"Idiocracy" is on Comedy Central at 6PM

[underpants]

I caught the last 45 minutes of it last night. I had never seen it. Very funny and very apt.










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/

[dsc]

1. there are some cuts for tv

I don't know the extent since I watched it last night on tv and hadn't watched it before.

[ColbertWatcher]

2. This movie has what audiences crave. n/t

[ccharles000]

3. yup it has electrolytes

[malaise]

5. LOL

And so does good old coconut water. That water section was prescient - don't rule it out in the future.

[underpants]

9. Do you even KNOW what electrolytes are?

Yeah... (pasuse)......they are what audiences crave

[malaise]

18. Are you serious?

http://runtrails.blogspot.com/2007/03/coconut-water-natures-electrolyte.html
coconut water as a refreshing post-exercise drink. The taste is sweet but subtle, but what really wowed me was reading the ingredient label. Coconut water naturally has 650 mg of potassium (15x more than a banana), 25mg of magnesium, and 35 mg of sodium! All of this in a 10 oz, 60 calorie package. It's like nature's gatorade

[ColbertWatcher]

19. And Brawndo is future man's answer to water! n/t

[underpants]

20. My wife turned me on to that

that stuff is GREAT after a 10+ mile run especially in the months coming up (I start officially training for the next marathon July 18)

[malaise]

43. We live on coconut water

and drink about two gallons a week.

[malaise]

4. Saw it last night for the first time

It's profound on many levels.

[ixion]

7. profound on many levels is a perfect way to describe it

and I'm sad to say I don't think it's going to take 500 years. :(

[truedelphi]

26. I think in many many ways, it is here right now.

I'd say more, but it's time to go throw some Gatorade on my garden.

[malaise]

44. We're much closer than that

Think Palin the WH.

[sendero]

6. A personal favorite..

.. and well on its way to becoming a cult movie :)

[Graybeard]

8. Maya Rudolph is so good in that.

I think she is great. The best addition to SNL in years. A very funny lady.

[underpants]

12. *SPOILER*

near the end when she manages to get the TV control room guy to leave

the buttons to switch the feed to the big screen









:-)

[IDFbunny]

10. This movie makes a case for eugenics we're told

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5254657


I thought the movie was hilarious and will be a cult classic.

[ColbertWatcher]

16. Oh stop. n/t

[backscatter712]

29. Actually, the story is about dysgenic pressure.

Think of the Eloi from The Time Machine.

Evolutionary pressures cause a downward trend in intelligence. Between that and a culture that encourages macho idiocy, anti-intellectualism and mindless corporatism, you end up with Idiocracy.

Man, I could sure use a latte...

[EOTE]

47. Make mine a full body latte.

What? You like sex too? This is getting scary.

[backscatter712]

11. "Welcome to Costco. I love you."

And you've gotta love a movie where the President of the United States is named Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho

[Manifestor_of_Light]

13. Da House of Representin' !!!

:rofl:

[ColbertWatcher]

17. How much you want to bet Wal-Mart sued to keep their name out of that movie? n/t

[underpants]

21. not much

because I am sure that they did
or at least would never release their name for use

Costco seems to have a better understanding of things. :thumbsup:

I know there are some around here that bag on Costco for anti-union activities which isn't great but they are a pretty good corporation...as corporations go these days.

[ColbertWatcher]

22. Agreed. I was confused why Costco was used instead of Wal-Mart.

Maybe the movie makers are saying Wal-Mart won't survive?

Probably the most hopeful thing in the movie!

[underpants]

41. "...but at least he got the ball rolling. Not bad for an average Joe"

sound familiar?

[AntiFascist]

38. 'Wall-E' was fairly provocative also...just sayin n/t

[Gabi Hayes]

27. seen this?

[IDFbunny]

46. "A pimps love is special." nt

[iamthebandfanman]

14. boo for the censored version!

everyone should go pick this up on vhs or dvd..

[csziggy]

31. No kidding - I tried to watch it yesterday and it was incomprehensible with all the "bleeps"

It is just not worth it without the profanity and X-rated stuff.

[question everything]

15. Great movie

It was made or distributed by Fox which hardly did any marketing for it..

[backscatter712]

24. After it was made, FOX deliberately suppressed it.

It became a cult classic anyways, but FOX paid all that money to Mike Judge, were planning on opening the film in several hundred theaters, and making a big production.

Then the CEOs saw the screening, killed all the advertising, and gave the film a whole dozen theaters - the minimum required by contract. They clearly wanted to make this movie go away. Political reasons? Almost certainly.

[proteus_lives]

23. Funny movie!

But I wouldn't it watch on TV though, too many censored cuts.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

32. Yeah it was obvious.

"I don't have time for a hand____, Joe".

:rofl:

[proteus_lives]

33. ha!

I'm on the fence on which is funnier, when they just blank the word out or turn it into another word. Like when fuck becomes fudge.

:rofl:

[AllentownJake]

25. Going to have to purchase that one

Caught it at 6:30.

Good stuff!

[Chovexani]

28. Forget Comedy Central

That movie's a documentary as far as I'm concerned.

I swear I saw "Ow My Balls!" on Fox at some point.

[Bigmack]

30. The first segment...

about the birthrate differences is horrible, Fascist, elitist, and so goddam true you cannot believe it.

"Go away.... I'm 'batein"."

[name not needed]

37. "I'm gonna fuck all y'all! Woo!"

"That's my boy!"

[Zhade]

34. I contend that the film is horror, not comedy.

Sure scared me.

[REP]

35. Own it, as well as a first edition if the 1951 source material, scro

It's called "The Marching Morons" and has a ... different ending.

[name not needed]

36. You forgot Clevon's family tree

[autorank]

39. k*r What an outstanding film!

Watching it the first time I thought, "this totally sucks." Then about 1/2 way thorough I realized, of course it does. Consider the future.

This along with 'They Live," is my perfecta!

[JonLP24]

40. The idea of Carls Jr taking custody of people's kids was classic

I LOL'd over that for hours. :rofl:

[sendero]

42. "Come back...

... when you can afford to eat."

[Echo In Light]

45. This likely lacks some of its punch if it's censored for television

[Tommy_Carcetti]

48. Brawndo....it's got what plants crave!

Classic movie. Quickly becoming one of my all time favorites. Mike Judge has the ability to craft genius satire without anyone realizing it is satire.

[Soylent Brice]

49. watched it for the first time. laughed my ass off.

"it has electrolytes, it has what plants crave!"

lmao.

edit: from 'need' to 'crave'.

got the quote wrong.