CelticPredator posted:

JTHM is great when you're 15. If someone claims they still love it, chances are they haven't re-read it. Like it's fine for what it is, a teen angsty gently caress the world, with a comedic edge to it...but it don't hold up if you're over the age of at least 22.

Pick posted:

Season 3 hasn't been very good really. Neither was season 2 though. Some shows really sort of have their one go and suffer from being over-worked.

basic hitler posted:

This was good, I liked it, all of season 3 has been really good.

prefect posted:

The problem with casting famous people in guest roles is that I wind up spending the whole episode going "I know that voice! Who is that?"

Takoluka posted:

Beth ran off with Jerry to fix their lives. That's why his answering machine is picking up everything.

prefect posted:

I like this idea a lot, and I'm going to believe that this is what happened until the show explicitly contradicts it.

Quidam Viator posted:

For serious. This is the same show, it has just answered a LOT of the open questions that gave it its charm when it was new.

*snip*

How do you package that into a finale?

KoRMaK posted:

oof, ouch, ow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJX0P6L5m7Y

e: I regret linking this

PhazonLink posted:

Rick got side tracked by Mindblowers and didn't saved the Truth Tortoise memory. Inf. Knowledge lost because Morty was a little bitch.

prefect posted:

Mantis42 posted:

I'm Faygo Rick!

Say Nothing posted:

Come to think of it, so does Rick.

tarlibone posted:

Looks like we found a towhead.

Carlosologist posted:

wow why did Mr. Poopybutthole attack me directly with that

Dr. Gitmo Moneyson posted:

Can't we have ONE TV supergenius that isn't a loving goddamn religion-hating new atheist shitlord?

M_Gargantua posted:

Ok fine, way to ruin the fun. I'll click the report button like a good peon.

Bobbin Threadbare posted:

You know, thinking back, that's it exactly. This entire season has been a study of Rick's worldview and how it can make you feel invincible but is ultimately hollow.

Episode 1 kicks things off with Rick making his grand return and installing himself as the patriarch of the family by force, but it slips in a couple hints that him not caring about anything or anyone is a facade.

Episode 2 has Summer and Morty try out Rick's way of doing things in a nihilistic post-apocalyptic society full of violence and killing, but when the adrenaline rush fades they find it empty and unsatisfying.

Episode 3 features a boring family therapy session and an exciting pickle adventure, but when the two storylines meet up the therapist points out that the adventure was an aimless attempt by Rick to avoid the work it takes to maintain healthy relationships. This dislike of social interaction is ultimately the root of Rick's supposedly nihilistic and multiversal justifications.

Episode 4 shows that Rick's excesses have consequences even he can't avoid despite his god-like ability to get out of anything, and it points out that even if Rick is right about everything (and he isn't, not entirely), that doesn't make him a good person.

Episode 5 has Rick's facade crack a bit more when he takes Jerry out to a resort, both because Rick admits to hating Jerry for very personal reasons and because Jerry of all people is able to catch Rick off-guard.

Episode 6 demonstrates that Rick hates the fact that he cares about his family but that he ultimately has to live with all of himself including his unwelcome feelings.

Episode 7 paints a picture of a society run according to Rick's beliefs: a purpose-built dystopia full of suffering and menial jobs despite its access to a multiverse of resources and post-scarcity technology.

Episode 8 proves that despite Rick's "big picture" attitude he can be extremely petty and maintains his god-like perfect image in part through mind wiping Morty.

Episode 9 gives us insight into Rick and Beth's early relationship, including the fact that Rick would devote all kinds of hours to developing the downright terrifying things she asked for but didn't give her any personal attention.

And so episode 10 completes this look by tearing Rick down in two important ways. First, President David shows that while Rick might be effectively omnipotent, Earth is capable of saving itself and even posing a serious threat to Rick. Second, after episodes where Rick presented his perspective to all four members of the Smith family, all four reject his philosophy of rationalization and instead complete that thought I mentioned earlier: if nothing really matters and the universe doesn't care, you might as well enjoy life and surround yourself with loved ones.

4000 Dollar Suit posted:

i waited a really long time for that 3.5 hours of a cartoon show.

Mans posted:

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty. The humor is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Rick's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation - his personal philosophy draws heavily fromNarodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realize that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Rick and Morty truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Rick's existencial 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 unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools... how I pity them. And yes by the way, I DO have a Rick and Morty tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- And even they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand.

Bobbin Threadbare posted:

I've never really understood how a fandom can ruin anything, either. You don't have to engage with the crazy people who glom onto everything popular, so why let them color your experience? It's like that old quote from James M. Cain: "People tell me, don't you care what they've done to your book? I tell them, they haven't done anything to my book. It's right there on the shelf."

Cojawfee posted:

It becomes annoying when you mention to someone that you like a certain thing and they either "pickle rick lol look at me" at you, or they assume you are going to shout memes at them and judge you for it. You can still enjoy the show, but sometimes you can't tell anyone else you enjoy it.

Strobe posted:

Maybe you should have less lovely friends, or stop blaming a show because your friends are lovely about it?

ikanreed posted:

Sorry we don't touch kids like you do.

Away all Goats posted:

It's gonna be a loooong 18 months

Dienes posted:

The only one near me is also near where the Rickmobile stopped, so I think its a safe bet that they're already out by now.

BravestOfTheLamps posted:

If only the showrunners could wield this power over their viewers for good.

Looke posted:

R&M fans are worse than goons

starkebn posted:

let's not say things that are too outlandish

Macaluso posted:

There are still people like that, btw. Same with characters like Master Shake or Archer

Space Cadet Omoly posted:

Why? How?

withak posted:

https://twitter.com/lolita108go/status/917252863155306497

UZR IS BULLSHIT posted:

After seeing that dipshit jump on the counter and scream about syrup for mechanically separated chicken, I think I don't like this show anymore. Clearly there would have to be something equally broken in my brain for me to enjoy it.

FilthyImp posted:

For the record, you want a fast food chain that advertises its family friendly atmosphere to formally promote a cartoon for misanthropic nerds that just did an episode about a guy incest-cannibaling his way through life in a care-bears pocket dimension?

bobjr posted:

ExplodingSims posted:

I was trying to see if I can find the clip online, but apoerently fans are only spergy enough to make a wiki entry, not upload actual clips

https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Dan_Harmon_(character)

Bust Rodd posted:

Wait I love Shadow Complex, what happened?

Inspector Gesicht posted:

Peter David himself said, and later apologised for, some unfortunate opinions on Romanis.

CelticPredator posted:

People cannot change! Anything they said in the past is who they are forever!!!!!!!!

CrazyLoon posted:

They do, but usually it happens slowly and gradually. It takes effort and energy to keep a show constantly on track as time goes on, especially with something like this show where I get the sense everyone really works themselves hard to churn out each individual season. Not to mention the premise of the show also being such that it really is hard to keep it centered with what your original thoughts and plans for it were.

At least that's the reason why I find most shows I like either run 4-5 seasons long and know to quit at that point, or they're good to me up until that point and after that they steadily go downhill. The longer a project goes on, the harder it is to stick to your original thoughts and purposes of the show and the more it dissolves into whatever the next crop of writers has in their heads for it as opposed to the showrunners' original intent. And unfortunately this is almost never a good thing, because the beginning of a show is crafted with a certain purpose or thought, whereas the ending is crafted moreso with the purpose of that next crop of writers and can be something that really doesn't work with the beginning.

It's kinda why I hope this show really was just kidding with the whole 'NINE MORE SEASONS, MORTY!' shtick. If it did just one or perhaps two more seasons, I'd honestly be fine with it, but anything past that I predict the fanwank written in by new writers will derail it a bit too much for my tastes.

nickmeister posted:

You guys are hilarious. "Yeah, I know this show has been consistently awesome three times in a row, but it's DEFINITELY gonna suck eventually guys. Maybe even next season. I'm already hating this poo poo in advance, dawgs."

Hodgepodge posted:

http://junkee.com/rick-and-morty-toxic-fandom/130622

Jonas Albrecht posted:

I'm not buying any R&M shirt that isn't a knockoff with black Rick and Morty.

Maelstache posted:

Very next sentence:

CelticPredator posted:

He suffers all the time. His catch phrase in season one means "I am in great pain". Come on son!

Mantis42 posted:

I thought the 'explanation' for wubba lubba dub dub was the dumbest thing and i roll my eyes whenever i think of it