Captain Planet analogue goes crazy and kills coal workers - Morty is devastated, he agrees it's right to feel bad the planet's dying but the ep implies the correct answer is to do nothing.

Not even 'subversive' Rick and Morty could dare suggest blowing up coal/gas plants without demonising the act (it's quite doable to do such a thing without killing workers....)

Ala a recent trend in modern blockbusters where villains are morally correct in their actions right up until they kills civilians for no reason- just to force a third act showdown, effectively negating their positive ideas.

Also there's an opening joke that is an explicit merch promotion that isn't even ironically done. Just a shitty shirt effectively done to camera. At least Schezuan sauce actually made sense in the show, this was just pure shit. The other eps are good, but the industry in culture industry will rear its head anytime you get big.

  • Sen_Jen [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    I'm pretty sure I watched the last season but all I remember is the train episode. And I thought that was trying too hard and wasn't that funny

    • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      I think they had ideas already chambered for the first two seasons a d now they're all out of sci Fi concepts to parody so there isn't really any direction left.