I find this movie non-partisan and funnier than hell~
In 2006, Idiocracy predicted the future.
The only problem? It did too good of a job.
Mike Judge’s science fiction satire imagined what the United States might look like in the year 2505. From his perspective, that meant:
Beset by a low budget and little-to-no-advertising support from 20th Century Fox, Idiocracy almost didn’t happen at all. The fact that it exists is a miracle. The fact that it managed to accurately predict the future is just a bonus, though Judge loves to downplay his prescience.
"I'm no prophet, I was off by 490 years,” Judge told Time in 2016, just months before a one-time WWE contender won the U.S. presidency. (Believe it or not, the original script didn’t even include Terry Crews’ iconic President Camacho, but more on that further down.)
The oral history of 'Idiocracy,' Mike Judge's time-travel triumph
Beset by a low budget and little-to-no-advertising support, 'Idiocracy' almost didn’t happen at all. The fact that it exists is a miracle. The fact that it managed to accurately predict the future is just a bonus.
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In 2006, Idiocracy predicted the future.
The only problem? It did too good of a job.
Mike Judge’s science fiction satire imagined what the United States might look like in the year 2505. From his perspective, that meant:
- A population made stupid by advertising
- A brash president who used to be a wrestler
- Crocs dominating the footwear landscape
Beset by a low budget and little-to-no-advertising support from 20th Century Fox, Idiocracy almost didn’t happen at all. The fact that it exists is a miracle. The fact that it managed to accurately predict the future is just a bonus, though Judge loves to downplay his prescience.
"I'm no prophet, I was off by 490 years,” Judge told Time in 2016, just months before a one-time WWE contender won the U.S. presidency. (Believe it or not, the original script didn’t even include Terry Crews’ iconic President Camacho, but more on that further down.)