You feel me, Milwaukee?

All of this stress I'm feeling must be a sign that we're getting closer to our goal, right?

Idiocracy

Idiocracy ranks very high on my list of movies to see for '06-'07. In short, It rules. Mike Judge does an awesome job of lampooning our Fuddruckers - Applebees - Starbucks - Banana Republic - Corn Cob - Suburban - Yokel Yuppie culture. Whew.
The clever visual design has been highlighted by Speak Up, and their dissertation is so thorough and spot-on I won't waste my time covering the same things. But definitely check out their post.

I won't get into a film review, but a recently de-thawed Luke Wilson and Maya Rudolph wake up in the year 2055, and basically everyone's a rude, lazy-ass, oversexed version of the a-hole mouth breathers who cut you off in traffic with their Chevy Avalanches. Clothing is disposable, and there is a huge trash problem. Your Lay-Z-Boy recliner comes with a toilet in the seat, and food is provided via drop-in tube. Crass consumerism is rampant, and Starbucks has been turned into a latte jack-shack. Stupid people breed and breed and breed. So we're in deep trouble.

It is so very, very good. The graphic design is clever, and the visual puns are quite entertaining. See it. It really is a great movie.