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• I watched it and here's my take: - Tom §. 05:00:32 01/23/07 (0)
  In Reply to: Mike Judge's "Idiocracy" posted by 4season on January 15, 2007 at 14:45:12:

  The salient characteristic of this movie has been it's blessing and its curse is: it's premise. The premise appeals to viewer's vanity because in panders to the "nearly everyone else in this world is stupid" line of thought. The other side is that the movie insinuates everyone else (including the author of this post and whomever the reader might be) *is* stupid. We can't escape the fact that everyone thinks everyone else is stupid. It's the pornographic thought that keeps our egos errect. Perhaps that's an unintentional insight Judge conveyed (or I'm just underthinking it).

  It's no suprise corporate distribution wouldn't touch this one. It insults many aspects of popular american culture. It insults yuppies right off the bat by insinuating yuppies are too wrapped up in themselves to breed. It insults hip hop culture and its money train of white teenage idolators. It goes after the trailer park culture of professional wrestling, tractor pulls, and bandwagon patriotism. The corporate "biting satire" bits go beyond cartoonish in their exaggeration of how corporate advertisers go for the lowest common denominator. Is that funny? I don't know. Fuck you, I'm watching a movie.

  -Tom §.
  
  

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• Imagine that! "A biting satire" about Costco and Starbucks! What other hard-to-hit targets will be next? - clarkjohnsen 23:31:36 01/15/07 (7)
  In Reply to: Mike Judge's "Idiocracy" posted by 4season on January 15, 2007 at 14:45:12:

  K-Mart? Folgers?

  The Net?

  clark
  
  

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  • How about pretentious message board posters? - Tom §. 11:45:22 01/16/07 (0)
    In Reply to: Imagine that! "A biting satire" about Costco and Starbucks! What other hard-to-hit targets will be next? posted by clarkjohnsen on January 15, 2007 at 23:31:36:

    I'd watch it.

    Tom §.
    
    

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  • You haven't watched it, have you [nt] - 4season 09:52:09 01/16/07 (5)
    In Reply to: Imagine that! "A biting satire" about Costco and Starbucks! What other hard-to-hit targets will be next? posted by clarkjohnsen on January 15, 2007 at 23:31:36:

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    • My comment was not on the film, but on the inanity in the original post. nt - clarkjohnsen 10:42:18 01/16/07 (4)
      In Reply to: You haven't watched it, have you [nt] posted by 4season on January 16, 2007 at 09:52:09:

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      • Re: And yet, you read and replied. Twice. [nt] - 4season 11:06:42 01/16/07 (3)
        In Reply to: My comment was not on the film, but on the inanity in the original post. nt posted by clarkjohnsen on January 16, 2007 at 10:42:18:

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        • More inanity, and a lie; I replied to the original post only once. nt - clarkjohnsen 13:06:09 01/16/07 (2)
          In Reply to: Re: And yet, you read and replied. Twice. [nt] posted by 4season on January 16, 2007 at 11:06:42:

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          • Constructive criticism instead of ridicule? - 4season 21:16:09 01/19/07 (1)
            In Reply to: More inanity, and a lie; I replied to the original post only once. nt posted by clarkjohnsen on January 16, 2007 at 13:06:09:

            I don't claim that my writing is anything special, but if find such fault with it, how's about offering a bit of constructive criticism instead of petty ridicule?
            
            

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            • The referenced problem was not in the writing, but in the thinking -- about which I endeavor to instruct no man. nt - clarkjohnsen 09:57:09 01/20/07 (0)
              In Reply to: Constructive criticism instead of ridicule? posted by 4season on January 19, 2007 at 21:16:09:

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• quite disappointing - tunenut 15:57:04 01/15/07 (2)
  In Reply to: Mike Judge's "Idiocracy" posted by 4season on January 15, 2007 at 14:45:12:

  This came and went quickly where I live, with a good review in the LA Times. I was looking forward to catching it on DVD.

  While there are moments of good satire and a few laughs, it's not really much. Only about 80 minutes. The leads are pretty dull. The plot, such as it is, isn't much either. Every once in a while, a joke hit the mark for me, but more of them misfired.

  This could have used a substantial rewrite. The basic idea was good and much of the look of the dumbed down future was well done. But it didn't work very well for me.
  
  

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  • re: quite disappointing - 4season 11:02:36 01/16/07 (1)
    In Reply to: quite disappointing posted by tunenut on January 15, 2007 at 15:57:04:

    The leads in Mike Judge's movies are sketched out just enough to build a story around, and what plot there is, is mostly designed to deliver the viewer from one vignette after another, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, IMO. I don't know that I'd add either movie to my DVD collection, but I was definitely entertained.
    
    

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    • I liked Office Space a lot...this seemed a lot more slapdash - tunenut 17:25:11 01/16/07 (0)
      In Reply to: re: quite disappointing posted by 4season on January 16, 2007 at 11:02:36:

      Office Space had real characters.
      
      

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