He References ‘Zardoz’ A Lot
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In yet another article where Harmon (along with his disgraced former Rick and Morty collaborator, Justin Roiland) talks about pop-culture influences, he brings up his fondness of Zardoz, the bizarre sci-fi fantasy movie in which Sean Connery sports the wildest red outfit in cinematic history.
“I like Zardoz. It’s an insane film,” Harmon told Vulture. “At the beginning of the director’s commentary, John Boorman says, ‘Hello, I’m John Boorman. In (1974), I made a movie called Zardoz, and it’s kind of got away from me.’ It’s so ambitious; it has so much crazy shit in it. For that reason, it’s stuck in my brain alongside classics that have supposedly earned it, like Citizen Kane, or Moby Dick, or whatever. I’m referencing Zardoz more often than people know.”
He Has Been Quite Disappointed with ‘Rick and Morty’ Fans
In a 2018 interview with GQ, the creator of the show that turned some of its fans into Szechuan sauce maniacs lamented the trolls and the negative meme-ification of Rick and Morty viewers. “It’s a huge bummer,” Harmon said. “Do I worry about them ruining everything? Yeah, I do. Once the title of your show becomes a way of describing a demographic, that is toxic.”