That's kind of ironic because all the fandom wanted for the longest time was story progression and the show runs straight up said they weren't giving us that. The entire train episode is an attempt to subtly tell the audience the status quo is priority over evolution.
If at the point the galactic government caught him , instead of becoming a mad god, it would turn serious, very much serialized, dramatic, with stakes, perhaps Morty and even Jerry trying to save him with stuff found in the garage and maybe some mega intelligence seeds, less humour, that would be change too. Change is fine. Being just bad isn't.
The last season has been comparable to season 1-3 in my opinion. Maybe you perceive the first 3 seasons as a lot better cause of the emotions you felt when you first watched it.
It feels like you had the idea to rag on the show before season 7 came out and then didn't pay attention to the near universal praise around the show getting its groove back. I'm also not sure you understand what this show is actually about... can't refute all your points in a TH-cam comment, but yeah - maybe try analyzing a different property?
The earlier episodic episodes were peak Rick and Morty. The alien simulation, purge, inception episodes to name a few. The characters had specific mannerisms, Inter personal dynamics, specific humor to the situation. The characters weren’t insufferable, the jokes weren’t over done meta analysis, the mannerisms genuinely made me laugh. RIP peak Rick and Morty, you will be missed.
the "Rick and Morty's fall into inconsistency" TH-cam video essay has become a lot more played out than anything on the show itself. I'll always be here for the new episodes
You are extremely articulate and I agree that the main issue is the building of serial narrative in the beginning only for there to be dissonance between the serial and episodic nature.
Season 7 was one of the best. They're all good episodes except for that Numericons one. Hate to go all copypasta, but I think you've missed the mark on some of the characters and themes and maybe the show just isn't for you.
Xiaolin Showdown (the original, not chronicles) did the whole episodic show with overarching elements right. It kept character development done in each episode without making the characters feel like completely different people in the next episode. There was a problem with episodes being shown somewhat randomly, fir example if you see part 2 before 1 of a 2-part episode, but that isn't a problem with writing.
I would say that the show relied so much upon weird surrealism that it had to burn out pretty early. When making a show like Emmerdale, where people go about their merry day, you can make 10000 episodes, but when you're making a show like Rick and Morty, you have to come up with completely crazy things all the time, to keep the viewers. How many of you could even come up with one of the episodes from S1? Same goes with shows like Ugly Americans and Adventure time. The former did the right thing, and stopped after two seasons. But some shows just keep squeezing.
People in the comments are disagreeing, but i don't know why. You're spot on. I used to want to watch the newest episode of rick and Morty, now i get all i want from clips on tik tok
they're brainwashed fans man, they have no sense of quality, this show died a long time ago, the nail in the coffin for me was when Justin got exposed.
Nah i agree with you... I know a lot of people are saying that they loved season 7 but to me it was meh to as bad as the sperm episode... I feel like the worst part was the way they tied up Rick prime in that they essentially made evil morty a mary sue and made all of Rick's trauma fucking pointless. So Rick's been tracking this guy for DECADES... he has murdered THOUSANDS of other Rick's in an attempt to get to Rick prime who, btw, only started having prominence in 2 episodes one season ago. And then evil morty just comes in and INSTANTLY... no struggle what-so-ever, gives rick the info to locate Rick prime, or at least the clone that takes him directly to rick prime's strong hold that then leads to Rick prime. If it was that easy, that simple that it was resolved in a 1 minute scene then why the fuck and how the fuck does rick have trauma that lasted YEARS with no resolution. The show tells one thing and then shows another. Then they just go and evil morty basically has to defeat Rick prime for rick... what the fuck. What happened to the build up and the pay off? Then the tonal whiplash... they will constantly go from talking about Rick's depression to then making a joke about it completely ripping any deep moment away as if they're scared to have a serious moment. Like he tells his entire backstory and has to call it his crybaby backstory absolutely ruining all investment on how serious it was ( you know which was also further desecrated when they went on to find the source of his trauma in 1 minute). There are also countless other problems such as erasing character development or thinking that just because they call out a troupe that they're using it makes it less bad but it still stands. It just isn't good anymore and it's sad to see. Like josh said, I used to be happy to see this show but now it's just sad, like watching a dying relative who is no longer themselves be forced to suffer on hooked up to a life support machine. Essay over.
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The show is actually better now it just has less of a mainstream following and that’s not a bad thing cause fuck it was embarrassing to like this show prepandemic and I like it a lot better with the new voice actors cause their performances are so much more layered than Justin Roiland’s rambling tbh.
Bro what I thought you were going to talk about the voices of the characters and how the writing went horrible and the voices were bad and how they eventually got to be better with the voices and made the writhting good again like bro the point of Rick’s me Morty that’s funny is that their problems are solved easily like when Morty says in the season 4 finale that he killed the guy off screeen
I gave up on the show after the abysmally horrible season 7 opener which is legit one of the most offensively bad episodes of any show I’ve watched. That being said, I think I still have a more “rose-colored glasses” perspective on seasons 4-6 than you, there are still some decent and good episodes in that bunch (even in episodes you considered “bad”). The snake time travel episode, the meta train episode, the “Asimov Cascade” episode, the last 2 or 3 episodes of season 5, the season opener of season 6, along with some of the good episodes you mentioned (although I still can’t get fully on board with the fortune cookie episode, that felt a little too dumb). In future rewatches, there will be a few episodes I will skip or want to skip, but there are more “non-skip” episodes than skippers for me.
Just started watching the show since month ago and all the episodes and seasons are 🔥 maybe cuz I don't dig it too deep and let my own eyes explore th episodes 😼
They have their own way of doing things because they choose to use side characters for some episodes just for Kicks . You are too hyper critical of this show . This show has no expectations at all, so saying that they're on a downfall is actually incorrect. Yes, I agree. Some of the stuff they put out is pretty s*****, but. The majority of the episodes are pretty funny. I think that's all they are really going for , not a chronological storyline. The chronological storyline, it's a jest side piece😂
What happens when a studio swaps out all the old writers and directors, not only that but for obvious DEI hires, the women writers are just pouring in from season 3 and onwards and they did tend to write the worst episodes. Fun fact, the head writer and director of She-Hulk, Jessica Gao, wrote Pickle Rick. It's very obvious when you look at each episodes writers. Really sad.
Im so tired of these lazy ass parodies of something famous, „look people its Jurassic Park, do you see it? So cool huh??“ in the later show these episodes are basically 100% filler
Dude you are so spot on with the side character point. I felt that exact same way while Watching The Office and they started to talk more about Erin and her life. I just knew the show was dead because they spent her whole beginnings making her as an identical Pam and then when nobody wants it, they give her the same problems Pam has. Clearly the show was running out of ideas 😭😭
Very good points, the show is aimless and all over the place, and you pointed out exactly why. The comments are coping hard, I didn't even know people still cared about this show enough to defend it.
@@enesutku34 he forever tainted the show, I was already on the border of leaving it anyways but in January 2023, I officially abandoned the show and haven't watched anything past Season 6, the show's dead to me, I can't even enjoy the older seasons anymore because of Justin.
Boo hoo the show changed life is change get used to it
are u ok
@@Jebugandhi lol
That's kind of ironic because all the fandom wanted for the longest time was story progression and the show runs straight up said they weren't giving us that.
The entire train episode is an attempt to subtly tell the audience the status quo is priority over evolution.
lol who pushed you down in gym class? Why are you so bitter? Tons of people care about this, if you don't be toxic elsewhere. Excellent video.
If at the point the galactic government caught him , instead of becoming a mad god, it would turn serious, very much serialized, dramatic, with stakes, perhaps Morty and even Jerry trying to save him with stuff found in the garage and maybe some mega intelligence seeds, less humour, that would be change too. Change is fine. Being just bad isn't.
Rick and morty lost me after season 3. Sad to see one of my favorite shows become flanderized.
The last season has been comparable to season 1-3 in my opinion. Maybe you perceive the first 3 seasons as a lot better cause of the emotions you felt when you first watched it.
Last season was really really good lol
i say its lack of imagination,
I liked season 7 way more than season 4
It feels like you had the idea to rag on the show before season 7 came out and then didn't pay attention to the near universal praise around the show getting its groove back. I'm also not sure you understand what this show is actually about... can't refute all your points in a TH-cam comment, but yeah - maybe try analyzing a different property?
The earlier episodic episodes were peak Rick and Morty. The alien simulation, purge, inception episodes to name a few. The characters had specific mannerisms, Inter personal dynamics, specific humor to the situation. The characters weren’t insufferable, the jokes weren’t over done meta analysis, the mannerisms genuinely made me laugh. RIP peak Rick and Morty, you will be missed.
the "Rick and Morty's fall into inconsistency" TH-cam video essay has become a lot more played out than anything on the show itself. I'll always be here for the new episodes
And yet here you are crying about it
@@fconstraints oh yeah im just bawling right now. tears rolling down my face
@@MoneySandwich I can tell
You are extremely articulate and I agree that the main issue is the building of serial narrative in the beginning only for there to be dissonance between the serial and episodic nature.
Inter-dimensional Cable was always cringe and was often completely unfunny.
Season 7 was the best since 3, we're in great hands right now.
3:42 something about this moment 'birdperson, spacebeth' makes me feel deja vu
Season 7 was one of the best. They're all good episodes except for that Numericons one.
Hate to go all copypasta, but I think you've missed the mark on some of the characters and themes and maybe the show just isn't for you.
Xiaolin Showdown (the original, not chronicles) did the whole episodic show with overarching elements right. It kept character development done in each episode without making the characters feel like completely different people in the next episode. There was a problem with episodes being shown somewhat randomly, fir example if you see part 2 before 1 of a 2-part episode, but that isn't a problem with writing.
I would say that the show relied so much upon weird surrealism that it had to burn out pretty early. When making a show like Emmerdale, where people go about their merry day, you can make 10000 episodes, but when you're making a show like Rick and Morty, you have to come up with completely crazy things all the time, to keep the viewers. How many of you could even come up with one of the episodes from S1? Same goes with shows like Ugly Americans and Adventure time. The former did the right thing, and stopped after two seasons. But some shows just keep squeezing.
>says the spaghetti episode is bad
>says the fortune cookie episode is good
I cannot take anything you say seriously im so sorry
downfall? last season was great. rick and morty is doing fine.
Bless your heart.
I Believe he is taking about why rick and morty is no longer this popular like the first season
Cope
Still nowhere close to season 1
Last season I watched was S5 and it was mostly ass, with one episode basically being an atrocitiy
respectfully i disagree
People in the comments are disagreeing, but i don't know why. You're spot on. I used to want to watch the newest episode of rick and Morty, now i get all i want from clips on tik tok
they're brainwashed fans man, they have no sense of quality, this show died a long time ago, the nail in the coffin for me was when Justin got exposed.
never rate again, this is your last warning
Nah i agree with you... I know a lot of people are saying that they loved season 7 but to me it was meh to as bad as the sperm episode... I feel like the worst part was the way they tied up Rick prime in that they essentially made evil morty a mary sue and made all of Rick's trauma fucking pointless. So Rick's been tracking this guy for DECADES... he has murdered THOUSANDS of other Rick's in an attempt to get to Rick prime who, btw, only started having prominence in 2 episodes one season ago. And then evil morty just comes in and INSTANTLY... no struggle what-so-ever, gives rick the info to locate Rick prime, or at least the clone that takes him directly to rick prime's strong hold that then leads to Rick prime. If it was that easy, that simple that it was resolved in a 1 minute scene then why the fuck and how the fuck does rick have trauma that lasted YEARS with no resolution. The show tells one thing and then shows another. Then they just go and evil morty basically has to defeat Rick prime for rick... what the fuck. What happened to the build up and the pay off? Then the tonal whiplash... they will constantly go from talking about Rick's depression to then making a joke about it completely ripping any deep moment away as if they're scared to have a serious moment. Like he tells his entire backstory and has to call it his crybaby backstory absolutely ruining all investment on how serious it was ( you know which was also further desecrated when they went on to find the source of his trauma in 1 minute). There are also countless other problems such as erasing character development or thinking that just because they call out a troupe that they're using it makes it less bad but it still stands. It just isn't good anymore and it's sad to see. Like josh said, I used to be happy to see this show but now it's just sad, like watching a dying relative who is no longer themselves be forced to suffer on hooked up to a life support machine. Essay over.
harsh but fair
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why are so many people bitching in the comments? every point you made was solid
Downfall, bro are you okay?
S7 is the best since s2 imo
I felt like it was actually funny and the concepts were good
It really felt like you were grasping at straws
Mate, love the video! Keep grinding, you’re going places!
I Love the latest season its the best one o far :D
Good job putting this together. Downfall probably mostly due to new writing staff.
I got here by watching your Riven review. This video is really excellent, it's fantastic. Should have huge views.
Bro S.1 E.11 is great
I stopped watching Rick & Morty after Season 3.
The show is actually better now it just has less of a mainstream following and that’s not a bad thing cause fuck it was embarrassing to like this show prepandemic and I like it a lot better with the new voice actors cause their performances are so much more layered than Justin Roiland’s rambling tbh.
Season 2,3 and 7 are the best so far imo.
Thank you! You're absolutely right!
Bro what I thought you were going to talk about the voices of the characters and how the writing went horrible and the voices were bad and how they eventually got to be better with the voices and made the writhting good again like bro the point of Rick’s me Morty that’s funny is that their problems are solved easily like when Morty says in the season 4 finale that he killed the guy off screeen
Its not getting worse, you're just not the target audience anymore.
Nah, I’m the “target audience”. Just watched the whole series this week and I was noticeably less interested in the later seasons.
The show has always been good, youre just critiquing it as a live action serial show.
The shows still good, maybe this is more of a you thing
I gave up on the show after the abysmally horrible season 7 opener which is legit one of the most offensively bad episodes of any show I’ve watched. That being said, I think I still have a more “rose-colored glasses” perspective on seasons 4-6 than you, there are still some decent and good episodes in that bunch (even in episodes you considered “bad”). The snake time travel episode, the meta train episode, the “Asimov Cascade” episode, the last 2 or 3 episodes of season 5, the season opener of season 6, along with some of the good episodes you mentioned (although I still can’t get fully on board with the fortune cookie episode, that felt a little too dumb). In future rewatches, there will be a few episodes I will skip or want to skip, but there are more “non-skip” episodes than skippers for me.
i love a good heatmap
last season plus 6 was really good
great vid
Just started watching the show since month ago and all the episodes and seasons are 🔥 maybe cuz I don't dig it too deep and let my own eyes explore th episodes 😼
Well put
Imo rick and Morty is doing fine. Although these videos about the downfall of Rick and Morty are getting old.
Yet here you are.
They have their own way of doing things because they choose to use side characters for some episodes just for Kicks . You are too hyper critical of this show . This show has no expectations at all, so saying that they're on a downfall is actually incorrect. Yes, I agree. Some of the stuff they put out is pretty s*****, but. The majority of the episodes are pretty funny. I think that's all they are really going for , not a chronological storyline. The chronological storyline, it's a jest side piece😂
What happens when a studio swaps out all the old writers and directors, not only that but for obvious DEI hires, the women writers are just pouring in from season 3 and onwards and they did tend to write the worst episodes. Fun fact, the head writer and director of She-Hulk, Jessica Gao, wrote Pickle Rick. It's very obvious when you look at each episodes writers. Really sad.
Im so tired of these lazy ass parodies of something famous, „look people its Jurassic Park, do you see it? So cool huh??“ in the later show these episodes are basically 100% filler
Dude you are so spot on with the side character point. I felt that exact same way while Watching The Office and they started to talk more about Erin and her life. I just knew the show was dead because they spent her whole beginnings making her as an identical Pam and then when nobody wants it, they give her the same problems Pam has. Clearly the show was running out of ideas 😭😭
Sorry but ur rating for each season is really bad man
Very good points, the show is aimless and all over the place, and you pointed out exactly why.
The comments are coping hard, I didn't even know people still cared about this show enough to defend it.
I'll never understand why people continue to watch this show knowing full well that Justin Roiland is a groomer..
He is fired
@@enesutku34 who cares?.. the show was still co-created by a groomer and it's been going down the tubes since Season 3.
@@AbrasiousProductions he doesnt get any money even if you watch or not
@@enesutku34 he forever tainted the show, I was already on the border of leaving it anyways but in January 2023, I officially abandoned the show and haven't watched anything past Season 6, the show's dead to me, I can't even enjoy the older seasons anymore because of Justin.
And ? It's normal tbh 😂 cry more
Downfall? Season 6 is its best since season 2.
We are living in the smiling friends era, Rick and morty and there lame incest jokes are done
Yeah smiling friends is good now tbh
Bad video