Both are good Rick and Morty has great characters and lots of creativity but it's not as groundbreaking as Bojack which doesn't seem to be as talked about despite it really pushing the boundaries in the way it deconstructs the typical animated sitcom.
shareHow is it 'better'? It is certainly a lot more depressing and a hell of a lot more political.
Rick and Morty is a wacky sci-fi family show with a unique brand of humour. Bojack is just a pitch-black dramedy about a washed-up depressed actor with a lot of social commentary and safe stances on depression, abortion, feminism blah blah blah yeah okay great. I'm not always in the mood to watch it because somehow I always feel worse afterwards.
Rick and Morty is just more enjoyable and less 'I feel like cutting my wrists right now'. It certainly has some of that darker existential humour too, but it doesn't take over the entire show. It doesn't overwhelm you quite as much as Bojack does.
I like to see an animated sitcom take on real deep drama, and I feel much more connected to the characters. Rick and Morty is funny but is a lot more juvenile like Family Guy but not as stupid.
share"It certainly has some of that darker existential humour too"
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Yeah like thia episode when Rick and Morty have to bury their own bodies. Jeez, it was so psychological.
Agreed - Bojack just gets depressing. Lots of dislikeable characters. The whole 'half of them are humans and half are animals' gets old quickly, too. Not to mention I've seen a lot of the plotlines in other places - there's a bit where Todd's in prison that has the same running gag plot as one in Arrested Development, I swear.
I also remember reading a criticism of a terrible British cartoon that blighted our screens for a couple of weeks on the basis that it didn't NEED to be a cartoon ... they might as well have just filmed it with regular actors, it didn't explore its potential as an animation. Bojack does that too (despite the whole animals-are-people thing).
When Bojack's good it's brilliant, but it's not consistently entertaining, it just gets depressing. R+M does very sombre humour at times but manages to keep it balanced. But I guess everyone's entitled to their own preference, that's the joy of not being a collective hivemind named Unity.
Can't we just love both of them, each for its own unique qualities?
I don't think it's a contest.
"You have a morbid sense of fun." "That's probably true."
IMHO, the tone of both these shows is so different, it's not really a fair comparison. Both these shows are great, but apart from being animated shows that explore some pretty bleak topics, they're categorically different. It's possible to love both. Anyway, I totally respect your opinion, but your wrong :)
I'm a huge fan of these Rick and Morty existential moments:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AviMsVPO1Os
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7HmltUWXgs
I would say Rick and Morty is far more original than Bojack. There's a show called Episodes that I had watched before Bojack aired and its essentially the same plotline. Washed up alcoholic 90s tv star making poor choices and trying to make a comeback. I find that Bojack is something I can have playing in the background while im doing something else and I can pick up the jokes and ideas of an episode. The majority (not all) of the jokes are pretty one dimensional in that they take something political, and then make fun of it until its at the most "offensive" point possible. I wouldn't say this is anything groundbreaking. With Rick and Morty, I'm usually pretty glued to the screen not wanting to miss anything. The plots of each episode seem fairly well thought out and the ideas and creativity is off the charts. The humour has more dimension to it as well in that it comes from the characters themselves rather than their reactions or ideas to a political statement. Sometimes I get the sense that Bojack is trying to hard whereas Rick and Morty is more story driven.
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I like bojack but youre wrong...sorry
shareAgreed with the general tone of this thread.
Both great. No need to compare.
However I do relate more to Bojack, and definitely agree that R&M gets all the praise, whereas BJH is underrated.
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how can you even compare the two?
they're way too different
personally i prefer rick and morty because it actually makes the most out of being animated.
the fantastic visuals, unique worlds and creatures they make every episode is amazing.
i think the characters are just as "real"
and it has just as much political and social commentary it's just more subtle due to it being a sci fi
bojack is great, but i have to give rick and morty points just for sheer unlimited creativity
Thanks for your opinion, wanna post on the Bojack Horseman board then?
Like seriously this post doesn't belong here, you want to talk about Bojack Horseman not Rick and Morty, so go there.