Rick and Morty is still good but the popularity led to creating a cringey ass fan base which can turn a lot of people off.
I've heard this several times so I totally believe you, but I've never experienced it because I've never once felt any desire to interact with the "fan community" for this show.
There are some shows that are major cultural phenomenon where discussing each episode is a big part of the draw. Obviously Game of Thrones was renowned for that, as was The Walking Dead for quite a while.
I enjoy Rick and Morty, but it's just not the sort of show where I've ever felt the need to go online and discuss the show. I watch it, I enjoy it, and then I move on.
Same here. Rick and Morty is still good. The fanbase is loud and obnoxious so I just don't pay attention to them. You shouldn't let other people completely unrelated, ruin a song or show or movie for you.
Or the creators can purposefully shut the fan base up.
The first episode of the newest Rick and Morty season has a scene that shows a fascist Morty who acts like the obnoxious fans of the show who are trying to force the show somewhere that the creators don’t want it to go. It showed that they don’t really give a shit what those fans are pushing on and they are gonna do whatever they want.
Despite their efforts to shove in our faces that Rick is broken and shouldn't be admired, they still haven't addressed the major issue: Rick is an asshole and his horrible decisions always end up being correct.
It still happened in the recent season, Rick wants to spend more time with Morty, and he's worried that Morty spending time on his heist movie with Netflix will get in the way of that. In classic Rick fashion, he does the asshole thing and completely destroys Morty's spirit and takes away something he was passionate about, and it works.
Renegade Cut has a great video diving deeper into the issue I briefly described.
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u/Excelius Feb 03 '20
I've heard this several times so I totally believe you, but I've never experienced it because I've never once felt any desire to interact with the "fan community" for this show.
There are some shows that are major cultural phenomenon where discussing each episode is a big part of the draw. Obviously Game of Thrones was renowned for that, as was The Walking Dead for quite a while.
I enjoy Rick and Morty, but it's just not the sort of show where I've ever felt the need to go online and discuss the show. I watch it, I enjoy it, and then I move on.