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The latest episode depicts pretty well that Rick fills a hole with his family (even if he'd never admit it).
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Mar 28, 2014 21:06
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One thing that's interesting to me is that Rick and Morty haven't gone on an adventure together since Rick Potion #9, not counting watching interdimensional TV together.
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Mar 28, 2014 21:42
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He's a grandpa. An extremely eccentric one sure, but he cares for his family (...in some weird capacity I guess), except maybe his son in law.
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Mar 28, 2014 21:44
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japtor posted:He's a grandpa. An extremely eccentric one sure, but he cares for his family (...in some weird capacity I guess), except maybe his son in law. He'd seemingly rather complain about whatever stupid thing Jerry is doing than be alone. 
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Mar 28, 2014 21:46
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johntfs posted:One thing that's interesting to me is that Rick and Morty haven't gone on an adventure together since Rick Potion #9, not counting watching interdimensional TV together. Does dragging him along to an alien pawnshop count?
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Mar 29, 2014 00:16
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I kinda wish the mother gets more screentime. I mean I know she's essentially the straight man of the family but there has to be something to mine there, right? I think she's the only one who hasn't been anywhere strange.
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Mar 29, 2014 00:43
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Honestly I think he's hands-off with Summer because Summer pretty well has her poo poo together. Morty's kind of dumb, bullied at school, and is largely ignored by his parents, so I think Rick felt more of a need to step in.
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Mar 29, 2014 00:58
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Frostwerks posted:I kinda wish the mother gets more screentime. I mean I know she's essentially the straight man of the family but there has to be something to mine there, right? I think she's the only one who hasn't been anywhere strange. She already got her adventures when she was a child. Let the rest of the family have some now.
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Mar 29, 2014 01:00
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Pyroi posted:She already got her adventures when she was a child. Let the rest of the family have some now. She drinks for a reason.
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Mar 29, 2014 01:09
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She was apparently "raised like a reptile."
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Mar 29, 2014 01:15
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Pyroi posted:She already got her adventures when she was a child. Let the rest of the family have some now. Rick's wife will probably consume a few episodes at some point.
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Mar 29, 2014 01:19
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Pyroi posted:She already got her adventures when she was a child. Let the rest of the family have some now. Well and good but we haven't seen them so it may as well not have happened from our perspective.
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Mar 29, 2014 01:42
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I wonder if they will have any episodes with Beth and Rick. Either in the past or the present would be pretty great.
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Mar 29, 2014 01:48
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TontoCorazon posted:I wonder if they will have any episodes with Beth and Rick. Either in the past or the present would be pretty great. Flashback episode to Rick traumatizing the hell out of Beth through interdimensional hijinks would be great.
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Mar 29, 2014 01:58
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For some reason it's really funny to me that the standard word for both genetic monstrosities and the act of creating genetic monstrosities is "Cronenberg."
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Mar 29, 2014 03:03
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Frostwerks posted:I kinda wish the mother gets more screentime. I mean I know she's essentially the straight man of the family but there has to be something to mine there, right? I think she's the only one who hasn't been anywhere strange. They didn't spend much time on it, but she went on the family trip to hamster land.
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Mar 29, 2014 03:34
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Funkmaster General posted:She was apparently "raised like a reptile." Rick's wife is going to turn out to be some kind of lizard woman from dimension X.
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Mar 29, 2014 03:50
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Pyroi posted:She already got her adventures when she was a child. Let the rest of the family have some now. Didn't Harmon say in his AMA about the show that Rick left Beth's mother and she raised her by herself? Just Searched back through the thread to find the quote... dan harmon posted:Oh my God. Beth is so messed up. I guess I [think I] know more about her than what you've learned so far, but you know she got pregnant at seventeen. You know the guy that knocked her up wouldn't have been her first choice. You know her mother's out of the picture but that her Dad, who was out of the picture when she was a child, is now back IN the picture, and that, unlike Jerry, she seems relatively fine with his influence on her learning-disabled son. It seems like she'd rather her son risk his life with her insane father than end up being...like her husband. That's really, really hosed up. Puntification fucked around with this message at 04:16 on Mar 29, 2014 |
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Mar 29, 2014 04:01
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Pakled posted:For some reason it's really funny to me that the standard word for both genetic monstrosities and the act of creating genetic monstrosities is "Cronenberg." It's funny to you because it's really funny. You're not alone. 
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Mar 29, 2014 04:08
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I want Beth to get forced on an adventure and just be totally bored with everything. She kills whatever obstacle is in front of them, defuses the bomb, takes over the planet, fixes the portal generator and zaps them home before lunch. She was sidekicking before her first training bra and is completely over it, already.
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Mar 29, 2014 05:17
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She is her father's daughter, after all.
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Mar 29, 2014 05:24
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Puntification posted:Didn't Harmon say in his AMA about the show that Rick left Beth's mother and she raised her by herself? Now I want to know if Rick just peaced out on his family or if there was some decades-spanning adventure involved.
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Mar 29, 2014 05:30
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zoux posted:Couple of things I noticed on a second rewatch: That said, I still liked the changing channels episode on the whole, and I liked this new episode quite a bit... no complaints here. Was funny how Summer didn't even mind working for the devil and how Rick was totally kicking the devil's rear end.
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Mar 29, 2014 06:28
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Fast Luck posted:The Two Brothers thing was the shittiest part of the episode for me. They had no idea where they were headed with that and just kept making up more lame bullshit. It reminded me of an elementary school project where each sentence was written by another kid, and I mean, it was just as awkward and as unfunny. That was addressed before that commercial even aired. Rick said that it had an almost improvisational tone after Morty said it had a looser feel to it. If you didn't like it, fine. But it sure didn't come out of nowhere.
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Mar 29, 2014 06:45
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No yeah I understood at that point it was improv, I just still thought that was the low-light of the episode, despite enjoying a lot of other parts (the fake doors thing in particular)
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Mar 29, 2014 06:47
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About a week after i saw the episode it dawned on me why trunk people, able to have sex with men and women, is so funny.
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Mar 29, 2014 07:13
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mclast posted:About a week after i saw the episode it dawned on me why trunk people, able to have sex with men and women, is so funny.
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Mar 29, 2014 08:17
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Yeah, like maybe there's an elephant in the room.
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Mar 29, 2014 08:50
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Puntification posted:Didn't Harmon say in his AMA about the show that Rick left Beth's mother and she raised her by herself? This is pretty goddamn rough.
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Mar 29, 2014 09:13
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Fast Luck posted:The Two Brothers thing was the shittiest part of the episode for me. They had no idea where they were headed with that and just kept making up more lame bullshit. It reminded me of an elementary school project where each sentence was written by another kid, and I mean, it was just as awkward and as unfunny. Wasn't that the joke? I thought it was supposed to be a satire of the type of action movie where poo poo just happens because the writer thinks it would be exciting even though it makes no sense.
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Mar 29, 2014 09:22
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One thing that has me interested in the characters is how they're bucking expectations to a degree. Jerry and Beth were set up as very obviously being in a screwed up, unhappy marriage, but so far we've had two episodes which showed them being practically made for each other on a cosmic level (Jerry's handling of the Kronenberg-world, the Rixty Minutes ending), and one where Beth helped Jerry out with the Meeseeks. I mean, I know a lot of shows do the 'Oh they fight but when the chips are down...' bit, but this somehow feels a little different in the intensity of their being shown as initially not getting along, and the intensity of their having a positive turn to their relationship. I also liked how (at least from what I heard at the time) the show was being offered up as 'Oh, we're not taking continuity too seriously', but the one bit of continuity I would have thought they'd never mention again (universe-hopping) quickly became a plot point.
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Mar 29, 2014 11:43
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snucks posted:Because people are normally able to have sex with both men and women and that the trunk is a confusing and arbitrary attachment to LGBT issues? I feel like most of the humor in the ads were a byproduct of improvisation, not the actual punchline. 
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Mar 29, 2014 11:52
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snucks posted:Because people are normally able to have sex with both men and women and that the trunk is a confusing and arbitrary attachment to LGBT issues? I feel like most of the humor in the ads were a byproduct of improvisation, not the actual punchline. Because it's possible to imagine, really graphically and easily, them dudes getting snogged in the snout. And then imagining the kind of derf who argues against gay rights by bumping his pointer fingers together shrugging his shoulders and moving on with his life. Once I had the  moment, the more you think about it the funnier it gets.
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Mar 29, 2014 13:08
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VictorGrunn posted:One thing that has me interested in the characters is how they're bucking expectations to a degree. Jerry and Beth were set up as very obviously being in a screwed up, unhappy marriage, but so far we've had two episodes which showed them being practically made for each other on a cosmic level (Jerry's handling of the Kronenberg-world, the Rixty Minutes ending), and one where Beth helped Jerry out with the Meeseeks. I think that's why the pilot was so weak, it seems to live up to all of our expectations as far as an awkward marriage where the wife is more successful (working at a Vet shaped like a barn,) the daughter obsessed with the bad boy, the really awkward son, etc. And ever since it's sort of turned those things on their head and the characters feel more like real people than just characters.
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Mar 29, 2014 13:42
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My problem with the pilot was that it seemed like Rick was way more of an rear end in a top hat who was possibly losing his mind. Still love the "Rick and Morty for a hundred years" rant though.
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Mar 29, 2014 14:12
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If you listen closely to what Rick is whispering to Summer before they go DMX, all he's saying is "jibber jabber" over and over again.
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Mar 29, 2014 21:56
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OmegaBR posted:I think that's why the pilot was so weak, it seems to live up to all of our expectations as far as an awkward marriage where the wife is more successful (working at a Vet shaped like a barn,) the daughter obsessed with the bad boy, the really awkward son, etc. Honestly, that's why I love Summer so much. Despite all her flaws, she's a realistic person and not just the airhead teenaged sister you see so much in other shows. Also I've started pre-orders for more Mr. Meeseeks dolls. I don't know if I should make a SAMart thread instead of posting here though, either way go look if you are interested!
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Mar 30, 2014 07:53
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As I understand it, the original idea was to show Rick Potion #9 right after the pilot. So you'd have the more stereotypical family who'd get a post-apocalyptic "happily after ever" and then Rick and Morty would assimilate into their new, more realistic family.
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Mar 30, 2014 12:09
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Planet Piss posted:Honestly, that's why I love Summer so much. Despite all her flaws, she's a realistic person and not just the airhead teenaged sister you see so much in other shows. An SAMart thread for crocheting characters in general and taking suggestions would probably be very profitable for you. In either case you should definitely post this to r/rickandmorty, esp because justin Roiland posts there and would probably increase traffic if he thinks this is neat also you should make a butterbot NieR Occomata fucked around with this message at 20:21 on Mar 30, 2014 |
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Mar 30, 2014 20:17
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Those teeth are terrifying
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