_episode_8/ugh
― We hugged with no names exchanged (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 20 March 2014 16:05 (ten years ago) link
Oh, I fucking loved this episode. Might be my third favorite, after Meeeseeeks and the alien simulator.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 20 March 2014 16:47 (ten years ago) link
lol i really liked this episode too - not sure i'd put it in my top 3 tho bc cronenberg ep was still better + this seemed more improv/pastiche which is great + hilarious but maybe not quite as masterful as some of the others?
― Mordy , Thursday, 20 March 2014 17:19 (ten years ago) link
Is this the one with the sex robot? That one is the first I actually disliked. The Marmaduke writer appearing at the end seemed very "Family Guy" and too many of the jokes relied on tired "battle of the sexes" tropes.
― Treeship, Thursday, 20 March 2014 17:23 (ten years ago) link
no, this is the one w/ the tv + alternate reality device. i thought the conclusion was even a little affecting. and the improv commercials + shows were hilarious
― Mordy , Thursday, 20 March 2014 17:29 (ten years ago) link
yeah same here, found the ep v entertaining. dunno why but the whole fake doors thing, including r&m's bewilderement at whether it was an ad or a movie or reality tv, really got me.
― Jibe, Thursday, 20 March 2014 17:45 (ten years ago) link
I was hoping they'd stick with the spiderweb-pooping teddy bear a little longer.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 20 March 2014 17:45 (ten years ago) link
different strokes i guess? really really disliked this one; "family guy" comparisons felt painfully appropriate.
― We hugged with no names exchanged (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 20 March 2014 18:00 (ten years ago) link
to me it sounded like a bunch of stoners in a room telling each other jokes and then having them animated
― Mordy , Thursday, 20 March 2014 18:05 (ten years ago) link
I liked it, but for those who don't, is it really fair to blame this on Harmon? I mean, the improvised "alien TV" thing is basically a half-hour version of the "alien news" gag from House of Cosbys...
― CAROUSEL! CAROUSEL! (Telephone thing), Thursday, 20 March 2014 18:09 (ten years ago) link
my few attempts at community made me fear this ep was what the whole series would be about but there's certainly blame to go around
― We hugged with no names exchanged (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 20 March 2014 18:47 (ten years ago) link
aw rick is still watching ball fondlers when summer comes back.is it me or in just about every other episode the dad has something happen that makes him feel good about himself, feel competent/relevant, only to crushingly return hto his more usual mediocrity. apple ad campaign being a major success in the alien's virtual reality, he's some kind of survival hero protecting his daughter and wife, this time he's a big celebrity on pluto etc.also the opening & closing bits of butter robot wondeing about his purpose and summer & rick montage killed me.
― Jibe, Tuesday, 25 March 2014 19:16 (ten years ago) link
the butter robot opening just slayed me. "what is my purpose?" "you pass the butter" "oh my goddddddd" "welcome to the team, pal."
― Clay, Tuesday, 25 March 2014 19:19 (ten years ago) link
http://meeseeks.com/
― CAROUSEL! CAROUSEL! (Telephone thing), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 21:21 (ten years ago) link
Sepinwall did an extended interview with Dan Harmon, and just posted the last bit which was all about R&M.
― President Frankenstein (kingfish), Wednesday, 26 March 2014 00:40 (ten years ago) link
Phones a la clams, and phonesghetti with phoneballs.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 13:49 (ten years ago) link
Mr Meeseeks was the only episode of this I've enjoyed without reservation
― Wahaca Flocka Flame (DJP), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 14:53 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ecYoSvGO60
― Clay, Thursday, 14 May 2015 23:02 (eight years ago) link
https://www.facebook.com/adultswim/videos/10153387105301745/?permPage=1
― Mordy, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 21:04 (eight years ago) link
so we're only three episodes in, but this show is kind of consistently good now somehow. They dropped the Family Guy style cultural dada and are focusing on two or three clever ideas per ep and then engaging in adventure time style world building / character development. Hope they stay the course.
― let's not get too excited w/ the ouches (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 11 August 2015 07:52 (eight years ago) link
Yeah first three eps have been great, and the first episode might be my favorite thing they've done so far. The show's way better when it sticks to crazy ideas instead of pop culture refs. Futurama's the same way. They also need to cut back on the sentimental moments, they always feel thrown in and unearned. That's one thing Futurama did way better.
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 12:27 (eight years ago) link
watched the mr meeseeks episode last night and now i'm completely 100% sold.
― 9 days from now a.k.a next weekend. (dog latin), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 09:05 (eight years ago) link
episode 4 of season 2 probably my favourite episode to datewatched it for the third time this morning
― nxd, Wednesday, 19 August 2015 09:12 (eight years ago) link
New season has hit it out the park every episode.I don't find the emotional/sentimental bits unearned at all; character is v much at the heart of this show, it's never just wacky adventures in space (tho it's that as well)
― DISMISSED AS CHANCE (NotEnough), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 10:41 (eight years ago) link
watched the infinite probability television ep yesterday... man!
― yeast mode (dog latin), Monday, 24 August 2015 11:03 (eight years ago) link
be sure to watch "total rickall" too
― aaaaablnnn (abanana), Monday, 24 August 2015 13:04 (eight years ago) link
Total Rickall was one of my favorites. fucking great concept.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 02:31 (eight years ago) link
― DISMISSED AS CHANCE (NotEnough), Wednesday, August 19, 2015 11:41 AM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Mr Poopybutthole's fate was sincerely heartbreaking.
that sentence was hard to type.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 02:33 (eight years ago) link
on the one hand i felt the giant heads host a reality show music contest... and the fate of the world is at stake! conceit was stale but on the other i must shamefully admit that i kinda like "get shwifty"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dicQ1N1R_Fo
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 25 August 2015 03:38 (eight years ago) link
wanna underline SHAMEFULLY btw
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 25 August 2015 03:39 (eight years ago) link
after my effusive praise upthread, shwifty felt like a comedown. its one of the weakest episodes of this or last season. I don't believe Rick would care too much about saving the world, morty's story didn't really add anything and the organised religion satire was route one of a kind that this show doesn't usually sink to. i wouldn't mind all this if the episode made me laugh but it missed that goal as well for me. it all felt a bit community s6. after 4 episodes of unadulterated joy they're due a coaster i suppose.
― NotEnough, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 10:13 (eight years ago) link
otoh, the song's a jam
― NotEnough, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 10:20 (eight years ago) link
i like this show but i rarely find it funny
― slam dunk, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 06:07 (eight years ago) link
I will never not laugh at the "Summer, where are my testicles" scene.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 06:13 (eight years ago) link
the one where they're just watching random TV tapped into something preternaturally funny for me. I could just watch that forever.
― canoon fooder (dog latin), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 09:59 (eight years ago) link
"Get Schwifty" and "Raise the Posterior" were in the adventure game.https://youtu.be/rYX_UaXU4LE?t=41m22s
― aaaaablnnn (abanana), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 11:58 (eight years ago) link
Didn't feel the last episode. I read the story "Microcosmic God" last year (also the inspiration of that Simpsons episode and that South Park episode). I think its ending hinted at recursively small worlds as well. It also has a creator who intentionally wiped out major portions of the micro population to have them evolve -- far darker than having them exercise to run a car battery. The show's B-plot was T2 kneecap shooting taken to a comedic extreme and I liked it.
― aaaaablnnn (abanana), Friday, 4 September 2015 22:31 (eight years ago) link
I really liked this one.
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 5 September 2015 01:38 (eight years ago) link
For real? Nobody's going to talk about this week's special surprise guest star?
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 02:35 (eight years ago) link
it was a nice touch
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 03:09 (eight years ago) link
I should really be tired of [redacted] making voice cameos and milking his shtick but I'm really not
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 03:19 (eight years ago) link
he did it in penguins of madagascar too (first 5 minutes for the curious)
― aaaaablnnn (abanana), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 03:47 (eight years ago) link
it was the perfect voice for that little speech.
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 16:16 (eight years ago) link
anyway this episode was weak. nothing as inspired as the door commercial that keeps on going from the first infinite tv.
― aaaaablnnn (abanana), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 23:50 (eight years ago) link
the episodes focused on dick jokes and non-sequiturs are nowhere near as good as the ones that are myth building based
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 23:59 (eight years ago) link
"Glip Glop?” You're lucky a Traflorkian doesn't hear you say that."
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Thursday, 24 September 2015 00:20 (eight years ago) link
I thought both TV eps were kind of weak but I did appreciate the alien How It's Made. nailed the voiceover style and the background music so perfectly
(in the 1st one I liked the extended fake doors ad, and the ~emotional twist~ was strangely affecting the first time, but it didn't stand up to a 2nd viewing. also I always appreciate a moment of Belly nostalgia obv)
― a passing spacecadet, Thursday, 24 September 2015 11:03 (eight years ago) link
I love the alien names in this show. Shrimpy Pibbles, St. Gloopy Noops hospital, Andy Daly's character a while back being called Krombopulos Michael...just all of it.
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Thursday, 24 September 2015 16:40 (eight years ago) link
Shrimpy Pibbles: Fruity PebblesGloopy Noops: Froot Loops
― aaaaablnnn (abanana), Thursday, 24 September 2015 16:48 (eight years ago) link
wonderful season straight through and brilliant finale. can't wait for season 3.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 18:25 (eight years ago) link
i love how the cob planet was intolerable.
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 18:29 (eight years ago) link
Rick's speech note -- "(trail off) (crumple up note) (ad-lib)" -- killed me.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 18:35 (eight years ago) link
a few clunkers (please no more non sequitur alien tv episodes) but otherwise, really a solid season.
― a literal scarecrow on a quaint porch (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 18:53 (eight years ago) link
fwiw i thought the second infinite tv episode was much funnier the second time i saw it. i guess i just rlly like throwaway jokes. anyway is season 3 really a year and a half away like they said at the end of the show?
― davey, Thursday, 8 October 2015 01:57 (eight years ago) link
for those of you going through withdrawal, i'm here to say that the Rick and Morty comic is aces and worth trying.
― a literal scarecrow on a quaint porch (forksclovetofu), Friday, 9 October 2015 19:46 (eight years ago) link
rick and morty is funny but all those baby words they use for everything are not funny
― chaki (kurt schwitterz), Friday, 9 October 2015 21:12 (eight years ago) link
https://www.daylightcurfew.com/pages/daylight-curfew-advanced-list-signup
― ulysses, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 15:49 (eight years ago) link
I don't even watch this show really but this is pretty amazinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXB988kF3hI
― Nhex, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 20:19 (seven years ago) link
Lol okay, that is great
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 06:23 (seven years ago) link
"You can't smile in court, that's a violation" gets me every time for some reason. more than the cock references.
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 07:23 (seven years ago) link
season 2 blu-ray is completely worth it for the plumbus instruction manual alone
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 17:29 (seven years ago) link
I got about 2 minutes into that video before I realized what they were doing. That's awesome.
I binge watched season 2 a couple of weeks ago on Hulu and it was absolutely amazing. I keep telling my wife about it even though she very clearly does not GAF. "Total Rickall" and the Tiny Rick episode were better than pretty much anything else on television.
― a 47-year-old chainsaw artist from South Carolina (Phil D.), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 17:49 (seven years ago) link
The writing on Season 2 is so, so good.
― chap, Friday, 2 December 2016 11:33 (seven years ago) link
And the universe is already so well realised.
― chap, Friday, 2 December 2016 11:35 (seven years ago) link
thought this would be an update about a new season :-(
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Friday, 2 December 2016 11:47 (seven years ago) link
"Get Schwifty was a jam."
― earlnash, Monday, 30 January 2017 04:23 (seven years ago) link
shit on the floooor
― Neanderthal, Monday, 30 January 2017 04:24 (seven years ago) link
"We could put it right back and pretend we never saw it, like we did with dad's mannequin leg."
― Wes Brodicus, Sunday, 2 April 2017 14:51 (seven years ago) link
Wait, did their animators actually try to unionize and got squashed from above?
― International House of Hot Takes (kingfish), Sunday, 2 April 2017 17:37 (seven years ago) link
Had to look up the nearly inaudible thing Rick said while watching 9/11: "They're gonna use this as an excuse to take away our freedom!"
Not the funniest episode, but probably the craziest one they've done
― Vinnie, Monday, 3 April 2017 02:45 (seven years ago) link
prob not lasting very long buthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=064JuSdj7kohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGRDCRuPklc
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Monday, 3 April 2017 04:37 (seven years ago) link
It was good. Hopefully they can keep it up.
― earlnash, Monday, 3 April 2017 05:00 (seven years ago) link
Good ep. I now have high expectations for the next season.
― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Monday, 3 April 2017 05:38 (seven years ago) link
xxp: http://www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-rights/rick-and-morty-co-creator-justin-roiland-fuck-the-union-103723.htmlthe comments are worth reading
i also had no idea 1) this was a thing, 2) the whole show was created as a sophomoric mike and ike style back to the future satire, 3) so much teabagginghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbTlK3perdI
― Bobson Dugnutt (ulysses), Monday, 3 April 2017 06:22 (seven years ago) link
Excellent episode.
― chap, Tuesday, 4 April 2017 12:05 (seven years ago) link
Trying to watch this from the very start but the pilot is such utter horseshit that I'm very tempted to not continue. Is there a DRASTIC improvement?
― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Monday, 10 April 2017 23:11 (seven years ago) link
Yes. Drastic.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 10 April 2017 23:13 (seven years ago) link
so much teabagging
it is almost as if they thought that the very idea of teabagging was hilarious in itself and its hilarity was inexhaustible, like some frigging eternal flame. they were wrong.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Monday, 10 April 2017 23:19 (seven years ago) link
it gets better but i think a lot of charm was there from the beginning. (and it's actually the kind of thing i'd be surprised if imago liked it)
― Mordy, Monday, 10 April 2017 23:21 (seven years ago) link
context: i think bojack horseman is fucking brilliant, i like some adult swim and uh idk i can't watch family guy, which this resembles (observation courtesy tt)
― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Monday, 10 April 2017 23:24 (seven years ago) link
tried 3 eps (including Meeseeks) and yeah this isn't for me (tho nor is Bojack)
― nashwan, Monday, 10 April 2017 23:27 (seven years ago) link
I would be surprised if u didn't like this show, lj
― flopson, Monday, 10 April 2017 23:30 (seven years ago) link
it's too vulgar for lj
― Mordy, Monday, 10 April 2017 23:32 (seven years ago) link
You gotta get to at least the simulation episode.
― Lauren Schumer Donor (Phil D.), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 01:29 (seven years ago) link
it's so prog, though. also i seem to recall it starting out way more douchey in a Family Guy way, which it totally shakes off
― flopson, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 01:36 (seven years ago) link
Trying to watch this from the very start but the pilot is such utter horseshit that I'm very tempted to not continue.
Later episodes help establish their universe a lot better. Once I understood it, the pilot and every other episode became a lot more engaging.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 02:45 (seven years ago) link
Family Guy is unwatchable.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 02:49 (seven years ago) link
bojack is far more grounded and kind-hearted than rick and morty, tho rick and morty is more laugh out loud funny. Besides being two excellent animated shows, I don't really see many similarities between the two.
― neva missa lost, wednesday nights on abc (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 03:33 (seven years ago) link
Bojack is devastating. imo R&M is slightly lighter subject matter.
Any similarities were mentioned here: http://www.avclub.com/article/bojack-horseman-rick-and-morty-and-art-cynical-sin-223245
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 05:03 (seven years ago) link
I sort of think if you don't dig the pilot at least a bit you won't dig the rest of it. I thought the pilot was great.
― chap, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 08:58 (seven years ago) link
the second episode had Scary Terry and robot dogs ("Where are my testicles, Summer?") so if you don't get on board there I don't know what to tell you.
― evol j, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 13:11 (seven years ago) link
I loathed the pilot. Couldn't get on board with the show until Mr Meeseeks.
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 13:27 (seven years ago) link
I agree that meeseeks is where it takes off. the vocal tics take a lot of getting used to.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 13:31 (seven years ago) link
The pilot was a little rough, but Scary Terry got me hooked. "Awwwww, bitch!" was a turning point.
― Lauren Schumer Donor (Phil D.), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 13:33 (seven years ago) link
pilot's fine, but it's difficult to get a solid read on the show from one episode. i mean, you shouldn't be getting "family guy" out of it...
― circa1916, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 13:38 (seven years ago) link
kid has daydream of fondling girl's breasts, but oh no! he is fondling his teacher's moobs! the lolz! then loads of bum and poo jokes coz lol bum and lol poo
will give it more chances but that was a very, very inauspicious opening gambit
― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 13:48 (seven years ago) link
Later episodes do focus more on the meta science fictional than the scatalogical.
― chap, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 13:52 (seven years ago) link
xp five more minutes of this and I'm gonna get mad!
Not my fault this is happening
― neva missa lost, wednesday nights on abc (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 13:56 (seven years ago) link
I'm glad to know that you're above any and all scatalogical types of humor. Bully for your evolved attitude toward poop and boobs
― neva missa lost, wednesday nights on abc (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 13:57 (seven years ago) link
Rick Potion No. 9.
that was the episode where i realized this show was amazing. it's a p ridiculous episode but they slow things down at the end and it is nothing short of fantastic.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 13:58 (seven years ago) link
Pilot charmed me by setting up the premise of the Doc/Marty relationship where Doc is a raging drunk who pulls Marty out of bed in the middle of the night for some insane adventure he's caught himself up in. Which alone is pretty funny and engaging enough to outweigh "moob" jokes or whatever that I don't even remember.
IDK, pilot episodes are tricky because it seems like anyone getting into a successful, well-loved show once it's established approaches them sneering, arms crossed, and all IMPRESS ME pretty much always.
― circa1916, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 14:04 (seven years ago) link
Show me what you got!
― neva missa lost, wednesday nights on abc (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 14:10 (seven years ago) link
I went into the show via the simulation episode and worked backwards. that worked out pretty well.
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 14:13 (seven years ago) link
Jerry's B-plot in the simulation episode is my favorite family storyline of the series.
You're now listening to earth radio. Here's "Human Music."
― neva missa lost, wednesday nights on abc (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 14:15 (seven years ago) link
My man!
― Lauren Schumer Donor (Phil D.), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 14:17 (seven years ago) link
when the generic guy kept saying "my man" i LOLed cos I imagined Big HOOS saying it....
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 14:20 (seven years ago) link
Please save us all and this thread and quit watching now lj
― jjjusten, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 14:20 (seven years ago) link
Although the "Jerry daycare" b-plot is also pure gold, as is "Jerry and Beth hit a deer."
― Lauren Schumer Donor (Phil D.), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 14:23 (seven years ago) link
LJ i love you but i really don't think this show is for you.
― Bobson Dugnutt (ulysses), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 16:33 (seven years ago) link
i saw the pilot and first couple of eps but quickly lost interest. "Back to the Future But Drunk" as a premise is not very interesting.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 21:57 (seven years ago) link
haha i like that premise
― nxd, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 21:59 (seven years ago) link
total rickall i think is my fav episode of anything tbf
― nxd, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 22:00 (seven years ago) link
Human music. I like it!
― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 22:03 (seven years ago) link
FFS, "Back to the Future but drunk" doesn't exactly do justice to where this show goes, was just the initial hook for me in the first episode. But tbr that probably is enough of a premise to build a funny cartoon tv show, fuiud.
― circa1916, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 22:27 (seven years ago) link
I am clearly an idiot for not recognising the back to the future link. Great show, the micro universes one in the second series had me it stitches.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 23:01 (seven years ago) link
my brother and sil dressed as marty + jennifer for purim and their baby as doc and we realized that they could've just as easily have been morty, summer + rick.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 23:04 (seven years ago) link
TINY Rick
― Lauren Schumer Donor (Phil D.), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 23:23 (seven years ago) link
aw :) rick and mordy!
― nxd, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 23:26 (seven years ago) link
I didn't figure out the BTTF thing until I stumbled across the first short.
― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 03:52 (seven years ago) link
it only occurred to me sorta out of the blue like last week
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 15:16 (seven years ago) link
Just rewatched the pilot again and it's probably the best pilot they could make for something like this. Don't really see it as any outlier, but obv. your appreciation for this show or any other depends on some amount of familiarity.
― circa1916, Sunday, 23 April 2017 02:11 (seven years ago) link
This is the moment I knew this show was special:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItV8utelYlc
― passionate plant-based athlete (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 15:23 (seven years ago) link
maybe a lil too nerdy but i lol'd
https://i.redd.it/rjf301no0lvy.jpg
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Friday, 5 May 2017 12:22 (seven years ago) link
returning july 30th!
― black covfefe in bed (voodoo chili), Friday, 30 June 2017 01:32 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ornXZGEFcds
― Dan I., Monday, 17 July 2017 02:09 (six years ago) link
dope. would love a list of animators.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 17 July 2017 02:30 (six years ago) link
synergy
Holy shit. pic.twitter.com/vNEIfHTmNU— Justin Roiland (@JustinRoiland) July 30, 2017
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 1 August 2017 00:26 (six years ago) link
the new one was very good, "darkest year of our adventures" doesn't seem like a stretch
― Many men scream death (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 1 August 2017 02:39 (six years ago) link
i hope jerry remains a minor character. i hate how the simpsons turned into the homer show.
― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Tuesday, 1 August 2017 05:27 (six years ago) link
I agree, Jerry is the one character who seems like an archetype (he particularly reminds me of Randy Marsh).
― chap, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 14:58 (six years ago) link
Mordy killing people with buff arm and simultaneously apologizing was dope
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 15:02 (six years ago) link
i lol'd hard out loud 5-6 times this ep so i guess the magic has not worn off yet
― Mordy, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 17:23 (six years ago) link
Both of the scenes with Rick's Summer and Morty robots were great. "Save it for the Semantics Dome, E.B. White" was a line for the ages.
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Tuesday, 1 August 2017 17:35 (six years ago) link
holy crap, that line killed me.
Also, when robot Morty freaked out and then rebooted.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 1 August 2017 17:36 (six years ago) link
yes robot morty was my favorite part of the episode
"haha ah jeez, my sister died in the spaghetti"
― rock and roll tucci coo (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 1 August 2017 17:41 (six years ago) link
love this show unreservedly
― gbx, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 01:09 (six years ago) link
the wind whispering "loseeerrrrrr" at Jerry killed me
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 11:59 (six years ago) link
FAMILY THERAPYCOPROPHAGIA RECOVERY
Another A+ episode. I almost couldn't stop laughing at "Wait, do *I* have infinite daughters?" "Nope. No, you do not."
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Tuesday, 8 August 2017 14:15 (six years ago) link
yes, a great episode. i was bothered at first by the over-the-top violence, but it served a purpose--these are the lengths rick is willing to go to in order to skip family therapy
― rock and roll tucci coo (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 8 August 2017 14:30 (six years ago) link
pickle rick sounded terrible on paper but worked excessively well as a joke delivery device in practicethe commitment and long term engagement with campy pop-culture ideas puts R&M sometimes perilously close to Family Guy territory but they somehow manage to always save the day with a strong underlying intelligence and a genuine nihilism that rings true
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 8 August 2017 15:30 (six years ago) link
3 for 3 this season
― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 02:27 (six years ago) link
yeah this episode was completely rickdiculous, but that was what made it so damn awesome.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 03:09 (six years ago) link
We watched GoT and this back to back the other night and my bf then said "well, I'm ruined for TV forever now nothings gonna top that"
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 03:10 (six years ago) link
great ep, especially loved the therapists speech at the end
― gbx, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 03:13 (six years ago) link
I was flummoxed at her being unfazed by pickle rick's existence but then again this is a therapist for poop eaters, so.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 03:20 (six years ago) link
― Stoop Crone (Trayce)
Everyone in the world of R&M is unfazed by crazy sci-fi shit it seems. Fair enough if your planet was in an intergalactic talent show.
Incredible episode. This show's storytelling chops are second to none at the moment.
― chap, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 11:17 (six years ago) link
Having Simpsons and KOTH vets like Wes Archer and Dominic Polcino on staff has been extremely helpful.
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 13:13 (six years ago) link
recently found out that a friend of mine is an editor on this?
― gbx, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 15:51 (six years ago) link
BTW the show now has its own quote/meme/GIF generator: https://masterofallscience.com/
https://masterofallscience.com/meme/S02E02/339631.jpg?b64lines=IExvb2sgYXQgdGhpcyAtLSB5b3UgYmVhdCBjYW5jZXIsIGFuZCB0aGVuIHlvdSB3ZW50CiBiYWNrIHRvIHdvcmsgYXQgdGhlIGNhcnBldCBzdG9yZT8gQm9vIQ==
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 15:55 (six years ago) link
https://masterofallscience.com/meme/S02E09/1291415.jpg?b64lines=SmVycnksIHdoYXQgaXMgIlRhZGRpIE1hc29uIExMQywiIAphbmQgd2h5IGlzIG91ciBwaG9uZSBiaWxsICQ3MDA_
― evol j, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 16:28 (six years ago) link
this is going to make naming my fantasy football team so much easier (I was Ball Fondlers last season).
― evol j, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 16:30 (six years ago) link
https://masterofallscience.com/video/S02E08/AtOVC91HhfZ95Mwn22oZFRbuaqA=.gif
― rock and roll tucci coo (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 16:30 (six years ago) link
oh shit i didn't even notice you could make GIFs
― evol j, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 16:33 (six years ago) link
https://masterofallscience.com/video/S01E05/vp8s7_Z9B2W_7jfXi5KbHbSExeQ=.gif
― evol j, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 16:39 (six years ago) link
https://masterofallscience.com/video/S03E03/diMfLNDlNpeXSNfNCMQohyvbGts=.gif
― rock and roll tucci coo (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 16:46 (six years ago) link
https://masterofallscience.com/video/S02E04/eabVgZKiCGqbQw8mjzA2VsO5gBo=.gif
― rock and roll tucci coo (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 16:56 (six years ago) link
https://masterofallscience.com/gif/S01E02/868493/872663/QXd3LCBiaXRjaC4gSSBkb24ndAoga25vdyB3aGF0IHRvIHNheS4=
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 17:01 (six years ago) link
https://masterofallscience.com/gif/S01E02/868493/872663.gif?b64lines=QXd3LCBiaXRjaC4gSSBkb24ndAoga25vdyB3aGF0IHRvIHNheS4=
https://masterofallscience.com/video/S02E04/9owsgPGnMGEA9VR2uLztiOSA3ys=.gif
― rock and roll tucci coo (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 17:17 (six years ago) link
haha yes
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 17:19 (six years ago) link
good utility
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 17:40 (six years ago) link
http://masterofallscience.com/video/S01E01/Nopr9XMsFWrN1zpj7DDpkQYn__k%3D.gif
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 17:42 (six years ago) link
https://masterofallscience.com/video/S03E02/QfN_IDEBAJKtUsC2jQySCeQssyI=.gif
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 18:10 (six years ago) link
LOL
― gbx, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 21:26 (six years ago) link
http://masterofallscience.com/video/S01E04/Sul-akBROe3XMjjyO9_Rt3BZNvQ%3D.gif
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 22:13 (six years ago) link
one more:http://masterofallscience.com/video/S02E05/GsOXOBOGrvl4IBzOzdgdbku8lYI%3D.gif
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 22:18 (six years ago) link
and one more for reference in future:http://masterofallscience.com/video/S01E05/Uua81-Gc4FdCh1vK27jEmeD0Jr4%3D.gif
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 22:22 (six years ago) link
Pickle Rick yelling out a war cry as he ran toward the rats probably caused me to wake up my neighbors
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 23:56 (six years ago) link
https://masterofallscience.com/gif/S01E08/219302/221388/IEkgbWVhbiwgdGhlcmUncyBzbyAgbWFueSBhbnRzIGluIG15IGV5ZXMu
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 10 August 2017 00:10 (six years ago) link
oops i didnt embed that soz
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 10 August 2017 00:11 (six years ago) link
https://masterofallscience.com/video/S01E08/Jq27hk_cNjz_nCyvmQpGKz1qL1k=.gif
https://masterofallscience.com/meme/S02E08/389055.jpg?b64lines=IElzIGl0ICBpbXBvcnRhbnQgdGhhdCB3ZSBrbm93IHdobyBKYW4gTWljaGFlbCBWaW5jZW50CiB3YXMuLi4gLSBJbiBvcmRlciB0byBnZXQgdGhpcz8KTm9wZS4=
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 10 August 2017 00:28 (six years ago) link
ykes that was huge wtf
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 10 August 2017 00:29 (six years ago) link
So I put on the latest episode and my mother in law sits down about a minute in, making a big fuss that i not stop whatever it is i wanted to watch. She sat through the entire thing god bless her (she had previously been watching Highway to Heaven).
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 10 August 2017 03:16 (six years ago) link
aw
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 10 August 2017 03:22 (six years ago) link
Pickle Rick was great. I wonder if the writers sometimes pick the hardest concepts they can think of, in order to challenge themselves
― Vinnie, Thursday, 10 August 2017 03:23 (six years ago) link
It was a pretty bizarre concept. "haha he turned himself into a pickle and cant turn back now he's stuffed... oh wait but hes NOT!"
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 10 August 2017 03:33 (six years ago) link
He was, you could say....
In a pickle.
https://media.giphy.com/media/v9rfTQBNqdsSA/giphy.gif
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 10 August 2017 03:34 (six years ago) link
using brains of dead rodents/insects as motor was boss
xpost oh jeezus Trayce
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 10 August 2017 03:35 (six years ago) link
i was genuinely sad that Beth and Rick ignored the kids' hints that they wanted to continue therapy
was hoping Trayce's gif would be of Rick putting on sunglasses
― Vinnie, Thursday, 10 August 2017 04:06 (six years ago) link
The guy who wrote the theme song/does the score got his musical start at my shop so I feel I have finally contributed something worthwhile to the world.
― jjjusten, Thursday, 10 August 2017 04:13 (six years ago) link
I mean hopefully my kids will exceed that but you know the jury is still out on them.
― jjjusten, Thursday, 10 August 2017 04:14 (six years ago) link
DAMMIT.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 10 August 2017 04:51 (six years ago) link
http://masterofallscience.com/video/S02E02/puEE6fbj0OBmLAZRepNqpkOXfuQ%3D.gif
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 10 August 2017 05:17 (six years ago) link
"so anyway, Dr WONG....racist name, by the way..."
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 10 August 2017 05:18 (six years ago) link
https://masterofallscience.com/video/S02E04/aqRBFADiNbTbu3PDb7iUsxyEbiM=.gif
― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Thursday, 10 August 2017 05:58 (six years ago) link
https://m.imgur.com/gallery/TaTefDude built a 1:1 scale Pickle Rick.
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Thursday, 10 August 2017 13:11 (six years ago) link
https://masterofallscience.com/video/S01E11/iD9ryeacWqzRoDfLrxe-3Nd6uv4=.gif
― evol j, Thursday, 10 August 2017 17:34 (six years ago) link
how does that get built so fast?!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 10 August 2017 18:11 (six years ago) link
He says he spent 12 hours on a sunday doing it. Thats dedication!
Also, thats awesome :D
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 11 August 2017 00:42 (six years ago) link
I am not feeling this series at all so far :-(
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Sunday, 13 August 2017 22:53 (six years ago) link
ok
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 13 August 2017 22:54 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/mLAjKr1.gif
― rock and roll tucci coo (voodoo chili), Sunday, 13 August 2017 23:06 (six years ago) link
Whaaat, it has been great!
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Sunday, 13 August 2017 23:16 (six years ago) link
what episodes have you watched?
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Sunday, 13 August 2017 23:39 (six years ago) link
first three. I just haven't found them very funny.
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Monday, 14 August 2017 00:27 (six years ago) link
And you liked the previous seasons?
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 14 August 2017 00:38 (six years ago) link
yeah i was gonna say: first three of this season or of the first season? cuz i think they've been pretty on this year so far.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 14 August 2017 01:02 (six years ago) link
First three of the first season were pretty great too, iirc. Show has been extremely consistent
― Vinnie, Monday, 14 August 2017 02:03 (six years ago) link
And then this happened
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Monday, 14 August 2017 04:29 (six years ago) link
not sure if yr post means it was good or bad
― Neanderthal, Monday, 14 August 2017 04:38 (six years ago) link
way too mean-spirited, rick too evil.
― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Monday, 14 August 2017 05:14 (six years ago) link
def was a dark episode (just found online)
also they are way about the poop this year
― Neanderthal, Monday, 14 August 2017 05:17 (six years ago) link
Rick has always been a dick tho!
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 14 August 2017 05:35 (six years ago) link
I mean ok, he sent himself to prison to save the rest of the family but that aside...
this was like one of those eps where you're like "maybe they're doing this to remind all of their fans who think rick rules that he actually sucks" but then you remember that the creators probably also think rick rules
― flippy bard (Will M.), Monday, 14 August 2017 07:21 (six years ago) link
This show rules ass btw
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Monday, 14 August 2017 07:53 (six years ago) link
I'm finding the tone in s3 straying too much into meta and referential territory. I like the anarchic, offbeat, conceptual stuff (Meeseeks, house party, Poopybumhole, interdimensional TV), and I'm just not fussed about Mad Max and action movie parodies. Makes me feel like I'm watching a Futurama/Family Guy mash-up, which was something they were always good at avoiding. We end up with long action sequences taking place in increasingly outlandish worldscapes, so far removed from the familial setting that gave the previous episodes that good push-pull against reality.Rick is now such a genius he's basically a superman. I didn't find the pickle episode half as cool as it could have been - once he had worked out how to control the cockroach it just devolved into an action parody, whereas I felt that his journey as a pickle could have been smarter.Cutting Jerry out the picture is also detrimental to the humour in this series. Is there a reason for this? like did the actor have to take time off? I guess I'm just not finding this series all that funny which is the main complaint
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Monday, 14 August 2017 08:46 (six years ago) link
Got say I partly agree with DL here. I am still enjoying it, but finding no real lol moments so far this series.
― Chewshabadoo, Monday, 14 August 2017 11:52 (six years ago) link
Not sure if it's MORE meta/referential than before. S1 played with Inception, Nightmare on Elm Street, Fantastic Voyage, that Steven King rip etc. And pickle ep didn't ref anything outside of generic action movie tropes. Not being funny is the real kicker, though I want to watch some S1 to dlb-check that its R&M that's changed and not me.
― barbarian radge (NotEnough), Monday, 14 August 2017 12:04 (six years ago) link
Okay I'll give you that. And it's nice that with the Mad Max one, they're not making explicit references to specific Mad Max scenes, just going for Mad Max-esque which is a good move. I was wondering if the pickle episode was referencing any specific film that I'd not seen before or not.
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Monday, 14 August 2017 12:38 (six years ago) link
any movie where a souped-up action hero takes out evil russians?
― rock and roll tucci coo (voodoo chili), Monday, 14 August 2017 14:34 (six years ago) link
https://masterofallscience.com/video/S03E04/LBgkTTs5p3S5NOLqVm5nOvKdg7w=.gif
― rock and roll tucci coo (voodoo chili), Monday, 14 August 2017 14:42 (six years ago) link
xp - John Wick, obv. Whose nom de guerre refers to the Russian bogeyman a witch in a house on chicken legs, whereas Pickle Rick is named after the Russian bogeyman word for "pickle." And walks around in a "house" on rat legs.
― oder doch?, Monday, 14 August 2017 15:03 (six years ago) link
My wife was appalled by the sequence of Pickle Rick murdering the rats. It was one of those moments that recalibrated what I was used to with what I was actually watching, kind of like when I step back and think about exactly how much gore is in your average episode of Superjail!
I enjoyed the episode and I really liked Mordy in the Vindicators episode but I think I'm gonna stay on my current "will watch if I happen to be up, otherwise will not seek out" plan.
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Monday, 14 August 2017 15:07 (six years ago) link
lol "Morty"
oops
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Monday, 14 August 2017 15:18 (six years ago) link
― Chewshabadoo, Monday, August 14, 2017 6:52 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This show has never really been about LOL moments, ever. I've never found it all that funny in the knee jerk punchline sense, it's more like watching an elaborate Rube Goldberg contraption executed tightly. It's in the form of a family guy type show but it's very different in its aims
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Monday, 14 August 2017 16:47 (six years ago) link
I disagree.. the first two series have provided me with A LOT of proper laughs in the last couple of years. I can see the comparisons with Family Guy and Futurama but it felt more in line, humour-wise with all those Adult Swim things from the 2000s like Aqua Teen and Sealab - just stream of conscious and unfussy-feeling
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Monday, 14 August 2017 17:14 (six years ago) link
I feel like you have grossly misread this show if you're comparing it to ATHF and Sealab 2021.
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Monday, 14 August 2017 17:18 (six years ago) link
pickle rick owned
― ||||||||, Monday, 14 August 2017 17:19 (six years ago) link
this show has brought plenty of LOLs in the first two seasons, but i'm also finding it a little light in that department in S3. enjoying the show and its storylines nonetheless.
― circa1916, Monday, 14 August 2017 17:22 (six years ago) link
i dunno, i guess there were some funny jokes, but to me this show being a family guy/archer style show is kind of a misdirection. not that those jokes are always bad per se, but they're kind of not the point.
like, the EB White dome line wasn't really funny to me either... or its humor is more deeply related to the nature of the characters than it is the actual punchline itself? idk. the overall absurdity of the situation is where the humor emanates for me, a more generalized aura of this show is hilarious mixes with awe-inspiring at times, rather than it being some rapid collection of good jokes or punchlines
It almost feels like an even more extreme version of bojack horseman in this regard, in that that shoe is still tied to explicit JOKES in a way this feels less concerned with
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Monday, 14 August 2017 19:17 (six years ago) link
*that show. not that shoe
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Monday, 14 August 2017 19:18 (six years ago) link
family guy/archer style show
???????
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Monday, 14 August 2017 19:24 (six years ago) link
Next day opinion on s3e4: Drunk Rick designed the traps to be easy, mitigating his evilness a bit. I like how he had a snide idea for the first trick and then ran out of ideas. Still, he did put deathtraps up, even when he didn't know how awful the Vindicators were.
― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Monday, 14 August 2017 20:07 (six years ago) link
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Monday, August 14, 2017 2:24 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
animated rapid fire punchline parade
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Monday, 14 August 2017 21:46 (six years ago) link
Rick and Morty is funny as hell but it's not 30 Rock one-liner funny, and thank fucking Christ for that
― Neanderthal, Monday, 14 August 2017 22:43 (six years ago) link
(no disrespect for 30 Rock, but it's more the outlandish situations and Rick's deadpan delivery that make for the hilarity on this show)
― Neanderthal, Monday, 14 August 2017 22:44 (six years ago) link
xxp Maybe we're getting different things out of it but that's not what Archer strikes me as at all. Yes, the jokes come often, but the show is way, way more driven by character and plot (and even some serialization!). It strikes me more as an EXTREMELY heightened version of something like Arrested Development.
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Monday, 14 August 2017 23:00 (six years ago) link
Yeah people who note (or criticize!) that about archer arent getting archer, I'm inclined to think.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 14 August 2017 23:08 (six years ago) link
It's a workplace comedy that happens to be about an alcoholic secret agent, his mother and their colleagues. You could do it as a live-action single-camera and lose nothing!
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Monday, 14 August 2017 23:34 (six years ago) link
And re the AD ref, it helps half that shows cast voice the actors in Archer!
Anyway! Off topic.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 00:38 (six years ago) link
I don't mean to conflate archer and family guy but I think both are way more joke driven than this show is, which is more "clever" than funny imo
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 00:46 (six years ago) link
idk. to me, the show is very quotable and heavy on the laughs. the fact that the jokes are not just jokes-for-jokes-sake (interdimensional TV aside) and are driven by character development make them land a lot harder
― rock and roll tucci coo (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 01:59 (six years ago) link
I mean there's quotes I love to recite w/ friends but they are better in context of the show
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 15 August 2017 02:01 (six years ago) link
Anyway. At start of ep when Rick is passed out on the meeting room table and i was like... "wait... is he lying in puddles of his own SHIT?!"
...and he was.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 03:48 (six years ago) link
haha me too. I was p sure that's what it was but half-doubted they'd go all in.
another shit episode!
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 15 August 2017 03:54 (six years ago) link
We end up with long action sequences taking place in increasingly outlandish worldscapes, so far removed from the familial setting that gave the previous episodes that good push-pull against reality.
There was one of those in literally the first episode of the whole series though! And the one in the episode you're referring too was very deliberately and explicitly contrasted with a mundane family therapy session! I don't think the show has changed so much as you're suffering from diminishing returns. Personally I find it sharper, funnier and more imaginative than ever.
― chap, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 15:11 (six years ago) link
yeah i get all that. I'm not sure, I just find the humour to be less madcap. Felt the very first ever episode worked fine as an intro to the characters but still feeling its way around. The universe of R&M really sets in a couple of episodes later. These just haven't tickled me as much as things like Meeseeks, Mr Poopybutthole or the House Party episode. Like, in those the madcap sci-fi action takes place around the family home. In these last ones it's more 'Oh shit is happening at home, so let's fuck off as far away from it as possible for no other reason than we can have an adventure loosely parodying a movie'. It's a matter of taste of course, but to me the manic, unpredictable nature of the humour has been replaced by manic, unpredictable plotlines and situations. The distinction is one of comedy and farce, to me, and while it's still an enjoyable show with some amusing moments, it's not making me laugh or raise my eyebrows in awe (and yeah it is an AWEsome show in many ways) like it once did
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Wednesday, 16 August 2017 16:01 (six years ago) link
S02 def got better as I watched it more. Just the same, S03E01 & S03E02 felt especially packed with subtleties, and I need to watch them a few more times. It's too soon to assess.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 17 August 2017 03:55 (six years ago) link
s01e10, close rick-counters of the rick kind, is monumental
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 19 August 2017 21:35 (six years ago) link
Yea that one is huge. Every time I see it I remember that the Eye-Patch Morty story is still unresolved.
― billstevejim, Saturday, 19 August 2017 21:40 (six years ago) link
maybe one day i'll return to this horrible show but it's important to note that bojack horseman is returning soon :)
― imago, Saturday, 19 August 2017 22:09 (six years ago) link
Yea lots of great shows returning in the next 8-10 weeks. Exciting stuff.
― billstevejim, Sunday, 20 August 2017 19:05 (six years ago) link
Imago hating this is all the evidence I needed to know it's a+ great
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Sunday, 20 August 2017 20:22 (six years ago) link
^
― badg, Sunday, 20 August 2017 20:38 (six years ago) link
on the other hand, deej liking R+M is enough for me to question whether it's good after all. conflicted.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 21 August 2017 10:14 (six years ago) link
can confirm that the last episode made me lol a bit, although i re-watched the Meeseeks episode again the other day and their voices alone had me in stitches
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Monday, 21 August 2017 10:42 (six years ago) link
Risotto Groupon
― rock and roll tucci coo (voodoo chili), Monday, 21 August 2017 20:55 (six years ago) link
Dog Latin is tripping imo show is better than its ever been, really grabbing onto what's good about it but not so self aware that it's reduced to mannerism
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Monday, 21 August 2017 21:12 (six years ago) link
I love this show and that should matter to everyone.
― billstevejim, Monday, 21 August 2017 22:45 (six years ago) link
Noop Noop's (Noob Noob?) "God-DAMN!" has been the constant refrain playing in my head for the last week.
― constitutional crises they fly at u face (will), Monday, 21 August 2017 22:48 (six years ago) link
Very similar to poopybutthole's "ooo-wee!" but yes
― billstevejim, Monday, 21 August 2017 22:51 (six years ago) link
*opens social media to see President Soup-For-Brains Looks Directly Into Solar Eclipse*
goddd-DAMNN
― constitutional crises they fly at u face (will), Monday, 21 August 2017 22:55 (six years ago) link
Man Rick and Morty *really* keeping up w/ current events huh
― Neanderthal, Monday, 21 August 2017 22:59 (six years ago) link
"lisa?"
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 21 August 2017 23:38 (six years ago) link
the tech support team escaping was A+
― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Wednesday, 23 August 2017 12:15 (six years ago) link
Loved the metajoke about the camp name: "Like they gave up naming it halfway through." (cf. King Flippy Nips, Scroopy Noopers, Shrimply Pibbles)
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Monday, 28 August 2017 15:28 (six years ago) link
last night's might have been the best episode yet
― rock and roll tucci coo (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 29 August 2017 01:57 (six years ago) link
ultra-confident morty cracked me up with nearly every line
another great one. i don't have much to say about it. i'd say the best episodes of the season are 1-2-3 and this one, followed by 5 then 4 easily the worst.
― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Tuesday, 29 August 2017 09:19 (six years ago) link
Huh I thought this one was the weakest - the premise didn't seem quite as well thought through. Still great though.
― chap, Wednesday, 30 August 2017 10:11 (six years ago) link
Detoxified Morty going nutso in the restaurant was a highlight.
― chap, Wednesday, 30 August 2017 10:12 (six years ago) link
i think this week's is going to stand up to repeated viewings better than any other episode so far this season.
― evol j, Wednesday, 30 August 2017 16:22 (six years ago) link
gotta agree with chap – fine eposide, but the weakest so far this season.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 30 August 2017 17:25 (six years ago) link
tho garbage Rick being the one who also suffered from emotional attachments to family was a quality twist!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 30 August 2017 17:27 (six years ago) link
Great episode imo
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 30 August 2017 19:00 (six years ago) link
So catching up with cult cartoons, I'm really enjoying this one! It's like Dr. Who crossed with Beavis and Butthead.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 7 September 2017 13:05 (six years ago) link
another classic in the books
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 12 September 2017 02:10 (six years ago) link
this weeks one did my head in! also i'm certain i missed a jillion refs
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 12 September 2017 02:48 (six years ago) link
blonde redhead in the credits was awesome
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Tuesday, 12 September 2017 03:01 (six years ago) link
Yeah.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 12 September 2017 03:19 (six years ago) link
the opening set to 'in the city' the joe walsh song >>>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfLV_hSj_uE
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 12 September 2017 06:19 (six years ago) link
That was great, but I'm always wanting this show to get more into its sf elements. Actually think it's doing a better job of having fun with the "Council of Reeds" idea than Fantastic Four ever did (tho "fun" wasn't really the goal there, I guess).
― albvivertine, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 21:57 (six years ago) link
Holy shit am I surprised how much I like this show. I'm only on season 2 but it's like (as mentioned)Dr. Who plus Back to the Future plus Beavis and Butthead plus Ren and Stimpy plus Aqua Teen Hunger Force plus Futurama divided by, I dunno, Phineas and Ferb. The only bad thing I can say about it right now is how sure I am there is no way in hell I could get my wife to sit through it.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 17 September 2017 17:05 (six years ago) link
latest ep. is Citadel of Ricks a parody of something specific? some of the jokes seemed like i was supposed to "get" a reference that wasn't there for me
― flopson, Sunday, 17 September 2017 18:56 (six years ago) link
*LOVED latest ep
the marty kid team is based on stand by me, otherwise i don't think there's a specific parody.
― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Sunday, 17 September 2017 19:49 (six years ago) link
It was definitely pulling from that last Dredd movie a bit, but sorta like the Stand By Me thing, not an outright homage or parody.
― circa1916, Sunday, 17 September 2017 20:06 (six years ago) link
I think the most direct ref is the Interdimensional Council of Reeds from Fantastic Four
http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Interdimensional_Council_of_Reeds_(Multiverse)
― Dan I., Sunday, 17 September 2017 20:12 (six years ago) link
weird how ilx always drops the closing parenthesis from urls that end in one
marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Interdimensional_Council_of_Reeds_(Multiverse)
― Dan I., Sunday, 17 September 2017 20:13 (six years ago) link
― flopson, Sunday, September 17, 2017 1:56 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
have you seen the earlier episodes? the evil morty who won the presidency & council of ricks were all in earlier eps
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Sunday, 17 September 2017 20:42 (six years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, September 17, 2017 12:05 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i went back and watched a bunch of s1 and man, s3 is a huge improvement. a lot of the jokes in some of my fav episodes ("total rickall") don't even land really. Everything feels really tightened up
the cop morty storyline felt very training day
― rock and roll tucci coo (voodoo chili), Sunday, 17 September 2017 20:46 (six years ago) link
also, total rickall is still the GOAT episode and i mourn the loss of pencilvester and reverse giraffe every day
― rock and roll tucci coo (voodoo chili), Sunday, 17 September 2017 20:47 (six years ago) link
― rock and roll tucci coo (voodoo chili), Sunday, September 17, 2017 3:46 PM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
oh yeah def
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Sunday, 17 September 2017 20:51 (six years ago) link
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Sunday, September 17, 2017 4:42 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hmm i've watched every episode but have no recollection of this [/stoner]
on that note i'm rewatching from season 1. v v funny but also helping to put in perspective, now confident there is no drop-off in season 3
― flopson, Sunday, 17 September 2017 22:24 (six years ago) link
one thing that got a lot better is rick's ad-libbing
― flopson, Sunday, 17 September 2017 22:25 (six years ago) link
Enjoyed the last couple of episodes but disagree that this season is any better than the previous ones. The first couple of eps of s1 are a bit 'finding its feet' but other than that it's gold
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Monday, 18 September 2017 09:51 (six years ago) link
Last nights ep was pretty dece. The funniest thing for me tho was something happening in the background for 5 seconds - House Hunters! I almost died laughing, and it was such a dumb joke.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 18 September 2017 22:48 (six years ago) link
i wanted to spend a little more time with the Truth Tortoise.
More Tortoise!
― rock and roll tucci coo (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 19 September 2017 18:18 (six years ago) link
Just saw Total Rickall, what a dark, hilarious - but also dark - show this is.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 September 2017 18:19 (six years ago) link
sandman references wrt truth tortoise very nerdyloved that the punchline to mindblowers was that summer is THE TRUE PUPPETMASTER
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 19 September 2017 18:33 (six years ago) link
spotted by my wife:
https://masterofallscience.com/meme/S03E08/292083.jpg?b64lines=
― evol j, Tuesday, 19 September 2017 19:32 (six years ago) link
also enjoyed:
https://masterofallscience.com/meme/S03E08/1131255.jpg?b64lines=IOKZquKZqg==
― evol j, Tuesday, 19 September 2017 19:34 (six years ago) link
try that again, evol j
― rock and roll tucci coo (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 19 September 2017 19:46 (six years ago) link
Rick breaks fourth wall often. Morty and Summer were subtly approaching this in the new one.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 19 September 2017 20:01 (six years ago) link
I guess I'm thinking of when he said "Save it for Youtube" or whatever the quote was.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 19 September 2017 20:02 (six years ago) link
Harmon suggested "Interdimensional Cable" was gonna be their "Treehouse Of Horror" so I guess they gave up on that idea.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 19 September 2017 20:05 (six years ago) link
this wasn't the world's most mind blowing ep but it was a very clever way of doing a 'clip show of clips you haven't seen' ep lol
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 19 September 2017 21:52 (six years ago) link
Harmon and co. did a similar thing in the third season of Community
― rock and roll tucci coo (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 19 September 2017 22:05 (six years ago) link
I guess it was the inverse of Total Rickall which was a clip show of clips that even the characters on the show never saw.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 19 September 2017 23:40 (six years ago) link
https://masterofallscience.com/meme/S03E08/1207373.jpg?b64lines=IFRoZXJlJ3MgYSAgQ3JhZnRzbWFuIG5lYXJieS4gIEkgY2FuIHNtZWxsIGl0Lg==
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 00:47 (six years ago) link
https://masterofallscience.com/video/S03E08/Yr5d1ZtH2DrHedd_d_VvTGfWhuQ=.gif
my favorite part was the light switch joke. one of those jokes you might hear in a bar, but with extra wtfness.
― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 19:57 (six years ago) link
the part with Morty using the magnet to attract hot girls was hilarious only cos it was painfully obv what he was going to do the moment he started inching towards the machine
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 21 September 2017 01:44 (six years ago) link
xpost lol yeah "grab a shovel".
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 21 September 2017 01:45 (six years ago) link
To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewers head. There's also Rick's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realise that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Rick & Morty truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Rick's existential catchphrase "Wubba Lubba Dub Dub," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Dan Harmon's genius wit unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools.. how I pity them. 😂And yes, by the way, i DO have a Rick & Morty tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎
― ian, Thursday, 21 September 2017 01:54 (six years ago) link
https://www.reddit.com/r/copypasta/comments/6qhaln/only_high_iqs_watch_rick_and_morty/
― ian, Thursday, 21 September 2017 01:55 (six years ago) link
and here is where the show gets ruined
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 21 September 2017 02:07 (six years ago) link
And yes, by the way, i DO have a Rick & Morty tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎
...it's on his dicc
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 21 September 2017 02:14 (six years ago) link
The shift toward that stuff has been amazing - it's an Adult Swim stoner cartoon for fuck's sake.
― louise ck (milo z), Thursday, 21 September 2017 02:14 (six years ago) link
can't wait for the "I liked Rick and Morty PRIOR to Pickle Rick, Posers" Reddit
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 21 September 2017 02:15 (six years ago) link
he spells personal "personnel" :-/
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Thursday, 21 September 2017 02:17 (six years ago) link
Maybe I'm naive to how comically pathetic people can be, but that post and a good chunk of the stuff posted on the ilx Reddit thread totally come off as fake.
― circa1916, Thursday, 21 September 2017 02:18 (six years ago) link
yeah circa it's a good pt - it seems like some level of trolling
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Thursday, 21 September 2017 02:19 (six years ago) link
idk I had someone in earnest tell me that if I didn't think he was "one hell if an intellectual" that I could go get fucked
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 21 September 2017 02:19 (six years ago) link
this one has to be trolling, but probably it's based on moronic superiority comments people have actually said when talking about the show
― Vinnie, Thursday, 21 September 2017 06:28 (six years ago) link
for instance, the humour in Rick's existential catchphrase "Wubba Lubba Dub Dub," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons.
This cant be a serious thing right
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 21 September 2017 06:38 (six years ago) link
and that's the wayyyyyyy the news goes
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 21 September 2017 09:17 (six years ago) link
could be faaaaakkkkkebut since immersing myself in right wing memes and learning about incels and shit i have completely lost perspective.
― ian, Thursday, 21 September 2017 14:32 (six years ago) link
well, if you guys would bother to read down in the comments...
https://imgur.com/vM2luKP
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 21 September 2017 14:36 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/vM2luKP.png
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 21 September 2017 14:38 (six years ago) link
that's the original comment they're making fun of. no idea if that one is for real or not tho.
i don't want to know anything about hardcore fans of this show unless they are ITT or my IRL pals, it'll just ruin it
― gbx, Thursday, 21 September 2017 16:25 (six years ago) link
God, those 2 men need a fucking wash.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 22 September 2017 00:10 (six years ago) link
R&M-haters on twitter have grown moderately louder in the past 2-3 weeks.
― billstevejim, Friday, 22 September 2017 21:00 (six years ago) link
Over/under 25% of those people actually watch the show?
I'll take the under
― rock and roll tucci coo (voodoo chili), Friday, 22 September 2017 21:05 (six years ago) link
there's also this
https://www.avclub.com/dan-harmon-is-pissed-at-rick-and-morty-fans-for-harassi-1818628816
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Friday, 22 September 2017 21:08 (six years ago) link
Well that is pretty gross.
Not that it matters but Jessica Gao is one of the best writers on the show, responsible for Pickle Rick among others
― rock and roll tucci coo (voodoo chili), Friday, 22 September 2017 21:19 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXzA3WxAxwQboooooo
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 22 September 2017 21:33 (six years ago) link
"i'm a beetle. Paul is dead."?
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 22 September 2017 22:28 (six years ago) link
this show is like it's always sunny in philadelphia to me; it's def funny but it only has one mode and the energy is always exactly the same, so it's just tiresome to watch
― sleepingbag, Saturday, 23 September 2017 00:49 (six years ago) link
O look who it is
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 23 September 2017 01:18 (six years ago) link
I like this show a good bit, but I get this.
― circa1916, Saturday, 23 September 2017 02:27 (six years ago) link
Er, I’d be a little more generous, just is one that I can only do in 1-2 episode stretches.
― circa1916, Saturday, 23 September 2017 02:29 (six years ago) link
luckily it's designed to be watched in 1-episode stretches
― shackling the masses with plastic-wrapped snack picks (sic), Saturday, 23 September 2017 08:00 (six years ago) link
holy fuck just saw the bit about R&M fans harassing female writing staff. ftr I support punching both Nazis and the unfuckables who doxx the woman who wrote pickle rick. are you fucking kidding me.
― constitutional crises they fly at u face (will), Saturday, 23 September 2017 15:05 (six years ago) link
adult swim should reair the pickle Rick episode in place of a new one just to spite them
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 23 September 2017 15:16 (six years ago) link
Ha, otm.
I'm still pacing my way through season 2, which has been great. I love the show's dedication to alien landscapes that look largely like (or actually are) butts, and also its hilarious lack of effort in naming characters or other aliens. Like, "This is my friend, uh, Gleep Glorp." Or "Mr. Poopybutthole."
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 23 September 2017 16:00 (six years ago) link
poor old mr poopy butthole
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 23 September 2017 16:29 (six years ago) link
I think the tone can actually shift pretty radically on this show between episodes, I don't find it nearly as one more as always sunny or say archer
It's also insane that these nerds have decided the show sucks now that women write it when the show is obviously the best its ever been
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Sunday, 24 September 2017 17:50 (six years ago) link
Not that I have any yearning to see R&M go full South Park. But if they had an episode where they mocked/emasculated those “unfuckables” I would be massively amused.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 24 September 2017 17:53 (six years ago) link
*one note xp
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Sunday, 24 September 2017 20:57 (six years ago) link
"my hands are dry! my hands are dry!"
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 25 September 2017 09:28 (six years ago) link
Finally caught up with the most recent three episodes. Agree that this season is knocking it out of the park, and I can't imagine how tough it was to pull off that Citadel episode. Most of the Mortys are voiced just differently enough to distinguish them, but they're all still Morty.
Favorite moment:
https://masterofallscience.com/gif/S03E08/883925/887887.gif?b64lines=T2gsIGV2ZXJ5dGhpbmcncyBjcm9va2VkISAKUmVhbGl0eSBpcyBwb2lzb24hIEkgd2FudCB0bwogZ28gYmFjayEgSSBoYXRlIHRoaXMh
― Monster fatberg (Phil D.), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 13:27 (six years ago) link
Watched the 'outtakes' episode last night and woke up this morning with my laptop still on beside my bed, lights off, trying to recall if I'd watched the whole thing or fallen asleep first... PSYCH PSYCH PSYCH!
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 13:32 (six years ago) link
haha nice
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 13:34 (six years ago) link
Finally finished the second season. Good stuff, it's all so cynical I can't tell if the sentimental music cues - Mazzy Star, Elliott Smith, NIN's "Hurt" - are part of the joke.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 14:02 (six years ago) link
Most of the Mortys are voiced just differently enough to distinguish them, but they're all still Morty.
Yeah this is an important point and I noticed it. Roiland's a pretty decent voice actor these days.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 01:13 (six years ago) link
He's been the Mozart of voice actors since Adventure Time's Lemongrab days.
― Wes Brodicus, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 17:30 (six years ago) link
ACCEPTABLE
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 17:48 (six years ago) link
Saw that Harmon interview where he derides "The Purge" as "good enough" or something, and I thought, huh? I liked that one better than the Mad Max one, as far as riffs on movies go - or I like them equally - but more importantly, "The Purge" gave a satisfying payoff to seeing them in the exosuits every credit sequence. For that matter, the excellent rule of threes payoff when you hear a muffled "Feels Good" playing offscreen before they go on a rampage made me laugh my ass off.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 28 September 2017 20:30 (six years ago) link
Also it has one of my favorite throwaway lines.
https://masterofallscience.com/meme/S02E09/173006.jpg?b64lines=IEFsc28sIGlmIHlvdSB0ZWxsIHlvdXIgbW9tIGFib3V0IHRoaXMsICBJJ2xsCiBwdXJnZSB5b3UuIA==
― Monster fatberg (Phil D.), Thursday, 28 September 2017 20:33 (six years ago) link
so like
do they believe the dipping sauce is actually notably good and worth going to effort to obtain because the cartoon character said it was,or
― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Sunday, 8 October 2017 16:58 (six years ago) link
my son talked me into taking him to a McDonald's for this yesterday and of course there was no sauce to be had
― Moodles, Sunday, 8 October 2017 17:03 (six years ago) link
but the experience and subsequent internet meltdown really made me feel like a citizen of the future
nerd culture is so centred on unquestioning commodity consumption the poor guys get a li'l freaked out when the commodity isn't there for them to consume
― pulled pork state of mind (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 8 October 2017 17:36 (six years ago) link
Odds that if I go on eBay I'm gonna find un-opened containers of this stuff for $150 each?
― Monster fatberg (Phil D.), Sunday, 8 October 2017 18:00 (six years ago) link
10:1
odds that when it arrives in the mail, it's just tubs of Arby's sauce married together?
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Sunday, 8 October 2017 18:08 (six years ago) link
If I ever found myself pitching a fit over some dipping sauce, I would be… Morty-fied.— Dan Scary (@djperry1973) October 8, 2017
― Marcus Hiles Remains Steadfast About Planting Trees.jpg (DJP), Sunday, 8 October 2017 18:52 (six years ago) link
yesterday nerds once again ruined what was a fun tossoff in-joke
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Sunday, 8 October 2017 18:55 (six years ago) link
I put just as much blame (or more) on McDonalds for trying to cash in on this tossoff in-joke, which they should have left at sending the creators some sauce or probably just making one tweet. The whole sitch is so dumb
― Vinnie, Monday, 9 October 2017 00:41 (six years ago) link
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rick-and-Morty-Szechuan-Sauce-1-OZ-/253198452121?hash=item3af3cdc599:g:xP0AAOSwwGdZ2mTx
― louise ck (milo z), Monday, 9 October 2017 00:52 (six years ago) link
In terms of the sauce cartoon itself, I feel like it fell off pretty hard after the citadel episode
― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Monday, 9 October 2017 13:26 (six years ago) link
i liked morty's mindblowers but in general i agree. am really not a fan of rick's "i'm a cool dude drinkin martinis" stance, which feels like a a shift. he was always an alcoholic but it was always kinda scary and ambiguous, now it feels faintly fedora-ish (though i could be projecting this latest sauce thing onto it)
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 9 October 2017 13:43 (six years ago) link
Well, at some point he basically exists as a God, right? It's hard to make that too compelling.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 9 October 2017 14:20 (six years ago) link
yeah they acknowledge that he's basically a god in the show's universe. As referenced below, and during basically the entire season finale
https://masterofallscience.com/video/S03E04/vFinAA40HezRQJuhQwT5XTGorRY=.gif
― bodak horseman (voodoo chili), Monday, 9 October 2017 14:25 (six years ago) link
I like that they seem to be moving away from that idea by making him the low man on the totem pole in the Smith family--sure he can do anything, but he can't force his family to love and respect him. should be interesting to explore that
― bodak horseman (voodoo chili), Monday, 9 October 2017 14:28 (six years ago) link
Rick seems to have shifted more into being a high-functioning psychopath rather than the drooling, burping, stuttering fuckup drunk he was in S1, and people love those high-functioning psychopaths.
― barbarian radge (NotEnough), Monday, 9 October 2017 16:28 (six years ago) link
people low-functioning psychopaths love those high-functioning psychopaths
― pulled pork state of mind (Noodle Vague), Monday, 9 October 2017 16:30 (six years ago) link
they're just like us
― j., Monday, 9 October 2017 16:38 (six years ago) link
we are all morty
― mark s, Monday, 9 October 2017 16:39 (six years ago) link
so did episode 10 happen and i missed it, or...?
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 9 October 2017 17:00 (six years ago) link
hey ulysses, ep. 10 "The Rickchurian Mortydate" aired on October 1
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Monday, 9 October 2017 17:03 (six years ago) link
got it, have found and watched since posting. not bad, still inventive but a bit more on the family guy spectrum on the way out the door.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 9 October 2017 17:27 (six years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DLobT2EVAAAS4qN.jpg
― Hit to Death in the "Galactic Head" (kingfish), Monday, 9 October 2017 18:29 (six years ago) link
if i had to see this you do too pic.twitter.com/imGd9qxu5P— Fate/SN Creator (@lolita108go) October 9, 2017
― 龜, Monday, 9 October 2017 23:34 (six years ago) link
oh my god
― ian, Monday, 9 October 2017 23:42 (six years ago) link
i liked rick and morty but now that some of its dumbest fans went insane, i must stop liking it & think it’s bad. that’s the law of online— Hippo (@InternetHippo) October 9, 2017
― bodak horseman (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 00:03 (six years ago) link
I'm still very uncomfy with the fact these guys did a pilot cartoon that literally involved a man making his grandson suck his dick to make a time machine work.
I like the show a lot, but this keeps really, really bugging me. It was disgusting.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 00:17 (six years ago) link
Not "these guys" (just Roiland), not a pilot, and eleven years ago, as a short joke in frustrated response to threats from Bill Cosby's lawyers. (Not that anyone oughtn't feel grossed out about it, but it isn't actually an intentional part of the development of "Rick & Morty," of which I've seen 3 or 4 episodes so am therefore a Nazi.)
― shackling the masses with plastic-wrapped snack picks (sic), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 00:34 (six years ago) link
Fair point, yeah. Still.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 00:38 (six years ago) link
that whole freakout pickle rick thing was basically "I am Cornholio I NEED TP FOR MY BUNGHOLE" 2017
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 00:42 (six years ago) link
last episode of the season was like the worst one but good season overall
i hope the show outright antagonizes its dipshit fans
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 01:24 (six years ago) link
cosine
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 08:06 (six years ago) link
that whole freakout pickle rick thing was basically "I am Cornholio I NEED TP FOR MY BUNGHOLE" 2017― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, October 10, 2017 1:42 AM (eight hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, October 10, 2017 1:42 AM (eight hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
In my experience and recollection, 18 year olds are on the whole pretty dumb, (even the ones with 'higher than average IQ'). They're not averse to making asses of themselves in public the name of some TV show they saw and showing off to their friends. They see this kind of thing as subversive and system-baiting, while the rest of the world looks on and says 'you dummies don't even get it'. I'm not defending this sort of thing, but it's more a reflection of people who are barely out of their teens getting turnt and getting out of control than anything to do with R&M.
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 08:57 (six years ago) link
Admittedly all I've seen is that stupid copypasta of the guy who says he has R&M tattoos and the vid upthread of the bro screaming and jumping on the counter.. Did I miss much else?
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 09:00 (six years ago) link
partly i think social media just magnifies these effin weirdos
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 19:50 (six years ago) link
like im sure simpsons had just as many dipshit fans. i was OBSESSED w that show as a kid! i mean i never jumped on a fast food counter over it but im sure shit happened w/ the extreme wing of fandom we just never heard about
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 19:51 (six years ago) link
if 7-11 fucked up the kwik-e-mart promotion they did nerds woulda lost their fuckin minds too
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 20:02 (six years ago) link
I have had a visceral antipathy towards fandom of pretty much every stripe ever since buying a magazine about the history of Doctor Who when I was 12 and seeing pictures from a convention in the back; I loved the show, wanted to immerse myself in details about the stories and the production, even wanted to be the first American companion to appear on it, but I looked at the pictures of adults dressing up as the Doctor and his companions during a time period that wasn't Halloween and my overarching reaction was "this is not and never will be me".
― Marcus Hiles Remains Steadfast About Planting Trees.jpg (DJP), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 20:06 (six years ago) link
So, when I see things like current fans harassing McDonald's employees for not having some special dipping sauce, my first reaction is always "who broke you?" and it's rare that I have a second one.
― Marcus Hiles Remains Steadfast About Planting Trees.jpg (DJP), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 20:07 (six years ago) link
When I first found out about Comic Con (San Diego's), it was 1993, I was in grad school in OC, and I was going "Huh, there was a comic convention all this time in the city I pretty much grew up in? Seems like I missed out." Nowadays I'm all "Yeah...glad I never went down that road."
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 20:12 (six years ago) link
As I get older I'm getting way more into cosplay & cons type stuff, and I still think this is fucking unbelievably stupid.
that whole freakout pickle rick thing was basically "I am Cornholio I NEED TP FOR MY BUNGHOLE" 2017― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses)
The Great Cornholio was the first thing I thought of when I saw this video, too.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 20:32 (six years ago) link
I went to a comic convention when I was a kid because I loved comics and it sounded like it would therefore be fun. Instead, it was a profoundly alienating experience as I realized I really had no interest in obsessively hunting down rare comics and collectibles. This convention was extremely small and tame compared to what they have now, which looks like the deepest pit of hell to me. Now you can chase down collectibles while muscling your way through a massive mob of cosplayers or wait endlessly in line to have some kind of geek hero worship experience. The kind of mentality you would need to endure and even enjoy this is exactly what it would take to drive hours to be the first in line for a sauce packet.
― Moodles, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 20:38 (six years ago) link
^ this is total bullshit. Go to SPX or TCAF or CXC or Short Run or CALA or Thought Bubble or Angoulême or Amadora de BD or BCGF or... (etc etc)
― shackling the masses with plastic-wrapped snack picks (sic), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 04:37 (six years ago) link
I mean, I'm sure there are smaller, less insane, and more fun conventions than the big name ones. And obviously many, many people enjoy these, which is fine. For me though, any comic convention of any size is going to be an alienating and unfun experience. I get that is mostly me, but I also believe that a strongly consumer-as-fan experience is inherently alienating.
I would like to meet the Hernandez bros some day though...
― Moodles, Wednesday, 11 October 2017 06:18 (six years ago) link
This convention was extremely small and tame compared to what they have now, which looks like the deepest pit of hell to me. Now you can chase down collectibles while muscling your way through a massive mob of cosplayers or wait endlessly in line to have some kind of geek hero worship experience. None of these are features of the conventions I mentioned.
― shackling the masses with plastic-wrapped snack picks (sic), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 07:49 (six years ago) link
I've been to Star Wars Celebration four times. One's experience of a con is what they make of it -- my first time I had no idea what to expect and came out kinda miserable. But you have to pick and choose. Want to sleep overnight in a line to be the first to see a trailer or a panel? Great! Go nuts! I did that ten years ago, don't want to do it anymore. Want to scramble to be the first to get an exclusive collectible? You can do that, or not. I did that with one (1) item I wanted at the last con, and I was in line for maybe 20 minutes. You can just walk around and look at some of the hard work that goes into costumes/cosplay, or hang and talk to other fans, or attend the smaller panels, whatever you want to do. At this most recent SWC, they had a room that was literally just showing episodes of "Star Wars: Rebels" all day and you could sit in there if you wanted.
― Monster fatberg (Phil D.), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 13:55 (six years ago) link
Cosplay just = people having fun. Not my kind of fun, but I dunno.. It's fandom, and fandom shows itself in different ways and through different demographics. Not going to start demonising that just because a few kids acted like buffoons in a restaurant. Was it just this counter-top guy or did it get worse?
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 14:31 (six years ago) link
yeah I know some pretty amiable and chill folks who occasionally cosplay. that said...
when I see things like current fans harassing McDonald's employees for not having some special dipping sauce, my first reaction is always "who broke you?" and it's rare that I have a second one
otm x10000
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 14:52 (six years ago) link
my only convention experience was Walker Stalker, and I only went because Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, and Arthur Darvill were there. My son was a huge fan of Matt Smith's Doctor so we sprung for the autographs. Those three are very lovely and friendly people who were super nice to my 8 year old. But the lines were terrible and this was a really small convention. My son wants to go to san diego comic-con but I don't know if I can handle it.
― akm, Wednesday, 11 October 2017 15:00 (six years ago) link
http://theferrett.livejournal.com/1087686.html
― sic And Mordy’s worst fans don’t deserve sic And Mordy (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 15:09 (six years ago) link
I’m not one of them fancy folks with 240 characters, but here ya go pic.twitter.com/t0UJM8MAvw— marisa (@keepingitspooky) October 10, 2017
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 15:37 (six years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DLxnvpgVYAEkNB6.jpg
I am still reeling from Whiney's link. Wow.
― Marcus Hiles Remains Steadfast About Planting Trees.jpg (DJP), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 15:42 (six years ago) link
jesus fucking christ, Harmon's twitter oubursts have got me shook. I've certainly heard he's an asshole before but never really cared enough to investigate that since I didn't think it had any relevance to my enjoyment of his shows. but damn, I mean...this motherfucker is something else.
― evol j, Wednesday, 11 October 2017 15:49 (six years ago) link
fedora readings off the chart, captain
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 16:38 (six years ago) link
i thought this dude was alright until I read that just now. yikes.
― akm, Wednesday, 11 October 2017 16:43 (six years ago) link
that "open source boob project" is really something
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 16:45 (six years ago) link
Dude was doing this during Community's heyday as well; it's part of why he got fired IIRC
― Marcus Hiles Remains Steadfast About Planting Trees.jpg (DJP), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 16:57 (six years ago) link
the reaction of some dudes to mild dissent is really something sometimes
― nomar, Wednesday, 11 October 2017 17:03 (six years ago) link
was watching norm macdonald's interview with sarah silverman, she said the reason harmon left The Silverman Show was "there's only room for one genius asshole on this show and it's gotta be me, i'm in the title"
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 17:05 (six years ago) link
Harmon has always been more of an asshole than he is talented
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 17:08 (six years ago) link
I give most of the credit for R&M's goodness to Roiland (who based on the union fracas is almost certainly also an asshole)
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 17:10 (six years ago) link
Based on that union thing and not knowing much else I assumed Harmon was probably the better of the two, but accidentally reading some of his self-consciously eccentric twitter word stew for ~5 seconds the other day had me wanting to escape my own skin
― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Thursday, 12 October 2017 09:33 (six years ago) link
Shocked that the dudes behind Rick & Morty (of all shows!) might be assholes.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 12 October 2017 12:23 (six years ago) link
adam - what's the context of that tweet? is he saying that to a mcdonalds employee?? jfc
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 12 October 2017 14:42 (six years ago) link
he was arguing on twitter with someone who pointed out that his "mcdonald's ripped us off with this unofficial promotion" stance was a little rich given that R&M is just edgy-nerd Back to the Future
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 12 October 2017 14:44 (six years ago) link
McDonald’s Rick And Morty-inspired Schezuan sauce promotion ended without anybody seeming like they really got what they wanted out of it: McDonald’s came off like out-of-touch, withholding monsters for underestimating how badly people would be craving the promotional sauce. Rick And Morty looked bad by association. And none of the actual participants in the event—both the fans who lined up for blocks only to be denied their precious condiments, and the minimum-wage workers who had to field angry demands from people shouting “Wubba-lubba-dub-dub” in their faces for a solid Saturday—seemed to have much fun.
The day’s events do seem to have at least one winner, though: Michigan resident Rachel Marie, who apparently managed to trade a rare packet of the Szechuan sauce for an actual, working car. According to The Drive, Marie originally went on Facebook with her prize, looking to offload it in exchange for some collectible pins; instead, some sauce-loving maniac offered her a 2004 Volkswagen GTI. Faster than you can say, “Oh god, Rick would hate this,” she snatched up the trade, netting a new used car, while the car’s former owner got the warm satisfaction of knowing they’ve now become a new milestone in the fields of obsessive, potentially toxic fandom. (Meanwhile, McDonald’s has said it’s bringing the sauce back, some time soon, so all the food-goo profiteers out there had better be sure to prepare their garage or driveway for all the new wheels they’ll certainly soon be bringing home.)
― nomar, Friday, 13 October 2017 17:59 (six years ago) link
all the fan drama aside - this season has been unfunny and a chore to get through
― kurt schwitterz, Friday, 13 October 2017 18:05 (six years ago) link
xp pretty sure that's how supreme got to be worth a billion
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 13 October 2017 18:06 (six years ago) link
from the scraps of info I pick up harmon is a massive kingmaker (the other one being scott aukerman) in LA wrt to comedians getting on shows and writing credits and all that shit... im sure this great power has given him great responsibility. lol jk.
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 13 October 2017 19:28 (six years ago) link
McDonald’s came off like out-of-touch, withholding monsters for underestimating how badly people would be craving the promotional sauce
No, they came off like a corporation who misjudged the scope and execution of a marketing opportunity. The only monsters were the fans.
(Obviously McD's *is* a monster in all other respects outside of this situation but that's another matter)
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 13 October 2017 19:32 (six years ago) link
My take is McDonalds wanted news footage of people stomping up and down demanding McDonalds products. Rick and Morty fans got played.
― carpet_kaiser, Friday, 13 October 2017 19:36 (six years ago) link
"These people who sell poison food to people, they're going to be fair dealers to us! We're RICK AND MORTY fans, after all!"
― carpet_kaiser, Friday, 13 October 2017 19:39 (six years ago) link
― kurt schwitterz, Friday, October 13, 2017 1:05 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I feel the exact opposite, last episode aside I think it's way more consistent and tighter than any other season
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Saturday, 14 October 2017 06:11 (six years ago) link
definitely less LOLs
― flopson, Saturday, 14 October 2017 06:31 (six years ago) link
slightly hard for me to judge cos i binge-watched the first two seasons whilst high but i haven't really been watching it for lulz since then, just enjoying the stories
― pulled pork state of mind (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 14 October 2017 09:18 (six years ago) link
Y'all crazy. Season 3 was good as hell, except for the relatively limp finale -- which tbf seemed to be teeing up a specific narrative arc for S4
― constitutional crises they fly at u face (will), Saturday, 14 October 2017 14:53 (six years ago) link
The finale was funny, just not at the level of the previous episodes. I might have liked it a little more than most because I freakin love Keith David as the President
― bodak horseman (voodoo chili), Saturday, 14 October 2017 20:15 (six years ago) link
― flopson, Saturday, 14 October 2017 06:31 (fourteen hours ago) Permalink
there were some really, really lame and labored jokes in those first two seasons...even 'total rickall' which is one of my favorite episodes, just lazy shit like 'ooohhh i get it like the butler did it' that fills like time filler more than an actual punchline
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Saturday, 14 October 2017 20:46 (six years ago) link
*feels
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Saturday, 14 October 2017 21:05 (six years ago) link
i never really died laughing as i did during some of the best moments of s1&2. maybe i should have said powerLOLs qua hoos. still funny and good but i kept waiting to lose my shit at something. maybe the teaser e1 is the only exception. still think it was good, my xp is similar to NV's
seemed to be teeing up a specific narrative arc for S4
eh every time they've hinted at this its ended up being a red herring, wouldnt hold my breath
― flopson, Saturday, 14 October 2017 21:49 (six years ago) link
idk i never got powerlols exactly it was always more clever than funny
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Saturday, 14 October 2017 22:09 (six years ago) link
Yeah that but it's still v good, I don't see a drop off, just development
― pulled pork state of mind (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 14 October 2017 22:31 (six years ago) link
NV OTM, I don't watch this show for the LOLs but for the stories
― Estella, Damm (stevie), Sunday, 15 October 2017 17:21 (six years ago) link
And yes, s03e10 was a dip but I've enjoyed the stories this season a huge amount. Pickle Rick FTW.
― Estella, Damm (stevie), Sunday, 15 October 2017 17:22 (six years ago) link
I really think this season was a noticeable step down. Still enjoyable creative, but I’m going full episodes without a single chuckle. I guess ppl here mostly think it’s better than ever, but yeah, definitely disagree.
― circa1916, Sunday, 15 October 2017 19:46 (six years ago) link
Also I kinda hated Pickle Rick and how it seemed to be consciously designed to be a catch phrase/action figure/mascot or whatever. And the ~darkness~ this season seemed strangely forced.
― circa1916, Sunday, 15 October 2017 19:49 (six years ago) link
didn't feel forced at all! if anything it succeeded despite seeming like exactly the kind of thing that *wouldn't* be a catch phrase
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Sunday, 15 October 2017 20:56 (six years ago) link
Your chance to participate in an episode commentary for the season 3 DVD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YKSRQe_zUQ
"Mr. Poopybutthole is . . . an adult Meeseeks.""That's canon."
― Monster fatberg (Phil D.), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 18:14 (six years ago) link
http://www.adultswim.com/etcetera/elastic-man/
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 30 November 2017 22:35 (six years ago) link
?
― Google Murray Blockchain (kingfish), Thursday, 30 November 2017 22:40 (six years ago) link
top left link herehttp://david.li/
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 30 November 2017 22:52 (six years ago) link
squanch games releases Trover Saves the Universe with T-Pain promo video/songhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwwhKugYCKc
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 12 October 2019 23:20 (four years ago) link
New series starts here tomorrow so fucking stoked no spoils please
― The Man Who Was Thirsty (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 18:01 (four years ago) link
it's been good! first ep better than second imo.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 18:01 (four years ago) link
Yeah I think my boy's seen it and said the first ep was a winner
― The Man Who Was Thirsty (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 18:03 (four years ago) link
Felt like season 3 was real hit or miss and honestly just too misanthropic at times for my own tastes. hopefully season 4 is a little lighter.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 18:35 (four years ago) link
s4e2 is a mix of "life means nothing" and relentless scatalogical humor, so maybe skip that one
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 18:38 (four years ago) link
I think about the awfulness of Rick a lot but then I remember how many other cartoon assholes I enjoy and I kinda don't care what the writerly intentions are, I have to see him as a portrait of a shitbag and probably a critique of a section of the fanbase
― The Man Who Was Thirsty (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link
i'd have a beer with tom but jerry really grinds my gears
― mark s, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 18:40 (four years ago) link
Yep
― The Man Who Was Thirsty (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 18:42 (four years ago) link
the show pretty explicitly criticizes rick. i know there's this media critique that even condemning some sorts of behavior valorizes + promotes them nonetheless just by portraying them (all those shows where you identify with tony soprano or malcolm's dad) but i don't know how the show could do more to demonstrate that they think rick's ideology is hollow and empty and leads to a life of misery?
― Mordy, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 18:45 (four years ago) link
I think that's right but then he's portrayed as uber-capable in every area beyond the emotional and you can see why idiots don't realise he's not supposed to be a hero
― The Man Who Was Thirsty (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 18:50 (four years ago) link
(all those shows where you identify with tony soprano or malcolm's dad)
lol it thought you were actually talking about Malcolm In The Middle here and I was like "I never watched that show, was the dad really such a bad guy??"
― Screamin' Jay Gould (The Yellow Kid), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 18:54 (four years ago) link
^^^ this
^^^ also this
― Pinche Cumbion Bien Loco (stevie), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 07:51 (four years ago) link
malcolm's dad
I thought we were talking about Malcolm-Jamal Warner
― mick signals, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 18:30 (four years ago) link
exceeding my expectations so far, toilet jokes aside.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 20:11 (four years ago) link
guess I should finally get around to watching this. usually so punctual with this show.
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Thursday, 21 November 2019 04:26 (four years ago) link
omg. loved the first ep
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Thursday, 21 November 2019 06:14 (four years ago) link
"You die tomorrow, no matter what. This is what bullies call a 'fait accompli'".
Enjoyed it but it felt weirdly rushed somehow? It rarely makes me lol anyway, it's a different kind of pleasure. Still v happy there's new stuff.
― The Man Who Was Thirsty (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 21 November 2019 10:50 (four years ago) link
loved the most recent ep, think it's the best this season. pretty much every aspect of the snake planet made me laugh. good Jerry plot too
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 08:10 (four years ago) link
the silent snake planet sci-fi movie satires were pretty great
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 14:56 (four years ago) link
Easily my favorite of the season, maybe my all-time favorite R&M episode. "Snake jazz" killed me.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 15:12 (four years ago) link
best part was all the snakes watching in awe as Hissler's palace overflows with time travelling snake corpses
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 15:33 (four years ago) link
i came with "Hissler" on my own, btw.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 15:35 (four years ago) link
the heist episode was so good, i watched it a second time
i dont know if its from the new season or not
― The World According To.... (Michael B), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 15:35 (four years ago) link
Snake Planet was hilarious.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 08:56 (four years ago) link
yeah i lolled at that, also when the warning note to Snake Lincoln just said "SSSS"
― a very powerful woman in the dog world (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 22:48 (four years ago) link
I thought the heist episode (this season) was really funny and I also thought the dragon episode was funny. I mean, they've all been funny so far.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 18 December 2019 22:55 (four years ago) link
omg snake jazz!!
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 19 December 2019 21:24 (four years ago) link
just saw my first ep of this, the heist ep, that was some silly funny shit. i’m rather mystified by who the audience is tho, references are old and rapid. if i existed in 2014 when thred started i’d have like 6 years of viewing by which to suss it out.
― in a mellow, balmy way (Hunt3r), Monday, 20 January 2020 05:04 (four years ago) link
I don't get some of the references and I'm older than most of the viewing audience, so I imagine much of the audience doesn't either. The sheer volume of stuff - plot, dialogue, visuals, and gags - means it's still enjoyable even if you miss some things
That said, I am a little surprised the show is as popular as it is
― Vinnie, Monday, 20 January 2020 07:47 (four years ago) link
I think they threw in too many ephemeral goods (boglins, ecto-coolers, etc.) this season to avoid future mulan sauce incidents, where fanatics went after the single ephemeral good they mentioned.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Monday, 20 January 2020 08:28 (four years ago) link
did the ch4 showing of these peter out after 4 or 5 episodes?
― koogs, Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:40 (four years ago) link
I've not seen a new one since Xmas
Seems to have for now, I assume it's just a hiatus
― GK Chessington's World of Adventure (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:41 (four years ago) link
it was a five episode mini-season.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:44 (four years ago) link
New ones due around April?
― GK Chessington's World of Adventure (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:46 (four years ago) link
yea they're doing half-season rollouts.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 30 January 2020 19:20 (four years ago) link
I think this is probably why in the UK E4 were going to hang back and just broadcast the series in spring when it was complete. Glad they didn't wait tbf to them
― GK Chessington's World of Adventure (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 30 January 2020 19:23 (four years ago) link
Not unusual for animated shows. Bojack is doing a similar thing -- ending their series tomorrow with the last four eps.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 30 January 2020 23:33 (four years ago) link
Fuck, is it only four more BoJack? I assumed there'd be another 8
― groovypanda, Friday, 31 January 2020 06:37 (four years ago) link
No, it's 8.
― Doubling down on out of date information (aldo), Friday, 31 January 2020 08:56 (four years ago) link
Forgive the thread spam, but I wanted to note that this show's 2019 season is nominated in the 2019 ILX TV poll:
ILX's Best Television of 2019 Poll / VOTING AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD / Voting Ends January 31
If you like this show and you'd like to see it have a good showing in the poll (running in February) all you need to do is submit a ballot including it and your other favorites (4 minimum, 25 maximum, organized by your favorite to least favorite) to forksclovetofu at gmail by end of day today. It'll take five minutes; get to it!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 31 January 2020 14:29 (four years ago) link
i literally haven't watched 4 shows on the list :D
not because i don't even own a television, i just mostly play video games or watch old documentaries
― GK Chessington's World of Adventure (Noodle Vague), Friday, 31 January 2020 14:52 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96ELLT17GYQ
― Pete Swine Cave (Eliza D.), Friday, 31 January 2020 17:08 (four years ago) link
ironic ads are still ads iirc
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 31 January 2020 17:20 (four years ago) link
xp My mistake!
― billstevejim, Saturday, 1 February 2020 21:55 (four years ago) link
wtf is thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6yg4ImnYwA
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 7 March 2020 23:24 (four years ago) link
Rick and Morty wake in fright.
― Yelploaf, Sunday, 8 March 2020 00:13 (four years ago) link
aired on april 1st a year after the surprise season 3 premiere.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Sunday, 8 March 2020 00:50 (four years ago) link
Back next month
You heard it here third. #RickandMorty returns May 3 on @adultswim pic.twitter.com/KvbqK9eKDI— Rick and Morty (@RickandMorty) April 1, 2020
― groovypanda, Thursday, 2 April 2020 07:36 (four years ago) link
Yay, I'll have to stay in for those
― A rat done bit my sister Nell with Biden on the nom (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 2 April 2020 07:51 (four years ago) link
https://teenage.engineering/store/po-137/
odd...
― koogs, Friday, 1 May 2020 19:54 (four years ago) link
(pocket-calculator-sized synthesizer with rick and morty samples)
― koogs, Friday, 1 May 2020 19:56 (four years ago) link
Well that was the trollingest episode of any show ever, i am grudgingly impressed
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 4 May 2020 04:47 (four years ago) link
One anthology movie set on a train was Dr. Terror's House of Horrors. I'm sure there have been others.
― wasdnous (abanana), Monday, 4 May 2020 06:09 (four years ago) link
ok i laughed a bunch at this one esp towards the end
― Mordy, Tuesday, 5 May 2020 02:27 (four years ago) link
season 4 still isn't on UK netflix which is quite annoying seeing as this is near enough the only show I've seen on it that I like and actually consistently makes me laugh.
I was in a daft giggly mood this aft and couldn't stop laughing at the ep where he turns himself into a pickle to escape therapy and the vindicators one with the ghost train hero "all aboard!".
― calzino, Tuesday, 5 May 2020 16:34 (four years ago) link
xxp i was sure that it was gonna be a snowpiercer-type deal, but it pivoted rather impressively from there lol
― sleight return (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 17:04 (four years ago) link
definitely too much to absorb in my first viewing. lots of funny gags, though, especially the bechdel test one
― sleight return (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 17:05 (four years ago) link
man the bechdel joke one felt very much like chum for its core audience
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 17:11 (four years ago) link
i understand that, but there were plenty of layers of irony in there--it was a shot at critics who think the show doesn't have well-drawn female characters, an in-character joke about a 14-year-old boy's idea about how women communicate with each other, etc.
― sleight return (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 17:18 (four years ago) link
for sure, but the show DOESN'T have well-drawn female characters (or any characters really, everybody's a vehicle) and the "is lesbian part of her job description" line in tandem with the suggestion that "hey that DID meet the bechdel test, suck it feminists" all added up tohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExUyyfT-DdM
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 17:22 (four years ago) link
(or any characters really, everybody's a vehicle)
rick is certainly a vehicle for whatever pops into the creators' heads, but come on.
― sleight return (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 17:30 (four years ago) link
> season 4 still isn't on UK netflix
second half of season 4 starts on e4 on thursday
― koogs, Tuesday, 5 May 2020 18:11 (four years ago) link
VC, beyond the thin veneer of one sentence character (Jerry is a narcissist fuck-up, Summer is the renegade teen who's as smart as she thinks she is), I read ALL the characters as vehicles for whatever pops into the creators' heads! Which is fine, I'm not watching this for dramatic insight, I'm watching it for the yuks. The issue for me is when they get into 'makes u think' social commentary with particular hamhandedness on topics that they not only don't care about but that don't concern them in the slightest. This was one of those.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 18:45 (four years ago) link
best thing about this episode was no jerry, the worst character
― wasdnous (abanana), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 19:01 (four years ago) link
Calz they are on channel 4 now
― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 5 May 2020 19:02 (four years ago) link
ffs why am I paying for netflix!
― calzino, Tuesday, 5 May 2020 20:00 (four years ago) link
meh still not on My4 player tho
― calzino, Tuesday, 5 May 2020 20:09 (four years ago) link
I was in a daft giggly mood this aft and couldn't stop laughing at the ep where he turns himself into a pickle to escape therapy and the vindicators one with the ghost train hero "all aboard!".― calzino, Tuesday, 5 May 2020 17:34 (three days ago) bookmarkflaglink
― calzino, Tuesday, 5 May 2020 17:34 (three days ago) bookmarkflaglink
The pickle Rick outtakes crack me up, as does them spending time and money animating them
https://youtu.be/XSqi5s3rfqk
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Friday, 8 May 2020 11:58 (three years ago) link
hah voice actor totally losing his shit over the whole concept!
― calzino, Friday, 8 May 2020 12:33 (three years ago) link
watched one episode of Solar Opposites and i suppose i'll watch the rest in a self-loathing late night blitz but man this is worse than Final Space and Final Space was not good.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 9 May 2020 19:03 (three years ago) link
also jeez did Roiland HAVE to do the lead character with Rick's voice? And personality traits? It's disconcerting.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 9 May 2020 19:04 (three years ago) link
on all4 or whatever it’s called s4 starts with.. episode 6? (and there’s a coronavirus reference!)
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 9 May 2020 22:33 (three years ago) link
"S4" is the extension of the shortened S3
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 9 May 2020 22:35 (three years ago) link
It's the story train one, was on actual TV on Thursday.
― koogs, Saturday, 9 May 2020 22:43 (three years ago) link
this show is epic.
― Ste, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 14:23 (three years ago) link
I didn't love last week's story, but the finale made up for it.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 16:10 (three years ago) link
Need to watch that one. The vat of acid episode was some dark shit.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 17:32 (three years ago) link
A lot of the past 2-3 years of TV seems like high-concept for the sake of high-concept and that episode was one example imo.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 17:37 (three years ago) link
lol “high concept for its own sake” is the entire usp of this show tbf
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 17:39 (three years ago) link
Yes but there are usually other things going on that make it fun.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 17:42 (three years ago) link
My mistake, Vat of Acid was good. I was referring to the camping trip episode.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 17:51 (three years ago) link
the second half of this season didn't sit well with me
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 19:31 (three years ago) link
i haven't actually seen s4 as yet, it's only on Netflix UK in a couple of weeks I believe. I only just watched the first 3 seasons.
― Ste, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 10:23 (three years ago) link
the new episodes are on All4 right now
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 10:28 (three years ago) link
the show has a habit of filling harmon's "fun stuff" segment with bland violence.
― wasdnous (abanana), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 10:34 (three years ago) link
Has anyone seen Solar Opposites? Because the one (shitty) episode I saw played like a b-story Rick & Morty with none of the stuff that makes R&M good. In case anyone is wondering about Roiland's contributions vs. Harmon. With Solar Opposites in mind, the gross violence in particular I presume is Roiland's contribution.
...
And indeed, back from a visit to Wikipedia:
At Channel 101, participants submit a short film in the format of a pilot, and a live audience decides which pilots continue as a series. Roiland, then a producer on reality programming, began submitting content to the festival a year after its launch, in 2004. His pilots typically consisted of shock value—"sick and twisted" elements that received a confused reaction from the audience.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 13:17 (three years ago) link
the WACKY SUBVERSIVE CYNICAL world of Roiland is unfortunately getting family guy formulaic imo
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 14:44 (three years ago) link
Yeah it was fresh in the channel 101 days, less so now
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 14:45 (three years ago) link
i enjoyed the solar opposites season but i wouldn't recommend it to ilx
― Mordy, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 15:20 (three years ago) link
i'll watch anything with andy daly in it tho tbph i'm even all caught up on bananas for bonanza
― Mordy, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 15:21 (three years ago) link
It's def not highbrow enough for ILX.
I'm halfway through the season. The wikipedia says it eventually gets more serialized which is a bummer because I expected a lower stakes outlet for Roiland-style chaos ie House Of Cosbys. Instead it's sci-fi Bob's Burgers with weaker jokes. But otherwise the stories are bizarre and engaging and I'm enjoying it.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 15:45 (three years ago) link
I found Roiland voicing the lead to be massively distracting, since he plays a scientist who sounds like Rick, right down to the stammer. The first episode I thought had some good jokes in it, but also a lot of not good jokes. So ... totally average.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 15:57 (three years ago) link
Forgive the thread spam, but I wanted to note that this show's 2020 season is nominated in the 2020 ILX TV poll:
ILX's Best Television of 2020 Poll / VOTING AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD / Voting Ends After January 29, 2021
If you like this show and you'd like to see it have a good showing in the poll (running in February) all you need to do is submit a ballot including it and your other favorites (3 minimum, 25 maximum, ranked by your favorite to least favorite) to forksclovetofu at gmail. It'll take five minutes; get to it!
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 21 January 2021 19:40 (three years ago) link
Dunno if anyone has been watching this season, but after a great first episode, the last few have been pretty bad. episode 4 was probably my least favorite episode they've ever done
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 21 July 2021 08:03 (two years ago) link
Still some great gags and ideas, but definitely feeling like more of chore this time. I think the unpleasantness of it all is starting to grind me down - kind of feel that now is not the right time for art this deeply cynical.
― chap, Wednesday, 21 July 2021 08:17 (two years ago) link
the episode names bear little relation to the contents, and aren't referenced outside the epg. if episode 4 is the cenobite episode then i think i agree.
the decoys episode seemed like a episode-length version of the snake civil-time-war sequence from the previous series and became hard to follow after 5 minutes. i did like the wooden puppets though.
― koogs, Wednesday, 21 July 2021 08:22 (two years ago) link
still need to watch the last couple of eps, still love this show, stop watching and shut up if you're not into it
― Southgate Serves Imperialism (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 21 July 2021 08:22 (two years ago) link
became hard to follow after 5 minutes.
This was part of the joke surely?
I look forward to the fascinating future of this thread, nothing but NV posting unequivocal praise.
― chap, Wednesday, 21 July 2021 08:27 (two years ago) link
I remembered this show existed yesterday and caught up to the point of the vat of acid episode which was pretty great tbh, structured kind of like a Stewart Lee shaggy dog story gag
― hiroyoshi tins in (Sgt. Biscuits), Wednesday, 21 July 2021 08:40 (two years ago) link
Yeah the show's at its best when it's playing with structure.
― chap, Wednesday, 21 July 2021 08:42 (two years ago) link
> This was part of the joke surely?
i know, but it's a thin line between writing something clever that loses the viewer and writing something that's nonsense and loses the viewer and if the viewer's lost then how do they know which this is? (and does it matter?)
― koogs, Wednesday, 21 July 2021 08:46 (two years ago) link
haven’t watched this week’s, but i thought the first couple eps were top tier, the third was spotty with a few funny moments speckled within way too much wanton violence, and the fourth was just too much
― bezos did the dub (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 21 July 2021 13:21 (two years ago) link
i loved this week's, didn't mind the cum episode fwiw, even if it was very lowbrow.
the Cenobite ep was pretty hilarious
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 21 July 2021 13:31 (two years ago) link
the 4th one seemed… off? I’m not a huge R&M stan but I enjoy it and catch up every now and again. thematically v much in the wheelhouse, but the writing seemed particularly lazy and comic beats seemed forced or something idk. might have been the edible I took. anyway, I’m probably thinking about this way too much
― Washington Generals D-League affiliate (will), Wednesday, 21 July 2021 16:23 (two years ago) link
I didn't like the one with Captain Planet, seemed so pat I was waiting for a twist. It's hard to care about characters they've worked so hard to make you dislike or not care about.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 21 July 2021 18:15 (two years ago) link
Exactly how I felt about ep 4, will. Most of the jokes fell flat and every element felt like something they'd done better before. I didn't find the most recent episode that funny either but at least it had something new
I did totally love the first episode with the time door and the king of the ocean, instant classic
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 21 July 2021 23:19 (two years ago) link
Forgive the thread spam, but I wanted to note that this show's 2021 season is nominated in the ILX TV poll, with voting ending this weekend:
ILX's Best Television of 2021 Poll / VOTING AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD / Voting Ends After January 31, 2022
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 20:56 (two years ago) link
This show is still really hit and miss these days, but having Peter Dinklage doing the voice of the Alien Hans Gruber was an inspired choice.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 28 September 2022 03:02 (one year ago) link
agreed on the hit and miss, that last "nightpeople" episode is the worst it's ever been but they've connected a few eps prior this year
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 28 September 2022 03:59 (one year ago) link
forgot that this was back
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 28 September 2022 04:16 (one year ago) link
Yeah it's weird that it's back so soon (haven't watched any of the new season yet)
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 28 September 2022 12:50 (one year ago) link
I saw a couple of eps and they were solid/more of the same/meta/dark/funny/nihilistic/sentimental. But then I forgot it was back again, lol.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 28 September 2022 13:18 (one year ago) link
the one i saw, probably the 1st episode, did feel like fan-service and nothing else.
― koogs, Wednesday, 28 September 2022 13:45 (one year ago) link
i was hoping that the resolution to season 5 would've stemmed the fan service a bit. still gonna watch tho
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 28 September 2022 16:35 (one year ago) link
to me, the plot-heavy episodes where a million things are happening (like ep 1) are so disappointing. so much writing and animation effort to make something overwhelming and unpleasant and usually not even that funny. I've liked all the other episodes so far, and the night people one was actually my favorite
― Vinnie, Thursday, 6 October 2022 00:31 (one year ago) link
we're definitely looking for different things out of this show i think. at this point i'm happy for it to be a self referential nihilistic sci-fi romp that breaks the fourth wall while doing teraflop twilight zone bullshit.
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 6 October 2022 02:40 (one year ago) link
I mean, there's a good chance I'm in the minority on that opinion. My favorite eps have tended to be low on overarching plot, low on sentimentality and seriousness, high on sci-fi concept
― Vinnie, Thursday, 6 October 2022 03:01 (one year ago) link
The Fortune Cookie one was pretty funny.
― earlnash, Thursday, 6 October 2022 04:10 (one year ago) link
i think i liked the "summer does a die hard" episode best fwiw
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 6 October 2022 15:08 (one year ago) link
^finally watching now and lolz, love Grandsonism as well
― Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Thursday, 29 December 2022 05:38 (one year ago) link
"holy war""Holier war""Holiest war ever!"
― Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Thursday, 29 December 2022 05:39 (one year ago) link
This season had some inspired episodes, a step up from the previous season. Finale was great
― Vinnie, Thursday, 29 December 2022 08:21 (one year ago) link
not great
Justin Roiland has been charged with one count of domestic battery with corporal injury & one count of false imprisonment by menace/violence/fraud/deceit.(Source: https://t.co/YZwm5vuJjU) pic.twitter.com/kR9DUDckWB— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) January 12, 2023
― sault bae (voodoo chili), Friday, 13 January 2023 14:35 (one year ago) link
I had only watched the first episode of this show before yesterday. My son had shown it to me when he was in middle school and I was thoroughly repulsed and never went back for more. For whatever reason, yesterday I decided to give it another chance and threw a few more episodes on. I'm still skeptical that I'll find much value in it, but my plan was to keep trying to engage. Then as soon as I flipped it off, I went to check the news and saw the news about his domestic violence.
― peace, man, Friday, 13 January 2023 15:09 (one year ago) link
i watched a couple episodes and fucking hated it
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 13 January 2023 15:22 (one year ago) link
I generally like the show and often find it to be funny and clever, but sometimes only fitfully. Afaict it def. has more than its share of gross meme-lord fans, though. As does/did South Park, too.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 13 January 2023 15:53 (one year ago) link
I watched it for a while hoping it would move past the nihilism and edginess but despite a couple of teases it never followed through so I gave up after a couple of seasons
it's less overtly misogynistic than something like family guy but there is a pervasive sense of unexamined male geekdom to the whole thing which is offputting and while I wouldn't have guessed this it's not a massive surprise unfortunately
― your original display name is still visible (Left), Friday, 13 January 2023 15:57 (one year ago) link
south park is indefensible but can also be a lot funnier. neither is as clever as it thinks it is
― your original display name is still visible (Left), Friday, 13 January 2023 16:00 (one year ago) link
it honestly did feel like it moved past a lot of the edgelord-ness in this sixth season (with some notable exceptions), and while it feels like harmon is responsible for most of what makes the show great, roiland doing all the voices will make it hard for me to watch this again
― sault bae (voodoo chili), Friday, 13 January 2023 16:01 (one year ago) link
Looks like he was first charged in May 2020, arrested and released in that August, then arraigned in October 2020. Was this reported two years ago?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 13 January 2023 16:07 (one year ago) link
it has been transitioning into worldbuilding as coin of the realm and has honestly been doing a fairly good job of it.this case is, as you said, not great
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 January 2023 19:26 (one year ago) link
First I've heard of this case, very disappointing. I've enjoyed the show up to and including the most recent season but I'm probably off the train now
― Vinnie, Friday, 13 January 2023 23:33 (one year ago) link
Love it when some dude gets busted and people parade out saying they’ve always hated the guy and his work. Perennial.
― circa1916, Saturday, 14 January 2023 04:19 (one year ago) link
great reading comprehension
― your original display name is still visible (Left), Saturday, 14 January 2023 10:14 (one year ago) link
a lot of people got their knives out about louie after the wanking thing became better known but at least some of those people had already been pointing out the red flags in that show for a while (and getting a lot of flack for it) - they didn't know how real it was either - but it became easier to do this once everyone knew about his behaviour. there's some of that going on here I think - it could look like gloating but it could also reflect a hope that such criticism won't be automatically shouted down
― your original display name is still visible (Left), Saturday, 14 January 2023 10:50 (one year ago) link
many awful stories about this scumbag here
Justin Roiland has a track record of using social media to hit up and exploit vulnerable people and minors and I believe this is an open secret in the industry, he used my sexual trauma and my love for RaM to groom me and I am just one of SO MANY. I am so glad this is public.— arlo 👽 (@arlocado) January 12, 2023
― Number None, Sunday, 15 January 2023 21:59 (one year ago) link
i don't doubt these stories, but it's weird to me that things like this are still coming out now; like, why didn't this come out during the metoo explosion a few years ago?
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Sunday, 15 January 2023 23:18 (one year ago) link
why does anyone start a relationship with a famous man over the internet? why? where do you think it is going to go? henry winkler isn't out there contacting abused young women on twitter and insinuating himself into their lives. tom hanks doesn't IM teens on instagram. the only people who do this shit are toxic and bad.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Sunday, 15 January 2023 23:22 (one year ago) link
celebrities should have DM capabilities removed by these platforms by default. no good will come of it.
he’s such a wack ass fucking nerd. like he actually talks like a rick and morty character irl lmao
I’ll say more later. For now, I’ll just share the types of “funny” DMs Justin Roiland would send me. (Posted and deleted this last night because I was worried about any backlash. But this dude made ME - someone who wrote a Rick & Morty concept album - never watch his show again) pic.twitter.com/xLYE7j7tgH— Allie “Nine Inch Nails” Goertz (@AllieGoertz) January 14, 2023
i’d kinda given the benefit of the doubt since the show is so ~meta~ that the people behind it were also somewhat self aware of how douchey it comes off as, but no it turns out its creator is like the perfect embodiment of its worst fans
― flopson, Sunday, 15 January 2023 23:58 (one year ago) link
I'm not gonna pretend I was on any "never liked him" bit, but it bears remembering that the first pilot/indie cartoon sketch of Rick and Morty ended with Morty - a literal child - having to suck Rick's dick. That always revolted me.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 16 January 2023 01:23 (one year ago) link
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Sunday, January 15, 2023 5:22 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Because most of these people are already vulnerable to manipulation and abuse because of what's already happened to them.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 16 January 2023 02:38 (one year ago) link
it's weird to me that things like this are still coming out now; like, why didn't this come out during the metoo explosion a few years ago
it seems like a lot of these stories have been floating around for a while, just never attracted wider attention until now. that's often how it goes with these predatory celebs, it stays an open secret amongst those in the know and there's murmurings online but nothing happens until either a journalist hears about it and is able to put together a piece compiling the accusations managing to not be scared off by legal threats, or the celeb gets into trouble anyway which gives all the other stories much more attention
― ufo, Monday, 16 January 2023 07:14 (one year ago) link
The Louis CK stuff was out there for a while thanks to a barely-blind item from Jen Kirkman before it really stuck
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Monday, 16 January 2023 08:22 (one year ago) link
it's a tired cliche at this point for commentators to use phrases like "in a post-#metoo world" the implication being that everyone now takes this shit seriously and no one can get away with it for long because they'll face consequences and the accusers will be listened to and taken seriously etc etc - depending on the commentator this is either wishful thinking or paranoia about cancel culture - regardless you'd hope a minute's reflection about what things are actually like now would make them think twice about employing this cliche but I keep seeing it all the time
― your original display name is still visible (Left), Monday, 16 January 2023 11:41 (one year ago) link
why does anyone start a relationship with a famous man over the internet? why?
― bit high, bitch (gyac), Monday, 16 January 2023 11:48 (one year ago) link
why does anyone start a relationship with a famous man over the internet? why? where do you think it is going to go?Boredom, desire for adventure and change from normal routine, and lack of firm boundaries.
― Luna Schlosser, Monday, 16 January 2023 13:50 (one year ago) link
it's essentially victim-blaming
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Monday, 16 January 2023 14:02 (one year ago) link
also in this particular case wasn't he targeting minors? you're a teen and the creator of your favourite show has just expressed romantic interest in you, really not a mystery why ppl would be suspectible to that
gyac and camaraderie otm
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 16 January 2023 14:05 (one year ago) link
we can't really be asking "why didn't so and so come forward sooner" in 2023, can we? on ILX?
― fentanyl young (Neanderthal), Monday, 16 January 2023 14:59 (one year ago) link
he was reportedly arrested for domestic violence in 2020, but the news didn’t get out til last week, which has less to do with victims coming forward and more to do with powerful people protecting him from accountability for as long as they could
― sault bae (voodoo chili), Monday, 16 January 2023 17:01 (one year ago) link
otm
― fentanyl young (Neanderthal), Monday, 16 January 2023 17:05 (one year ago) link
Also, if you look in some of the twitter threads, at least one person tried bringing this up in 2020 on Reddit and was pretty swiftly shut down/deleted.
This is the thing - despite #metoo, people still dont believe women.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 17 January 2023 06:43 (one year ago) link
*cough*JOHNNYDEPP*cough*
― Kieth Encounter (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 17 January 2023 08:06 (one year ago) link
^that one still blows my mind. still have feminist friends proclaiming they're "#teamJohnny" (btw how sick is it to refer to an abuse case with #team anything, this isn't a fucking sport).
hell, there was a little known pop punk band someone reported in the bassnectar thread that had several members accused of sexual misconduct, and everybody in the twitter thread reporting it was accusing the victim of seeking clout - for a band nobody has heard of.
― fentanyl young (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 17 January 2023 14:22 (one year ago) link
What pop punk band was that?
― Evan, Tuesday, 17 January 2023 14:47 (one year ago) link
All Time Low (sorry, had to dig the thread back up lol). so I greatly overstated things by saying a "band nobody has heard of", they're definitely well known in the scene.
but not the extremely famous type of band someone would 'falsely accuse' for clout (which let's be frank, nobody really does this anyway, it's just a dog whistle).
― fentanyl young (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 17 January 2023 15:22 (one year ago) link
The odd thing is that I vaguely remember reading about this in 2020. But it must have been a false memory. After a bit of Googling I think I'm remembering this story from 2018 about Dan Harmon, one of the other minds behind Rick and Morty: https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/community-creator-dan-harmon-admits-sexually-harassing-ex-employee-198341/
He was subsequently fired from Community, although the official reason was that he was unreliable. But he was rehired, and is apparently working on a movie. The news about Justin Roiland makes the following story seem less charming than it would have been in 2021: https://www.ladbible.com/entertainment/tv-and-film-rick-and-mortys-justin-roiland-got-drunk-while-recording-drunk-rick-20210427
"The recording was for season three episode Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender, in which Rick sets up a deadly Saw-like scenario for a team of superheroes after going on a bender. Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon explained that he encouraged Roiland to get drunk before the take.
And method act he did, knocking back several shots, despite associate producer Sydney Ryan asking Roiland not to have tequila. She explained: "The first thing I told him was don't have tequila, so of course, he had tequila... and liquor just adds a whole new aspect to Justin."
Harmon then admitted that things got 'a little creative'. The clip ... shows Roiland knocking back his fourth shot of tequila, before declaring his, quite clearly boozy, take sounds 'too sober'. Meanwhile Ryan insists: "No it doesn't - it sounds great. Later in the clip, Ryan can be heard urging Roiland to 'try and read this one on-script' as the voice-actor ad libs his lines, questions what happens to us after we die and swears at his colleagues."
Back when *Adventure Time* was a thing I remember saying to myself "please, dear God, don't let Pendleton Ward turn out to be a child molester, rapist, or sex predator". I admit it was because he had a fuzzy beard, and back that I was prejudiced against people with facial hair. The irony is that Justin Roiland, who has been consistently well-groomed - bearded, but well-groomed - is in fact the serial sex predator. Not Pendleton Ward.
― Ashley Pomeroy, Wednesday, 18 January 2023 19:01 (one year ago) link
And unfortunately Roiland also had a recurring role on that as the Earl of Lemongrab.
I've seen that behind-the-scenes clip of him getting drunk while recording a take, not saying it was a smoking gun or anything, but it did make me think he "Urghh, this guy's actually kind of a dick".
Although really there were plenty of clues before that, like the way he handled a dispute with the animators when they decided to unionise:
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-rights/rick-and-morty-co-creator-justin-roiland-fuck-the-union-103723.html
― "Spaghetti" Thompson (Pheeel), Wednesday, 18 January 2023 19:39 (one year ago) link
yyyyyyup
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 18 January 2023 19:47 (one year ago) link
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/adult-swim-ends-relationship-justin-roiland-domestic-abuse-charges-1235308995/amp/
― omar little, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 23:57 (one year ago) link
huh, how’s that gonna work.
― 龜, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 00:20 (one year ago) link
kind of suspect there are eight zillion dudes who have been doing the character voices at their friends who just jumped out of their chairs
― mh, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 00:31 (one year ago) link
they replaced Kermit after Jim Henson died (twice) and the world didn't end so I'm sure they can find someone to do these cartoon voices
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 00:33 (one year ago) link
Dick Van Dyke getting a phone call
― fentanyl young (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 00:35 (one year ago) link
Billy West can take over like he did when John K did basically the exact thing Roiland's done. lol.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 02:43 (one year ago) link
i was trying to remember which of those ren and stimpy guys turned out to be bad
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 03:36 (one year ago) link
I haven't watched Family Guy since the early seasons but people said the new actor for Cleveland is dead-on, and there are some pretty good R&M impersonators out there. I also didn't realize that Roiland has not been part of the writing for a few years now, so it seems they won't have too much trouble going forward
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 04:50 (one year ago) link
Other than waiting for Dan Harmon to do something he can’t wriggle out of
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 05:23 (one year ago) link
Roiland will still get royalties, i.e. make money off new eps, right?
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 10:56 (one year ago) link
morals clauses have gotten more popular since weinstein, so maybe not?
― Cat? Cat??! CAT!! (cat), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 11:26 (one year ago) link
Good to see akm is comfortable enough to resume posting itt without addressing any of his victim blaming bs
― can you still hit dinngers (gyac), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 12:29 (one year ago) link
the ugly irony of morals clauses being wielded by massive media conglomerates tho, damn. like on the one hand, any way to force concrete negative consequences on famous jerks when they're revealed to be sexually manipulative/aggressive is good since the legal system is 99% useless, and the threat of getting their bag snatched might be enough to make some of them think twice before propositioning teenagers over snapchat or whatever. but then on the other loathsome hand, [soul-destroying list of corporate malfeasance redacted].
wish more of these wretched assholes could actually come to understand why doing this stuff is wrong, and then use their platforms & talent to communicate that to their stans.
― Cat? Cat??! CAT!! (cat), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 18:43 (one year ago) link
He is also the heart of the show— Mr. Tweet (@elonmusk) January 25, 2023
― Number None, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 19:26 (one year ago) link
can he please just get a really time-consuming disease already
― Cat? Cat??! CAT!! (cat), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 20:16 (one year ago) link
he just spent 44 billion dollars on one
― frogbs, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 20:35 (one year ago) link
haven't a bunch of abusers put moralizing at the heart of their work? thinking Louis CK's show, Cosby ...
― death generator (lukas), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 20:45 (one year ago) link
I'm not saying your idea is bad, just ... abuse seems amazingly compatible with introspection, I guess.
― death generator (lukas), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 20:46 (one year ago) link
Related: Dan Harmon did a confessional about his awful sexpest behavior some years after it happened, he sounded genuinely contrite about it
― Nhex, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 20:54 (one year ago) link
Hasan even re-played Harmon’s apology video and walked his twitch stream audience thru why it was necessary, and pushed back on some of the weirder reactions in chat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUvuHr0-np4
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 21:21 (one year ago) link
abuse seems amazingly compatible with introspection, I guess.
i'm not quite sure i understand?
― Cat? Cat??! CAT!! (cat), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 23:36 (one year ago) link
He's saying a lot of dudes who make a living off doing deep thought speeches about how and why they and/or men in general act shitty don't have any problem in continuing to act shitty despite being able to articulate that.
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 26 January 2023 11:09 (one year ago) link
I had only watched the first episode of this show before yesterday. My son had shown it to me when he was in middle school and I was thoroughly repulsed and never went back for more. For whatever reason, yesterday I decided to give it another chance and threw a few more episodes on. I'm still skeptical that I'll find much value in it, but my plan was to keep trying to engage. Then as soon as I flipped it off, I went to check the news and saw the news about his domestic violence.― peace, man, Friday, January 13, 2023 10:09 AM (two weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
― peace, man, Friday, January 13, 2023 10:09 AM (two weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
Finished season 2 yesterday and I'm in no hurry to continue. I've seen enough to learn what people like about it, but have been overwhelmed by too many butts and pendulous testicular shapes to continue for now.
I knew about the Blonde Redhead song, but was surprised to hear it so early on in the series. However, the Tony! Toni! Tone! drop towards the end of season 2 blew my mind.
― peace, man, Friday, 27 January 2023 12:41 (one year ago) link
Go figure, his shitty behavior has been going on for years:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/justin-roiland-animation-empire-implosion-rick-and-morty-1235319366/
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 7 February 2023 18:18 (one year ago) link
Over the next two weeks, insiders say, advertisers panicked, lawyers huddled
many of his former colleagues say they haven’t heard from him in years, and when they have, it’s been unpleasant.
these guys that Justin hired were like, ‘Look, I drew a turd with eyes, let’s do a story about that.’ ”
‘Wouldn’t it be amazing if we could do this show in VR and never have to be near each other?’
at various points, his visitors included Kanye West, the comedians on Impractical Jokers and porn star Riley Reid, who gifted the room a succulent.
“It was something we just ignored because it was disgusting,” says an insider.
The behavior came to be expected, and though it was infuriating to collaborators, they say it was often excused by executives, chalked up to what one describes as “an eccentricity of a genius weirdo.”
His work, which has long made comedy hay of subjects like incest and sexual deviance, was now being viewed through a different lens.
“Now everything is going to have an asterisk on it.”
Koala Man and Solar Opposites were dire but I'm hopeful R&M will rebalance a bit. They should do totally different voices!
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 7 February 2023 20:32 (one year ago) link
Solar Opposites was hideous shit, just aggressively unfunny stupidity
― castanuts (DJP), Tuesday, 7 February 2023 23:00 (one year ago) link
Someone I read suggested next season they should get different celebrities to voice R&M for one episode each, which I think would be fun
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 7 February 2023 23:34 (one year ago) link
Ving Rhames as Mordy
― waiting on a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 7 February 2023 23:48 (one year ago) link
Can’t believe we’re going to have to put an asterisk on incest
― omar little, Tuesday, 7 February 2023 23:55 (one year ago) link
Other show sources say he’d derail pitches and interrupt with sophomoric non sequiturs like, “What if his brains were on the outside?”
you can't interrupt with sophomoric non sequiturs in here gentlemen this is the rick and morty writer's room
― difficult listening hour, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 01:26 (one year ago) link
Ha yeah when I read that I thought "how is that not like any random episode already ffs"
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 02:24 (one year ago) link
seriously, like the episode where Rick gets drunk and passes out in his own diarrhea (shit, was it even only one episode?)
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 02:32 (one year ago) link
Wow sounds like a great show
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 03:10 (one year ago) link
It actually has something going for it in the first couple seasons!
― Alicia Silver Stone (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 04:11 (one year ago) link
I don't think there was a bad season.
The example I gave was to illustrate how silly it was at times which is why objecting to his sophomoric ideas was silly (as opposed to some of the much more heinous shit he's been accused of)
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 05:18 (one year ago) link
I don’t know, Pickle Rick was very much a nadir for me
― castanuts (DJP), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 13:12 (one year ago) link
It had an overall great concept but was already getting into dimishing returns territory, putting aside the puerile shit like the abovementioned. There's only so much you can do with "ha ha we can just make up anything cos we broke the rules of physics" before it just starts getting confusing and repetitive.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 9 February 2023 00:53 (one year ago) link
there's infinite shit you can do if you have a bit of imagination but maybe you need to be less attached to your shitty characters and their unfunny dynamics
― your original display name is still visible (Left), Thursday, 9 February 2023 01:17 (one year ago) link
yea the first few episodes I watched of this show got me pretty excited but once you see a bad episode you kinda lose all enthusiasm for it. definitely some funny bits but there's very much a "dude staring at you while he plays his favorite Family Guy clips" vibe to it
when I discovered Xavier: Renegade Angel one of my first thoughts (outside of "what the fuck?") was "this is what Rick and Morty was trying to do"...feel like you can't just commit halfway to this sort of thing
― frogbs, Thursday, 9 February 2023 15:07 (one year ago) link
how surprisinghttps://www.okayplayer.com/justin-roiland-grooming-allegations
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 14 September 2023 18:06 (seven months ago) link
https://wegotthiscovered.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/image-56.png
― budo jeru, Thursday, 14 September 2023 20:10 (seven months ago) link