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McVicker Claims Mike Judge's EXTRACT Is "On Par With OFFICE SPACE"!!!
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Beaks here...
Don't let the September 4th release date fool you: Miramax is very happy with Mike Judge's EXTRACT. And why wouldn't they be? It's a freakin' Mike Judge movie!
Feel free to disagree, but I think Judge's track record - BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD, KING OF THE HILL, OFFICE SPACE, IDIOCRACY and the currently-airing THE GOODE FAMILY - speaks for itself. He's easily one of the most consistently funny comedy writers we've got. So give him a cast comprised of Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Ben Affleck and J.K. Simmons, Mila Kunis, Clifton Collins Jr. and Dave Koechner, and I'm expecting something special. According to the below review from Principal McVicker, that's exactly what we're getting...
What up Harry?
Caught a preview of Mike Judge's new flick EXTRACT at the Sherman Oaks Arclight here in L.A. Words that were brought up in the focus group to describe it? "Sardonically irreverant," "witty," abstruse," and one lone voice who just kept yelling "stooopid!"
I can't say I disagree with any of those comments. Mike Judge continues to be one of the most unique voices in American comedy. He is a human black hole: no foible of mankind escapes the gravity of his acerbic wit. He's like that one small, off-brand cola that actually tastes better than the real Coke. He's the Shasta of Cinema.
What's it about? The film revolves around sexually frustrated factory-owner Jason Bateman, struggling to save his marriage while dealing with the aftermath of an on-the-job malfunction that leaves one of his employees without a testicle. But the trailer's a bit misleading. This film plumbs the depths like one of those Ass Canaries proctologists use to detect colon cancer.
SPOILER ALERT:
Bateman -- whose wife Kristen Wiig keeps her lady treasures buried deep in her sweat pants -- hasn't been laid in a good long while, and the central plot revolves around him trying to find a justification for cheating on her with his new employee, a con-woman played by Mila Kunis. His plan, as suggested by his stoner buddy Ben Affleck (while Bateman is fucked up on horse tranqs): hire a gigolo to try and bone his wife. If the gigolo succeeds, then Bateman is free to fuck whoever he wants. The guy who plays the gigolo, Dustin Milligan (fans of the new 90210 may recognize him) is really the breakout star of the film. His interactions with both Wiig (whom he falls deeply in love with) and Bateman form some of the most genuinely hilarious comedy set pieces of the film.
How does it compare to Judge's other films?
The most obvious comparison is to OFFICE SPACE, as both deal with 30something men undergoing life crises. But it's clear Mike Judge, as an artist, has grown. EXTRACT tackles human issues with a bit more depth and complexity than did OFFICE SPACE, all while maintaining the level of raunchiness that we expect of him: insecurity, sexual frustration, marital boredom, and the psychological repurcussions of losing a testicle. I'm not quite sure if Extract will incur the sort of cult respect that Office Space has, but I, for one, am going to go out on a limb and say I prefer it.
What works the best?
In addition to the previously mentioned hilarity of Brad the Gigolo, Ben Affleck is the surprise comedy tour-de-force of this movie. He has exactly the right take on his half-interested-in-Eastern-medicine-but-mostly-a-drugged-out-loser character, who acts mainly as a hilarious sounding board/motivator to Bateman's character. The improvisational scenes between these two, which include a hilariously fucked-up visit to a tatted-up pot dealer (glimpsed in the trailer) are amazing.
The pace of the film, and the "set up and pay off" comedy, are impeccable. In particular, a recurring bit with David Koechner as an annoying neighbor pays off in one of the funniest jump cuts in recent cinema history.
Mike Judge's cameo, as a factory worker trying to start a strike, is amazing.
The subplot about the guy who loses a testicle, who ends up sitting on his couch all day with a hilarious redneck brother reminiscent of DIedrich Bader's character in Office Space, works well.
Really, anything with Brad the Gigolo.
What are its weaknesses?
As is the case with most Judge films, the female characters feel like they could use some work. Mila Kunis is smoking hot in this, but her character is a generic con woman with very little sense of motivation or humanity. The ways in which she flirts and feigns interest to manipulate men sometimes leads to some funny bits, but on the whole her character needed some work.
Kristen Wiig, as the wife, also feels a bit underused. We know she's a brilliant comedienne, but Judge doesn't give her much breathing room here to improvise and add some Wiiggy comedic depth to her character. Two scenes of her with Brad the gigolo -- a porn parody flashback to Brad's seduction of her, and the scene where she tries to end the affair with an oblivious Brad -- are great, but we want to see more of her. Especially, we want to learn more about her relationship with Bateman, and the underlying reasons why it isn't working.
A cameo by Gene Simmons as a sleazy lawyer didn't quite work for me.
Is it worth $12?
Definently. I'm going out on a limb and picking this as my favorite comedy of 2009. The only thing I can forsee dethroning it would be FUNNY PEOPLE. It's original, it's funny, it has depth. The cast is uniformly funny, even if some characters could use some work. It was really a breath of fresh air, and a Mike Judge work I'd place on par with OFFICE SPACE. Let's just hope it gets a decent release, unlike the criminally underrated IDIOCRACY.
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Caught a preview of Mike Judge's new flick EXTRACT at the Sherman Oaks Arclight here in L.A. Words that were brought up in the focus group to describe it? "Sardonically irreverant," "witty," abstruse," and one lone voice who just kept yelling "stooopid!"
I can't say I disagree with any of those comments. Mike Judge continues to be one of the most unique voices in American comedy. He is a human black hole: no foible of mankind escapes the gravity of his acerbic wit. He's like that one small, off-brand cola that actually tastes better than the real Coke. He's the Shasta of Cinema.
What's it about? The film revolves around sexually frustrated factory-owner Jason Bateman, struggling to save his marriage while dealing with the aftermath of an on-the-job malfunction that leaves one of his employees without a testicle. But the trailer's a bit misleading. This film plumbs the depths like one of those Ass Canaries proctologists use to detect colon cancer.
SPOILER ALERT:
Bateman -- whose wife Kristen Wiig keeps her lady treasures buried deep in her sweat pants -- hasn't been laid in a good long while, and the central plot revolves around him trying to find a justification for cheating on her with his new employee, a con-woman played by Mila Kunis. His plan, as suggested by his stoner buddy Ben Affleck (while Bateman is fucked up on horse tranqs): hire a gigolo to try and bone his wife. If the gigolo succeeds, then Bateman is free to fuck whoever he wants. The guy who plays the gigolo, Dustin Milligan (fans of the new 90210 may recognize him) is really the breakout star of the film. His interactions with both Wiig (whom he falls deeply in love with) and Bateman form some of the most genuinely hilarious comedy set pieces of the film.
How does it compare to Judge's other films?
The most obvious comparison is to OFFICE SPACE, as both deal with 30something men undergoing life crises. But it's clear Mike Judge, as an artist, has grown. EXTRACT tackles human issues with a bit more depth and complexity than did OFFICE SPACE, all while maintaining the level of raunchiness that we expect of him: insecurity, sexual frustration, marital boredom, and the psychological repurcussions of losing a testicle. I'm not quite sure if Extract will incur the sort of cult respect that Office Space has, but I, for one, am going to go out on a limb and say I prefer it.
What works the best?
In addition to the previously mentioned hilarity of Brad the Gigolo, Ben Affleck is the surprise comedy tour-de-force of this movie. He has exactly the right take on his half-interested-in-Eastern-medicine-but-mostly-a-drugged-out-loser character, who acts mainly as a hilarious sounding board/motivator to Bateman's character. The improvisational scenes between these two, which include a hilariously fucked-up visit to a tatted-up pot dealer (glimpsed in the trailer) are amazing.
The pace of the film, and the "set up and pay off" comedy, are impeccable. In particular, a recurring bit with David Koechner as an annoying neighbor pays off in one of the funniest jump cuts in recent cinema history.
Mike Judge's cameo, as a factory worker trying to start a strike, is amazing.
The subplot about the guy who loses a testicle, who ends up sitting on his couch all day with a hilarious redneck brother reminiscent of DIedrich Bader's character in Office Space, works well.
Really, anything with Brad the Gigolo.
What are its weaknesses?
As is the case with most Judge films, the female characters feel like they could use some work. Mila Kunis is smoking hot in this, but her character is a generic con woman with very little sense of motivation or humanity. The ways in which she flirts and feigns interest to manipulate men sometimes leads to some funny bits, but on the whole her character needed some work.
Kristen Wiig, as the wife, also feels a bit underused. We know she's a brilliant comedienne, but Judge doesn't give her much breathing room here to improvise and add some Wiiggy comedic depth to her character. Two scenes of her with Brad the gigolo -- a porn parody flashback to Brad's seduction of her, and the scene where she tries to end the affair with an oblivious Brad -- are great, but we want to see more of her. Especially, we want to learn more about her relationship with Bateman, and the underlying reasons why it isn't working.
A cameo by Gene Simmons as a sleazy lawyer didn't quite work for me.
Is it worth $12?
Definently. I'm going out on a limb and picking this as my favorite comedy of 2009. The only thing I can forsee dethroning it would be FUNNY PEOPLE. It's original, it's funny, it has depth. The cast is uniformly funny, even if some characters could use some work. It was really a breath of fresh air, and a Mike Judge work I'd place on par with OFFICE SPACE. Let's just hope it gets a decent release, unlike the criminally underrated IDIOCRACY.
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Idiocracy was a big disappointment
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Jun 14, 2009 3:58:50 PM CDT
President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho
by giant_dick_bag_filled_with_taco_meat
"Shit. I know shit's bad right now, with all that starving bullshit, and the dust storms, and we are running out of french fries and burrito coverings. But I got a solution."
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...that came up with this one?
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I said it
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Is probably the worst thing I've seen on TV in the last decade. It's so fucking unbearable, awful, obvious and just plain fucking BAD that it's almost an endurance test. I'm a total liberal and I still want to kill these fucking hippies. Mike Judge shit the bed big time with this piece of crap.
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yes. The premise wore thin after awhile, but the front end of that flick had a ton of laughs.
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It looks to be as good as Office Space. Bateman has a huge cult following from his tenure in Arrested Developement and his role in Juno and Judge can make a stapler funny. Affleck does good work when given great material. See all his Kevin Smith movies as example. I'm looking forward to this and the one with Jeremy Piven where he is selling cars. Funny People I could give a shit about. I'm over sandler and Rogan.
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doesnt get the credit it deserves. film is damn near a cult classic on the level of a modern Sleeper.
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not 30's you idiot.
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I can't even force a smile watching that show. Makes King of the Hill look like South Park.
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Great concept poorly done - the point it was trying to make was a good one but it was a half hour TV episode over-stretched to make a movie. Office Space however was perfect....will have to give this new one a go.
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Hell, just the intro of Idiocracy is enough for anyone to realize it is pure genius. Saying Extract is on par with Office Space is an insult to Mike Judge. Office Space is deserving the title of ass.
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Brawndo out of the extract, and the rest is history. I don't see trees groing in a toilet.
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a very re-watchable masterpiece in fact
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See? ...because he's a plant...
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People who complain about Idiocracy sound like characters from Idiocracy.
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They will run ads for this one month in advance, then move the release date 3 times, release it 2 weeks early without telling anyone and then pull it from theaters entirely by Sunday morning just like they did with Idiocracy and Office Space. Then they will wonder what they did wrong and blame Mike Judge for not making good movies.
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Looking forward to this...It's got Electolytes!!!!
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My eyes saw Office Space, but my brain was thinking, or not thinking The Office. Scuse my stupidity.
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Sucked hairy balls. I get the message, but humor wasn't there. But Mike Judge is very funny and I can't wait to see the new film.
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....thinks personal taste = stupidity, ironically proving his own stupidity while trying to accuse others. Here's the thing - Idiocracy was hardly subtle about the message. It was as dumb in execution as the future it was depicting. Great idea, great message, shit film. Purely MHO, of course, but luckily my opinion always happens to be fact which works out quite well, really.
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also, the reviewer is a plant.
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The Goode Family is truly awful. The only saving grace for that show would be if Mr. Goode turned into Mr. Van Driessen, and if that blond guy at the health food store turned into Beavis.
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making fun of your boss is an easy way to win friends. But since then, he's turned his sights on just about all his audience, cutting a little closer than I think most people would like. Little wonder he hasn't been able to manage another big hit yet.
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But I wonder how this guy makes money, nothing he's made has been wildly successful has it? Maybe Bevis & Butthead.
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Jun 14, 2009 5:35:24 PM CDT
Still haven't seen all of OFFICE SPACE™
by christian_bale_trashed_my_lights
Thanks for reminding me to get back to that movie. It was pretty good for the thirty minutes or so that I watched.I look forward to seeing this one. Yup™.
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Fuck™! So many movies to see!Is it me or does everything look better with the use of a ™?
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No, seriously, I am. Ow! My BALLS!!!
Any new Mike Judge is going to be great - even though THE GOODE FAMILY seems to be shit according to reviews (is it even on in my native UK?). Mike Judge is so far above the Frat Pack in terms of pure comedy, it's not even funny. I've lost count of the number of times I've rewatched OFFICE SPACE, BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD is like distilled essence of everything I found hilarious in the 90s (oh and even Patrick Stewart reveres B&B, so fuck that haterz!!!), and the MILTON cartoons were great.
I await this movie with BAITIN' BREATH! More Mike Judge all round, mmmkay? Yeeeeeeaaaaaah. Okay, Peter. -
There was salt on the glass - big grains of salt.
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The first time I saw it I didn't really like it. I think I fell asleep to be honest, but after a few times of watching it I absolutely love it. Don't trust me though, I have bad taste in film.Watched Outlander last night and really liked it for what it was.
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And they freaking hate what they see. Every negative review I've read of that show has come from a self-professed lib who goes, "We're not like that!" Well, conservatives aren't like the way you paint them either. If the show eventually bombs, it'll be because both liberals and conservatives can't stand to watch liberalism in action, not because it isn't a funny show.
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You cock. The show sucks because it sucks, there's no "meta" reason for it.
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you know it does. and yes you suck.
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I dunno how much faith I put in this reviewer. When I first heard about Judge doing Idiocracy, I was psyched. Liked Judge, liked the concept, thought it was a surefire comedy I'd enjoy. Then I finally got to see it. It wasn't TERRIBLE, but it wasn't as good as Office Space. It had some great moments, but the whole film had much more potential than it ever got to expound upon. I get more out of old Futurama episodes. While I hope Extract wil be better than Idiocracy, I'm not confident based on this guy's review.
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he gets a decent paycheck from -what, like 11 seasons?- of King of the Hill. At least, I assume Fox's checks still cash.
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damn i managed 5 minutes and had to turn it off...looking forward to this tho. also why is there so many different spellings of definitely. it ain't that hard to spell.
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That's a legit bragging right.
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I'm not sure I'd want to watch a comedy about that, I think it would be pretty unfunny. That said I expected the cancer plot in Fanboys to be a downer and it didn't drag it down at all.
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fucking laptop. I can sit through some seriously mediocre tv without complaining, but the Goode Family is an all out assault on comedy. The premise, which wore thin after the first 5 minutes, is delivered with the subtlty of a kick to the face.
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...on you. I liked it well enough the first time, but after watching it you start to see Idiocrats and Idiocratisms everywhere...all day long...and you slowly start to love the movie.
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like barton or rat.
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PURE, UNADULTERATED SHITE. ENTIRELY OVERRATED BY MINDLESS MONGS WHO THINK THEY KNOW WHAT COMEDY IS... FUCKING HOPELESS. HA. HA. HA.
YOU SEE. THOSE 3 HA HA'S WERE FUNNIER THAN THE 2ND HALF OF THAT MOVIE. -
The film is filled with such detail and rewards repeated viewing. It's one of those "show your friends" movies. The first two acts are indeed the work of genius. Camancho is one of the great movie Presidents.
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I hate you.
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You can never judge a show by its pilot -- that's here all the obvious jokes go -- but I see exactly that's what everyone has done. I'm telling you, I couldn't breathe during the Gutterball episode.
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i would have given it more of a chance
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by its pilot. Fool gave up on Sons of Anarchy.
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How can you doubt it after reading his/her text? I hope it's good, but this article is BS.
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And no one can tell the difference.
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Japanese wrestling legend, died today during a match. He was my age, 46...
From ESPN: "Misawa, 46, was taking part in a tag team match when his opponent grabbed him and took him to the mat in the common suplex move. Reports say, however, that Misawa was rendered unconscious. The match was stopped and Misawa was administered to before being taken from the arena. He was declared dead at the hospital.
Misawa was a former high school and national wrestler who gained fame in the 1980s in professional wrestling as a character called the Tiger Mask. He unmasked in 1990 and became even more popular. Misawa was named professional wrestler of the year three times.
At the time of his death, he was the founder and owner of Pro Wrestling NOAH. Many publications characterize Misawa's popularity in Japan as comparable to Hulk Hogan or The Rock in the United States." -
100% Douche
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Anyone who viciously attacks the Goode Family is just unable to separate their liberalness from their sense of humor. I love Family Guy, American Dad and all the other shows that routinely (and often ignorantly) rip on conservatives. I have a functioning sense of humor.
As someone noted above, many liberals have no sense of humor about themselves, not even a little. Because everything they believe in is SO SERIOUS and IMPORTANT, and it is therefore beyond the pale to mock or ridicule it. You just can't go there!
I liked the pilot much more than the next 2 episodes, I'm really turned off by the Ubuntu-as-retard character, and the dad is getting gayer by the minute. -
was great and funny as hell. The film, however, was absolute shit. Completely miscast in every way.
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You can say the same thing about conservatives
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This guy knows nothing about comedy. That movie looks like dildo.
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I saw it in a screening a few months back. I'm not going to write a whole review on it but all i can say is it FAILS on all levels of comedy or drama.
only good parts are the DIE HARD references (which you've probably already seen in the trailer) and an unexpected cameo by Eminem and Ray Ramano.
SANDLER is just not FUNNY at all, and the rest of the apatow team seem to be heading the same direction. Tired jokess, and lack of adding anything new.
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I should've cleaned that last post a little bit. Sorry for making that unreadable.
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Man, I wish more people would see Idiocracy. I can't tell you how many times -- in the course of a week, or a day -- that something happens or I see something that reminds me of a bit in that movie. I've actually had people (who haven't seen Idiocracy), when I tell them what a waste of money their bottled water is, unwittingly say, "But it's got ELECTROLYTES." From the hospital scene to "Welcome to Costco, I love you" to the freaking ridiculous dildo car in the battle sequence at the end -- the movie is packed with sharp observations that pertain to modern day society. But too many people, it seems, watch the first few minutes and for some reason it doesn't catch on. That's why you've sometimes got to force people to watch the whole thing. I don't understand Idiocracy haters. I think it's because they really haven't watched the whole thing. It's classic satire, on par with Monty Python's Holy Grail (in its cult-status readiness) or Sleeper (another time travel adventure). Idiocracy rules!
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I'm still just a fink
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Jun 14, 2009 11:56:36 PM CDT
I don't hate Idiocracy, but I was comedically underwhelmed by it
by finky089
I guess my expectations were just set too high. There's nothign I "hate" or don't like about it. it's not "bad". I just expected it to be funnier (at least on-par with Office Space.)
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it's because the film is mocking you and maybe you're aware of that.
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People who think Idiocracy is biting social commentary are the same type of people who thought the Matrix was a master's thesis in philosophy. It was and remains a funny concept ripe with potential, but the movie itself is about as broad and subtle as a kick in the teeth. We get it: consumerism is bad. Huge disappointment after Office Space.
It's a lot like Goode Family, actually. There is plenty of great material out there to skewer liberals on, but Goode Family is just Mr. Van Driesen's Playhouse: a parody of an old, stale joke. Then again, I'm only going on the half an episode I watched, so take from that what you will. Bottom line is that Mike Judge hasn't added anything of value to the culture since Office Space. -
I'll give this a shot. Sounds like an interesting premise and I know there's funny still left in Judge.
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Why did he capitalize office space? Plant?
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Its got electrolytes! people watching movies crave electrolytes. then they should serve Brawndo!
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Well gud four ewe.
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I love Clifton Collins... I don't know why. He's just got that something! And the rest of the cast is funny minus Wiig. She does NOTHING for me.
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Sure I thought it was a comedy too until I went into the world after seeing it and noticing the world as if for the first time. Forget your Star Treks, Ghost in the Shells, and Blade Runners...our future IS an Idiocracy. *shudder*
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look http://tinyurl.com/kktw3a
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Jun 15, 2009 2:22:43 AM CDT
Paul Blart Mall Cop had the best selling DVD two weeks in a row
by trannyformers_apologist
Paul Blart Mall Cop had the best selling DVD two weeks in a row and made $146,336,178 dollars domestic B.O.Paul Blart Mall Cop had the best selling DVD two weeks in a row and made $146,336,178 dollars domestic B.O.Paul Blart Mall Cop had the best selling DVD two weeks in a row and made $146,336,178 dollars domestic B.O.Paul Blart Mall Cop had the best selling DVD two weeks in a row and made $146,336,178 dollars domestic B.O.Paul Blart Mall Cop had the best selling DVD two weeks in a row and made $146,336,178 dollars domestic B.O.Paul Blart Mall Cop had the best selling DVD two weeks in a row and made $146,336,178 dollars domestic B.O.Paul Blart Mall Cop had the best selling DVD two weeks in a row and made $146,336,178 dollars domestic B.O.Paul Blart Mall Cop had the best selling DVD two weeks in a row and made $146,336,178 dollars domestic B.O.Paul Blart Mall Cop had the best selling DVD two weeks in a row and made $146,336,178 dollars domestic B.O.Paul Blart Mall Cop had the best selling DVD two weeks in a row and made $146,336,178 dollars domestic B.O.Paul Blart Mall Cop had the best selling DVD two weeks in a row and made $146,336,178 dollars domestic B.O.
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Oh, and both Shasta *and* Coke suck; Virgil's owns both their asses.
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who saw this in theathres. had to find it in pasadena in that underground theathre that used to be AN amc IN OLD TOWN. LOVED IT THE FIRST TIME! i hate caps lock
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Virgil's root beer is the best. Unless you get some from a bad batch. It's like a craft beer, that way.I've never had the cola...is that what you where referring to?
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Sorry, mate... didn't quite grasp the gist of your last post. Less subtle next time, OK?I vote "plant" as well. The Shasta reference was lost on anyone born after 1975. If you want to connect with the "Why these kids today..." crowd... keep it modern.
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Dammit. Don't know if this is a plant, maybe just a jackhole who wants to be an AICN ass-licker helper guy. Join the motley crew of shitty reviews and blatant Amazon links. A boy can dream...
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great comedy. Will certainly go and see EXTRACT. As for Idiocracy... I believe it's a shockingly realistic vision of the future. It's sad but true that dumb people multiply like rabbits while most academics are too hesitant to procreate.
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Sorry, thought we were talking obvious. Nah, I kid. Let's be pals.
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Give her her own show. She should be up there with Pholler, Fey and Silverman. And Jenna Fisher, at a push.
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Twelve bucks is like four loaves of bread, or three gallons of milk.
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Way back when Kornbluth wrote short stories about a future where the majority of people were fucking stupid.
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Jun 15, 2009 5:46:18 AM CDT
Goode Family drunk white hippy never fucked Black neighbor.
by evilwizardglick
I found that unrealistic. And the Black neighbor didn't try to get jiggy wid her.
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I'd love to see how they would react to today's bands. Maybe make them older and see where they are now in their lives at a community college or something.
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Jun 15, 2009 7:17:04 AM CDT
Idiocracy is not very well executed, but is a brilliant concept
by ricarleite2
The comedy doesn't work some times, it feels chopped by the studio, and on some occasions it reminds me of "Nothing But Trouble", which is not a good sign. But some moments are very memorable, and the concept is very real, and seldomly explored. The shot of the baby crying as being force-fed by the eletrolites drink was DISTUBRING AS HELL, because it is a very real analogy to what we are doing with our kids, our world and our future by our own stupidity.
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that is a perfect statement.
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Jennifer Aniston. Stick to tv you useless boob.
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Fuck you I'm eatin.
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FUCK
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at Empire and Total Film.
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http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/review.asp?FID=135198
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Do we? How so?
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This years nuke the fridge.
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Funniest comedy of the year.
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stop — even comic-relief characters get their own comic-relief characters. I really like this review.
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I guess you've never seen Beavis and Butthead.
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For film reviews check out the best movie podcast around
http://tinyurl.com/l44edq
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the argentinian comedy "Un Novio Para mi Mujer" (A boyfriend for my wife). Have any of you watched that one? One course not, you guys are too lazy for subtitles (not to mention learning spanish). I'm shure it's just a coincidence thou. Mike Judge doesn't need to steal ideas from foreign movies.
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Much love to early 80s Roger Daltrey.
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Idiocracy is not the future. Idiocracy is the present. Hey person who doesn't want to learn English, let's spend extra money on duplicate paperwork, duplicate departments because you are dumb and lazy. Hey person who can't afford more children, and doesn't want to work, let's give you more food stamps and unemployment benefits. Hey person who can't afford your rent,we'll pay it then make it so the landlord can't throw you out even though your water bill is $1,000 a month because you're running an illegal home laundry service.
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Great line
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C'mon. Who could drink that swill? Maybe the RC of Cinema, or better still, the Jones Soda of Cinema.
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of television. Her murdering of the Spanish language alone qualifies her.
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"People who think Idiocracy is biting social commentary are the same type of people who thought the Matrix was a master's thesis in philosophy" - 100 Proof
Could not of said it better myself. Idiocracy was not some great satire. It was a crap movie with one joke over and over again. We get it, the world is stupid now, do you have anything else to offer me? Really, that's it? You're just gonna run with that for 90 minutes?
The premise sounded interesting, and the first 20 minutes, I was intrigued. Then it went horribly south, and never recovered. Man I hope Mike Judge can come back from such a horrible piece of crap like that. That's time that I want back on my life. -
Jun 15, 2009 12:42:02 PM CDT
Friedman Suing Fox For Wrongful Termination, Scientology Blamed
by trannyformers_apologist
New York Daily News say Friedman was fired not because he encouraged people to run out and illegally download one of his employers' own movies(Wolverine), while that same employer at the same time chided other writers for doing the same. Instead they say he was fired as part of some big conspiracy spearheaded by Scientology. No I am not joking.
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i hope you get hit by a bus.
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are the ones its making fun of
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Friedman’s attorney Martin Garbus is further claiming that the leak of Wolverine onto the internet 30 days early, the leak which Friedman used for his illegal downloading, was actually all the fault of Rupert Murdoch to begin with. “Apparently, someone made another copy for themselves,” he says. That’s right, they’re claiming Rupert Murdoch pirated his company’s movie.
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Office Space is a classic. Beavis was a fad. The rest is forgettable. However, the fact that Bateman and Kunis are in this leave hope that Judge is potentially back to his Office Space form.
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Every single person who dislikes (I'll give those who are ambivalent a pass) Idiocracy is without fail the subject of Idiocracy. It is one of the funniest, and one of the scariest, movies ever made.
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Will be cancelled by the end of the month. look at its new time slot.
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How do you define irony?
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Office Space is awesome, the rest, lame.
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Over at Scriptshadow: http://scriptshadow.blogspot.com/2009/02/extract.html
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its a little more subtle than "ha ha, people are dumb now." The fact that everyone is dumb is a springboard which Judge uses to comically exaggerate the pitfalls of media, democracy, and capitalism. The joke is not that everyone is the movie is dumb -- the joke is that we're already living in the Idiocracy. It just needs to be comedically exaggerated so we can see how absurd it is. Again, I think Judge is absolutely fearless for going after the whole of American society like this -- everyone liked Office Space because its making fun of your boss. Idiocracy is making fun of YOU. Pretty hard. That having been said, some of the movie itself is a little amateurish. Still, I think its a really damn smart script which also has some hilarious stupid jokes to round things out.
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I have seen the trailer and laughed my ass off. Love Jason Bateman and I can even forgive Judge for putting Ben Affleck in this movie (even he looks funny in this!!!)
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Would you rather have a future of being so fat that all day you float around on lawn chairs, you can't move on your own, and you're trapped aboard a huge spaceship built by Fred Willard OR would you rather have a future of being so stupid that society has forgotten that plants need water, your favorite TV show is "Ow! My Balls!" and you're looking forward to the next episode of Rehabilitation with Beef Supreme!
Screw Wall-E; Beef Supreme for the win! (I met him--he's a good guy.) -
lacked a cohesive storyline. It felt like pieces of a 5 hour film editied down to 80 minutes.
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She would be pretty funny in that part. If those Evanovich "By the Numbers" books ever get put on film, she would be great at it. I could see it being like a female version of "Fletch".
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You are a complete and utter ass. Capital letters don't drive home your point, they just reinforce the uselessness of whatever is being posted. Office Space was brilliant all the way through. Oh, and your use of the word "shite" has all the markings of a trendy douche. I don't care if you are British or not.
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Jun 15, 2009 3:36:52 PM CDT
EVERYONE JUST PLEASE SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LISTEN!
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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It was a small movie but on the DVD there were outtakes and about half of them where people doing bad Lumbergh imperssinations. You could tell that he was really digging it, happy to know that for the rest of his life he gets to deal with that day in day out. Can't even escape it at work. I'm surprised Harry wasn't an extra in Idiocracy, seeing that its filmed in Austin and they needed stupid looking people.
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Whatever happened to that guy? Did he die? Morph into Paul Rudd????
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I've only seen two episodes and to be hones there is potential there. I've noticed in Judges comedies the jokes get better when theres affection to the characters and I saw a bit of it here. It's not nearly as mean as I thought it was going to be. As for liberals or conservatives (if we have to label people which is ridiculous) I urge you to go to the talkbacks on huffingtonpost or breitbart.com. It is astounding how humorless and mean-spirited people can be. On the Huffingtonpost its astounding how far out of their way people will go in a conversation to bash Bush, Middle-America, and religion. On one post a guy urged someone else to credit Meagan Fox's body to nature and not God. I'm sorry but to go out of your way to correct a very common phrase is to exhibit the control freak you really are. Miserable people these talkbackers. On Breitbart, apparrently Jon Voight has graduated from respected actor to political guru. Not sure why but those talkbackers hate every actor until it turns out one of them agrees with them.
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its where animated shows go to die. why do they keep trying? its blatantly obvious by now ABC doesnt have the balls to not interfere.
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i barely know any smart people with more than one kid, yet i know plenty of morons with too many kids. We are doomed as a species.
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... to the folks who think that anyone who doesn't like Idiocracy isn't expressing a valid opinion, but are in fact offended by how closely the dumbed-down, one-note, hyperconsumeristic society it weakly attempts to portray somehow resembles their life. Sounds an awful lot like "you don't like the Matrix because you don't get it. It has soooo many layers of intelligent philosophy and religious symbolism behind it!! You're retarded!"
Yeah, not so much. Some of us are just intelligent enough that we don't need our ideas watered down and spoonfed to us in repetitive one-note jokes. Yeah, I get it: we're the idiocracy. Any commentary on that? No. Just another masturbation joke. Get it?! It's hilarious because this show is just like Jackass, only slightly more infantile to show a devolution of culture. GENIUS!
Once again, the concept is a good one. The script was pretty funny. However, the movie was miscast, poorly acted (are you seriously going to defend a movie that starred the comedic geniuses Luke Wilson and Dex Shephard?), horribly cut, and every time instead of truly going for the jugular, went for the easy crude joke.
You're welcome to have a different opinion. I know, a novel concept on the internet where you're either right or incapable of conscious thought. Just don't make the mistake of thinking that people who don't like something don't get it. Didn't work with the Matrix sequels. Doesn't work here. -
Not trying to insult you or say you're wrong. I do think a lot of people underestimate it because the comedy is pretty broad. But obviously you get it. I'm not saying its a work of genius or anything like that, but I do think there's a subtext there which makes it a little more interesting than laughing at a bunch of dumb people. Of course, you are correct that its a sort of clumsily edited, tonally inconsistent affair (not sure its poorly acted, exactly, but the characters do come of as kind of vanilla). Office space ends up going the distance based on its likable characters, which in Idiocracy are missing.
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...for Beavis and Butthead. He can continue to make flops for the rest of his life.
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Jun 15, 2009 10:42:08 PM CDT
Ready for Extract...saw the preview during Hangover
by timmytimeisrightnow
Goode Family will do well over time.
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fuck, it was just funny. much of his stuff is crude. so fucking what?
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Because if you look above, you'll see plenty of people who think Idiocracy is a work of comedic genius and brilliant satire. I personally don't mind crude at all. In fact, I have a lot of love for Beavis & Butthead which is about as base as it gets. B&B is actually better satire than Idiocracy because it's subtle. Yes, they mock music videos and talk about boobs and metal 99% of the time. But under the crude, broad humor, it actually said a lot about the educational system and the 90s view of the downfall of cultured society.
Idiocracy's idea of satire is showing you something you're familiar with and exaggerating it to ridiculous proportions for a cheap laugh. Same with Goode Family. That's "Disaster Movie" kinda shit. "See... here's Jack Sparrow! Only gayer and less intelligible!" "See... Costco's huge because consumerism is out of control!" It's cheap and undermines the whole point of the film.
Alright, I've already invested way more time and thought in to this than it deserves. If you like the movie, more power to you. Quote it til the end of time and don't let some pretentious d-bag ruin your fun. Here's to hoping Extract entertains me more than the previous effort. -
...is about two neglected kids who are left to their own devices to understand the world. Forget the parents. And since it's not politically correct to care about the Beavis' & Buttheads out there (or since they can't comform to political correctness themselves or even pretend to), forget schools, society, etc.
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@EvilWizardGlick:
The story is "The Marching Morons". Yep, he anticipated the premise of Idiocracy. We all did. But no one wants to hear that idiots breed a hell of a lot faster than intelligent people; it marks you as a libtard elitist talkin' all faggy and stuff. But it sure as hell is happening and has no other outcome but a world of idiots and dead oceans. -
The difference between "Jackass" and "Idiocracy" is that those who make and watch Jackass are unaware that they are idiots. Judge is merely pointing out that those idiots and their progeny have thirteen children each, if not moreand will VERY shortly BE the world, with all that implies. Example: Americans are not mathematically literate enough, and not emotionally mature enough, to understand overpopulation is caused by having too many children. They simply deny the validity of exponential expansion because they don't want to believe in it. That one fact alone will give us first an idiocracy, then a dead planet.
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