Everything interesting Rick & Morty did Futurama did better fifteen years earlier. amirite?

There's a reason Futurama is considered one of the best cartoons ever created.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Wow, a million years 😟

by Weird-Technician9557 3 days ago

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF TOMORROW

by lolita25 3 days ago

Futurama actually had heartfelt moments Please try not to remind me of Jurassic Bark.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Luck of the Fryrish The Sting The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings Meanwhile Time Keeps on Slipping Game of Tones

by Schoensaul 3 days ago

which one wass the one where he went ice fishing with his dad that one always gets me

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Cold Warriors if I remember correctly

by Magdalen38 3 days ago

Oh boy. Luck of the fryrish…I'm gonna need a few minutes

by lparisian 3 days ago

Ouch! Right in the feels!

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Oof.

by erynparisian 3 days ago

Aside from being sci-fi based and among the truly *great*, throne-worthy animated shows, they're two completely different things and can't be broad-brushed so unfairly or compared to each other.

by Zestyclose_Curve 3 days ago

So what can then? Name two shows that genuinely sit close enough for you to consider them comparable

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Totally fair point, but it's wild how often Rick and Morty feels like it's trying to prove how clever it is while Futurama just quietly is.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Part of the appeal of Rick and Morty (when I liked it) was its swinging bold bravado In how edgy and self aware it was. Not that it makes it better or worse but I think it's a key element to those who enjoy it, although maybe not everyone feels that way haha

by Anonymous 3 days ago

If we're not comparing them, can I still use my taste in cartoons to feel superior to others? /s

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Agreed its a terrible take. Completely different experience.

by Professional_Row9749 3 days ago

They're completely different shows other than general sci fi themes and going on "wacky adventures"

by douglasjast 3 days ago

it's wild how often Rick and Morty feels like the snarky younger sibling constantly trying to out-weird its older, wiser brother.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Only because too many of y'all feel the need to compare and rank everything as opposed to just enjoying separate projects

by Anonymous 3 days ago

So not completely different? Similar maybe?

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Most shows have adventures in a setting. If thats the only thing thats similar we're painting too broad of a brush

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I think venture bros also did some similar stuff that gets under appreciated.

by Serious_Reply7001 2 days ago

Still one of the best shows to come out of adult swim. Easily.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Well, it's finished now, so now is as good as ever to rewatch/ watch ones you haven't

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Venture Bros was like the smart kid in the back of the class quietly dropping genius while everyone else shouted over each other. Criminally underrated.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

which Futurama episode covers the themes covered in 'The Ricklantis Mixup' ?

by UsualDisastrous 2 days ago

I'm tired of unpopular opinions just being misinformed opinions.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Or thinly veiled criticism.

by elmotremblay 2 days ago

As someone who usually likes that flavor of humor, I don't like the characters in Futurama (especially Fry) and just can't get into the show. But that's just individual tastes.

by hegmannelisabet 2 days ago

The main message of Futurama is a lot deeper though. It claims that no matter how technologically advanced the humanity becomes, how farther into the future you go, everything that humanity does repeats itself and nothing ever really changes despite being in constant motion. Even universes end and start again, and ventures around the similar events. Anything that is bound to happen will happen.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Strong disagree. Futurama is a very good but conventional and wholesome sitcom with some screwball humor. Rick and Morty is a very good show to which screwball would be normal, or even lame. It also explores themes of mental illness and nihilism in a way Futurama doesn't. The better comparison isn't to Futurama, but rather to Archer.

by AlarmedCandy3686 2 days ago

Archer is so damn good and well written that I can't help but end up watching it over and over!

by Savanna95 2 days ago

Ever watch Frisky Dingo?

by StretchSpare3804 2 days ago

No, I've just googled it and I will definitely watch it, thank you for the suggestion!

by Savanna95 2 days ago

I disagree. They're very different shows with different aims.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I love Futurama but it was never as unhinged as RnM.

by Maya08 2 days ago

If Rick and Morty fans could read, they'd be seething right now.

by olsonkobe 2 days ago

Rick and Morty hasn't been good since like Season 3 at best.

by Reynold59 2 days ago

There have still been a few gems since then, more like one per season, but yeah seasons 2-4 were the peak for sure

by Desperate-Chef-9056 2 days ago

I like Rick and Morty because it is very clearly a critique of the misanthropic attitude it's leading character presents. He's shown to be a hypocrite basically from the start of the show. Honestly your take feels like someone saying the only reason people like Futurama is because they like drinking and smoking because Bender is the most popular character.

by Tara27 2 days ago

Yeah but the thing is there's a certain dissonance between what it seems to be trying to say and what it actually does and actually shows to me. And it's not even a well depicted and well written version of that type of character.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

How much of Ricky and Morty did you watch OP? I am going to guess it was not very much personally (No shade to Futurama here but I'm about 90% sure OP did not watch "It's Amorte" and come here to say this)

by Desperate-Chef-9056 2 days ago

Well, not everything

by FreeBuilder4368 2 days ago

Only a select few know the forbidden truth. American Dad! Is actually the best Sci Fi adult animated sitcom.

by Public-Job 2 days ago

I agree. I always found Rick and Morty to be extremely cringe inducing. It's not even comparable to Futurama

by Anonymous 2 days ago

If you're arguing that Futurama is better than Rick and Morty, this isn't an unpopular opinion. I love Futurama, easily one of the best animated shows of all time. Rick and Morty is also great, but definitely not on the same level. If you're saying Rick and Morty is a worse version of Futurama, that's unpopular. Other than being wacky sci-fi, the shows have nothing in common. The tones of each show are entirely different, one hopeful and ascribing meaning to the most trivial things, and one nihilistic and assigning no meaning to anything. Rick and Morty explores how knowing that there are infinite versions of you and all your loved ones, will you care if your daughter dies if you can just jump reality to one where she didn't? If you're always the smartest person, you've seen how horrible the universe is to itself, will you still have any empathy or morals? Futurama explores being a stranger in a strange world. Fry being perpetually stupid and from the past, makes him always lack understanding of his surroundings and the situation, which leads to being able to explore themes and make comparisons naturally.

by Firm-Jelly-8720 2 days ago

Fry and Bender are a better Rick and Morty than Rick and Morty

by Fantastic-Strike 2 days ago

So what? You can do that with nearly every show. Nearly everything has already been done somewhere else. All that matters is if it's good or can draw an audience.

by Icy_Comparison 2 days ago

You know more people that think Rick and Morty was better? Futurama is definitely a better show. Rick and Morty is much more sad to me. I get really emotional at the end of s1e11 when Unity breaks up with Rick and he tries to kill himself in the garage

by Chance-Canary-5608 2 days ago

Matt Groening is a genius and a time traveler. Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon can only dream of being Matt Groening

by Kristoferschowa 2 days ago

Also, the Futurama voices are bearable for more then two seconds.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Is this really an unpopular opinion. I've never seen Rick and Morty but I can tell futurama is 100x better by default.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

See futurama did humor in a way where it wasn't overtly telling you it's funny

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Bird person, pickle rick, Mr poppy butthole. It's two different shows.

by Haleyalfredo 2 days ago

Another edgy anti Rick and Morty take yawn. You obviously don't watch the show of this is your take away from it after 7 seasond.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Well then, get ready for Red dwarf UK 1988 ;)

by Anonymous 2 days ago

R&M writers changed & obviously the voices. Just became a gross-out show.

by rosemurphy 2 days ago

I'm glad I've finally heard this from someone other than myself

by Altruistic_Throat352 2 days ago

absolutely trash take. Futurama had exactly one emotional plotline (Jurassic Bark). every other plot line, theme, episode, conflict, etc, revealed funny aspects of society, but did not make one reflect on oneself, experience a range of emotions, etc. Rick's near omnipotence juxtaposed with his equally superlative emotional immaturity creates frequent gut-wrenching moments that make us confront our own power and our own flaws. Futurama has an iota of the emotional depth (to say nothing of the intellectual).

by Ricechaz 2 days ago

This has to be a copy pasta surely.

by Reynold59 2 days ago

Um, did you only watch one episode of Futurama? There is more than one emotional episode

by Antonette10 2 days ago

can't say i've seen them all, but i've definitely seen more than half. none of them ever approached the emotional appeal of R&M except Jurassic Bark

by Ricechaz 2 days ago

Didn't find the 7 leaf clover episode gut-wrenching in the slightest. "i like girl" plotlines have to be really good to hit me, as this is the foundation for probably the majority of all literature and as such has been rehashed millions of times. didn't see the one where Fry gets to talk to his mom. better phrasing would have been "there is exactly one plotline that hit me on an emotional level."

by Ricechaz 2 days ago