Quote: (08-21-2017 03:39 AM)BortimusPrime Wrote:
So far in season 3, I have to say their new writing staff isn't doing a very good job of it. Apparently the show's creator went out of his way to hire a half female staff and then proceeded to brag about it for male feminist cred.
What's really irritating is that they're writing the characters with different personalities. They've rewritten Rick as just a high-functioning psychopath with godlike powers from his inventions. Now when he's reckless it's always because he has some backup invention in his pocket to protect himself.
The clever absurdist humor that made the show great before has wandered more into the realm of "it's so random!" type humor.
Finally where the female writing staff leaves their mark is how Jerry is portrayed now, which seems influenced by the vitriolic hatred by women of beta males that has been discussed at large in the manosphere. In past seasons Jerry was certainly treated with constant abuse for his cowardice and passive aggression but at least he was given redeeming features in that he was trying to keep the family together. Now we see him living in squalor being mugged by coyotes for his welfare check, with only trivial negative effects of the divorce on the rest of the family. Pre-season 3 Beth would have almost certainly rapidly slipped into alcoholism once Jerry was gone, and pre-season 3 Summer and Morty actually cared about their father whereas now the most attention he gets is Morty convincing Rick to go torment Jerry in order to keep him from committing suicide. Notably this is in lieu of Morty actually visiting his father.
I'm glad you wrote this because this new season isn't living up to the glory of the last 2 and I was having trouble putting my finger on it. I was rewatching them for fun and everything about seasons 1 and 2 were infinitely funnier and better than the current one.
The problem with this season is simple: I feel bad for Jerry and the constant, "loooooosseeer" voice when they put him on screen has me directing my hatred towards the writers and pitying Jerry.
Though, I'd say the effects of the divorce on Morty and Summer weren't as downplayed as you think when they had a whole episode in that Mad Max universe. To be honest, I don't like it when they do a whole "movie" rip offs. They're my least favorite. The other episode they did last season with the purge was a wash too.
I enjoy the science fiction aburdity and the recent episode was a return to that thankfully.
I just take it as it comes. Can't get worked up about a TV show!
On an unrelated note: did anyone go see the Rickmobile? I went to one and it was a complete and utter waste of time.
There were at a minimum at least 50 no job losers who camped out the night prior in line. By the time the van showed up, the line had grown to wrapping around two entire blocks. This was also coupled with faggots selling their spots in line.
The lady and I decided to give up and instead just go up and see the Rickmobile. Pretty cool, but turns out they wouldn't let you snap a picture of thing because it wouldn't be fair to the people waiting in line who were taking pictures in front of it.
Seriously? What the fuck. You wait in line for the privilege of getting a pic in front of it. I told the guy to go fuck himself as I took the picture and left.
Honestly, they shouldn't announce the location of these events until 30 minutes before the actual scheduled time so that way people who are genuine fans of the show who have real lives can get merchandise they'll cherish and not immediately go online and resell for some obscene amount of money.