(January 31, 2019 at 4:58 pm)Der/die AtheistIn Wrote: Yeah, the show was always ridiculous and yes it does rely too much on pop cultural references and the dialogue isn't always clever, but usually it was a line or two and the plot mostly made sense in the world they created.
Only if you didn't think too hard about it. It's a wacky sci-fi cartoon after all. You could nit-pick the plot of pretty much every episode, but why do that?
(January 31, 2019 at 4:58 pm)Der/die AtheistIn Wrote: Also, I'm actually a fan of weird stuff, sometimes I watch weird animation just for the sake of it. The problem is, that this type of animation overstays it's welcome and it only works as shorts. If you are going to make a feature length film or a series you need to make a plot. Sure, it doesn't have to always make sense if it's a comedy, but the plot about evil Morty wasn't treated like a joke. If it was supposed to be one it wasn't funny.
I don't think it was meant to be a joke. Just a way to move the story forward. I still don't really see the problem with it.
(January 31, 2019 at 4:58 pm)Der/die AtheistIn Wrote: I see parallels between this show and another one from Adult Swim too, it's Superjail. Now, this show isn't for everyone, it's very gory and way weirder than Rick and Morty. It doesn't always follow continuity, which I don't mind, this is the style they're going for. I also find the humor better and the characters better developed. The animation is very fluid, which is rare in adult cartoons. Also, the world, at least the jail, is in my opinion a metaphor for the mind of crazy and/or creative people. The founder of the jail said in the pilot that he had new ideas for incarceration, but the world "isn't ready for his methods yet", so he created superjail outside the system. I was also able to make some interpretations on the show.
Speaking of Superjail, the last episode of season 2 ended with 2 of the main characters being arrested and in the first episode of season 3 they try to get out, just like Rick and Morty. But while in Rick and Morty, Rick just got out with very little effort and ended up saving the ones who were trying to rescue him, which wasn't all that interesting, in Superjail the characters put actual effort to get out and I'm not gonna spoil how. Not to mention that all episodes of Superjail are half as long as the ones from Rick and Morty. Basically they did the same plot better in half the time.
Yeah, I watched an episode of this years ago. I can't remember anything about it, except that I didn't feel like watching any more of it...
(January 31, 2019 at 4:58 pm)Der/die AtheistIn Wrote: The fact that it's a lazy idea and the show acknowledges it doesn't make it funny.
Well, no - the show doesn't acknowledge it. In "South Park" there's a character named Towelie, who's a walking, talking, weed-smoking towel and the show openly mocks him for being a ridiculous and lazy design, meant to sell merchandise. Nothing of the sort happens in "Rick and Morty". Mr Poopybutthole is a one-joke character, that keeps reappearing, despite adding nothing to the story (so far at least). And that's what I find funny about him. Of course, humour is somewhat subjective and I'm sure other people have different reasons.
(January 31, 2019 at 4:58 pm)Der/die AtheistIn Wrote: If you show lazy ideas without adding something to the mix, you end up playing straight the tropes you were trying to parody in the first place.
Then tell me - what does Mr Poopybutthole add to the mix?
(January 31, 2019 at 4:58 pm)Der/die AtheistIn Wrote: Also, if the show stated directly or showed hints of your idea of trinity, it would've been funny.
Maybe. Or maybe not. But the show's been renewed for another 70 episodes, so who knows what the writers will do with the character.
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
