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CelticPredator, that's a great picture. Also, holy gently caress, what a great episode. I mean, Jesus. Amazing.
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Jan 21, 2014 05:44
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Guess I should be that guy, but that jelly bean scene went on just a bit too long, left a sour taste in my mouth. Otherwise, this was another amazing episode. The way they keep playing with expectations and throwing them away before you can fully form them is the smartest writing I've seen in a while.
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Jan 21, 2014 06:11
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TheModernAmerican posted:Guess I should be that guy, but that jelly bean scene went on just a bit too long, left a sour taste in my mouth. It was supposed to. You're not supposed to be able to laugh off attempted rape. Even in a cartoon. There were some dark themes and scenes here.
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Jan 21, 2014 06:21
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Last Chance posted:That post-credits scene. Jesus Christ. God dammit, am I going to have to go back and watch the post-credit scenes for all the others? I'll never learn to stick around.
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Jan 21, 2014 06:26
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Drifter posted:It was supposed to. You're not supposed to be able to laugh off attempted rape. Even in a cartoon. There were some dark themes and scenes here. I guess? It's a pretty stark tonal shift from 20 minutes of jokes to 15 seconds of "this is a dark scene please don't laugh". There isn't much of a precedent in the rest of the series so far.
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Drifter posted:CelticPredator, that's a great picture. Thanks a lot! I appreciate it! And yes...gently caress...this episode was amazing. The potential child rape was hard to watch, but thankfully they had that little bit at the end to leave me not feeling so lovely. Death of child molesters is always worth it. Jerry's side plot was incredible too. Had a good heart to it..and of course "I'm kind of a stickler, how's your short game!?" "HOW IS YOUR SHORT GAME!!"
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Jan 21, 2014 08:05
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I liked the look Rick gave Jellybean at the bar, a totally, "I know you tried to do something to my grandson and when we get done I am coming back and killing you..."
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Jan 21, 2014 08:11
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Gosh that was amazing! I'm Mr. Meseeks! Look at me! Also, I really like how peoples pupils are drawn.
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Jan 21, 2014 08:16
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JediTalentAgent posted:I liked the look Rick gave Jellybean at the bar, a totally, "I know you tried to do something to my grandson and when we get done I am coming back and killing you..."
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Jan 21, 2014 08:22
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I certainly was not expecting to ever see Crumply Crumplestien again.  Unbelievable Tales which is somehow even more disgusting than Doc and Mharti.
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TheModernAmerican posted:I guess? It's a pretty stark tonal shift from 20 minutes of jokes to 15 seconds of "this is a dark scene please don't laugh". There isn't much of a precedent in the rest of the series so far. The blue dudes were going to commit murder in order to kill themselves - they were literally in pain by being in the world. They also had tried to kill each other. The giant slipped and killed himself with a blow to the head, leaving his wife and baby alone.
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Jan 21, 2014 08:36
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kadjule posted:I certainly was not expecting to ever see Crumply Crumplestien again. Jesus loving Christ, this guy is completely insane.
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hemophilia posted:Jesus loving Christ, this guy is completely insane. Really. Who watches that and thinks "I need him for my children's TV show"? Not that I'm complaining, I'm glad he's out there working and that he has his own show, but Jesus Christ! 
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Jan 21, 2014 09:38
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Because Justin Roiland is good at voice work and animation...I mean, what else do you need?
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Reminder that someone looked at Jhonen Vasquez's work and thought "I need him to be the creator and writer of a children's TV show".
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To be fair, I believe they looked at Squee, which, outside of a few themes, curse words, and some disgusting bits, is still pretty close to what we got on Zim.
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JediTalentAgent posted:I liked the look Rick gave Jellybean at the bar, a totally, "I know you tried to do something to my grandson and when we get done I am coming back and killing you..." I saw the murder in his eyes and expected him to start a bar brawl over it. It really surprised me when he actually comforted Morty and suggested a clean way of ending the adventure  I also thought the toilet seat breaking was a really nice touch and great attention to detail.
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Loved the episode and the series in general so far. For those unfamiliar with Dan Harmon's technique, this episode was a cool example of his use of Joseph Campbell's Monomyth, which Harmon uses as a template for much of his story structure. The Call to Adventure even got a direct shout-out! People were speculating earlier in the thread about possible character development for Morty in terms of him becoming more assertive, and we really got to see that play out here. The attempted jellybean rape scene, disturbing as it was, demonstrated that Morty isn't ready to take the lead in adventuring, and still needs Rick to protect him from the worst of their crazy, chaotic universe. From a show-creating view that makes sense, of course, because if we started going on Morty-style adventures all the time the show would start feeling like, well, Adventure Time. What's cool is that the plot allowed Morty to take the hero's journey and grow in the process, even though he failed his quest. That sort of emotional groundedness is what made me fall in love with Community, so I'm happy to see the same fundamentals at work in an animated, serialized comedy, most of which are content with completely static characters. Also enjoying the studio and fan art in the thread, looking forward to more. JesusFists fucked around with this message at 12:52 on Jan 21, 2014 |
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A Miserable Robot posted:I saw the murder in his eyes and expected him to start a bar brawl over it. It really surprised me when he actually comforted Morty and suggested a clean way of ending the adventure
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Jan 21, 2014 12:51
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JesusFists posted:The attempted jellybean rape scene I fuckin' love that the show inspires serious discussions about topics like that. It just doesn't stop giving. 
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Jan 21, 2014 12:53
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The whole post-credits scene was very Perry Bible Fellowship...just absurd in an incredibly dark fantasy way. "Remember him for the Jellybean he represents, not the Jellybean he was."
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TheModernAmerican posted:I guess? It's a pretty stark tonal shift from 20 minutes of jokes to 15 seconds of "this is a dark scene please don't laugh". There isn't much of a precedent in the rest of the series so far. I agree with this, I thought it was dark and did not at all fit with the tone of the show. It wasn't funny. Other than that this episode was incredible.
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It certainly left me stunned. I can understand thematically why they did it. It's just, wow, the attempted rape of a child by someone who turned out to be a serial predator of children was literally the last thing I ever expected to see tonight. At the start of it, I thought they were going to stop when the jelly bean first grabbed Mort and acted sleazy. Then it kept going. Then Mort was forced over the sink with the guy drooling into his face. Then they were in the toilet stall. Then it got really violent leaving Mort on the floor covered in blood, screaming. Then we next see him go up to Rick traumatised and crying, begging to go home. But sure, apart from that, it was a blast.
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Jan 21, 2014 14:07
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Another good episode, but that scene was brutal. Pretty ballsy of Dan Harmon, considering all the outrage that followed his "rape joke" on Harmontown.
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Gorilla Salad posted:Then we next see him go up to Rick traumatised and crying, begging to go home. I think that got to me more than the attempted rape part. Really, Morty kicked that guy's rear end, so that part was immediately satisfying. But when he goes back to Rick, he's not screaming or anything - he's clearly thinking 'I'm a moron, I brought this on myself, I'm not cut out for this and I never should have thought I was' and he's in a miserable state with a broken spirit. 
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I think the idea of a Jellybean trying to rape someone is what makes it funny.
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Goddamn, this loving show. I haven't straight up cried from laughing like this since the first time I was introduced to Always Sunny. e: vvvv Yes this is my favorite part as well. It would have been so easy to have Rick just be a jerk to Morty and honestly not care if he lives or dies, but that he actually loves him when poo poo goes down is hilariously endearing. Zsinjeh fucked around with this message at 15:31 on Jan 21, 2014 |
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JediTalentAgent posted:I liked the look Rick gave Jellybean at the bar, a totally, "I know you tried to do something to my grandson and when we get done I am coming back and killing you..." This is one of the things that really makes me like Rick. Sure he is a egotistical jackass and completed self centered but he really does love Morty. And god help you if you gently caress with his family.
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kadjule posted:I certainly was not expecting to ever see Crumply Crumplestien again. Holy poo poo.
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Nah, thing was, it wasn't funny. It was presented as a traumatic, hosed up situation. I know comedy is a subversion of expectations, but this was a subversion of comedy. The set up was there for a cheap rape joke and they took a turn into the real world somewhere along the way. In a lot of shows, the jelly bean being creepy towards an underage boy in the restroom would have been the joke. I'm looking at you "family guy." It was hosed up, but I like shows to take poo poo in unexpected directions. The show doesn't seem to be afraid to take an actual look at some of the things people joke about, and that's interesting to me.
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I hope it becomes a running theme that the family asks Rick for help with a trivial task, with wacky results!
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Ra Ra Rasputin posted:I hope it becomes a running theme that the family asks Rick for help with a trivial task, with wacky results! I was about to type out "They'd have to eventually figure out that he was loving with them every time no matter how good it seemed at first" but no, no they don't. They're idiots.
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I didn't see an issue with the jellybean scene at all. Considering how hosed up their adventures are generally (the entire point of this episode) it had to be something that was actually worse than shooting the insect people in customs in the earlier episode and whatever. It's series consistent.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:I was about to type out "They'd have to eventually figure out that he was loving with them every time no matter how good it seemed at first" but no, no they don't. They're idiots.
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kadjule posted:I certainly was not expecting to ever see Crumply Crumplestien again.
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Just watched it holy poo poo tumblr is gonna LOVE this show. Trigger warning Rick and Morty Jesus CelticPredator posted:Mmm, cool if I post a bit of Fan Art I did? This is pretty awesome
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kadjule posted:I certainly was not expecting to ever see quote:Crumply Crumplestien again.  whoever said this makes Doc and Mharti tame was spot on what the gently caress
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TO be honest that Unbelievable Tales short was pretty loving dumb. It was old hat standard violence with kinda standard torture-porn 101 stuff. There was nothing interesting about it. I don't like movies like SAW or Human Centipede or other revenge torture porn stuff, so maybe it's not for me, but it was really unimaginative and, as I wrote before, just dumb. I wouldn't even call it shocking, just blah. If the ball licking pre-rick and morty and this is what he comes up with on his own then he really does need that additional restraint normal TV provides. And other writers to help him, probably. Drifter fucked around with this message at 21:35 on Jan 21, 2014 |
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