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July 31, 2017 7:55 AM Subscribe
Master of All Science: The makers of Frinkiac and Morbotron (previously) have now made a screencap and GIF generator for Rick and Morty. Welcome to the darkest year of our adventures.
Wow. Already blocked by my work network. That was quick.
posted by Etrigan at 8:57 AM on July 31, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by Etrigan at 8:57 AM on July 31, 2017 [2 favorites]
I would like these folks to next make a Bob's Burgers generator because I need to able to express infinite endlessly-nuanced 'oh my god's.
posted by palindromic at 9:06 AM on July 31, 2017 [12 favorites]
posted by palindromic at 9:06 AM on July 31, 2017 [12 favorites]
I know it's Rick and Morty which makes it cool and all, but isn't this Szechuan Sauce thing just Pepsi Blue? There's no way this wasn't a planned marketing campaign for McDonald's and it's weird people seem to be excited about it.
posted by Sangermaine at 10:10 AM on July 31, 2017
posted by Sangermaine at 10:10 AM on July 31, 2017
Hopefully not a stealth AskMeFi: I started watching the first episode of R&M last night and wondered if Rick is little more than Gravity Falls' Grunkle Stan without the humanity.
Is the show recommended by MeFite viewers?
posted by the sobsister at 10:33 AM on July 31, 2017
Is the show recommended by MeFite viewers?
posted by the sobsister at 10:33 AM on July 31, 2017
I think the Szechuan Sauce thing is not quite Pepsi Blue. I think it's the creators underestimating just how fanatical their fans are. It could have been anything. Crystal Pepsi, OK Cola, the crappy chewing gum from Topps Baseball cards. It happened to Szechuan Sauce. Maybe I'm wrong, but if McDonalds were planning on bringing the sauce back otherwise, would Rick and Morty have been where they decided to do their marketing? Not with, y'know, Disney, who might want to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Mulan?
the sobsister: It gets deeper. Much like Grunkle Stan, he has emotions and feelings he's trying to hide. I've enjoyed the show immensely, and I also loved Gravity Falls and other touchy-feely cartoons like Steven Universe.
posted by explosion at 10:38 AM on July 31, 2017 [3 favorites]
the sobsister: It gets deeper. Much like Grunkle Stan, he has emotions and feelings he's trying to hide. I've enjoyed the show immensely, and I also loved Gravity Falls and other touchy-feely cartoons like Steven Universe.
posted by explosion at 10:38 AM on July 31, 2017 [3 favorites]
They are excited about the sauce. I mean, I want the sauce.
posted by Stonestock Relentless at 10:39 AM on July 31, 2017
posted by Stonestock Relentless at 10:39 AM on July 31, 2017
It happened to Szechuan Sauce. Maybe I'm wrong, but if McDonalds were planning on bringing the sauce back otherwise, would Rick and Morty have been where they decided to do their marketing?
I don't think it was about bringing back that specific sauce. It was about McDonald's getting a huge PR boost from a currently hot and trendy show.
Is the show recommended by MeFite viewers?
It's a good show overall, though not nearly as good as its more rabid fans make it out to be. It's pretty uneven but can be very smart and funny. It does have heart but you need to be ready for a heavy dose of darkness and cynicism. The later episodes add a lot of depth to Rick's character and help contextualize his asshole abrasiveness to some extent.
posted by Sangermaine at 10:52 AM on July 31, 2017
I don't think it was about bringing back that specific sauce. It was about McDonald's getting a huge PR boost from a currently hot and trendy show.
Is the show recommended by MeFite viewers?
It's a good show overall, though not nearly as good as its more rabid fans make it out to be. It's pretty uneven but can be very smart and funny. It does have heart but you need to be ready for a heavy dose of darkness and cynicism. The later episodes add a lot of depth to Rick's character and help contextualize his asshole abrasiveness to some extent.
posted by Sangermaine at 10:52 AM on July 31, 2017
I would like these folks to next make a Bob's Burgers generator because I need to able to express infinite endlessly-nuanced 'oh my god' yt s.
How many "H"s are there in Tina's "uhhhhhhhh"s?
posted by Strange Interlude at 10:59 AM on July 31, 2017 [4 favorites]
How many "H"s are there in Tina's "uhhhhhhhh"s?
posted by Strange Interlude at 10:59 AM on July 31, 2017 [4 favorites]
Thanks, explosion and Sangermaine. I'm a big fan of both Gravity Falls and Stephen Universe, so I'll give this a shot.
posted by the sobsister at 11:08 AM on July 31, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by the sobsister at 11:08 AM on July 31, 2017 [1 favorite]
I started watching the first episode of R&M last night and wondered if Rick is little more than Gravity Falls' Grunkle Stan without the humanity.
What explosion said, but I'd also add that Rick & Morty's relationship is also a play on the unspoken weirdness of the Doc & Marty relationship in the Back to the Future films, and Rick himself is basically an ugly-American recontextualization of The Doctor from Doctor Who. The intertextuality with other sci-fi properties makes it into kind of an interesting commentary on the character dynamics of the stuff we grew up loving but not necessarily questioning.
posted by Strange Interlude at 11:10 AM on July 31, 2017 [9 favorites]
What explosion said, but I'd also add that Rick & Morty's relationship is also a play on the unspoken weirdness of the Doc & Marty relationship in the Back to the Future films, and Rick himself is basically an ugly-American recontextualization of The Doctor from Doctor Who. The intertextuality with other sci-fi properties makes it into kind of an interesting commentary on the character dynamics of the stuff we grew up loving but not necessarily questioning.
posted by Strange Interlude at 11:10 AM on July 31, 2017 [9 favorites]
I've always liked that the characters use the word "sci-fi" to describe the kind of shit Rick gets involved in.
posted by Pope Guilty at 11:16 AM on July 31, 2017
posted by Pope Guilty at 11:16 AM on July 31, 2017
I started watching the show a couple of months ago. It took me awhile to be fully on-board with it. I mean the moment that finally removed any reservations I had about the show came in episode 9 (it involves passing the butter, not to spoil anything). The voice-acting and the way they draw eyeballs (pupils especially) took some getting used to. But it's a pretty great show overall and I'm looking forward to more new episodes in the coming weeks.
posted by wabbittwax at 11:29 AM on July 31, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by wabbittwax at 11:29 AM on July 31, 2017 [1 favorite]
It's a good show overall, though not nearly as good as its more rabid fans make it out to be.
Jerry, is that you ?
posted by Pendragon at 11:55 AM on July 31, 2017 [1 favorite]
Jerry, is that you ?
posted by Pendragon at 11:55 AM on July 31, 2017 [1 favorite]
I mean the moment that finally removed any reservations I had about the show came in episode 9 (it involves passing the butter, not to spoil anything).
It's not quite the mission statement that is Morty's speech at the end of the first interdimensional cable episode, but it's more succinct.
posted by Pope Guilty at 1:12 PM on July 31, 2017 [2 favorites]
It's not quite the mission statement that is Morty's speech at the end of the first interdimensional cable episode, but it's more succinct.
posted by Pope Guilty at 1:12 PM on July 31, 2017 [2 favorites]
Is the show recommended by MeFite viewers?
I really want to like Rick and Morty. But the more I watch it the more I just really kinda loathe Rick. And Morty. Neither of them is, IMHO, pleasant to spend time with.
This feeling took a while to grow. I watched it all the way to the season ender that sees Rick getting taken off to Space Prison. But I just never bothered with the next season. And last night my ex-with-benefits watched part of the new season opener and told me that, yeah, that sure hasn't really changed.
It's got its moments, definitely. There's some really good comedy sci-fi going on in it. But I just don't feel like "spending a half hour hanging out with Justin Roiland's inner assholes" is a good use of my time any more.
posted by egypturnash at 6:59 PM on July 31, 2017
I really want to like Rick and Morty. But the more I watch it the more I just really kinda loathe Rick. And Morty. Neither of them is, IMHO, pleasant to spend time with.
This feeling took a while to grow. I watched it all the way to the season ender that sees Rick getting taken off to Space Prison. But I just never bothered with the next season. And last night my ex-with-benefits watched part of the new season opener and told me that, yeah, that sure hasn't really changed.
It's got its moments, definitely. There's some really good comedy sci-fi going on in it. But I just don't feel like "spending a half hour hanging out with Justin Roiland's inner assholes" is a good use of my time any more.
posted by egypturnash at 6:59 PM on July 31, 2017
It's definitely a show built around at least one tremendous asshole (though I wouldn't say exclusively assholes) if you are sick of that sort of comedy. What makes it stand out is some of the densest, cleverest writing I've ever seen.
posted by atoxyl at 7:13 PM on July 31, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by atoxyl at 7:13 PM on July 31, 2017 [2 favorites]
One of the ameliorating factors is the emergence of Summer as a deuteragonist, similar to how Diane operates in Bojack Horseman.
posted by Halloween Jack at 9:08 PM on July 31, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by Halloween Jack at 9:08 PM on July 31, 2017 [3 favorites]
Is the show recommended by MeFite viewers?
There are some parts which are definitely tough to watch. The scene with Morty and King Jellybean (and the effect it has on Morty) isn't played for an edgy laugh the way it might be done on a show like Family Guy, it's meant to be seen as horrible. But that emotional range, which is something that early seasons of The Simpsons had, is what keeps me coming back.
posted by um at 9:57 PM on July 31, 2017 [1 favorite]
There are some parts which are definitely tough to watch. The scene with Morty and King Jellybean (and the effect it has on Morty) isn't played for an edgy laugh the way it might be done on a show like Family Guy, it's meant to be seen as horrible. But that emotional range, which is something that early seasons of The Simpsons had, is what keeps me coming back.
posted by um at 9:57 PM on July 31, 2017 [1 favorite]
Egypturnash, the prison episode is the end of the 2nd season. The 2nd episode of the 3rd season just premiered on Sunday, so you actually only missed 2 episodes, which may explain why nothing's really changed.
posted by LizBoBiz at 6:40 AM on August 1, 2017
posted by LizBoBiz at 6:40 AM on August 1, 2017
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