Is this real?
Don't you have an elsewhere to be?
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
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§ ita § - May 27, 2011 7:58:31 am PDT #14564 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
tommyrot - May 27, 2011 8:08:07 am PDT #14565 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Steph L. - May 27, 2011 6:24:40 pm PDT #14566 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Earlier today I watched Raiders of the Lost Ark, and I had this whole thing I was going to post about how it's held up so well over 30 (!) years (seriously, that is a fantastic movie and Karen Allen is a badass), but then all that was erased by watching Idiocracy. That's exactly the kind of movie I hate, and then I feel like a jackass for not finding it funny when the rest of the world finds it funny. But seriously? So unbelievably stupid. And logically inconsistent. Futurama did it first and better and was actually funny.
However? Still not as bad as Magnolia.
§ ita § - May 27, 2011 6:46:06 pm PDT #14567 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Typo Boy - May 27, 2011 8:54:55 pm PDT #14568 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
The Invention of Lying might help get the taste of Idiocracy out of your mouth.
Polter-Cow - May 27, 2011 9:04:25 pm PDT #14569 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I haven't seen Idiocracy, but I'll second that!
§ ita § - May 28, 2011 7:36:52 am PDT #14570 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
OMG, WX+online movie critics. First we hide the name of the thread to hide from one, and the other one that does find us seems to revel in disliking what people take easy enjoyment of and elevating things people feel no emotional connection to.
I swear, I have to think of Mr. Jessica to remind me that's just not how it always is.
le nubian - May 28, 2011 7:46:23 am PDT #14571 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
hahaha.
(sigh)
§ ita § - May 28, 2011 7:49:16 am PDT #14572 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
(I feel glad that I don't seem to be alone)
Jessica - May 28, 2011 8:54:06 am PDT #14573 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I loved Idiocracy, for all that it's a horrible mess of a film. (I feel bad for the filmmakers whenever I see something that's been SO obviously worked over by the studio execs. I have a feeling the director's cut would have been brilliant all the way through, instead of tiny flashes of brilliance hidden under an incoherent jumble of bad editing. Still, Electrolytes! It's what plants crave! And the House of Representin'...I'm pretty sure when the film first came out, that scene played like a parody. Now it's depressingly like watching C-Span.)