Atlas Shrugged The Movie

Piobaire · Feb 12, 2011

Originally Posted by tagutcow

Funny, I always thought the Ayn Rand Institute/The Atlas Society had a kind of Scientology-esque recruitment philosophy. Certainly I remember in high school there would be ARI essay contests in the like. Perhaps this movie is an attempt to capitalize on Tea Party discontents, and use it to sell Ayn Rand's philosophy to middle America.

But it took John Travolta to bring Battlefield Earth to the big screen, so who's behind this?

You were allowed to know about Rand in high school? I think she is banned from schools where I grew up.

robin · Feb 12, 2011

This looks horrible.

Originally Posted by tagutcow

Funny, I always thought the Ayn Rand Institute/The Atlas Society had a kind of Scientology-esque recruitment philosophy.
Not quite. It's more akin to signing up for newsletters from the Mises Institute.

Originally Posted by Piobaire

You were allowed to know about Rand in high school? I think she is banned from schools where I grew up.
Canada right?

GoneBabyGone · Feb 12, 2011

http://www.boingboing.net/2011/01/28...ok-govern.html

Ayn Rand took government assistance while decrying others who did the same Noted speed freak, serial-killer fangirl, and Tea Party hero Ayn Rand was also a kleptoparasite, sneakily gobbling up taxpayer funds under an assumed name [note: it might have been her legal name] to pay for her medical treatments after she got lung cancer.

Ayn Rand: hypocrite; yet so self-assured in acting in her own self-interest.

Don Carlos · Feb 12, 2011

Also: she was really, really ugly.

One can't help imagining that a more atrractive Ayn Rand would never have developed the misanthropic worldview for which she became famous.

Piobaire · Feb 12, 2011

What would really make this move perfect for me is if it draws protesters or boycotts.

audiophilia · Feb 12, 2011

For an edited highlight reel, that looks truly awful. Bad CGI and awful acting.

Who is Stanislavski?

Don Carlos · Feb 12, 2011

Originally Posted by Piobaire

What would really make this move perfect for me is if it draws protesters or boycotts.

I don't think there's a person over the age of 18 who takes Ayn Rand seriously enough to be a protester or a defender.

Piobaire · Feb 12, 2011

Originally Posted by Don Carlos

I don't think there's a person over the age of 18 who takes Ayn Rand seriously enough to be a protester or a defender.

I can hope. Judging by the comments she draws in the CE I could easily see some campus socialist clubs picketing. It really would make me laugh uncontrollably.

Fuuma · Feb 12, 2011

Originally Posted by Piobaire

I can hope. Judging by the comments she draws in the CE I could easily see some campus socialist clubs picketing. It really would make me laugh uncontrollably.

I could agree with people protesting this on aesthetic grounds, yuck.

Thomas · Feb 13, 2011

Originally Posted by Piobaire

I can hope. Judging by the comments she draws in the CE I could easily see some campus socialist clubs picketing. It really would make me laugh uncontrollably.

If I was 22 years younger and looking for free-love socialist nookie, I'd be up for picketing. Provided they shave their armpits.

Piobaire · Feb 13, 2011

Originally Posted by Thomas

If I was 22 years younger and looking for free-love socialist nookie, I'd be up for picketing. Provided they shave their armpits.

Had a few experiences with hairy pits in the 90s. It was really disconcerting at times.

ConcernedParent · Feb 13, 2011

A worthy and fitting tribute to the author.

Humperdink · Feb 13, 2011

Originally Posted by ConcernedParent

A worthy and fitting tribute to the author.

Ha! You have redeemed yourself for your penile dysfunction posts.

Oh, and [insert snarky comment]

imageWIS · Feb 13, 2011

Originally Posted by Piobaire

You were allowed to know about Rand in high school? I think she is banned from schools where I grew up.

You went to school?!?

imageWIS · Feb 13, 2011

Originally Posted by Thomas

If I was 22 years younger and looking for free-love socialist nookie, I'd be up for picketing. Provided they shave their armpits and pussies.

FTFY (unless you like to floss while down there).

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