Finally broke down to watch this review. I don't see anything ugly in the theory that genetically, we're all getting dumber. I have to wonder on some level if it's due to the mass of information media disseminated to us in all forms at nearly every point in our lives, not just prescription drugs or economic or political conditions, because who knows what effect that's having on our evolution? I wish I could say. I mean, TV and movies have been mainstream for almost a century now.
Also, IMO, it's no more valid to say that Mr. Judge was a eugenics Nazi than to insist such themes also play into the '93 Super Mario Bros. movie, and I liked that one. To me, that's how you make a good bad movie. As much an oxymoron as that is.
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Mr. Chuck didn't cover that, since do we gotta insinuate Mr. Judge is a Nazi? Bill Maher: "'Nazi' is the new 'I don't like you.'" It's the future and we all have Nazi Tourette's.
I remember watching
Idiocracy once, ten years ago. Didn't really think about it till a month ago when I saw Mr. Chuck was reviewing it, so I hunted it down and rewatched it. Don't know why it was still in my mom's old boxes we packed away when we moved. What makes me feel so amused is how lefties AND righties both have totally legitimate bases to throw this movie in the other's face. Mr. Trump is a nastier version of President Camacho, and the institutions the lefties are continuously supporting out of tribal hatred to the GOP wind up censoring and suppressing dissent, truth, and science as much as the GOP does on their platforms.
This movie is a guilty pleasure because to me it says something about society. That everyone is hooked into reality TV, we're addicted to our vices and consumer pleasures, the system is breaking down, and nobody's in charge. But there's hope! It's just never where you find it. And seriously, there is actually a few positives about the film, namely... no more tribal hatred AND racism and sexism seems to have vanished! HUZZAH! WORLD PEACE. Who knew that meant surrendering custody of the brain? But seriously, for as dumb as the 26th century turned out, honestly, the people there are ultimately well-meaning simpletons. They aren't actively malicious like certain people are today, who just seem to want to hurt you merely to hear you scream. I assume this is what the world would be like if not for that one, fatal apple bite...
Jonathan101 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 8:25 pm
Chuck missed the after credits ending where the pimp is in the future too.
There is no significance to this- carry on.
As Mr. Chuck himself observed, once you pimp, you can't wimp - out from it.
Something else that has zero significance. This movie takes place in the same century as
Halo and
StarCraft. No reason to state that. I just wanted to.
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