The Brilliant Visual Jokes of "Idiocracy"
Inarguable Fact: Office Space is one of the best comedic films ever made. Period. Which is why it's so confusing and frustrating that the release of Mike Judge's follow-up, Idiocracy, barely even seems to have happened.
If you haven't seen it, Idiocracy's concept is pretty brilliant: the most average man on Earth gets cryogenically frozen, awakening five-hundred years in the future to find a devolved dystopia where he's now the smartest man alive. And while the movie does have plot and pacing problems, it more than holds its own with a super-high AJPM (awesome jokes per minute ratio), most of them visually packed into the sets, logos, and costumes.
That said, many thanks to the venerable kottke for pointing us over to this excellent, within-the-scenes look at the wide array of visual jokes in the film.
My favorite: of all the logos dominating our imbecilic culture five-hundred years from now, there's only one that stays exactly the same.
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During Var II, ze Konzentration Commandant had zese Vords of Visdom:
"Today, ve change ze under vear."
Group A change mit group B.
Group B change mit group A."
"Jawhohl, Her Commandandt!"
Don't get me started!
In Kansas it is Deer Season, and all at the old hunting lodge have partaken of too many victuals of all types. One enterprising soul rips one, sets fire to it and listens to the rattle from the window panes die down.
"Did yall hear that Buck snort?
Sombdy hand me my rifle!"
From south of the border comes a joke from the infamous Rurales:
Hey! Pedro?
Si?
Lope your Mule for Sister Sarah, Por Favor?
SI!
George S. Patton said:
"Chewing a*** makes me horny
to chew more a***!
I was just quoting this movie last night: "When you said 'lead, follow, or get out of the way', I GOT OUT OF THE WAY!"