movies

Idiocracy.

In fairness this is the only way to enjoy the film. Other than media literacy YouTubers that'll praise it in a few years, I think this is the best it'll get in a while.

I think if you're going to a movie about a popular video game, you should expect that people will respond positively to references to the popular video game. For myself, I wouldn't have a clue, because I've only ever used Minetest/Luanti.

I'm reminded of a British comedy show called My Hero. (If you want to find it, you're better off googling "Thermoman") It is a show about an alien who comes to Earth and is basically a superhero with heat-based powers, but is also a bit of a doof. The show is actually kind of a rom-com as it focuses on his alter ego coming to terms with living among humans.

At one point, his girlfriends' parents are in a community theater production, and George (Thermoman's mild mannered alter ego) acts very inappropriately, trying to interact with the play etc. Because he had only been introduced to Christmas Pantomime* and wasn't aware there were different kinds of theater.

Getting mad at shit is like, my whole comedy persona or whatever, but I struggle to get mad at this. Maybe we should name it as a genre or something the way the British did with "Pantomime" versus other productions you're supposed to take more seriously. Even more "normal" comedies where you're allowed to laugh at jokes but are otherwise not supposed to try to contribute.

So...let's do it. Let's make audience participation cinema. I've read about a Taylor Swift movie where tween girls were singing along and dancing in the aisles. If the kids are enjoying it, who goddamn cares?

*This isn't really a thing in America, not sure about the rest of the English speaking world. It's a theater performance often done around Christmastime that has some comedy, some slapstick, some bawdy jokes, some audience participation, and the general idea seems to be "let's not take it so seriously and just have some fun" kind of theater.

Oh thank god. I saw it the first night in theaters and it was just a damn riot. Like I get why people complain about the behavior. But the movie really goes well along with it.

I was in tears from laughter by the end of the movie. I don't know what was intended and what wasn't, but I definitely had more fun than my kid.

I find it funny that the article uses a quote from Moist Critical's video on it (as well as I think Schaffrillis Productions and PhoenixSC, I know I've heard the quotes before on youtube) and they leave it anonymous as to who said it

Sounds fun, not sure what's there to be theatrical about

spawns

NO LITERALLY my friends and i’s entire movie experience[…]

lol I’m just imagining saying “Get your hands off i’s burger! It’s i’s, not yours!” or the like.

I saw it with my kid today. There were a bunch of applauses to references which I didn't get (never played Minecraft). The chicken jockey and honestly can't remember the others, but there were like 3 more. It is annoying because the people who made the film can't hear you. Having said that, I attributed it to the people likely being kids who don't know how to act in a theater.

It could be so good while high, imagine these bombs dropping ‘chicken jockey’. I don’t get it at all but it sounds like good fun or at least bizzare experience

We’re not gonna make it are we? People, I mean.