It's been a while since season 6 of "Rick and Morty" concluded, and a lot has happened in the meantime. Most notably, news came out that the show's co-creator and most prominent voice actor, Justin Roiland, had been charged with domestic battery and false imprisonment in May 2020. Since then, there have been a number of other sexual assault allegations made against Roiland, as well as news that he was involved in a settled sexual harassment lawsuit back in 2019. In the end, Roiland was removed from both the cast and creative team, with Adult Swim announcing that his characters would be replaced with soundalike voice actors.
Outside of Roiland's absence, there are plenty of other concerns and questions "Rick and Morty" fans have had over the past year. How will the show deal with this new evil Rick? Is the show really going to embrace a serialized structure, as Rick's final monologue implied?...
Outside of Roiland's absence, there are plenty of other concerns and questions "Rick and Morty" fans have had over the past year. How will the show deal with this new evil Rick? Is the show really going to embrace a serialized structure, as Rick's final monologue implied?...
- 8/25/2023
- by Michael Boyle
- Slash Film
There are perhaps no bigger stars in television history than Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie Simpson. They've been an indelible constellation in the pop culture firmament for over 30 years, appearing in over 700 episodes of television, not to mention video games, T-shirts, and Butterfinger commercials. Yes, it's no wonder that when Chris Martin of Coldplay famously sang, "Look at the stars, look how they shine for you," he also felt the need to clarify that "they were all yellow."
Ok, Chris Martin may have been singing about something slightly different, but there's still a nugget of truth in it: The majority of the characters on "The Simpsons" are, indeed, yellow, and after over a third of a century, we may have gotten so used to the sight of these bug-eyed cartoon characters that we forgot to even ask why the heck they were yellow in the first place.
To answer that question,...
Ok, Chris Martin may have been singing about something slightly different, but there's still a nugget of truth in it: The majority of the characters on "The Simpsons" are, indeed, yellow, and after over a third of a century, we may have gotten so used to the sight of these bug-eyed cartoon characters that we forgot to even ask why the heck they were yellow in the first place.
To answer that question,...
- 11/9/2022
- by William Bibbiani
- Slash Film
There's always been a bit of a stigma around cartoons. Since its origins, animation has not always been seen as a legitimate art form and is often considered cheap kids' stuff. This dismissal of the animation industry has resulted in things from the under-compensation of voice actors to writers at the 2022 Oscars referring to the whole genre as being "just for kids."
In recent years, the idea that cartoons are only meant for children has faded a bit, with hit shows like "Family Guy" and "Rick and Morty" proving that sometimes animation is absolutely not meant for children. But for the show that paved the way for those adult animated series, "The Simpsons," that stigma was a hurdle that had to be overcome for the show to be greenlit.
It was 1989, and the young Fox network needed shows to fill out its primetime lineup. One of the contenders was an...
In recent years, the idea that cartoons are only meant for children has faded a bit, with hit shows like "Family Guy" and "Rick and Morty" proving that sometimes animation is absolutely not meant for children. But for the show that paved the way for those adult animated series, "The Simpsons," that stigma was a hurdle that had to be overcome for the show to be greenlit.
It was 1989, and the young Fox network needed shows to fill out its primetime lineup. One of the contenders was an...
- 11/4/2022
- by Matt Rainis
- Slash Film
"Rick and Morty" is a series that's suffused with references to numerous films, TV shows, books, and other forms of pop culture. After all, the show itself began life as co-creator Justin Roiland's skewed riff on "Back to the Future," and co-creator Dan Harmon's previous series as showrunner, "Community," was continually pushing the envelope when it came to parodying and homaging films.
Yet the fact that "Rick and Morty" is now in its sixth season means that the show has to keep digging deeper for homages and references that not only haven't been done to death, but that the series itself hasn't attempted yet. Despite the show's science fiction premise, "Rick and Morty" is no stranger to horror, with episodes like season 1's "Rick Potion No. 9," season 2's "Total Rickall" and season 4's "Promortyus" all riffing on horror creatures and tropes.
Yet those episodes involve sci-fi/horror concepts,...
Yet the fact that "Rick and Morty" is now in its sixth season means that the show has to keep digging deeper for homages and references that not only haven't been done to death, but that the series itself hasn't attempted yet. Despite the show's science fiction premise, "Rick and Morty" is no stranger to horror, with episodes like season 1's "Rick Potion No. 9," season 2's "Total Rickall" and season 4's "Promortyus" all riffing on horror creatures and tropes.
Yet those episodes involve sci-fi/horror concepts,...
- 9/30/2022
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
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