The Rick, The Mort & The Ugly

The first episode was fine although wasnt the best of rick and morty but the 2 after are just horrible, the jokes are super cheesy and boring. On a she hulk level. The plot and the dialogue also sucks ass. An example is the moment in which farmer rick went to space to find the ricks who burned his house, he said to the morty's get out of my car while they were in the middle of space. The death of the morty with the hat was also weird. The final words he said are quite cringe and off putting to listen to. The last example the line the hoof rick said felt like it was supposed to be a joke but it just didnt deliver and thats sums up almost all jokes made in this episode, empty, not thought through and painfull.

I thought the second episode of this season was an improvement over the first, so perhaps it was to be expected that this third episode was an improvement over the second.

After the fall of the citadel of Ricks, A Rick (Ian Cardoni) lives a quiet life on a planet resembling the Western Frontier. Whilst he's in town buying supplies, a group of Rick's arrive, kidnap all the Morty's (Harry Belden) and shoot Rick. Recovering, and discovering that they've burned down his farmstead - Rick sets out for revenge, alongside two Morty's that hid in his car.

Aside from providing the voices, Justin Roiland must have been the one pushing for an "A" Story / "B" Story formatting idea because they're just not doing that anymore. This is another episode that doesn't even briefly feature any of the rest of the family. . . Actually I suppose it doesn't actually even feature our Rick and Morty. The actual story of the episode is good though, a "John Wick" inspired revenge story which sees a Boss Hog Inspired Southern Gentleman version of Rick try and create a new Citadel, by experimenting on the Mortys trying to learn how to clone them.

Funny and action packed. I enjoyed it.

Ricky and Morty found success through its witty, nonstop, thought-provoking humor and clever subversion of sci-fi tropes. Unfortunately, this episode lacked all of that. It was dull, uneventful, and, frankly, a disappointment. The energy and originality that once made the show stand out seems to be fading. I truly hope this was just a one off but with each new episode, I find myself questioning whether the show is slowly losing its edge.

I was so taken aback by how lifeless and uninspired the episode felt. I went out of my way to read reviews just to make sure I wasn't imagining things. I needed to know if others felt the same way, it was out of sync with what Rick and Morty used to be.

I'm sure it is difficult to come up with original ideas that are fast paced non stop comedy. I really hope this series aligns more with South Park and not with Family Guy.

So far season 8 episodes felt like they could have a whole movie for themselves, the typical 25 minutes absolutely flew, when this episode specifically ended I thought it just started. Now with everything I enjoyed. Firstly the art and animation are stunning, all the details were carried out with cure and the scenery is amazing, very different to what most Rick and Morty fans are used to. The plot is interesting and intriguing, leaving a sense of mystery to those watching since the beginning. The episode itself is packed with action scenes, all of them carried out flawlessly, as seen so far in the season overall. The music too also really fits with the story. The only complaint really to mention is what said before: this could episode could be longer. Although one may be satisfied to how the episode ends, I almost felt underwhelmed to the fact that the story ended, thinking that there could have been more going on. Overall amazing, worth the full marks!

The pacing is off, the dialogue is bad. The new series feel like they try to recreate what worked well for the past best rated episodes. This is not what Rick and Morty is. Every episode doesnt have to be deep or have something to do with the story. The deep moments mean nothing when there arent regular smith family moments and random things inbetween. Again the pacing is off, never do they have a regular conversation like they used to. All they do is montages so they font have to write an actual story or conversation. Overall there is nothing in these episodes that makes me care for the characters. At no point during the Star Wars battles that they keep implementing kn these episodes do I ever feel concened for the characters involved. That means the show is badly written.