Mike Judge: Trump Makes ‘Idiocracy’ Look ‘Optimistic’ There’s nothing especially new here except the particulars of this narrative, which makes sense considering that Beavis and Butt-Head are entertaining precisely because of their reliably juvenile and horny responses to everything and everyone they encounter. Judge once again voices both hyperactive blonde-haired Beavis and nonchalantly doltish Butt-Head in this sci-fi saga (which he wrote with Lew Morton), whose animation-from famed studio Titmouse-is as familiar as its protagonists’ dim dispositions and dynamic. Yet for the most part, the film’s scenario is merely an excuse for the same brand of braindead chuckling and sexual puns that have always defined Mike Judge’s comedy. Situating Beavis and Butt-Head in a modern context would seem like a premise ripe for pointed satire, and there are definitely a few digs at contemporary culture sprinkled throughout Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe. In fact, such absurdity transcends eras, as does the senseless duo in their latest adventure, which follows them through a time-space portal that transports them from the cozy confines of 1998 to the perplexing landscape of 2022.
Arriving June 23 on Paramount+ (along with their entire MTV TV series catalog), Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe is an admirable follow-up to 1996’s Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, proving that amusing inanity never goes out of style. The world has only grown stupider over the past three decades, making the return of animation’s crown princes of idiocy, Beavis and Butt-Head, long overdue.
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