According to The Myth of Sisyphus by Alber Camus, "The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor". While Sisyphus' punishment had him rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, mine is to watch every season of Rick and Morty, whether I want to or not. Even with Justin Roiland currently flipping burgers under his new Sexual Predator Relocation (SPR) identity, his disgusting little inbred child still visits me over the course of ten weeks each and every year. After last season, I believed that this show had become irredeemable, now nothing but a vehicle for Reddit-tier humor, neverending meta commentary, and disgusting plots meant only to satisfy the twisted fetishes of its co-creator Dan Harmon. So this begs the question, how was the new episode of Rick and Morty?
It was alright. kind of a weird way to open a season, but I'll take it. Having Mr. Poopybutthole as a main character was kinda neat, and seeing Rick's semi recurring cast of weirdo friends just getting to have fun was a nice change of pace. Also thank God there wasn't some horrible, unfitting, overly long B-plot involving the less and less interesting antics of the Smith family. Hugh Jackman being here was dumb, I didn't enjoy his inclusion in the slightest. At least it was a somewhat warped and cynical portrayal, unlike modern Simpsons, which only invited guest stars in order to stroke their egos.
My main problem with this episode was the comedy. There just wasn't any. I don't know if this was an intentional choice or not, but I just felt like there was a pretty blatant lack of elaborate jokes are even clever dialogue exchanges. It just kind of felt like stuff was happening and occasionaly something sort of humorous would occur. I don't know if they changed the writing team or something but it all just feels kind of off. To address the elephant in the room, I feel like the new voice actors for our titular duo are fine. Not as good as Roiland, but pretty close all things considered. Whoever was doing Mister Poopybutthole nailed it though. Again, it's strange to have a premiere that hardly features Morty at all, and that lack of screentime may be influencing my thoughts on the voices.
Either way, just kind of a whatever way to start the season. Doesn't fit with Rick and Morty's recent lows, but certainly doesn't hit their highs either.
Review by JakurzVIP 2BlockedParent2023-10-16T18:28:20Z
According to The Myth of Sisyphus by Alber Camus, "The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor". While Sisyphus' punishment had him rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, mine is to watch every season of Rick and Morty, whether I want to or not. Even with Justin Roiland currently flipping burgers under his new Sexual Predator Relocation (SPR) identity, his disgusting little inbred child still visits me over the course of ten weeks each and every year. After last season, I believed that this show had become irredeemable, now nothing but a vehicle for Reddit-tier humor, neverending meta commentary, and disgusting plots meant only to satisfy the twisted fetishes of its co-creator Dan Harmon. So this begs the question, how was the new episode of Rick and Morty?
It was alright. kind of a weird way to open a season, but I'll take it. Having Mr. Poopybutthole as a main character was kinda neat, and seeing Rick's semi recurring cast of weirdo friends just getting to have fun was a nice change of pace. Also thank God there wasn't some horrible, unfitting, overly long B-plot involving the less and less interesting antics of the Smith family. Hugh Jackman being here was dumb, I didn't enjoy his inclusion in the slightest. At least it was a somewhat warped and cynical portrayal, unlike modern Simpsons, which only invited guest stars in order to stroke their egos.
My main problem with this episode was the comedy. There just wasn't any. I don't know if this was an intentional choice or not, but I just felt like there was a pretty blatant lack of elaborate jokes are even clever dialogue exchanges. It just kind of felt like stuff was happening and occasionaly something sort of humorous would occur. I don't know if they changed the writing team or something but it all just feels kind of off.
To address the elephant in the room, I feel like the new voice actors for our titular duo are fine. Not as good as Roiland, but pretty close all things considered. Whoever was doing Mister Poopybutthole nailed it though. Again, it's strange to have a premiere that hardly features Morty at all, and that lack of screentime may be influencing my thoughts on the voices.
Either way, just kind of a whatever way to start the season. Doesn't fit with Rick and Morty's recent lows, but certainly doesn't hit their highs either.