So tonight is finally the beginning of the end for one of the most overrated TV shows of all time.
My response:
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How i feel except everyone else likes the office ?? . . . Follow @mortyandrickig for more . Follow @zoinksnack for old school cartoons! . . . . #rickandmorty #rickandmortymemes #rickandmortyfans #rickandmortyedits #rickandmortyquotes #rickandmortyseason4
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Alas, Game of Thrones is a cult TV show whose cult I am not a member. My reasoning has not changed since 2013 when I wrote “The 2 Most Important Reasons Why I Hate Game of Thrones” at PJM. The show is just too depressing with its endless cycle of sex and violence blended together into a sadomasochistic spectacle. And in doing this it’s not really accomplishing anything compelling or original. So much of the “cutting edge” pay TV shows of the last decade simply regurgitate the provocations of edgier independent and foreign films from the ’90s and ’00s. For me watching Game of Thrones is just too reminiscent of all the “shocking” films I watched as a teenager and college student, working at the local art house movie theatre. So I am not thrilled by GoT, I am bored by it.
One might challenge me though: how can I be so dismissive of Game of Thrones‘ evil, while apparently turning a blind eye to the amorality of Adult Swim’s cult hit Rick and Morty? Yes, by all evidence, this is a pop culture cult which I have joined:
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Going to put #rickandmorty on in the background while working this morning…
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Still digging my #mrmeeseeks #socks #RickandMorty “You gotta relax!”
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If ever there was a day for the #PickleRick #socks then it is today…
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April gave me more #rickandmorty presents for my birthday. #mrmeeseeks #socks and a #jigsawpuzzle for us to do together. ?
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The answer is fairly simple. Yes, frequently Rick Sanchez, the smartest man in the universe, will do and say some pretty amoral crap. However, he’s only half the show. Morty, as Rick’s grandson and often less-than-willing helper, brings the show’s innocence, idealism, and humanity, often inspiring his grandfather to be better. That too distinguishes the cartoon evil of Rick compared to the live action evil of GoT. Rick may be an evil, morally confused anti-hero but he’s not wholly irredeemable, as is the case with most of GoT’s endlessly disposable characters.
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It’s my birthday next week so April got me a few small presents. First: #PickleRick !!! #rickandmorty #funkopop
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Wow… #rickandmorty #monopoly – my 2nd to last birthday present… Looking forward to this one! #boardgames
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David M. Swindle
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David M. Swindle took over in 2021 as Liberty Island Media Group's new owner, Publisher, and Editor-In-Chief. He joined LI in May of 2015, initially as West Coast Editor. He previously worked as associate editor of PJ Media from 2011-2015 where he grew the PJ Lifestyle vertical, and associate editor of FrontPageMag from 2009-2011 where he developed the media criticism site NewsReal Blog as its managing editor.
David double-majored in English (creative writing emphasis) and Political Science, graduating from Ball State University in 2006. After years of feeling torn between creative work and political activism, David now embraces the late Andrew Breitbart’s aphorism that “Politics is downstream from culture.”
As a novel editor David will consider books of just about any genre or type (he hands off romance, young adult, legal, and military titles to those better equipped on the team). His current areas of strongest interest include science fiction, fantasy, thriller/suspense, hard-boiled detective and crime, horror, westerns, historical, alternate history, speculative, cultural satire, literary, and religious fiction. He also reviews nonfiction submissions on politics, arts, media, faith, and counterculture.
His first novel he both edited and published is Tom Cosentino's The Art of Looking for Trouble.
Liberty Island titles which David edited include Justice, Inc by J.P. Medved, Mad Jones, Heretic: The Accidental Prophet, Book 1 by Quin Hillyer, Silver & Lead: A Novella of the Westby David Churchill Barrow and MaryLu Barrow, Snowflake’s Chance: The 2016 Campaign Diary of Justin T. Fairchild, Social Justice Warriorby Curtis Edmonds, Mad Jones, Hero: The Accidental Prophet, Book 2 by Quin Hillyer, Mad Jones, Agonistes: The Accidental Prophet, Book 3 by Quin Hillyer, Pulse of the Goddess: The American Blackout, Book 1 by Fred Tribuzzo, Slaves Beneath the Stars: American Blackout, Book 2 by Fred Tribuzzo, Gangster Town: The American Blackout, Book 3by Fred Tribuzzo, and First Shot: Jin & Tonick, Book 1 by Bokerah Brumley.
David's articles have been published at such publications as The Daily Wire, The Washington Examiner, The Investigative Project on Terrorism, The Algemeiner, The American Spectator, The Daily Caller, The California Courier, Campus Watch, Rebel Media, Big Hollywood, and The Indianapolis Star. He currently lives in Burbank, California. Follow him on Twitter @DaveSwindle.
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