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re: Who's in for Pickle Rick?

Posted on 10/3/17 at 4:00 pm to
Posted by musick
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Posted on 10/3/17 at 4:00 pm to
there is no "secret underlying plot"

that was a red herring to elevate an already regarded as "smart people" show into an even "deeper" level.

I'm the biggest R&M fan there is, but cmon.

This show started out as a suck my balls joke about Back to the Future. It's not some super deep show because they have alternate dimensions and a new existential crisis every week. That shite was done 20 years ago with Sliders or Quantum Leap. What it has been is consistantly super fricking funny and hilarious. It had it's own charm and brand of humor to it. I feel like S3 that was absent and the writing seemed very forced. It had it's moments but they were few and far between. They were replaced with long monologues from Beth or Summer.

Think about this:

The entire season revolved around a divorce in a show where the title characters have already abandoned their original family as least twice that we know of, probably more. Does that make any sense? No, it doesn't. In fact it's opposite of the over arching plot they were building which was basically Rick & Morty going on adventures.

They took 2 years to pump this shitty season out. Every delay (much like video game fans say) was met with "they are taking time to make it right, to make it a better show." "Animation takes time" (i know SP is a different beast but they put out a newepisode in 6 days, don't give me that it takes too long shite, I know its a totally different process but still)

It took them 2 years for 10 episodes of an animated show. Stuff leaked and was later dismissed about Roiland and Harmon not getting along, but it sure seeps out of the season now looking at it as a whole.

Then if you even discuss your opinion like I do, you get called out for being toxic and spoiled.

It's the opposite, I'm a huge fan of this show and I just expected the same level of quality after 2 extremely consistent opening seasons. Nothing more.
This post was edited on 10/3/17 at 4:06 pm
Posted by BlacknGold
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Posted on 10/3/17 at 4:06 pm to
very well put. i think the delay was over which direction to take the show. not "getting it right" like they claimed. Harmon even went through a divorce between the seasons. CLEARLY he put that into rick and morty and changed the entire dynamic of the show.

go look at the writing credits for s1 and 2. roiland is all over it. this season not so much and Harmon solo wrote the finale.
Posted by AggieDub14
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Posted on 10/4/17 at 10:49 am to
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They were replaced with long monologues from Beth or Summer.


Summer barely showed up in this season at all

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The entire season revolved around a divorce


This was 100% because Harmon just got divorced. He attempted to put his own life into the show, and the show wasn't as good because of it.

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It's the opposite, I'm a huge fan of this show and I just expected the same level of quality after 2 extremely consistent opening seasons. Nothing more.


Community had a slight drop in quality after season 2, then a huge drop off after season 3. It got pretty lame. I hope R&M brings it back next season. I'm not super down on R&M S3, but they dropped the ball early on and it set a negative tone for the fans. Several bottom five episodes of the entire series came in the 1st half of season 3. They did pick it up, but everyone already had a bad taste in their mouth.

ETA: Honestly, these 4 episodes would make up 4/5 of the worst episodes of the first three seasons of Rick and Morty. The first two just didn't quite have it. Something was missing. The last two were just boring and lame.

The Whirly Dirly Conspiracy
Rickmancing the Stone
Pickle Rick
Rest and Ricklaxation - Worst episode of the entire series
This post was edited on 10/4/17 at 10:52 am
Posted by LucasP
Member since Apr 2012
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Posted on 10/4/17 at 1:52 pm to
I've really enjoyed this season, but I'm typically an optimistic person.

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Then if you even discuss your opinion like I do, you get called out for being toxic and spoiled.


I'm not calling you toxic or spoiled, just letting you know that I had sex with your mom.
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