Idiocracy (Mike Judge)

[sonnik]

Don't be looking for another Officespace, but it's still worth a rental. More of a social commentary then anything.

[trainman]

I'm one of the few people who saw this in the theater -- it had a very limited release with no publicity. There are a lot of funny concepts in it, although it can also be a little uncomfortable to watch such a bleak view of the future. (Maybe not so bleak if you own stock in a company that makes sports drinks.)

[JohnJr]

If you are really rich, in 2017, you can afford real beef, and not just Soylent Green.

-John {bleak, is under-rated}

[daniellopi]

Just watched it tonight. A lot of the jargon reminded me of "Cops".

[smak]

I saw it last week for the first time. It was ok, but your average episode of Futurama was funnier and probably better.

-smak-

[stevel]

I haven't seen it, but the plot sounds as if it was inspired by Cyril Kornbluth's story The Marching Morons (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marching_Morons)

Someone who edited the Wikipedia entry for TMM must think so too, as there's a link to the entry for Idiocracy.