i'm mr meeseeks look at me rick and morty thread

we are all morty

so did episode 10 happen and i missed it, or...?

hey ulysses, ep. 10 "The Rickchurian Mortydate" aired on October 1

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.

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if i had to see this you do too pic.twitter.com/imGd9qxu5P

— Fate/SN Creator (@lolita108go) October 9, 2017

oh my god

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

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.

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.)

Fair point, yeah. Still.

that whole freakout pickle rick thing was basically "I am Cornholio I NEED TP FOR MY BUNGHOLE" 2017

last episode of the season was like the worst one but good season overall

i hope the show outright antagonizes its dipshit fans

cosine

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

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.

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?

partly i think social media just magnifies these effin weirdos

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

if 7-11 fucked up the kwik-e-mart promotion they did nerds woulda lost their fuckin minds too

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".

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.

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."

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.

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.

^ 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)

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...

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.

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.

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?

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

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.

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— marisa (@keepingitspooky) October 10, 2017

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I am still reeling from Whiney's link. Wow.

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.

fedora readings off the chart, captain

i thought this dude was alright until I read that just now. yikes.

that "open source boob project" is really something

Dude was doing this during Community's heyday as well; it's part of why he got fired IIRC

the reaction of some dudes to mild dissent is really something sometimes

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"

Harmon has always been more of an asshole than he is talented

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)

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

Shocked that the dudes behind Rick & Morty (of all shows!) might be assholes.

adam - what's the context of that tweet? is he saying that to a mcdonalds employee?? jfc

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

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.)

all the fan drama aside - this season has been unfunny and a chore to get through