"Untitled Mike Judge Comedy"?

<3 Idiocracy, F y'all

maybe im giving it too much credit but i took its target to be more the lowest common denominator drives of capitalism or the mass media. (this is probably some creative misreading on my part, I'll admit.)

no i definitely think that was Judge's intent. it seemed like he got half way into it, realized the classist, potentially objectionable angles he was working and started pulling his punches (or losing interest altogether). the result managed to be both toothless and kind of offensive.

but i totally lol'd at the opening 3-4 minutes so I'm basically the most disgusting of savages in the world etc

and will definitely go see Extract

extract was really good.

i didn't think there was a single good thing about extract, and i am honestly baffled when people say they liked it. my whole family dug it and i'm more of a fan of both mike judge and jason bateman than any of them tbh

it was funny? it was kind of sweet and understated too. also ben affleck: "xanax is good for everything. i take it for a common head cold. codeine cough syrup is good." "good for what?" "it's just good".

I watched Extract this weekend. It wasn't terrible but I think I only laughed once. I think Judge might have been going more for 'good natured' than 'hilarious'. There were some fairly well-observed character types (which is one of his greatest strengths, imo). But ultimately it was pretty much just an episode of a half-decent sitcom stretched out to three times the normal length. I don't really get why this had to be a movie.

Probably the first and last time I'll ever say this but: Ben Affleck was the best thing in this movie.

Extract, iirc, was a big nothing. Like they cranked out a first draft, asked Judge if he wanted to work on it some more, and he just sort of shrugged and said "eh." As opposed to "Idiocracy," which is a great idea and was packed with jokes but clearly came off compromised by studio interference and Judge's lack of interest in salvaging a project for the same people that screwed him over.

I keep forgetting "Silicone Valley" is Judge.

Ha, Silicon. But I bet Judge could make a funny Silicone Valley, too.

surprised there's no talk of Tales From the Tourbus around here, non-stop awesomeness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPTT6Kp3Ob8

season 2 pretty great - covering George, Bootsy and James Brown means certain things get repeated a bit, which is annoying, but whatever. More than a few anecdotes that were totally new to me (like Kush putting James Brown in a headlock the night of the JBs inaugural gig)

pretty clear that Judge leans conservative but finding out he's a fucking Ben Shapiro stan ("liking" his dipshit tweets going back months) kinda bums me out :/

Maybe the same sort of libertarianism that the South Park guys espouse. Wikipedia entry links to a report that Judge was at one point prepared to produce a series of anti Trump ads in the vein of Idiocracy for what that's worth.

Yeah I get more of a libertarian vibe

like i get that Shapiro's touted as this big "free speech" guy and i'm sure that appeals to someone like Judge. but he's also an unrepentant trans & homophobe, generally emblematic of Ted Cruz's millennial fan base (insofar as one exists)