Media What Will the Future Look Like?
posted by on February 28 at 10:01 AM
From the driven culture collectors at Metafilter come dueling visions of the future.
First, a video montage of futuristic media from Alfonso Cuaron’s Children of Men, set in 2027.
Second, a blog roundup of advertising featured in Mike Judge’s Idiocracy, set “500 years in the future.”
I’ll be stocking up on Quietus.
Forthcoming? You can rent Idiocracy right now! It's not very funny but will make you want to read Dostoevsky.
I just watched Idiocracy last night -- I can see the comparison to Dostoevsky, but I'm ready to get that taste out of my mouth now. How do I cleanse my palette? Everywhere I look, I see Idiocracy's vision of the future. Of course, that might be because I was just using MySpace.
Eep! Yes, I just checked Netflix and there it is. I'll fix it.
The design blogs have been buzzing about both of these links for a few days. Check out the critical review at Speak Up. Interesting backstory on Idiocracy as well.
http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/003066.html
children of men is soooooo good...
the idea for idiocracy was goodish...
the execution of said idea; not so good...
but maya rudolph was funny...
Hi,
I like Dostoevsky, and I can't tell from earlier comments whether there is a relation between Idiocracy and Dostoevsky, or whether Idiocracy is so bad that it makes you want to read something good like Dostoevsky. Could you clarify? It will help me decide whether watching Idiocracy is worth doing.
Jude
Get good and drunk, play videogames with friends for about eight hours, then watch Idiocracy. You'll find yourself yelling, "It's funny cuz it's true!"
At least that's what I did last weekend.
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