Title: Atlas Shrugged Movie
Post by: Sophus on February 12, 2011, 10:40:52 PM
Post by: Sophus on February 12, 2011, 10:40:52 PM
Could this film come at a worst possible time? Every Tea Partier will go see but I'm still willing to bet it will tank.
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Title: Re: Atlas Shrugged Movie
Post by: LegendarySandwich on February 12, 2011, 11:00:57 PM
Post by: LegendarySandwich on February 12, 2011, 11:00:57 PM
I tried reading Atlas Shrugged once; I think I got about one-third of the way through it. It was boring bullshit. I probably would have tried to finish it, but my mom (who still censors a lot of what I watch and read -- I don't know if she'd let me read Harry Potter, even now) took it away from me before I could.
I'll probably go see this movie anyways, though.
I'll probably go see this movie anyways, though.
Title: Re: Atlas Shrugged Movie
Post by: Whitney on February 12, 2011, 11:02:33 PM
Post by: Whitney on February 12, 2011, 11:02:33 PM
I haven't read it yet...don't particularly want to read it either; I wonder if the movie will be like the book.
Title: Re: Atlas Shrugged Movie
Post by: LegendarySandwich on February 12, 2011, 11:05:02 PM
Post by: LegendarySandwich on February 12, 2011, 11:05:02 PM
Quote from: "Whitney"I haven't read it yet...don't particularly want to read it either; I wonder if the movie will be like the book.From the looks of the trailer, yes.
I wouldn't recommend the book to anyone. If you want to know what objectivism is, go do a
search or something.
Title: Re: Atlas Shrugged Movie
Post by: Will on February 13, 2011, 12:08:26 AM
Post by: Will on February 13, 2011, 12:08:26 AM
It's nice to see the fantasy genre isn't dead. 
Title: Re: Atlas Shrugged Movie
Post by: Thumpalumpacus on February 13, 2011, 12:52:09 AM
Post by: Thumpalumpacus on February 13, 2011, 12:52:09 AM
I have much to owe Rand in terms of personal outlook, but her conceptions of social economics is very stilted. She apparently doesn't understand that good bedrock is vital for solid buildings.
It's amazing that the Crash of 08, having come about from Randian deregulation, hasn't brought about a backlash. It's even more amazing that she held to this nonsense having lived through the American Depression, which was caused by laissez-faire capitalism.
I appreciate many of the precepts I garnered from her about personal responsibility, but quite frankly, this idea that solid economics and ideation is top-down is horseshit.
It's amazing that the Crash of 08, having come about from Randian deregulation, hasn't brought about a backlash. It's even more amazing that she held to this nonsense having lived through the American Depression, which was caused by laissez-faire capitalism.
I appreciate many of the precepts I garnered from her about personal responsibility, but quite frankly, this idea that solid economics and ideation is top-down is horseshit.
Title: Re: Atlas Shrugged Movie
Post by: terranus on February 14, 2011, 01:44:05 AM
Post by: terranus on February 14, 2011, 01:44:05 AM
Typical big business republican b.s. 
Title: Re: Atlas Shrugged Movie
Post by: Byronazriel on February 16, 2011, 02:29:02 AM
Post by: Byronazriel on February 16, 2011, 02:29:02 AM
I've always been fond of Objectivism, if only because it reminds me a lot of serching for good fan fiction... Except the entire experience of sifting through garbage for gold is condensed into a single (albeit roughly defined) philosophical position.