I haven't seen Idiocracy, but I'll second that!
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'Potential'
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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!
§ 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.)
Laga - May 28, 2011 9:01:39 am PDT #14574 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I thought Idiocracy was pretty good as a short film. It just didn't have enough meat to stretch to 90 minutes.
Frankenbuddha - May 28, 2011 12:02:57 pm PDT #14575 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I have come to believe that Mike Judge is not capable of working at movie length. Even Office Space was a great collection of bits in search of a movie. I love it, but it doesn't hold together as a single piece.
No shame in that - I think Mel Brooks (apart from Young Frankestein) and Python (apart from Life of Brian) have the same problems.
erikaj - May 28, 2011 1:19:13 pm PDT #14576 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Idiocracy was cut up pretty badly, but I think I'd agree with you, mostly. King of the Hill can be really underrated as satire imo, however.
Steph L. - May 28, 2011 1:21:30 pm PDT #14577 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I love King of the Hill, so I expected to at least find Idiocracy tolerable. I thought the wrester/porn star as POTUS was extremely funny, but that was about it.
Dana - May 28, 2011 2:49:01 pm PDT #14578 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Man, how awesome is Lillian Gish in "The Night of the Hunter"?
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