Rick and Morty: Is Modern Life Soul-Crushing? - Season 3 Episode 2 Breakdown - Wisecrack Quick Take
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To celebrate the launch of Rick and Morty Season 3, we dove in head-first to create a quick breakdown of the latest episode, 'Rickmancing the Stone.' The episode raises fascinating questions about civilization and our modern comforts. Well, we're excited to ponder them with you here. And let us know what you think of the new format!
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Written by: Alec Opperman & Jared Bauer
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Yo Wisecrack! Surely you're all as excited for Rick and Morty to be back in our lives as we are! This is our first time trying a 'quick response' type format, where we dive into our analysis of awesome new stuff, but way faster. Let us know what you think! Send us your thoughts, ideas, suggestions, car keys, whatever.
loved the idea of a quicker, easyer to release format, go for it guys! :D
I think it's great, I enjoy being able to watch the episode and then soon after have the commentary to go with it.
Wisecrack shit guys, just keep up with the good work, i loved that idea of doin stuff quick and on the same quality much love from brazil. And plsssss bring got to this type of video
Wisecrack please more of this
This breakdown was awesome! I really like that you were able to respond quickly to the latest episode. I wish you might have touched on the robot versions of Rick, Morty, and Summer. I'd love to hear what you have to say about robot-morty realizing his humanity before being reset. Or Rick suggesting Beth cry 15 percent less. Anywho, thanks for another awesome video!
I used to be in the Navy. And I remember how the older guys would speak about the difference that's felt when there's a war going on, and when there isn't. How, when there's purpose for what we're doing, all servicemen and women come together for a cause. But when there's not, there's all that bickering of a monotonous lives we live. Hurry up and wait. Look that phrase up, that explains how boring the military can be when there's nothing to do. And we're all trained to do something important, supposedly. But when there's no fighting, there's a lot of just everyone lashing at each other over meaningless nonsense, like no shave chits, and uniform creases, and how shiny we can get our boots to look. I used to work on Tomcat jets, and I can't tell you how boring it is when all we're doing is wiping them down all day long to make them look clean on the ship, so other squadron's can take notice, so our squadron can get a Battle E, just for having clean jets. Clean jets! Yeah, I know exactly what you're speaking of when you speak about the difference of being part of a purpose, and when not. There's this movie called Jarhead, that I really like. And what I like about is its a movie all about that whole "hurry up and wait" mentality that exist in the military. And how boring it is. A lot of people didn't like Jarheads because there was no action going on. Nothing but training, and training, and more training in remote locals in the world. Well, even though a lot of people didn't like that movie, I know us service people did, since, THAT'S THE MILITARY, in a nutshell. Exactly how it feels like being prepared to go to war, but not going to war, and then having everyone turn on each other for frivolous nothing reasons.
I would say thanks for your service, but instead I will say thank you for the philosophical analysis.
It's great, but maybe turn the music down a bit.
I agree this is great but the music is way too loud.
Odd to see you here, years later...
"Hard times create strong men,
Strong men create good times,
Good times create weak men,
Weak men create hard times."
GabrielKnightz damn circle's!
GabrielKnightz the crazy thing is we are on the weak men point
Circle of history man.
Oh Absolutely. Myself included.
Yeah.. no. A lot of post apocalyptic fiction shows the everyman reclaiming his agency and becoming the hero of the wastes. Let's be real here. Most if us would wind up as walkers if we were in The Walking Dead, presuming our fuck up left enough of us to reanimate. Most of us would end up as one of those random skeletons you see as set dressing in Fallout. We are Jerry.
no, life has been soulcrushing at every time in history for 99.99% of the people
clydefrosch life is soul crushing and short, don't live it unhappily, that's all you can really try to do, find some goddamn happiness in anyway you can. Find your joy
but my job doesnt make me miserable and neither does paper money. not even the systems tied to those things.
also, life and death shit has been known to be not just soul- but also lifecrushing for people for as far back as history can reach, so that doesn't seem like a good alternative to begin with
Yeah, I'm pretty sure 19th century Russian serfs, French peasants during the ancien regime, slaves in the US south or the indigenous inhabitants of the Congo free state, would be envious of the daily grind of modern westerners. Civilisation isn't all it is cracked up to be, but modern westerners have it very good by the standards of human civilisation.
Happiness is indeed relative not absolute, but once we accept that idea fully the idea of progress becomes meaningless. If people's happiness is solely down to biochemical reactions in the Brain, not external stimuli, then why do anything besides taking various types of narcotics? Does that mean that Mandela was wasting his time fighting apartheid? What about the chartists and suffragists/suffragettes? The abolitionist movement? Independence struggles? The Feminist movement?
These shit still mean life or death, but less cleary. Interesting.
I'm surprised that he didn't bring up when Robot Morty starts ranting about wanting to live and experience life. not just having ice cream sliding down his throat but eating it actually experiencing it to its fullest. which actually sort of describes how monotonous and dull our modern lives have become that we just lay around dealing with whatever shit is thrown at us and not taking risks and actually LIVING life
that the only way we would reject this style of life if we were pre-programmed to live that way and not adapt to it as we "grow" as people
SuckMyGiggity Noot Or it was a joke and people just grasp for straws in this show about fart jokes.
Benjamin Price it's not grasping at straws if that's what the actual dual intent and message behind the joke truly is. I don't get why that's a problem for you?
Pat Brown It's not, but people give this show a lot more credit than it should have. Doesn't change the fact that it's a hilarious show and one of my favorites on TV right now, I just think it's fan base can be a little full of themselves.
Ad Vert You do realize that's not my point, at all, right?
I liked how this episode of Rick and Morty took escapism from real life problems far more literally then expected.
Holy shit, jared is a real guy??? And he can move??
And he doesn't have mustache eyebrows.
Vicente Ortega Rubilar q2
Golf clap. Awesome job!
Wasn't on board till you said Jake Paul, please explain how dabbing on the haters is actually an expression of how capitalism exploits children for profit.
Danny Daniels lol
ye better just be exploited by those that are already rich and mighty instead of being "exploited" by those that cant or wont work for any reason. and by the way: the absolute majority of people still want to work even when given a choice to stop. numerous studies have shown this before. capitalism is not sustainable unless you create more and more artificial industries which is already done with the banking industry and ofc the war industry. capitalism is failing many people every single day since many hundreds of years and people go and say no form of socialism can ever lead to a better life simply because specific forms of socialism (in most cases even in a dictatorship) did not work in the past. and no capitalism is not the root of all evil... greed is! capitalism is just a symptom ^^
"capitalism is just a symptom (of greed)" yeah... that´s one of the most important features of Classical Liberalism, which not only accepts and embraces human defects, for example greed, but creates a system of incentives that make them become a force that helps society by creating new inventions, building advanced infrastructure, investing in science and other wonderful things that improve the quality of life of everyone, in contrast to communism which believes greed is created by a capitalist society and thinks that once such system is abolished a New Man without envy or ambition will be (re)created...
"artificial industries (...) the banking industry and ofc the war industry" What is your definition of "artificial industries"?. The War Industry has a clear purpose: supply the always existing demand for tools of war, you can consider that immoral and I wouldn't disagree but the War Industry did not create war, I would say that is as old as Society if not older, so it is as natural as the industry gets. The same happens with banking, while they have other functions (i think) they primarily exist because of two:
1- people need a place to safely store their money (supplying an existing demand),
2- people need capital or money now at the expense of their future earnings to start a business or afford an object they either need or desire ( supplying an existing demand).
"no form of socialism can ever lead to a better life" as long as it only reforms capitalism, instead of abolishing it, Democratic Socialism is a good example(fun fact: Article 14 of the UDHR guarantees the right to own property)
"simply because specific forms of socialism (in most cases even in a dictatorship) did not work in the past" So we should just ignore all the empirical evidence that says socialism doesn't work in an industrial society because every time humanity has tried it, it wasn't the correct form of socialism? Please, enlight me, what is the one and true socialist way, you may select it from this list at will. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_socialism. Remeber it can't coexist with the evil ways of capitalism or end in a dictatorship when it has been put into practice.
Love it. More like this. SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT!!!
Tommy P Delanuit lol cracked me up
I just got shwifity with your comment.
Totally dug the format of the new quick-release video. It's great to be able to hear the analysis so quickly after the episode's release. P.S. I freakin' love everything you dudes do. I'm a junior in high school, and your videos about South Park, and how the show tackles the diminishing returns of empty profanity and the ineffectiveness of PC helped me write my English final essay on censorship. You're actually one of my cited sources on that paper. Your video on the philosophy of the Joker also helped me with a separate essay, wherein I argued that Iago, the Shakespearean villain from Othello, is a psychopath, and that's why he does the heinous things he does. The Joker and Iago are frighteningly similar characters. And anything you've ever released about Rick & Morty has only deepened my absolute love for the show. So thank you. Seriously. You guys rock.
I thought the background music was Bad Apple for a moment
it was
Jaro Pennanen; fucking same!
Christian Gutierrez I don't think it was, or if so the melody never kicked in. The notes end differently on the second verse of the low sounding part. I looked it up and I can't find a version of it from the musician listed in the description.
Also, it is at this point I realize I have no knowledge of correct musical terms. /:
You guys should definitely do more of these, good way to get some good quick ideas about shows and movies out that you can elaborate on later as necessary
Jerry's the only one who can kill rick since his such a non-threat
I love this rapid response format, and frankly with the semester starting (and since Wisecrack tends to inform some of my best written essays) it could not arrive at a better time.
Anyone notice the similarities between summer and the bucket head guy and c-137 summer and Jerry? The ones you so in Rickshank Redemtion .
Thoroughly surprised you were able to put this together in just a few days; quality stuff. More of this please; will watch.
Know that? I didnt even know he had a face.
as long as doing this little guys does not stop you from doing the big wisecrack editions as usual, im all for it they seem great
Nolan trilogy part 2!!!!!!!!!
yusuf shaikh GIMME
Script is wrapping up. We should have it soon!
Wisecrack don't forget Dunkirk
Hey what is the song at 4:08 please?
All of Wisecrack's Rick and Morty bits are gold.
Great format. Would love to see more of this!
I like this quicker style. Of course, it's no match for your normal videos, but more quality content like this is never a bad thing
This song sounds like "Bad Apple"
Please make such videos for every episode!! Just a breakdown for all episodes will make my day!
Do FUTURAMA
The ironic thing is Ricks dig at Jerry fits his case to.
Being a randomly drifting dude with no purpose that isn't happy due to the lack of control he has over himself.
Just rather than being the passive force that Jerry is, Rick is the aggressive.
What I like the most about this kind aof show is that people go out of they way to analize every little facet of it and them in the enxt episode the MC turns itself in a pickle.
Good thing about these videos is that I learn something new. Bad thing is I forget what I learn after another topic
I Freak'n love the philosophy you bring to all your videos. One of my fav channels to binge. Thanks for all you guys do. Good Work!!!!
Any southpark and Rick&Morty Wisecrack video is a GOLDMINE ! Do more of them please !
This theme really ties into Black Mirror. We're really experiencing this onset of existential dread about the idea of having everything we could or should hypothetically want and still not being happy at all, and in fact, the idea that advancing with technology might actually make it worse
They live in a society that obsesses over fighting.
Mayweather vs. McGregor fight is on August 26th (8/26)
House address @ 6:36 = 826
Coincidence?
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I loved this episode! So happy Wisecrack is here to help me frame my ideas and impressions about the potent and captivating television program known as Rick and Morty. I especially appreciated the Jerry analysis and all the commentary pertaining to the trappings and consequences of modern society. I relate far too much to the inert, indecisive, pathetic and weak lump of molecules that is Jerry, and the whole "an apocalypse would reveal in you the man that you know you could be" concept speaks to me on a spiritual level. Since I'm not smart enough to turn myself into a pickle, I gotta grind and reclaim my agency some other way. Anyway...again, love this channel, love this show, keep doing what you do! I'm definitely going to check out the podcast.
Am I the only one who hears a Bad Apple in Wisecrack theme song?
same
INEEDACOFEEBREAK hungry for apples?
Definetly dope when Jared is actually shown talking
hey guys love the episode, and the new podcast. After watching episode 4 I think I noticed that if you pull back and look at the season as a whole there seems to be a twisted take on a theme about caring. For instance in Rickshank redemption in the scene with the standoff where summer is held hostage, Rick is accused of being a rouge because he cares about his grandchildren. Later he states he only cares about the damn dipping sauce and not his dead wife and child (which he says was made up). IN Episode 2 we see the Death Stalkers who supposedly care about nothing, willing to kill to reclaim the glowing rock dispite not knowing anything about the power it holds. We see Hemorrhage caring about looking cool with his helmet, Morty caring about venting his fustrations via his muscle arm, and rick caring only about what he can get from the green glowing rock. in episode 3 we see the embassy workers using the only thing Jaguar cares about (his daughter) to twist his arm into battling Rick. In episode 4we are teased that Rick might care for Morty, when in reality its Newp Newp, and we see Morty caring about the vindicators, missing their second adventure, and subsequently caring less and less as he witnesses each one dying in the saw maze. would love to hear your thoughts on this in the next podcast/video.
Jared. You're a handsome man with a rockin' haircut. Please do more videos like this!
Great review! I'm surprised you never once mentioned Jean-Jacques Rousseau "Discourse on the Origin of Inequality" once though, as his philosophy is the bedrock Rick & Morty leaned on in that last episode.
This is done very well. Wisecrack your brain is your number one asset not your graphic design (which is also awesome by the way). I like this format. Please do more like this and Game and Thrones. I love you all. Great job!
Thanks, Jared, you and the Wisecrack gang are the best!
I never comment on anything on youtube, keep this new format up. I like it very much
This is awesome, keep it up guys
this is great. I still love the previous one but please do continue this thing for ongoing shows. :) cheers wisecrack!
From one of the teaser clips, we see Rick and Jerry riding a rollercoaster together, meaning Rick has made some attempt to reach out to him.
Yaaasss more rick and morty videos and podcasts to keep me busy while I wait for the next episode please and thank you
Best format of an episode so far! Great job bro
(First, I actually think Jerry only got those promotions because the federation thought he turned Rick in, but that's unrelated)
I think another lesson like this we see through the show is how even starting a family can easily crush somebody. We hear Rick's rant about love and how it ends with you being trapped in an unhappy marriage, (telling Morty to focus on science, which from a nihilistic standpoint is one of the only professions that would make you mean anything in life) and we see in the show how getting an abortion got Jerry a spot in the high life, acting, sleeping with beautiful women, and taking lots of drugs, with Beth landing her dream job and getting a house full of exotic birds and books. On top of that, in the Rick and Morty comic series we see doofus Rick's universe, where he never had kids, and see that not only has Rick used science for good (Commenting casually that he's cured cancer, etc.) but that without Beth ever even existing Jerry's become a professional businessman and gained a confident attitude, owning countless businesses, being the richest man alive, and literally owning dictionaries that have his photo put in place of the definition for "Success."
Okay Wisecrack real talk. It really pains me that you don't have a number of videos dedicated to Cowboy Beebop, I would have assumed it to be the perfect show for this channel to tackle and would love to see it come up some time soon. Thanks ;)
This video along with the fight club video and a few others are so incredibly MOTIVATING.
You really pulled me out of a rut. Thanks Jared! and thank you WiseCrack
Omg you are making me rethink my life. 😭😭😭 wwwwhhhhhhyyyyy????
Maybe you realised that you aren't just an inert chunk of randomly addressed molecules drifting wherever the universe blows you, didn't you?
Great idea and video. Please try and make a "concept review" for every episode. It gives the whole Rick and Morty experience more flavour. Thank you
I loved that song you wrote about Waterloo!
"Season 3 is ruined"
"Female writers ruined rick and morty"
"It's sjw bullshit"
People love to hate everything
Dude, no one said that here. This aint Schwiftposting lol
This episode wasn't really SJW in the slightest. Unless I didn't know already, I wouldn't be able to tell the episode was written by a woman. It's still classic Rick and Morty nihilism and existentialism.
Honestly isn't complaining about SJW bullshit just another recreational triviality that's embedded itself into modern society? Say for instance the same as complaining about recycling. In itself it's just complaints inside of complaints.
Grady Childs the only reason why dad has even come up it's because of the sjw that were complaining about there not being any female writers before
I have absolutely no problem with female writers just hope they don't stuff a shit ton of feminist shit in it. Keep the variety of topics going.
Also this episode wasn't really funny. Hoping they do better.
Video wise I like the quickness, only critique I have is that I enjoy the onscreen references to philosophers. Like, instead hold up a book or something. I like tangential learning.
Silly little comment: you guys are amazing! There's not a single person who doesn't thank me for showing them your channel. Keep the good work, mates. :)
Wisecrack philosophy: Heres a rick and morty video
Teacher: wisecrack this is the 5th week youve shown a rick and morty philosophy to the class
I like it, but I love the "Philosophy of" videos even more, just because of all the detail!
This still works though and I'll vigorously watch all your videos :D
I like this format. I would really enjoy something like that on each episode.
Please do a multi-episode look at Madmen. That show has profoundly paralleled the trivialities, struggles, and concerns of society today (only difference is that it's in the late 60s). Throughout the whole show, each character represents a different perspective on life and their exploration to find meaning.
If Wisecrack really took the time to analyze the show, you could make something significant in helping the new generation find meaning in the "soul-crushing" modern world.
Jerry in a fight club scene and growing a pair, good shout!
Am I the only one who didn't like this episode very much? I mean, I didn't hate it, but I dunno I didn't like it. Also the characters are becoming a bit too bloodthirsty for my liking. Hope they don't go down the way of Family Guy.
Rick opened up a portal to an "Earth" where life is like Mad Max. Of course it's going to be violent.
Skeith This season got darker... But not because of the joy of violence like Family Guy; it was that the kids overcame their family's problems in such an immature way.
Skeith it's getting darker and darker, not just gorier, so I would say it's going in the exact opposite direction than family guy
i really like this style! same content in a format that it easier for yall to put out which means more content for us!! neato!
All of these eps are DEEP.
This episode is the first thing I thought about when the Madolorian first removed his helmet
revealing that 'stache
I like you guys being able to make content that keeps up with current events. That's almost to good to be true, I just hope you don't kill the quality of the intellectual thoughts of the show doing that.
Awesome job Wisecrack! Lengthy episodes or shorter, more concise ones, you can do them both.
4:59 @ the butterfly portrait on the wall...
Awesooome. Please do more quick responses. To all next R&M episodes at least, of course.
Love the new format! A little more screen time for Jared would break up the clips better, easier to edit too.
Keep making these for m Rick and Morty and life. It's helps with my depression 🙂
You should continue with this, it's pretty fun
Done well, would love to see you guys do more of this.
I actually really like this format.
I liked this episode a lot. It's more like Earthling Cinema, but much more relatable as I can see a person and their expressions, not just the tone of their voice.
Awesome video, just as much in-depth analysis as a full show! I loved this episode but did have a problem with how on-the-nose the dialogue was with connecting their handling on the divorce to their situation, didn't feel subtle enough... but at least they had this extra layer of society anarchism that wasn't so blunt. Can't wait for the next episode Wisecrack!
More Rick and Morty and Game of Thrones content would be fantastic guys! Love the channel keep up the good work
Yes! My favorite TH-cam channel doing a weekly episode on my favorite TV show.
Carry on Wisecrack!
First episode and you nailed it. Looking foward to what's next.
Hey, hey, hey, I think the Philosophy of the Pickle Rick episode needs to be done next, because there were so many obscure hints dropped here and there that seemed like metaphors. There was a lot about eating shit*taki mushrooms*, the Russian myth of the Pickle Man, and everything the therapist said, *which was incredible*. I mean, this is a show basically about the fact that our lives are meaningless and the universe doesn't care. That is depressing shit*taki mushrooms*. And the therapist made it ok. Which blew my mind. I also loved the different reactions of Summer and Morty, and Rick and Beth. It was like Summer and Morty wanted to find meaning in their lives again, because the whole nihilism shtick destroyed their family, but Beth and Rick had already accepted that and didn't want to change; so they ignored Summer and Morty at the end. But still, I think those two made a breakthrough too. They just showed it differently.
*Wait.*
Maybe the shit is a metaphor for the interdimensional shit Rick's family is eating, so that's why they went to the therapist. In a way, everyone eats their own kind of mental shit.
*TAKI MUSHROOMS!!!!*
All therapists are plumbers.
Perfect! I really enjoy this format. Please, stick with it!
Jerry speaks on behalf of all programming students,employees .
As you've suggested before - we require some struggle to be fulfilled. Life seems entirely meaningless without struggle. Because of this, I'm moving to Laos in a couple weeks. It's a place were conflicts are still meaningful.
After marathoning Rick and Morty yesterday I thought how someone writing on the episodes is dealing with some serious soul-crushing emotional pain.
Awesome analysis. You should do this for every roadhouse
Please do more of this. Thanks, you guys rock
Keep it up for the whole season
Love everything you guys do. Except when it comes to things I haven't seen or read. But those things I just don't love yet
bout time you guys started a podcast!!
Love this format, the fact that Rick and Mort is so awesome might have a part to play but still, keep going
this reformulates how i see things
Do you even have to ask?
Yes. It is soul-crushing.
I swear, part of me is looking forward to a time in the future where I may have to live in the wilderness and won’t have worry about petty bullshit anymore.
Like, I really do wish there were a singular way of living that everyone can be okay with.
But, no, the universe just had to make us into complex beings with larger-size brains that make us overcomplicate everything.
Cool format. Bite size, yet informative.
eventually, i'll feel that soul crushing normality when i find a job, a spouse, have kids etc...but it doesn't seem to bad to be working so that i can feed my family, see them grow up, cherish fond memories, etc...life has meaning if you actually put effort to find it...but hey wuba la ba dub dub, that's my philosophy for life
Listening to podcast now, for the love of squanch keep making them!
This brings another theme to me : It's the question asking, "Has humanity gotten a lot happier compared to history?" Surely, we're happier when we don't have to be constantly on high alert to survive in the savannah or be a peasant worrying about famine but how much is humanity happier to an extent or in what areas? It seems to create the idea - that even as society develops technologically and culturally, do we actually develop in the direction of happiness? Is modern life problems just replacing the problems of the past?
It seems to show it with Rick : A scientist who gets to experience the wonders of the universe and do whatever he wants with the power of his intelligence yet is endlessly bored with his life. If science invents something like the ability to live a 1000 years in the far future, does it mean they're actually happy? It signals what it might have to do with modern life. We are forced to work meaninglessly to buy more things we don't need. Just like how technological and cultural advancements can keep creating things that don't give us what we want most in life : happiness.
Yes please make more Rick and Morty quick takes
Yeah totally worth the trade off to get more of these! Keep it up for sure :) thanks for keeping us entertained
Holy Shit! Y'all explain so well I come back right after every episode. Thank you so much 💖