"Idiocracy" Mike Judge's new movie (Office Space) Sept 1

[IChing]

Judge recently completed filming his second feature (originally titled 3001, but changed to Idiocracy due to some copyright issues with 2001: A Space Odyssey author Arthur C. Clarke) and, after reading the August 8, 2003 draft of the script, I can tell you that your annoying friend who's been screaming "You're my boy, Blue!" for months on end will finally have a new source of material. Idiocracy is funny. Really, really damn funny. And if Mike Judge can make me laugh half as much in the theater as I did while reading this script, then it will have a very healthy Blockbuster shelf life.

http://www.thedeadbolt.com/reviews/idiocracy_scriptreview.php

For those who dont know, this movie is about an ordinary Joe, who gets frozen in an army experiment, intending to wake up a year later, but the army experiment gets forgotten, and he stays frozen for hundreds of years. Didnt this guy watch Futurama? Anyways in the time he has been frozen, the worlds population has become incredibly stupid, and unable to take care of themselves. When Joe wakes up, he is the literally the smartest person on the planet. Hilarity ensues..

http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=21057


Limited opening:

Release on Sept. 1 in Austin, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, and Toronto, a spokesperson for 20th Century Fox said. Whether the long-delayed, Austin-shot film will expand to other markets is uncertain. The announcement comes on the heels of a report on the MTV Web site that the film's release was "postponed indefinitely" with rumors of the dreaded limited release. Wrong on the first; correct on the second. Which leads to the obligatory questions: Is it that bad? Will film execs ever figure out Judge's humor?

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=oid%3A397749

[Clarkansas]

1. Is there a trailer yet?

I liked Office Space a lot.

[otohara]

2. Something Fun to Look Forward To

love Office Space! It's on IFC these days FYI

[IChing]

3. Fox is not promoting this movie so it must be good

No trailers, two photo is all I found not even being played in many theaters.


" The dumbing down of America? " Sounds subversive to me.

[Deja Q]

4. Arthur C Clarke has a claim to "3001"?

:eyes:

I recall 2001 and 2010... but 3001?

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

5. Hell someone even made a "2069: A Sex Odyssey"

[LTR]

6. He did write a sequel book called "3001: The Final Odyssey"

Remember Frank Poole, the astronaut killed by HAL?

Well, he's back!

Not a great book compared to the others. Not much action. Reads like a travelogue.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3001:_The_Final_Odyssey

It would make a poor movie.

[Blue_Tires]

9. i read 'em all!

2001
2010
2061
3001

[Richard Steele]

7. Everyone has become incredibly stupid? So the Repubs are still in power?

I'll probably go see it.

[IChing]

8. HI lounge....how's it going?

this got sent to the lounge :) :hi: :hi: :hi:

Like judge doesn't do political societal humor?

Beavis and butthead do america,
office space
Any questions?

Fox executive are not even giving him the money
Robert Rodriguez did the special effects for free.