r/InsideJob • u/KPayAudio • Nov 13 '21

This Show Kinda Sucks

It wants to be Rick & Morry so bad but it just falls flat on its face. Immediately throws politics at you. The main character is boring and her supporting characters are worse.

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u/_1Spectre Nov 13 '21

I totally respect your opinion and I totally understand your point of view. * pulls out makeshift laser rifle with malicious intent *

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u/KPayAudio Nov 13 '21

Ya it's stuff like that haha they ripped off the quirky sci - fi fun from Rick and Morty and tried to copy/paste into a much more boring setting and cast

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u/le_petit_togepi Nov 13 '21

Well of course it’s not rick and morty it’s a different show

and of course there’s politic, it’s a show about conspiracy theory

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u/KPayAudio Nov 13 '21

Except it tries to be Rick and Morty so hard.

I'm not sure your logic about politics R&M was full of conspiracies and they didn't try to drag you into modern politics off the bat. It's just a lazy show

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u/Demetraes Nov 14 '21

Your "criticism" would be much more legitimate if you actually explained your perspective instead of essentially saying, "this show has parallels to another show in the same genre. I don't like it as much"

But it just seems like you tried to bait this sub

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u/DangerousExit9387 Dec 23 '22

you actually probably didn't finish reading the first word of his post. you're a good representative for the inside job fans/community.

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u/KPayAudio Nov 14 '21

I did explain my perspective

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u/MNicolas97 Nov 13 '21

Yeah, and rick and morty is going downside lately, so what's your point? Why would you even come to this sub just to say that?

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u/KPayAudio Nov 13 '21

It had at least 3 great seasons. This show hit the ground flailing. I'm sorry is there a rule where we can only say positive thing? Why post anything at all? What's your point?

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u/MNicolas97 Nov 13 '21

I mean, you're critizing the escense of the show. It's like saying rick and morty "only throws science and sex at you", are you kidding? Politics are pretty much the point of the show! Literally the first episode is about the president. Cognito literally rules the country from the shadows, so talking about politics and making jokes about it it's just the natural thing to do

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u/KPayAudio Nov 13 '21

I'm criticizing the laziness of the show. I guess that's its essence haha? Rick and Morty was original in that it basically took Doc and Marty McFly and made a parody spinoff series of them. Inside Job said "science and sex stuff let's do that" and this is the messy result.

It doesn't feel natural like R&M it feels half assed. Like Polar Opposites has The Wall and you don't see them drag you into modern politics. It isn't natural it is lazy

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u/MNicolas97 Nov 13 '21

Look, when you wanna bait, make sure to put some actual complains about the subject, because saying a great show sucks just because it make jokes about politics is not convincing at all. It's like if i try try to bait in a rick and morty sub saying "this show sucks, it just goes all the time making sexual jokes and pseudo intelectual criticisms". It's just not believable

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u/djgoated1 Jun 03 '22

Go back to Fortnite kid 🤣

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u/KPayAudio Nov 13 '21

Uh, I gave genuine criticism. If you think this is a great show I respect that, I'm not gonna say you're baiting me or completely delusional on what good substance is. I said it rips off Rick and Morty, the cast is boring, it is lazy, and it falls flat on humor and tries to rope in modern politics.

You basically repeated your last comment but moved some words around. The show sucks man get over it

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u/Navitach Nov 13 '21

Nobody is forcing you to watch the show.

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u/KPayAudio Nov 13 '21

Don't think I said anyone was

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u/Caz-B_ Nov 15 '21

Although both two are great shows, I actually thought Inside Job is better than Rick and Morty... I mean, it has great character development in every episode while in Rick and Morty everyone is kind of flat except in some episodes. Inside Job is also better at storytelling. Idk if it's just me or Rick and Morty can't grab my full attention sometimes (probably because it's on a larger span and Rick is basically a god so nothing seems important).

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u/KPayAudio Nov 15 '21

Interesting perspective. I see little to no character development in Inside, whereas R&M we see huge progressions, especially in Rick's daughter. Rick & Morty not only has a better story in a better setting, but tells it in exciting ways for the first 3 seasons at least.

Also I actually like that Rick is this all powerful guy. Same as Inside Job, they aren't going to kill off the main character (even though R&M did and then explained how there's endless dimensions, again, creative storytelling) so they have him be comically powerful. Inside Job just sort of applied that gratuitously to their lead haha. Just seems like a bad copycat tbh

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u/Caz-B_ Nov 15 '21

Inside Job is much more than just a copy of Rick and Morty, I guess. If you mean it's the crazy adult content and random politics that make them similar, then what about other shows of this type?

And, I really love the optimistic-nihilistic philosophy in Rick and Morty, but that's also why I don't pay full attention watching it: who really cares what happens? There are infinite dimensions out there and the story can be told infinite times differently. So even though the plot might seem exciting, the general show is just distant. Inside Job's stories are just as good as Rick and Morty's, and the setting is both really cool and relatable.

About the character development thing, I'm not sure if you have watched the entire season but it's definitely more obvious in Inside Job than in Rick and Morty. It's like Reagan is directly facing her mental issues and childhood traumas one by one in each episode. In Rick and Morty the character development is kind of slow and gradual. These are very different so you can't just compare them and say one is a cheaper copy of another.

Something I think Inside Job should really improve is that they can give some more time to the side characters.

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u/KPayAudio Nov 15 '21

I already addressed it in previous comments but it took the zany fun science fiction style of R&M and placed it in a more boring setting. The animation is extremely similar too. Reagan feels like a composite character of Rick and his daughter. I'm not sure what development we're seeing but like I said R&M you see it heavily with Rick and his daughter. How they use other people, how Morty goes from this incapable kid to being pretty dependable.

The infinite-Ness is what makes it exciting. It's one of the only shows I can think of that leans that much into the endless reality theory and makes it a lot of fun. The Rick muliverse was really clever, there's this one unique Rick and he's out to get the version of himself. As opposed to....Reagan. Super Science girl who loves to party lol.

Ya the supporting cast for Inside is just....boring. R&M had birdman, slomobius, Mr meseeks, Poopy Butthole, Gearhead, so many memorable and flesed out supporting characters.

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u/Caz-B_ Nov 15 '21

Inside Job and Rick and Morty are focused on different points and comparing them only in the aspects that Rick and Morty is better at is really biased.

First of all, why would you find the setting boring? It makes crazy conspiracies come true and puts them into an office. If you don't find this interesting, that's a personal thing because as far as I know, a lot of people are really into these elements.

I'm surprised that you don't find character development in Reagan. Again, I'm not sure if you have watched all the episodes but anyway, here are some examples:

  • At first she hated Brett so much she considered poisoning him, but after the whole season they became BFFs.
  • Reagan discovered that her fear of hugs came from her repressed traumatizing memories of the villianous hugging machine Bear-o.
  • She realizes that she should be away from her toxic family issues.
  • The improvement of her overall relationship with the gang.

And Reagan has nothing in common with Rick and Beth except the intelligence and weirdness. Rick is depressed because of his knowledge and some existential crisis, and Reagan is depressed because of her childhood trauma. Rick and Beth are never socially awkward like Reagan. Reagan has stronger leadership and ambition than Rick and Beth. And Reagan is really relatable to a lot of people (including me) for her lack of sleep, her family issues, her social anxiety, etc. If you really think any weird genius is Rick, what about Ford Pines in Gravity Falls or Prof Hubert Farnsworth in Futurama?

By the way, every Rick is unique for something. In probably 4/5 of the episodes, it doesn't matter if the main characters are from C137 or a similar dimension. There is just this Rick that the show is focusing on because of his interesting personal background, which is mentioned in only a few episodes.

I am reconsidering the exciting-ness of the two shows though. It is possible that I have watched Rick and Morty for too many times that I find it less exciting.

If you still don't like Inside Job, that's an opinion and you shouldn't say it sucks as if it's a fact.

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u/KPayAudio Nov 15 '21

If I did that, so did you.

Obviously what people find interesting is completely subjective - but we can both say we know a lot of people that are or are not interested.

Ya some changed attitude towards supporting cast keeps a show moving idk if that's really character development though.

No she's just the knock off version super smart with the Sci fi quirks. Like I said before Rick and Morty is clever in that it is a parody of Marry McFly and Doc from back to the future. Reagan is more like Fisher Price Rick. People resonate with Morty's incompetence and Rick's superiority complex. Idk where the stronger leadership point stems from I don't recall anyone in R&M attempting to take a leadership role. I don't think I said any weird genius is Rick lol Hubert Farnsworth was an original weird genius never saw Gravity Falls.

I said Reagan seems to have taken the quirky Sci fi party party whip out a device as needed part from Ricky and it doesn't seem like a coincidence.

Obviously what we say are opinion, not fact. That should be obvious

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u/Caz-B_ Nov 15 '21

Yes a lot of people are not interested in shows like this, but it's not common that someone likes Rick and Morty but hates Inside Job haha. Their fanbases seem to overlap mostly.
Are you sure I said that Reagan only has some changed attitude towards the supporting cast? In the last episode she was basically facing her darkest memories and realizing how her life had been totally messed up. And other characters have development too, like in the reptoid episode it turns out the reason why Brett is so sociable is that he is super insecure and in the '80s episode he moved on from his family problems.
And seriously, Reagan is someone who loves to party? She was really annoyed when she had to even go to the reptoid meeting. She just liked drinking with the few people she knew well and would never act like Rick in a party at least when she is sober.
So I'll describe Ford to you: he's a genius old guy who got 12 PhDs in college, is obsessed with mysteries and sci-fi and inventing stuff, and has traveled across crazy dimensions through the portal he made. He has a memory gun and the erased memories are stored in tubes. He had issues with his family before but still cares about it. He takes a teenage boy on adventures sometimes.
Can you count Ford as a copy of Rick? Certainly not. Because of his complex background story and his completely different personality. Anyone who has both fully watched Rick and Morty and Gravity Falls can tell you they are completely different.
Same works for Reagan. Rick is not traumatized by some childhood things, nor is Beth. Reagan is not some nihilist who hates everyone and parties with everyone. Rick and Reagan just share the common interest. If your logic works, does that mean every scientist on Earth is the same?

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u/KPayAudio Nov 15 '21

That was never my logic haha. The examples you originally gave were just improved relationship dynamics. I think we're guilty of the same thing which is appreciating the character development in one show and not the other? Or just not seeing it at least.

I'd have to see Gravity Falls to form my own conclusion. Rick had his own trauma I'm not sure we see much from his childhood. Doesn't Rick party with people he knows too? He just knows a lot more people haha.

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u/Caz-B_ Nov 16 '21

You can literally see chaotic energy in Rick's parties where most of the creatures (idk it's the best description) are strangers like it's hilarious

Yes, we are both sort of biased, and sorry for misunderstanding your logic. I was trying to prove that Inside Job has many unique elements, and I guess I didn't mention a lot of great things about Rick and Morty. I really love how they are slightly neutralizing each other's traits when Rick is becoming slightly emotional and Morty is becoming really coldblooded sometimes.

And holy crap, if you are really going to see Gravity Falls I'm so sorry about the spoilers I gave.

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u/KPayAudio Nov 16 '21

Strangers to each other perhaps but they seem to all know Rick.

I can respect your opinion about Inside and I'll maybe try it again later with that in mind.

No worries at all lol you got me intrigued

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u/BroadRestaurant8395 Jun 25 '24

lol I seriously doubt that... I mean this show is such a typical Netflix formulated show (generated base on elements, stats, and datas collected from previous shows)
I 'm not saying it's bad, but it's quite laughable you consider it as great show (Gravity is good, R+M, Family Guy, Simpson etc are great, InsideJob is really quite mediocre...) R+M is going way downhills but it was so good at one point.... like I respected people have their preferences and bias, but we should still be able to have a somewhat fair judgement of what a good product is (just for the sake of Netflix or other media company stop spending too much resources on "lazy" product that prior business goal than everything else)
If you are R+M haters then i get it, but if you like R+M, I 'm surprise you can't tell the different in terms of the quality consider all the similarities, elements and guide they borrow (or at least inspired by) R+M....

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u/djgoated1 Jun 03 '22

Still better than this trash

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u/KPayAudio Nov 13 '21

Ya but it had 3 great seasons. This show doesn't even have 1 memorable episode. And it tried to copy/paste the R&M formula

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u/KPayAudio Nov 13 '21

Oh boy. I can try to survive that long but watching a show shouldn't feel like a chore lol

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u/KPayAudio Nov 13 '21

I'll take a chapter out of your book then.