Generally speaking, this is the platonic ideal for a venture of this sort: no cross-overs, no cash-ins, just vibes. So there are no lame stabs at topical humor (there’s a bit where the boys stumble onto an SJW-leaning college group, but the interaction is far more playful than what one would expect given the circumstances), and the biggest missteps - a love triangle involving Siri a weak non-ending - don’t lean too heavily into cringe comedy either. They’re not really in the year 2022 - coronavirus isn’t a thing, no lockdowns are presented, and Biden and Trump are never referenced once - but more a general placeholder for the future in general. Make no mistake, there’s still plenty of both in Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe, where they’re now “doing” our entire cosmic system of matter and energy instead of just America: the first major howler is a slow-burner, Keaton-esque visual gag that has one of our leads flying across his high school’s gymnasium, the outcome of which finds the heroes placed in an “at-risk” youth program that eventually leads them into space, then a micro black hole, and, finally, into the year 2022. They remind us of the moronic juvenility that dwells within every off-handed comment that gets passed off as critical judgment, an enduring sentiment that never ages poorly the actual humor of Beavis and Butthead the television program, on the other hand, is a different story, one largely dependent upon a viewer’s proclivity toward low comedy and repeated agitation. They’re also here to “score” at some conceivable point or another, with the carnal act driving the narrative forward with the faintest sense of urgency (more or less getting the main characters from Point A to Point B). Which is perhaps why they’ve been called back some 20-plus years since their last cinematic adventure to do essentially that: labeling every sincere individual in the world a “dumbass” while they themselves continue to do the dumbest shit imaginable. Beavis and Butthead Do the Universe offers the type of low-stakes low humor that demands little but gives generously to those willing to engage.īeavis and Butthead: the great snicker-ers of our time, or really, of any time.
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