"Rick and Morty" is one of my favorite shows ever, so I was really excited to see what Justin Roiland cooked up with "Solar Opposites." Alas, it stinks. Everything about the show feels like it was pulled off the R&M cutting room floor. We've got another odd couple, one member of which is an unlikable genius, but Korvo lacks Rick's emotional depth and nuance and Terry's so unremarkable that I can't even tell you what his shtick is outside of watching a lot of TV. The dialogue is unremarkable but familiar (philosophically, R&M has covered a lot of the same territory that SO does), the characters aren't that compelling (the kids and Pupa are the most interesting characters but they get relegated to the B story too often), and the episodes just don't feel like anyone put a lot of thought into them. The show is definitely NSFW because Hulu is super chill re: standards and practices, but here it doesn't matter: the extra F-bombs and sexual references don't make the show more interesting or funny, and it definitely needs to be more of both.
I might feel differently about the show if I hadn't seen Rick and Morty first, but I don't have a portal gun, so I'm stuck in the reality where I did. SO feels slapdash and it lacks heart and complexity, not just in comparison, but in general. It's not Roiland's American Dad; it's his Cleveland Show.
I might feel differently about the show if I hadn't seen Rick and Morty first, but I don't have a portal gun, so I'm stuck in the reality where I did. SO feels slapdash and it lacks heart and complexity, not just in comparison, but in general. It's not Roiland's American Dad; it's his Cleveland Show.