Turns out the most fantastic assumption was that it would take 500 years for a society to degrade to that level. Culture can decay much faster than genes.
atmavatar · 1h ago
Another one is that the larger-than-life, bloviating leader presiding over everything actually had the foresight to find the smartest person on the planet and put them to work fixing things.
President Camacho would be an improvement over what the US has now.
When the costume designer was thinking about the kinds of shoes the people in this 'idiotic' future would be wearing, she found a small startup that made some pretty ridiculously looking and cheap shoes that she was sure were safe to use for the movie because they were definitely not going to catch on.
Those shoes were Crocs.
comrade1234 · 4h ago
> Idiocracy was released as scheduled but only in seven cities (Los Angeles, Atlanta, Toronto, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, and Mike Judge's hometown, Austin, Texas),
When they say “Los Angeles” I think they mean some random theater in the middle of nowhere north of the Los grapevine canyon.
I lived in Ventura when idiocracy came out and a friend happened to be driving San francisco to San Diego that weekend so we met and saw the movie in that theater. There were only a couple of other people there - but it was a mid-afternoon showing.
It really felt isolated. Maybe on the edge of Santa Clarita.
mre · 2h ago
Recently watched Mickey 17 and it reminded me a bit of Idiocracy. Maybe someone is looking for related movies.
rediguanayum · 4h ago
Lol. However our current situation is more akin to "Egocracy".
slimebot80 · 5h ago
No idea why this is trending? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
n1b0m · 4h ago
I guess you haven’t seen the news lately. I envy you :)
s_Hogg · 4h ago
Or why Hacker News comments on this one are quiet as the graveyard...
dleeftink · 4h ago
Beyond us! Said the forum that quitely helped shape the technocracy
NoOn3 · 4h ago
Sometimes the title says it all. :)
rjtavares · 3h ago
Or why it was flagged...
snowram · 4h ago
Idiocracy, just like 1984, is the catchall exemple someone will use when having no idea on how to articulate their feelings about a society they don't like.
President Camacho would be an improvement over what the US has now.
When the costume designer was thinking about the kinds of shoes the people in this 'idiotic' future would be wearing, she found a small startup that made some pretty ridiculously looking and cheap shoes that she was sure were safe to use for the movie because they were definitely not going to catch on.
Those shoes were Crocs.
When they say “Los Angeles” I think they mean some random theater in the middle of nowhere north of the Los grapevine canyon.
I lived in Ventura when idiocracy came out and a friend happened to be driving San francisco to San Diego that weekend so we met and saw the movie in that theater. There were only a couple of other people there - but it was a mid-afternoon showing.
It really felt isolated. Maybe on the edge of Santa Clarita.