Ricker Than Fiction

The only nice part of the episode was the prison escape - it was actually entertaining and well done. Apart from that, the rest felt lazy and uninspired. The jokes didn't land, the pacing was off, and the plot was just meh overall. It felt like filler, not something memorable or essential to the series. Characters were just going through the motions, nothing new or exciting. Honestly, if it weren't for the prison sequence, this would've been a solid 3. The show has clearly lost a lot of its quality since Justin Roiland was kicked out. The writing feels watered down, the humour is way less sharp. Hope it picks up in future episodes, but this one was disappointing.

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.

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.

The whole episode revolves around references to the american pop figures of Hollywood. It's like the worst of all Bojack Horseman moments condensed in 20 minutes of a completly different series.

Remember all times that "science fiction" forget the "science" part? It wasn't worse than each time the troupe of "science=magic" appears during the episode. The writters aren't getting lazier: they are just hiring people that doesn't understand the original series and start to write a post-20th-season of Simpsons episode but changing the characters. It's the same feeling.

Rick and Morty is having great episodes from time to time, but the bad ones, like this one, are really bad.

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.