Being quite a fan of Rick and Morty, I gave this special a watch in the same way I have seen pretty much all the other specials and spin offs. And by 'gave it a watch', I mean I tried to. Several times.
Oh dear lord this is so god awful mere words can't do it justice.
I simply haven't been able to make it more than 3 minutes in yet, as attempting to do so feels like some torture channel from a dumb reality show. Except there's no reward to be had here it seems, only a greater deal of psychological damage the longer I persist.
This short seems to be deliberately ugly in its design, as I can't imagine anyone would put out such unaesthetic animation to such a wide audience- and have it approved- by accident. It's not just visually lacking, the sound design seems to be attempting to hit the mental equivalent of the brown note, making me want to physically vomit within 90 seconds. Hence my endurance not yet making it past 180 seconds- any further and I feel like I'd be in need of a clean up crew.
Maybe I'll try again with it on mute. After all, there doesn't appear to be a single auditory cue linked to the imagery. Possibly if I've just ingested something toxic, and need to expel it from my stomach.
Feel free to watch it yourselves, but don't say I didn't warn you if your guts have a similar to response to the one mine did!
(2nd star is in case I'm simply expecting too much of it from the connection to R&M)
