Mike Judge is incredibly talented, with a proved track record of making successful television shows and one bona fide cult film. So, of course, he cannot be trusted.
That seems to be the message from Fox which apparently took over this movie and cut it the way they wanted to, then dumped it with absolutely no fanfare or promotion.
First, the bad: The film is uneven and looks like it had a budget less than, or equal to, the money you could shake out of my sofa.
A narration has been tacked on that explains in painful detail, exactly what you are watching on the screen. The special effects and set design are awful and the jokes are extremely repetitive.
The story centers on the fact that America is becoming dumber by the year because stupid people breed faster. An average solider becomes part of a cryogenics project and is supposed to be frozen for one year. A female hooker is also chosen for the project, which is specifically looking for people that won't be missed by anyone.
The project goes wrong and the soldier and hooker are actually frozen for 500 years. Waking up only when a trash avalanche propels them into Washington D.C.
The satire is pointed and funny (the top show is, "Ow, My Balls" and the top film is simply called, "Ass.") but I kept getting the feeling that the film was not shaped the way Judge intended.
The choppy story suggests that many scenes were deleted or never filmed and the narration I mentioned earlier seems to be nothing other than an attempt to both make up for those missing scenes and explain the movie to those with IQ's lower than the residents of 2505.
The jokes are scattered and the second half of the movie completely falls apart, with an over-reliance on WWF style theatrics that are amusing at first but drag as they go on, and on.
There is a great story in here. There is a very funny movie that could have been made from this material, but we just aren't getting it here.
I am really hoping that a Director's Cut becomes available eventually. I would love to hear what Mike Judge has to say about this film. There is no commentary track on the DVD, which really should not come as a surprise considering how Fox botched the handling of this film.
That seems to be the message from Fox which apparently took over this movie and cut it the way they wanted to, then dumped it with absolutely no fanfare or promotion.
First, the bad: The film is uneven and looks like it had a budget less than, or equal to, the money you could shake out of my sofa.
A narration has been tacked on that explains in painful detail, exactly what you are watching on the screen. The special effects and set design are awful and the jokes are extremely repetitive.
The story centers on the fact that America is becoming dumber by the year because stupid people breed faster. An average solider becomes part of a cryogenics project and is supposed to be frozen for one year. A female hooker is also chosen for the project, which is specifically looking for people that won't be missed by anyone.
The project goes wrong and the soldier and hooker are actually frozen for 500 years. Waking up only when a trash avalanche propels them into Washington D.C.
The satire is pointed and funny (the top show is, "Ow, My Balls" and the top film is simply called, "Ass.") but I kept getting the feeling that the film was not shaped the way Judge intended.
The choppy story suggests that many scenes were deleted or never filmed and the narration I mentioned earlier seems to be nothing other than an attempt to both make up for those missing scenes and explain the movie to those with IQ's lower than the residents of 2505.
The jokes are scattered and the second half of the movie completely falls apart, with an over-reliance on WWF style theatrics that are amusing at first but drag as they go on, and on.
There is a great story in here. There is a very funny movie that could have been made from this material, but we just aren't getting it here.
I am really hoping that a Director's Cut becomes available eventually. I would love to hear what Mike Judge has to say about this film. There is no commentary track on the DVD, which really should not come as a surprise considering how Fox botched the handling of this film.