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Chairman Mao: Apr 24, 2004; The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious.

So this show is fun and actually pretty funny and one of the best cartoons currently on the air. Never would have guessed.

# ¿ Dec 12, 2013 00:45

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# ¿ Apr 20, 2024 10:43

Chairman Mao: Apr 24, 2004; The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious.

They exploded because they put cesium in loving water.

# ¿ Jan 20, 2014 19:07

Chairman Mao: Apr 24, 2004; The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious.

The Meeseeks plotline was hilarious, watching their optimism just drain over the course of the episode was amazing.

# ¿ Jan 21, 2014 21:47

Chairman Mao: Apr 24, 2004; The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious.

loving lol at Ryan Ridley's long detailed post about why that wasn't a rape scene

# ¿ Jan 22, 2014 04:27

Chairman Mao: Apr 24, 2004; The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious.

Holy poo poo the Meeseeks sound just like Lemongrab when they get angry, no wonder their frustration was practically palpable.

# ¿ Jan 22, 2014 18:10

Chairman Mao: Apr 24, 2004; The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious.

Android Blues posted:

I thought about the bathroom stall thing in this episode some and I'm still not exactly sure what to think...

Yeah but it's one thing entirely for you, the viewer, to go "I think they were playing with the expectations of the audience here" and another entirely for Roiland himself to come out and say "this is a scathing commentary on rape culture :smug:

". Obviously this show doesn't exist in a vacuum where a cartoon has never made rape a punchline (ex: Family Guy, like, a lot) and obviously that's going to come into play. The thing is, while the show is still defying the viewer's expectations it's simultaneously doing everything it can to squash any sense of joy or humor in the scene. From the dingy bathroom stall to the delivery of the dialogue, even the jellybean king is suddenly drawn like crumply crumplestein. Most telling is that the episode never even tries to come back from this. After that scene the jokes in the a-plot end.

The intent is obvioiusly to take the audience from a place where they're ready to laugh to the same "this isn't fun anymore let's just go home" mentality as Morty.

Chairman Mao fucked around with this message at 20:34 on Jan 23, 2014

# ¿ Jan 23, 2014 20:31

Chairman Mao: Apr 24, 2004; The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious.

I loving love the :3 mouth and the scribble eyes. The belching and stammering isn't a problem for me but the drool in the pilot just drove me nuts. No idea why.

# ¿ Feb 3, 2014 20:33

Chairman Mao: Apr 24, 2004; The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious.

I know you guys edited it out but I absolutely love the idea that the people making this show live and work in perpetual darkness, their offices lit only by the bleak glow of their wacom tablets.

# ¿ Feb 14, 2014 05:54

Chairman Mao: Apr 24, 2004; The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious.

I have nothing but endless praise for the Mr Meeseeks storyline. It's such a simple, obvious setup that you know exactly how things are going to play out, but that just makes it more engaging. From the minute Rick hands over the Meeseeks box you know things are hosed, it's the moment that the train flies off the tracks, the instant you know that a spectacular disaster is about to happen and you just have to see it.

Or at least that's what I thought before Rick Chronenberg'd the entire world and then abandoned it, kind of made everything else seem like less of a big deal.

# ¿ Feb 14, 2014 09:31

Chairman Mao: Apr 24, 2004; The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious.

Space T Rex posted:

Anyways, Rick has a Gandalf vibe to me, as in he only uses his technology or intellect when he needs to. There are tons of ways I'm sure Rick could use science to solve any problem much more efficiently then he actually does solve it, but he knows it within his power to solve it more directly. Also sometimes replacing "let science do it" with "make Morty do it".

This is like the exact opposite of what happens in the show. Rick is hilariously irresponsible with his incredibly powerful technology. From Lawnmower Dog to the Meeseeks to Chronenberging the entire world, he'll hand out gadgets and formulas to his family that are capable of destroying the planet because they're being a minor inconvenience to him at the moment, or because he wants to teach them a lesson. He has a habit of letting things go too far and a lot of the messes he has to clean up are his own.

Also if the latest episode is anything to go by, Rick using science to solve his problems is a really loving bad idea.

# ¿ Feb 16, 2014 00:52

Chairman Mao: Apr 24, 2004; The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious.

Space T Rex posted:

Ah yes of course, but why are they BLUE?!

Holy poo poo Mr. Meeseeks conforms to the blue/orange colour aesthetic.

# ¿ Feb 16, 2014 21:12

Chairman Mao: Apr 24, 2004; The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious.

JT Jag posted:

While rewatching the scammers episode, I noticed that Ricks safe passcode is 1053. I'm guessing that's his birthdate, and he was born in October 1953, which would make him 61 now.

Theeeere we go. We've officially gone too long between episodes.

# ¿ Feb 18, 2014 05:40

Chairman Mao: Apr 24, 2004; The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious.

A_Raving_Loon posted:

I think the Rick that we're following stayed close to his wife and shared science adventures with her, ultimately leading to her death, then dimension-hopped to a world where he'd kept her at a disatnce and replaced or maybe traded places with his alternate self so he could be in a universe where he hadn't made that mistake and she had a normal life. Morty is his attempt to reclaim the good old days of sharing science adventures with his family, and this time not loving it up. (Which happens anyway because he's still Rick.)

Now It's been too long between episodes.

I know now why the Meeseek cries. _{Look at me!}

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC8H5B2YVCY

# ¿ Feb 18, 2014 20:54

Chairman Mao: Apr 24, 2004; The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious.

Planet Piss posted:

This was posted on Twitter recently:

I don't know what to think of it, but I'm excited

Rick kills Morty, then defiles his corpse.

# ¿ Feb 27, 2014 21:28

Chairman Mao: Apr 24, 2004; The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious.

Just read the last few pages of this thread and holy poo poo LeJackal, please stop ~~posting~~ breathing.

# ¿ Mar 13, 2014 20:17

Chairman Mao: Apr 24, 2004; The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious.

LeJackal posted:

Its getting pretty tiresome to me, too.

"All these jokes are exactly the same."
"No, they may be in a similar vein, but there are different jokes."
"Nobody ever said that they were exactly the same!"
"You just did say that, though."
"Nu-uh, dude!"
"Its right here, on the record. You said that."
"Pfttt, you need to start paying attention to what I say."
"I was. Its how I know that you just said all the jokes were exactly the same.

Isn't it interesting, Jackal, that after allll that stuff you just posted nothing really mattered and there was no point to it? Kinda makes you wonder huh... ABOUT NOTHING!
_{Lick my balls Mharti.}

# ¿ Mar 13, 2014 21:37

Chairman Mao: Apr 24, 2004; The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious.

Waltzing Along posted:

Seems pretty straightforward.

I think what Veryslightlymad was getting at was that each scene was very different from the last and the changes were very rapidfire, the thing is that I feel like those events were far from random and were pretty heavily plot-driven. If anything I'd say the different locations were necessitated by the story, instead of having the story be built around these various unconnected concepts like in this one.

I can see where all the lolsorandom complaints are coming from, and the comparisons to Family Guy, but Rixty Minutes is obviously an exercise in coming up with ideas for TV shows that are funny for about ten seconds but can't really sustain themselves for any longer than that. Family Guy and (especially) Robot Chicken tend to make pop culture references the core of their comedy, and while this episode does that a little, the concept is different, the approach is different, and the results are notably better.

# ¿ Mar 19, 2014 19:15

Chairman Mao: Apr 24, 2004; The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious.

"Let's not debase ourselves with word games, son."
"Dad their whole planet is dying!"
"HA! You called it a planet! Checkmate."

# ¿ Mar 25, 2014 19:01

Chairman Mao: Apr 24, 2004; The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious.

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?

# ¿ Mar 29, 2014 00:16

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# ¿ Apr 20, 2024 10:43

Chairman Mao: Apr 24, 2004; The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious.

Morty forgetting Bird Person's name at the end there was loving genius.

# ¿ Apr 15, 2014 18:16

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