One of the really impressive things about Rick and Morty, Adult Swim’s incredibly clever animated series about an alcoholic scientist grandfather and his often hapless but EQ-rich grandson, has been the way it merges bright, funtastic visuals, amazingly imaginative worldbuilding and intelligent storytelling that doesn’t just spin out a narrative but says something really funny while it’s doing it.
Plus of course, it’s funny – really, really funny.
In this video released by Adult Swim to promote the upcoming third series, co-creator Dan Harmon muses on the existential underpinnings of the show; specifically about the recurrent tussle between creator and created, and the angst about life and its meaning that results.
In the face of these big unversal questions – to which the answer is not 42, much as I wish it was – Harmon muses about the end point of Rick’s constant declaration that nothing really matters.
“While Harmon doesn’t subscribe to Rick’s belief that nothing matters, if you get through the ‘terrifying threshold’ of accepting it, [he acknowledges that] ‘every place is the center of the universe, every moment is the most important moment and everything is the meaning of life.'” (source: Mashable)
We always suspected there was a lot of going on beyond the crazy aliens and outrageous plots but this brilliantly-informative, thoughtful video underscores just big the philosophical 90% of the iceberg under the water of Rick and Morty really is.
- As for when we’ll see season 3 on our screens, you’re guess is as good as mine. Here’s what we do know right now.