I found Idiocracy's premise intriguing: If stupid people make more babies than smart people, what kind of world do you end up after 500 years, and what happens if you drop two very ordinary 21st century people into this world? On one level, Mike Judge's future America is a light science fiction tale filled with bimbos, pro wrestlers, tabloid TV, and familiar 21st century corporate icons gone very wrong.On another level, it's more a biting satire about the stupidity of the corporate culture we live in today and the bits about Costco, Fox News and Starbucks are priceless.
The overly-PC crowd will probably not like it, but overall, I think it's well worth a viewing.
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Topic - Mike Judge's "Idiocracy" - 4season 14:45:12 01/15/07 (12)
- I watched it and here's my take: - Tom §. 05:00:32 01/23/07 (0)
- 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)
- How about pretentious message board posters? - Tom §. 11:45:22 01/16/07 (0)
- You haven't watched it, have you [nt] - 4season 09:52:09 01/16/07 (5)
- My comment was not on the film, but on the inanity in the original post. nt - clarkjohnsen 10:42:18 01/16/07 (4)
- Re: And yet, you read and replied. Twice. [nt] - 4season 11:06:42 01/16/07 (3)
- More inanity, and a lie; I replied to the original post only once. nt - clarkjohnsen 13:06:09 01/16/07 (2)
- Constructive criticism instead of ridicule? - 4season 21:16:09 01/19/07 (1)
- 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)
- quite disappointing - tunenut 15:57:04 01/15/07 (2)
- re: quite disappointing - 4season 11:02:36 01/16/07 (1)
- I liked Office Space a lot...this seemed a lot more slapdash - tunenut 17:25:11 01/16/07 (0)