Ricker Than Fiction

I admit it was pretty awesome how they actually got James Gunn and Zack Synder to do voices here. This show may have better action than humor now. This episode features Rick making a machine that will make a good sequel to their favorite franchise. They then get sucked in the movie. James Gunn himself comes to steal the machine, but Jerry manages to stop him. This was a bit of a weaker episode.

The joke at the very end was too predictable. I guess it's just that I'm used to people complaining about how they can make their favorite movies better. This came off more as criticism of James Gunn than the actual fanbase. That's what they should have made fun of. It's still not the worst. It's just the self-aware bits are getting old. **1/2.

Go figure they'd do a whole episode about blaming the fans when creators make something terrible. I have a feeling this was the writers lashing out because some episodes have been pretty bad this season, but to make it even more cringe they bring in James Gunn. Groan. Nobody ever said making a movie was easy. Obviously it's hard and very stressful. But that shouldn't be an excuse for ruining a popular character or making something terrible, and certainly should not be an excuse to attack the audience because they didn't like what you made. That's like a chef serving you a raw chicken and then getting mad that the customers won't eat it.

You know what made Rick n Morty great? They made statements about society without directly bringing in current pop culture Twitter drama. But this legit felt like a really lame episode of SNL with James Gunn. I have no grievance with Gunn nor with Snyder, but ask yourself this, when has Rick n Morty ever done an episode all about a mainstream celeb complaining about their present day drama? Never.

A guest cameo or VA should be creative and fun where it's a total surprise and treat for the audience, not a direct mirror of that guest's real world problems and used solely to literally lash out at the audience while simultaneously trying to promote their new movie dropping next week. Now I'm curious if Adult Swim reached out to Gunn or if it was actually Gunn who reached out to AS and paid for them to make this episode just for him as a weird marketing strategy.

This season can be summed up in one word: mediocre. It lacks the wow factor that defined the first four seasons of the show. While this episode wasn't bad. The concept was actually quite interesting. It just missed that final touch to make it truly memorable. The season as a whole is filled with episodes that are simply average, and that's honestly disappointing. The creators really need to take a step back and reflect on what made the show great in the first place. That said, I still have faith that they can bring the magic back in future seasons. On a positive note, I do think the voice acting this season is actually better than the previous season.

I want to start off by saying, the animation this season is top notch. Some of the coolest shots of the entire show are in this episode, and really that's the main draw of this episode for me.

Unfortunately as a main plot point this episode decided to include celebrity cameos, which are fine I guess but not my cup of tea. Any time a show does one, it's immediately dated and usually ages poorer than if they hadn't.

So yeah. I get why they included the celebrities they did, but it was still a bit hard to watch. If you can get past that, there's a solid episode underneath. If nothing else, this season shows the talent of the animation team and I'm here for it.

Season 8 so far is only going downhill, the very first episode is the only one of the season that had somewhat classic rick and morty material, the rest very forgettable episodes and are not good at all. This episode is nothing different, I ended it midway coz I got bored! Something I never did before in a rick and morty watch! No story, just random sketches of unfunny material. Please creators go back to your roots and save this gem of animation, stop doing these silly episodes. I will not give up on rick and morty, at least not yet and am sure the rest of the season will at least have 1 or 2 more episodes other than the first, that redeem this mess.