The Future

FiveB247x
FiveB247x Posts: 2,330
edited March 2012 in A Moving Train
This is where we are headed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMkrJOOTjj4
CONservative governMENt

Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. - Louis Brandeis
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,796
    FiveB247x wrote:
    This is where we are headed.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMkrJOOTjj4
    Looks good but too long for my dinky computer- I'll have to rent it and get back here with one of my much sought-after reviews ( :lol: ).
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    Sounds good. I'll have to watch it tomorrow
  • FiveB247x
    FiveB247x Posts: 2,330
    It's a funny satire, but its underlying premise is far too real to not acknowledge/recognize when you look around society.
    CONservative governMENt

    Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. - Louis Brandeis
  • SweetChildofMine
    SweetChildofMine Posts: 842
    So this is what happens when Jesse Ventura runs the planet I suppose? :lol:
  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    When you say ‘we’…do you mean the pit, or the world? AMT as a microcosm? ;)
    I was just telling some co-workers about this movie yesterday, weird…not enough people have seen it. Someone came to my desk and interrupted me…I said “go ‘way, ‘baitin”…..they didn’t catch the reference :(
    Aaah…I’d love to mention specific scenes, but don’t want spoil anything. If anyone hasn’t seen it, it’s definitely worth a look.
    You’re right tho, there are things about society (and the train) that remind me of this movie every single day… :?



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  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    SweetChildofMine wrote:
    So this is what happens when Jesse Ventura runs the planet I suppose? :lol:

    Oh my God... Poor Minnesota :lol:
  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    Drowned Out wrote:
    When you say ‘we’…do you mean the pit, or the world? AMT as a microcosm? ;)
    I was just telling some co-workers about this movie yesterday, weird…not enough people have seen it. Someone came to my desk and interrupted me…I said “go ‘way, ‘baitin”…..they didn’t catch the reference :(
    Aaah…I’d love to mention specific scenes, but don’t want spoil anything. If anyone hasn’t seen it, it’s definitely worth a look.
    You’re right tho, there are things about society (and the train) that remind me of this movie every single day… :?



    Brought to you by Carl’s Jr.

    Is this the movie that phrase comes from? I've been saying that for a long time! :lol:
  • FiveB247x
    FiveB247x Posts: 2,330
    I mean the world in general.

    And I've heard interviews with Mike Judge talking bout this film and his take on why this and some of his other work has been more cult following more so than a commercial success. Much of it has to do with the topic matters as well as his lack of connection/marketability through the big media corporations who book the films, theatre's and similar. Also, he made a very funny joke basically saying that the mock movie which is the big blockbuster referenced in Idiocracy - "Ass" would be a bigger commercial hit and well received than his more actual satirical work which even in jest, mocks the very society he's trying to get to watch it.
    Drowned Out wrote:
    When you say ‘we’…do you mean the pit, or the world? AMT as a microcosm? ;)
    I was just telling some co-workers about this movie yesterday, weird…not enough people have seen it. Someone came to my desk and interrupted me…I said “go ‘way, ‘baitin”…..they didn’t catch the reference :(
    Aaah…I’d love to mention specific scenes, but don’t want spoil anything. If anyone hasn’t seen it, it’s definitely worth a look.
    You’re right tho, there are things about society (and the train) that remind me of this movie every single day… :?



    Brought to you by Carl’s Jr.
    CONservative governMENt

    Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. - Louis Brandeis
  • SweetChildofMine
    SweetChildofMine Posts: 842
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    SweetChildofMine wrote:
    So this is what happens when Jesse Ventura runs the planet I suppose? :lol:

    Oh my God... Poor Minnesota :lol:
    :lol: Oddly I have a lot of respect for Jesse he did some good things to turn around the state and they had the best "human services" record out of any state in the union after he left.
  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    SweetChildofMine wrote:
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    SweetChildofMine wrote:
    So this is what happens when Jesse Ventura runs the planet I suppose? :lol:

    Oh my God... Poor Minnesota :lol:
    :lol: Oddly I have a lot of respect for Jesse he did some good things to turn around the state and they had the best "human services" record out of any state in the union after he left.

    Oh I was too young to even pay attention. I just remember hearing him on tv and laughing at his voice. :D
  • Smellyman
    Smellyman Asia Posts: 4,528
    Ha! I enjoyed that movie.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0O7_3o3BrI
  • satansbed
    satansbed Posts: 2,139
    meh i couldn't get beyond the fact that it wont happen because iqs increase over time....

    but it was alright
  • FiveB247x
    FiveB247x Posts: 2,330
    So you look around society and overall think we're advancing as a species and improving beyond our problems and narrow minds? Wars, famine, hunger, inequality, racism and the similar certainly don't back up your point and as media and the speed of information improves, people's attention span and social skills deteriorate more.
    satansbed wrote:
    meh i couldn't get beyond the fact that it wont happen because iqs increase over time....

    but it was alright
    CONservative governMENt

    Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. - Louis Brandeis
  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    FiveB247x wrote:
    So you look around society and overall think we're advancing as a species and improving beyond our problems and narrow minds? Wars, famine, hunger, inequality, racism and the similar certainly don't back up your point and as media and the speed of information improves, people's attention span and social skills deteriorate more.
    satansbed wrote:
    meh i couldn't get beyond the fact that it wont happen because iqs increase over time....

    but it was alright

    I agree, but.....

    Maybe I just have too much faith in mankind to do the right thing.
  • FiveB247x
    FiveB247x Posts: 2,330
    Fair enough.. I'm on the other end of spectrum. If there is any "saving grace" for the human species is that we have the potential to adapt to the climate and world around us. Who knows it'll matter in the long term, but I guess it serves as a chance.
    peacefrompaul wrote:

    I agree, but.....

    Maybe I just have too much faith in mankind to do the right thing.
    CONservative governMENt

    Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. - Louis Brandeis
  • satansbed
    satansbed Posts: 2,139
    FiveB247x wrote:
    So you look around society and overall think we're advancing as a species and improving beyond our problems and narrow minds? Wars, famine, hunger, inequality, racism and the similar certainly don't back up your point and as media and the speed of information improves, people's attention span and social skills deteriorate more.
    satansbed wrote:
    meh i couldn't get beyond the fact that it wont happen because iqs increase over time....

    but it was alright

    These things happen far less frequently now than ever before. War is far less prevalent. When is the last time. Developed nation had a famine. Racism, although still exists I'd less prelivant now. No more jim crow. Far more equality.
  • he still stands
    he still stands Posts: 2,835
    this is where we're heading...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcvp4EQb ... AAAAAAAACQ
    Everything not forbidden is compulsory and eveything not compulsory is forbidden. You are free... free to do what the government says you can do.
  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    he still stands wrote:
    this is where we're heading...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcvp4EQb ... AAAAAAAACQ

    :D

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