“Rick and Morty” fans are not thrilled with the new iteration of the show now that series co-creator Justin Roiland has been fired.
Adult Swim severed ties with Roiland after he was charged with felony domestic violence in January. The charges were later dropped in March due to lack of evidence, but he was never invited to rejoin the cast. After the initial charges were filed, others came forward with allegations of sexual harassment and toxic workplace behavior, per IndieWire. “Rick and Morty” co-creator Dan Harmon said the “easiest thing” was to say “nothing” about the drama.
“Trust has now been violated between countless people and a show designed to please them. I’m frustrated, ashamed and heartbroken that a lot of hard work, joy and passion can be leveraged to exploit and harm strangers,” Harmon told the outlet in September.
This forced “Rick and Morty” showrunners to go on an extensive hunt for two new voice actors to replace Roiland, who had initially given life to both the main characters.
Season 7 – the first one without Roiland behind the scenes – premiered on Sunday and so far has gotten mostly terrible reviews. Some fans hate the new voices, while others aren’t happy with the storyline, which they’re saying is not as good as previous seasons.
Season 7, which only had one episode released so far, currently has a 43% audience rating and 50% critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes. This stands in contrast to the 86% critic and 82% audience rating that the overall series has on the review platform.
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Fans had a lot of negative comments about the first episode, which is called “How Poopy Got His Poop Back.”
“Couldn’t even get past the first 10 minutes of episode 1 without dying of cringe. The show has seriously lost its touch and the ratings speak for itself. Such as disappointment,” one reviewer shared.
“Wow… episode 1 was horrible. Someone sucked the life right out of that show,” another agreed.
“From the very start of the episode you feel like something is off, then becomes worse as it goes on, the new voice actors sound lifeless and bring no energy to the characters, it doesn’t sound like the voice actors are clicking, which is made worse as there are the original voice actors for the other characters which sound normal but when mixed in with the stale delivery of the new actors makes for awkward viewing. The story on the first episode was horrible and I could barely get through it,” a third person echoed.
“Rick and Morty” airs new episodes on Sundays on Adult Swim.