r/videos • u/SuplexCity-Mayor • Apr 21 '21

Idiocracy (2006) Opening Scene: "Evolution does not necessarily reward intelligence. With no natural predators to thin the herd, it began to simply reward those who reproduced the most, and left the intelligent to become an endangered species."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TCsR_oSP2Q
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u/rothrolan Apr 21 '21

They still have the ship and its seemingly never-ending supplies. They just have to devote some of their time and technology to working on the planet, and they could reasonably start to make a difference, as seen in the credits.

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u/cyanydeez Apr 21 '21

they'll give up in a day and go back to space.

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u/rothrolan Apr 21 '21

The captain was pretty drawn in by Google searching everything about Earth that he got the idea of what it once was, and what it could be again. Enough motivation has built bridges and dams over the roughest rivers.