September 25th, 2008
Idiocracy: Coming Soon to a Society Near You
I try to keep my natural misanthropy in check, but it’s been a little harder to do in the past week. I’ve found myself invoking the term “idiocracy” more often. It comes from a 2006 movie of the same name that was largely forgotten ( on balance, probably a fair fate). The opening scene was brilliant, however, and something that I’ve recommended to people far and wide. I’d never been able to find it online until now:
Bonus: When searching for the above clip, I found another one, in which President Camacho addresses the House of Representin’ with a three-point plan to save us all by putting one man in charge of saving us all. Nah, no parallels there:
Karen says:
I love Idiocracy. Kornbluth’s “The Marching Morons” by way of Mike Judge… a good “dumb movie” that’s smart.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Amit says:
the actual movie could have been funnier but the premise is dead on and would also be funny if it wasn’t so sad
September 26th, 2008 at 10:42 am
Blacknell.net » Friday Notes: Surprise Edition says:
[...] I apparently screwed up the first video in this post about Idiocracy (yes, I note the irony). Since no one told me about it, that means no one looked at the videos. [...]
September 26th, 2008 at 2:13 pm