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.

  • SiskoDid2ThingsWrong [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    I mean if you find it disturbing I ain’t gonna tel you you’re wrong.

    I just find it difficult to consider the real world moral implication of it when the 14 year old in question has also killed a few thousand people, been a Wall Street stock broker, lived the entire life of another man in a simulator and went on a post apocalyptic vengeance quest where he drowned a man to death.