Armando Iannucci took aim at Elon Musk’s obsession with living on Mars and owned him into outer space

We love basically everything Armando Iannucci has ever turned his hand to – he’s just adapted Stanley Kubrick’s Dr Strangelove for the West End stage, starring Peter Sellers – and that includes what he gets up to on Twitter.

And when we say what he gets up to on Twitter, what we really mean is owning Elon Musk into next week and back, which Iannucci does with entertaining regularity.

Like this, for instance.

That is mostly bollocks. https://t.co/YH0nbboQnd

— Armando Iannucci (@Aiannucci) October 15, 2024

And this.

You are the brain of a madman floating in the head of a child. https://t.co/oHD2wNKn7H

— Armando Iannucci (@Aiannucci) October 8, 2024

And indeed this!

Vast fields of bullshit as far as the eye can see. https://t.co/ZNEd0L14D6

— Armando Iannucci (@Aiannucci) September 29, 2024

And we mention it because Iannucci has taken a particular interest in Musk’s enthusiasm for upping sticks and living on Mars.

And it’s just as satisfying as you’d imagine it would be.

I’ve seen Mars. It’s a shithole. https://t.co/52JIuVxyud

— Armando Iannucci (@Aiannucci) October 4, 2024

If there’s one living environment that needed pretty tight regulating, it would be Mars. https://t.co/52JIuVxyud

— Armando Iannucci (@Aiannucci) October 4, 2024

Lovely. Wouldn’t want to live there, though. It’s a toxic nightmare. https://t.co/uwIXXGcHNd

— Armando Iannucci (@Aiannucci) October 6, 2024

Much better than Mars. For a start, more than one colour. https://t.co/iWEb0YB9I0

— Armando Iannucci (@Aiannucci) October 6, 2024

To conclude …

No it won’t https://t.co/HeDZq2FVOR

— Armando Iannucci (@Aiannucci) September 8, 2024

Really put the rocket up him.

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