Current Events > Just watched the pilot of rick and morty

(+) Yeah! (+)

don't think this show is for me
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To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Rick's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realise that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Rick & Morty truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Rick's existential catchphrase "Wubba Lubba Dub Dub," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Dan Harmon's genius wit unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools.. how I pity them.
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To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Rick's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realise that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Rick & Morty truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Rick's existential catchphrase "Wubba Lubba Dub Dub," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Dan Harmon's genius wit unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools.. how I pity them.
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Bullet_Wing posted...

Copypasta aside, the entire series really isn't that great

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First episode is probably the funniest. They're robots Morty!
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Bullet_Wing posted...

Copypasta aside, the first episode really isn't that great

I heard that all the time when I would say the only episode I watched was the first episode and it was terrible, so I don't want to watch the rest. The response was always "the first 2 episodes suck, then it gets amazing".

Then recently I was basically forced to watch an episode from the latest season, the one where Rick and Morty split into good and bad versions of themselves, and it was still terrible.

So I give up on the show.
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I thought the first episode was good. The only one I've seen all the way through (well, maybe the first two -- is it a two-parter?)

the main thing annoying me was how the old guy kept burping
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Just watch Pickle Rick. You're welcome.
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It's just a bunch of burp and fart jokes
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Balrog0 posted...

I thought the first episode was good. The only one I've seen all the way through (well, maybe the first two -- is it a two-parter?)

the main thing annoying me was how the old guy kept burping

It's toned down outside of the pilot.

The pilot feels a lot more uncut compared to later episodes.
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You guys aren't even posting the whole thing -_-

Because this is CE and to be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty. The humor is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Rick's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation - his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realize that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Rick and Morty truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Rick's existencial catchphrase "Wubba Lubba Dub Dub," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Dan Harmon's genius unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools... how I pity them.And yes by the way, I DO have a Rick and Morty tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- And even they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand.

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pilot is one of my faves
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According to other people, the pilot is the worst episode.

The second episode, however, is amazing.
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