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Post by bean32 on Aug 10, 2017 16:37:06 GMT -8
I loved the family therapy sub-plot, especially those last 5 minutes. I agree, the Pickle Rick plot wasn't as interesting but I can appreciate the parody. It made me think of Die Hard, but John Wick is probably right. (never saw it).
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Post by Incandescence 112 on Aug 29, 2017 13:26:57 GMT -8
Is this the best season of Rick and Morty yet? These last two have been stone cold classics! Especially "Rest and Ricklaxation".
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Post by bean32 on Sept 3, 2017 19:31:29 GMT -8
Is this the best season of Rick and Morty yet? These last two have been stone cold classics! Especially "Rest and Ricklaxation". This has been a great season. I love the character development and the focus on Beth and Rick's relationship...and how it has impacted the family. I think my least favorite episode of this season (so far) was the vindicator episode, though still entertaining.
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Post by Incandescence 112 on Sept 5, 2017 8:34:10 GMT -8
Is this the best season of Rick and Morty yet? These last two have been stone cold classics! Especially "Rest and Ricklaxation". This has been a great season. I love the character development and the focus on Beth and Rick's relationship...and how it has impacted the family. I think my least favorite episode of this season (so far) was the vindicator episode, though still entertaining. I also like how they're switching up the formula. Only two episodes this season have had Rick and Morty going off on an adventure together. It keeps it relatively fresh.
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Post by Jeremy on Sept 5, 2017 14:54:03 GMT -8
There seems to be a bit more serialized character development this season, which I'm fully open to. And "Rest and Ricklaxation" was a perfect mix of the dark, the melancholy, and the bizarre.
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Post by Jeremy on Oct 3, 2017 16:41:34 GMT -8
So, was I the only one underwhelmed by the S3 finale?
This was a strong season, probably the show's best yet, but "The Rickchurian Mortydate" felt like a halfhearted attempt to wrap up the story. It spends a lot of time pushing the message that Rick plays by his own rules (something that's been readily apparent since Season One), and the plot itself felt pretty thin.
There were some funny lines, and the Jerry/Beth material was great (as it's been for much of the season). But this wasn't anywhere near the level of "The Wedding Squanchers."
Ah, well. Still a really good season. Hope the next one premieres sometime before the 2020s.
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Post by Incandescence 112 on Oct 3, 2017 16:48:32 GMT -8
So, was I the only one underwhelmed by the S3 finale? This was a strong season, probably the show's best yet, but "The Rickchurian Mortydate" felt like a halfhearted attempt to wrap up the story. It spends a lot of time pushing the message that Rick plays by his own rules (something that's been readily apparent since Season One), and the plot itself felt pretty thin. There were some funny lines, and the Jerry/Beth material was great (as it's been for much of the season). But this wasn't anywhere near the level of "The Wedding Squanchers." Ah, well. Still a really good season. Hope the next one premieres sometime before the 2020s. I like the ending's implications for next season though-I really missed Jerry throughout Season 3. Also, it's good that they're bringing Rick down a peg, because if he continues to be an unstoppable force that can accomplish anything, where will the stakes come from? I think the writers realize that, which gives me hope they won't fall into making the sci-fi version of Family Guy. It was probably the third or fourth weakest of the season, though. "The Rickshank Rickdemption", "Pickle Rick", "The Whirly Dirly Conspiracy", "Rest and Ricklaxation", "The Ricklantis Mixup", and "The ABCs of Beth" were all stronger. I could go either way on "Morty's Mind Blowers".
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Post by Jeremy on Oct 3, 2017 17:11:42 GMT -8
I quite liked "Morty's Mind Blowers," and I'm glad they chose not to do another "Interdimensional Cable" episode. (As you may recall, I'm not really a fan of those.)
Also, wasn't this season supposed to have 14 episodes instead of 10? Stop messing with me, Adult Swim.
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Post by ThirdMan on Oct 3, 2017 19:00:38 GMT -8
I thought the finale was mid-level Rick and Morty. Not spectacular, but decent enough.
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Post by Jeremy on Oct 8, 2017 13:49:31 GMT -8
Today's lesson: Don't screw with Rick and Morty fans.
This lesson brought to you by McDonald's.
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Post by Quiara on Oct 8, 2017 13:57:37 GMT -8
And, of course, 3. Rick and Morty fans are obnoxious. But we already knew that. I mean to say that Rick and Morty fans seem to bring up Rick and Morty in every imaginable context in a way that exceeds Steven Universe fans and is only outpaced by (gulp) bronies.
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Post by Jay on Oct 8, 2017 14:48:19 GMT -8
I typed something up earlier, but deleted it since it was in response to what I thought was the end when there was a whole new page of posts... Of course, now that Quiara has brought it up again...
I have heard a lot about Rick & Morty lately, positive for the comedy perhaps but negative for the fandom. Someone chimed in that if The Simpsons it is heyday had the same social media platforms, it would have been just as obnoxious (I believe it, having once replaced the native Windows sound effects with short Simpsons soundbites), yet I also wonder about the sorts of characters that are used in comparison. It seems like since Family Guy (or South Park, I guess), there have been a lot of characters on TV who are meant to be awful but end up being beloved by the fanbase, like Quagmire or Cartman or what have you, and I wonder about the perpetuation of that. It's not that I care so much or expect cartoon characters to be standard bearers, but there's also the satyrical element that may go overlooked for want of a good audience. I've seen the message circulating on FB lately that "most Rick & Morty fans think of themselves as Rick when in reality, they're Jerry." I'm curious what other people think of that take, or what case people would make for the show given that the fanbase can be pretty... odd... (see recent Szechuan sauce fiasco).
Also, in the interests of disclosure, I don't want to judge the show too harshly for its followers as there are more than enough good things out there with awful supporters, yet... One of my causes for skepticism or hesitation is that the first person I heard advocate for the show ended up exacerbating an existing rift in a friend group due to his politics, which ended up developing into a full-blown schism. The rift would have been there with or without him, so there's only so much guilt-by-association I feel like attributing (plus it's been far harder on others than it has been on me), it's just something that does give me a bit of pause when thinking about engaging with the show.
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Post by Jeremy on Oct 8, 2017 15:27:36 GMT -8
I don't interact much with the online Rick and Morty fandom (outside of this site, of course), so I can't personally say how obnoxious they are. But it doesn't sound like anything new; I've certainly encountered other fandoms over the years that can be pretty egregious. (Like the fans of that David Simon show, whatever it's called.)
Rick and Morty does appeal to a very niche-y and self-aware part of nerd fandom, one which not many other shows explore. It can bring out the worst in people (like the aforementioned "Meseeks" weirdos), but the fans I've encountered in real life tend to be pretty easygoing about it.
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Post by Zarnium on Oct 8, 2017 16:51:09 GMT -8
This is actually a very strange thing to say, since Jerry is a pretty decent guy. The joke is that he's "lame" because all he wants is a normal, peaceful life, but he's constantly getting railed by his increasingly sociopathic family members who hold him to an impossible standard.
I wasn't really aware of how totally bat-crazy the fandom has gotten until the last couple days. I think it's mostly just that the show has become massively popular, and anything that reaches that level of popularity ends up having a lot of crappy fans just because it has a lot of fans in general. I don't think there's really anything more to it than that.
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Post by Quiara on Oct 8, 2017 18:53:22 GMT -8
I don't interact much with the online Rick and Morty fandom (outside of this site, of course), so I can't personally say how obnoxious they are. But it doesn't sound like anything new; I've certainly encountered other fandoms over the years that can be pretty egregious. (Like the fans of that David Simon show, whatever it's called.) More like The Douche, am I right???
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