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Plant
by prunkhaft
Jun 14th, 2009
03:57:58 PM
Idiocracy was a big disappointment
President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho
by Giant_Dick_Bag_Filled_With_Taco_ Meat
Jun 14th, 2009
03:58:50 PM
"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."
Who are the ad wizards...
by wampa 1
Jun 14th, 2009
04:03:43 PM
...that came up with this one?
Judge isn't celebrated enough
by MichaelonBass
Jun 14th, 2009
04:08:08 PM
I said it
The Goode Family
by Holeman
Jun 14th, 2009
04:15:23 PM
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.
"the criminally underrated Idiocracy"
by I am_NOTREAL
Jun 14th, 2009
04:18:27 PM
yes. The premise wore thin after awhile, but the front end of that flick had a ton of laughs.
I don't think it will be a box office smash hit but...
by saintsaucey
Jun 14th, 2009
04:19:04 PM
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.
Idiocracy
by palewook
Jun 14th, 2009
04:20:53 PM
doesnt get the credit it deserves. film is damn near a cult classic on the level of a modern Sleeper.

Comin' up next on The Violence Channel: An all-new "Ow, My Balls!"

office space was about 20 something men
by animas
Jun 14th, 2009
04:33:45 PM
not 30's you idiot. and fuck the goode family , it sucks.
Judge is hilarious, but Goode Family is brutal
by Heckles
Jun 14th, 2009
04:35:02 PM
I can't even force a smile watching that show. Makes King of the Hill look like South Park.
Idiocracy was ass
by Hint_of_Smegma
Jun 14th, 2009
04:36:23 PM
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.
No, Ass won for best picture in Idiocracy
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Jun 14th, 2009
04:40:18 PM
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.
In the final scene Bateman creates
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Jun 14th, 2009
04:44:51 PM
Brawndo out of the extract, and the rest is history. I don't see trees groing in a toilet.
office space is a little known comedy masterpiece
by Ray Gamma
Jun 14th, 2009
04:55:39 PM
a very re-watchable masterpiece in fact
This reviewer must like hanging around in gardens...
by jimmy rabbitte
Jun 14th, 2009
05:07:22 PM
See? ...because he's a plant...
The funny thing is that...
by marcspector
Jun 14th, 2009
05:09:30 PM
People who complain about Idiocracy sound like characters from Idiocracy.
I predict
by landosystem
Jun 14th, 2009
05:15:19 PM
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.
Loved Idiocracy
by Charlie_Allnut
Jun 14th, 2009
05:15:25 PM
Looking forward to this...It's got Electolytes!!!!
Okay guys, I'm an idiot
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Jun 14th, 2009
05:15:35 PM
My eyes saw Office Space, but my brain was thinking, or not thinking The Office. Scuse my stupidity.
Electrolytes that is.
by Charlie_Allnut
Jun 14th, 2009
05:16:23 PM
Idiocracy
by HideousSecretion
Jun 14th, 2009
05:21:40 PM
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.
The funnier thing is that Marcspector....
by Hint_of_Smegma
Jun 14th, 2009
05:27:30 PM
....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.
Binks, damn right you better not hate office space
by ironic_name
Jun 14th, 2009
05:28:31 PM
also, the reviewer is a plant.
shill
by ironic_name
Jun 14th, 2009
05:28:54 PM
stooge
by ironic_name
Jun 14th, 2009
05:29:01 PM
patsy
by ironic_name
Jun 14th, 2009
05:29:10 PM
jobber
by ironic_name
Jun 14th, 2009
05:29:18 PM
fallguy
by ironic_name
Jun 14th, 2009
05:29:38 PM
goodtime gal
by ironic_name
Jun 14th, 2009
05:29:49 PM
ficus!
by ironic_name
Jun 14th, 2009
05:29:58 PM
promotional consideration provided by extract™
by ironic_name
Jun 14th, 2009
05:30:53 PM
its 4 am, here's daisy fuentes to tell us about extract™
by ironic_name
Jun 14th, 2009
05:31:50 PM
Judge might be losing his touch.
by Dwide Shrewd
Jun 14th, 2009
05:33:08 PM
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.
Judge is too smart for his own good
by Subtlety
Jun 14th, 2009
05:33:40 PM
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.
lure
by ironic_name
Jun 14th, 2009
05:34:02 PM
stool pigeon
by ironic_name
Jun 14th, 2009
05:34:38 PM
fink
by ironic_name
Jun 14th, 2009
05:35:15 PM
I thought Idiocracy was great.
by OutlawsDelejos
Jun 14th, 2009
05:35:24 PM
But I wonder how this guy makes money, nothing he's made has been wildly successful has it? Maybe Bevis & Butthead.
Still haven't seen all of OFFICE SPACE™
by CHRISTIAN_BALE_TRASHED_MY_LIGHTS
Jun 14th, 2009
05:35:24 PM
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™.

flunky
by ironic_name
Jun 14th, 2009
05:36:09 PM
Haven't seen Idiocracy™ either!
by CHRISTIAN_BALE_TRASHED_MY_LIGHTS
Jun 14th, 2009
05:36:36 PM
Fuck™! So many movies to see!

Is it me or does everything look better with the use of a ™?

chicane
by ironic_name
Jun 14th, 2009
05:37:47 PM
inveiglement
by ironic_name
Jun 14th, 2009
05:38:19 PM
toady
by ironic_name
Jun 14th, 2009
05:39:48 PM
Dicksplat™
by CHRISTIAN_BALE_TRASHED_MY_LIGHTS
Jun 14th, 2009
05:42:46 PM
GO AWAY! BAITIN'!!!
by spud mcspud
Jun 14th, 2009
06:00:07 PM
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.

I could set fire to this talkback.
by spud mcspud
Jun 14th, 2009
06:00:39 PM
There was salt on the glass - big grains of salt.
Idiocracy grew on me
by liljuniorbrown
Jun 14th, 2009
06:13:26 PM
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.
Goode Family holds a mirror up to liberals
by SnowDogs
Jun 14th, 2009
06:16:26 PM
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.
Shut up SnowDogs
by Giant_Dick_Bag_Filled_With_Taco_ Meat
Jun 14th, 2009
06:23:50 PM
You cock. The show sucks because it sucks, there's no "meta" reason for it.
NEEDS GIANT BEAVIS ROBOTS
by Sal_Bando
Jun 14th, 2009
06:39:51 PM
you know it does. and yes you suck.
ironic_name, you called?
by finky089
Jun 14th, 2009
06:52:35 PM
Idiocracy criminally underated?
by finky089
Jun 14th, 2009
06:55:33 PM
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.

OutlawsDelejos
by finky089
Jun 14th, 2009
06:58:39 PM
he gets a decent paycheck from -what, like 11 seasons?- of King of the Hill. At least, I assume Fox's checks still cash.
goode family is judge??!!
by TheExterminator
Jun 14th, 2009
07:00:13 PM
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.
I saw Idiocracy in theaters.
by Kid Idioteque
Jun 14th, 2009
07:16:33 PM
That's a legit bragging right.
Love Judge's work but I dispise the God
by smackfu
Jun 14th, 2009
07:34:38 PM
It all sounds good except the testicle thing
by photoboy
Jun 14th, 2009
07:37:22 PM
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.
Love Judge's work but I dispise the Goode family
by smackfu
Jun 14th, 2009
07:38:17 PM
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.
EXTRACT!...it's what the body craves!
by FlickaPoo
Jun 14th, 2009
07:39:44 PM
IDIOCRACY is one of those movies that grows...
by FlickaPoo
Jun 14th, 2009
07:45:33 PM
...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.
Idiocracy's parts are better than its whole.
by Flim Springfield
Jun 14th, 2009
07:49:42 PM
yer the good kind of fink, finky
by ironic_name
Jun 14th, 2009
07:56:17 PM
like barton or rat.
Idiocracy: Too many great quotable lines!
by speed
Jun 14th, 2009
08:15:05 PM
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.
Welcome to CostCo
by Pig_Ignorant
Jun 14th, 2009
08:24:14 PM
I hate you.
Iddyoracy not funny!!
by HercsShowerRadio
Jun 14th, 2009
08:54:45 PM
Mike Judd him is dum and talk all faggy.
Goode is much better after the first five minutes
by bah
Jun 14th, 2009
08:55:55 PM
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.
well if i'd known it was mike
by TheExterminator
Jun 14th, 2009
09:10:36 PM
i would have given it more of a chance
Unfortunately guys like Herc judge a show
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Jun 14th, 2009
09:10:46 PM
by its pilot. Fool gave up on Sons of Anarchy.
100% Plant...
by vettebro
Jun 14th, 2009
09:13:53 PM
How can you doubt it after reading his/her text? I hope it's good, but this article is BS.
SnowDogs: Goode family holds a mirror up to my toilet
by Heckles
Jun 14th, 2009
09:59:42 PM
And no one can tell the difference.
R.I.P. Mitsuhara Misawa...
by PennsyDeux
Jun 14th, 2009
10:08:17 PM
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."

vettebro
by Hellbastardo
Jun 14th, 2009
10:14:12 PM
100% Douche
Goode family litmus test
by Melnick666
Jun 14th, 2009
10:22:05 PM
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.

Idiocracy the script...
by Frat Boy
Jun 14th, 2009
10:31:13 PM
was great and funny as hell. The film, however, was absolute shit. Completely miscast in every way.
Melnick666
by Hellbastardo
Jun 14th, 2009
10:32:20 PM
You can say the same thing about conservatives
dethroning it would be FUNNY PEOPLE
by Series7
Jun 14th, 2009
10:47:52 PM
This guy knows nothing about comedy. That movie looks like dildo.
FUNNY PEOPLE (mini review)
by r3write
Jun 14th, 2009
10:57:30 PM
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. If extract is anything as good as funny people, then that is sad.
Oops
by r3write
Jun 14th, 2009
11:00:01 PM
I should've cleaned that last post a little bit. Sorry for making that unreadable.
It's great to see Idiocracy fans posting here
by pixelmagic
Jun 14th, 2009
11:44:54 PM
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!
ironic_name, you're a scholar & a gentleman
by finky089
Jun 14th, 2009
11:52:58 PM
I'm still just a fink
I don't hate Idiocracy, but I was comedically underwhelmed by it
by finky089
Jun 14th, 2009
11:56:36 PM
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.)
If you're not laughing when you watch idiocracy
by robertplant
Jun 14th, 2009
11:59:54 PM
it's because the film is mocking you and maybe you're aware of that.
Idiocracy is hot garbage
by 100Proof
Jun 15th, 2009
12:47:47 AM
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.

All that said...
by 100Proof
Jun 15th, 2009
12:58:15 AM
I'll give this a shot. Sounds like an interesting premise and I know there's funny still left in Judge.
OFFICE SPACE
by happybunni
Jun 15th, 2009
01:12:29 AM
Why did he capitalize office space? Plant?
Will the theaters sell Brawndo?
by BatPsycho
Jun 15th, 2009
01:15:31 AM
Its got electrolytes! people watching movies crave electrolytes. then they should serve Brawndo!
"Definently" liked it, huh?
by jawsfan
Jun 15th, 2009
01:19:54 AM
Well gud four ewe.
I'm signed up.
by fivezero
Jun 15th, 2009
01:34:01 AM
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.
Idiocracy is the scariest movie ever
by DOGSOUP
Jun 15th, 2009
01:34:35 AM
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*
Paul Blart Mall Cop had the best selling DVD two weeks in a row
by Trannyformers_Apologist
Jun 15th, 2009
02:22:43 AM
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Plant or no Plant, This Review is Shit
by topaz4206
Jun 15th, 2009
02:30:31 AM
Oh, and both Shasta *and* Coke suck; Virgil's owns both their asses.
Kid Idioteque, I am part of the select few...
by AshesOfDonnie
Jun 15th, 2009
03:55:20 AM
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
@topaz4206
by Dingbatty
Jun 15th, 2009
04:42:27 AM
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?

Trannyformers_Apologist
by Rocco Curioso
Jun 15th, 2009
04:47:24 AM
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.

I wish my username was Sardonically Irreverant
by Heckles
Jun 15th, 2009
04:52:31 AM
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...
Love Office Space
by HagCeli
Jun 15th, 2009
04:56:55 AM
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.
Good job, HagCeli. Did you know water is wet?
by Heckles
Jun 15th, 2009
05:18:29 AM
Sorry, thought we were talking obvious. Nah, I kid. Let's be pals.
Love Kristen Wiig, she needs more work
by pokadoo
Jun 15th, 2009
05:32:35 AM
Give her her own show. She should be up there with Pholler, Fey and Silverman. And Jenna Fisher, at a push.
Bring back Beavis and Butthead!
by ZombieHeathLedger
Jun 15th, 2009
07:00:46 AM
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.
Idiocracy is not very well executed, but is a brilliant concept
by ricarleite2
Jun 15th, 2009
07:17:04 AM
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.
to the future plants, just say 'dude, it's mike judge'
by ironic_name
Jun 15th, 2009
07:42:53 AM
that is a perfect statement.
The only thing wrong with Office Space was
by Stuntcock Mike
Jun 15th, 2009
08:11:34 AM
Jennifer Aniston. Stick to tv you useless boob.
Carls Jr
by Series7
Jun 15th, 2009
08:21:03 AM
Fuck you I'm eatin.
g
by Series7
Jun 15th, 2009
08:21:13 AM
FUCK
Transformers 2 reviews up
by DirkD13"
Jun 15th, 2009
08:22:51 AM
at Empire and Total Film.
Here's the Empire review
by tonguestubble
Jun 15th, 2009
08:38:30 AM
http://www.empireonline.com/re views/review.asp?FID=135198
We know she's a brilliant comedienne
by Series7
Jun 15th, 2009
08:55:37 AM
Do we? How so?
Decepticon testicles.
by Series7
Jun 15th, 2009
09:02:57 AM
This years nuke the fridge.
Decepticon testicles.
by Series7
Jun 15th, 2009
09:13:17 AM
Funniest comedy of the year.
Rainn Wilson
by Series7
Jun 15th, 2009
09:32:36 AM
stop — even comic-relief characters get their own comic-relief characters.

I really like this review.

Melnick666
by Subtitles_Off
Jun 15th, 2009
09:33:39 AM
Liberals have no monopoly on self-seriousness. Whatever Judge's political opinion, his post-Beavis and Butthead cartoon comedies are not about making fun of or belittling the characters.

You want simple-minded self-seriousness, you've got the paragons - Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Keith Olbermann. Last time I checked, only one of those is "liberal."

P.S. Idiocracy?
by Subtitles_Off
Jun 15th, 2009
09:36:53 AM
Extremely infantile and poorly made. A B-movie execution of a one-joke premise without a single memorable moment.

"Office Space" is funnier the second time you view it.

"King of the Hill" is, so-far, Judge's best, but it has run out of steam.

"King of the Hill" is, so-far, Judge's best
by Series7
Jun 15th, 2009
09:49:23 AM
I guess you've never seen Beavis and Butthead.
The plot sounds a lot like
by Argentino
Jun 15th, 2009
10:08:26 AM
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.
McVicker? FREE ME!!!
by Vic Twenty
Jun 15th, 2009
10:15:47 AM
Much love to early 80s Roger Daltrey.
DOGSOUP, you are mistaken
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Jun 15th, 2009
10:23:33 AM
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.
"The Shasta of Cinema"
by BobParr
Jun 15th, 2009
10:33:53 AM
Great line
The Shasta Of Cinema??
by skimn
Jun 15th, 2009
10:44:13 AM
C'mon. Who could drink that swill? Maybe the RC of Cinema, or better still, the Jones Soda of Cinema.
Peggy Hill, one of the great female comedic characters
by skimn
Jun 15th, 2009
10:49:11 AM
of television. Her murdering of the Spanish language alone qualifies her.
Really? People liked Idiocracy?
by TheWacoKid
Jun 15th, 2009
11:15:39 AM
"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.
Yes, Series7, I've seen Beavis & Butthead.
by Subtitles_Off
Jun 15th, 2009
12:08:31 PM
That's how I know it's crap.
Binks is unhappy.
by Subtitles_Off
Jun 15th, 2009
12:13:21 PM
He spends most of his time on the front porch waiting for a ball to bounce too close to him so he can grab it and yell, "I'm keeping it!!"

He's afraid he'll live long enough to see the day when caucasians are the American minority.

He will.

Friedman Suing Fox For Wrongful Termination, Scientology Blamed
by Trannyformers_Apologist
Jun 15th, 2009
12:42:02 PM
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.
if you dont like Mike Judge then fuck you
by BMacSmith
Jun 15th, 2009
12:46:34 PM
i hope you get hit by a bus.
The people who hate Idiocracy
by SifoDyasJr.
Jun 15th, 2009
12:47:11 PM
are the ones its making fun of
LMAO
by Trannyformers_Apologist
Jun 15th, 2009
12:47:51 PM
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.
Meh
by Black Jack iii
Jun 15th, 2009
12:54:44 PM
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.
marcspector is right
by DeadPanWalking
Jun 15th, 2009
01:24:41 PM
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.
The Goode Family
by Series7
Jun 15th, 2009
01:38:38 PM
Will be cancelled by the end of the month. look at its new time slot.
"100 Proof Could not of said it better myself."
by gavdiggity
Jun 15th, 2009
01:53:54 PM
How do you define irony?
Have to agree with Black Jack iii
by Yamato
Jun 15th, 2009
02:04:50 PM
Office Space is awesome, the rest, lame.
Extract Script Review...
by geraldbeans
Jun 15th, 2009
02:16:12 PM
Over at Scriptshadow: http://scriptshadow.blogspot.c om/2009/02/extract.html
Don't underestimate Idiocracy
by Subtlety
Jun 15th, 2009
02:17:03 PM
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.
I can forgive Judge...
by jaezonhugh
Jun 15th, 2009
02:20:07 PM
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!!!)
Idiocracy > Wall-E
by Kankennon
Jun 15th, 2009
02:21:52 PM
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.)

Idiocracy was a good concept but the film
by Samuel Fulmer
Jun 15th, 2009
02:31:24 PM
lacked a cohesive storyline. It felt like pieces of a 5 hour film editied down to 80 minutes.
Kristen Wiig as Stephanie Plum
by Ray Garraty #47
Jun 15th, 2009
02:49:53 PM
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".
Titbag
by shodan6672
Jun 15th, 2009
03:00:49 PM
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.
EVERYONE JUST PLEASE SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LISTEN!
by DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD
Jun 15th, 2009
03:36:52 PM
I saw a movie with Gary Cole in it
by Series7
Jun 15th, 2009
03:57:22 PM
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.

Ron Livingston
by Series7
Jun 15th, 2009
03:58:45 PM
Whatever happened to that guy? Did he die? Morph into Paul Rudd????
Goode family.could grow if it had a chance
by drewlicious
Jun 15th, 2009
04:20:45 PM
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.
Judge is great, but no cartoon will survive on ABC
by BMacSmith
Jun 15th, 2009
05:23:20 PM
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.
Idiocracy is frighteningly realistic
by BMacSmith
Jun 15th, 2009
05:32:33 PM
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.
Way to prove my point...
by 100Proof
Jun 15th, 2009
06:29:29 PM
... 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.

100proof
by Subtlety
Jun 15th, 2009
07:39:54 PM
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.
Judge got an ENORMOUS settlement from MTV...
by slone13
Jun 15th, 2009
07:43:03 PM
...for Beavis and Butthead. He can continue to make flops for the rest of his life.
the brothers bloom sucks
by NutritiousLove
Jun 15th, 2009
09:55:56 PM
Ready for Extract...saw the preview during Hangover
by timmytimeisrightnow
Jun 15th, 2009
10:42:08 PM
Goode Family will do well over time.
why does everything have to be a work of genius?
by BMacSmith
Jun 16th, 2009
12:42:10 AM
fuck, it was just funny. much of his stuff is crude. so fucking what?
BMac
by 100Proof
Jun 16th, 2009
01:39:40 AM
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.

Yeah, Ultimately B&B...
by Buzz Maverik
Jun 16th, 2009
07:55:30 AM
...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.
Kornbluth
by Jack Parsons
Jun 16th, 2009
10:25:25 AM
@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.
100proof:
by Jack Parsons
Jun 16th, 2009
10:34:00 AM
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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