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Rick and Morty (2013)
Goodnight sweet prince
Sad to see such a great show die, but no king rules forever (my son). 4 bad episodes in a row now. They feel so unnatural, forced. It's like the writers changed completely, not the voice actor. If I didn't know Roiland was swapped for somebody else I woudn't have noticed by just voices alone. But voices aside, the writing is irredeemable. A show that had such great episodes in the earlier seasons that it had infinite rewatchability, has come to this.
Other episodes of the season were bad as well, with varying degrees. But the last one (s07e04) had no funny moment. At all. Simply no witty dialogue. No cool story. Instead of absurd scenes, where the whole setting is funny to begin with, it's just shock value.
In the earlier seasons it was maybe 1 (one) bad episode per season. Right now we are looking at 1 (one) GOOD episode per season, optimistically. It is well and truly over.
Despite a few cringe episodes in the earlier seasons, that I wrote off as nonexistant in my headcanon , this was at one point my favourite TV show. Now turned mediocre. At this point I'd rather just watch Family Guy and South Park. Despite both shows being past their prime, at least there is some "in your face" humor to be found there. All that's left in Rick and Morty is a lame, unfunny regurgitation of the things we've seen or a subpar social commentary.
"Morty, I discovered suicide. It's when you die by killing yourself, Morty. And we're gonna make it an episode. Season 9 more seasons of Rick and Morty for 97 more years"
10 for the first few season and 1 for the latest instalments, with average rounded down to 5 . Adios.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022)
Unfortunate turn of events
To think that something with a name "The Lord of the Rings" attached to it could be this bad. Even the low budget games who piggyback off the franchise name still turned out (somewhat) fun and enjoyable. Because no matter the medium, or the storyline, there are always well known characters and familiar places to latch on to. That's how it is with a well established epic fantasy world, full of lore. In this case we have a few names borrowed from Tolkien's writing for a fan-fic. Not a redeeming quality! You would expect this show has at least SOME of the positives? Well, a few CGI shots of the cities are cool. Not as good as the (20 years old) movie, but still. Dwarven princess is cool. That's about it for the positives.
Now the negatives: it is a chore to watch. I physically cringed at the fact how much they turned LotR into a Marvel-style caricature.
The way this show doesn't take itself serious is at odds with the story it is trying to convey. A new dark lord taking Morgoth's place and resurgence of evil. And yet we have Mickey Mouse fight scenes. Forced dialogue and "wow!" super hero witty comeback moments. It suffers from the same problems that plagued The Hobbit. One thing Hobbit had going for it was that it was based on a children's book, so there's the excuse. This show on the other hand, it just sucks. It's plain bad. I've only watched one thing worse than this: Sword Art Online.
In spite of all the shilling, truth needs to be said : that for any Lord of the Rings fan, this show is a travesty.