Atlas Shrugged Movie: The First 10 Minutes


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From Richard Gleaves' enheartening review:

Last night I attended the Atlas Society’s sneak preview of the Atlas Shrugged – Part 1 movie — the same preview discussed in the Atlasphere’s recent interview with Producer John Aglialoro.

At the event, the preview was preceded by some notable comments from Aglialoro and others; but the centerpiece of the event was, unmistakably, the ten-minute clip from the film itself.

So how was it?

Very good. Better than I expected. I wouldn’t say it’s perfect, as you'll see from my many nitpicks below. Based upon the preview we saw, however, I think this movie will do credit to the novel and to the characters.

Let’s walk through it bit by bit . . .

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From Richard Gleaves' enheartening review:

Last night I attended the Atlas Society’s sneak preview of the Atlas Shrugged – Part 1 movie — the same preview discussed in the Atlasphere’s recent interview with Producer John Aglialoro.

At the event, the preview was preceded by some notable comments from Aglialoro and others; but the centerpiece of the event was, unmistakably, the ten-minute clip from the film itself.

So how was it?

Very good. Better than I expected. I wouldn’t say it’s perfect, as you'll see from my many nitpicks below. Based upon the preview we saw, however, I think this movie will do credit to the novel and to the characters.

Let’s walk through it bit by bit . . .

Fortunately, there was no spoiler. I can't wait to see how the movie ends. :rolleyes:

Ghs

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Fortunately, there was no spoiler. I can't wait to see how the movie ends. :rolleyes:

Wyatt’s torch, presumably. This reminds me of a funny story about Oscar Wilde, reportedly in University he took a Greek oral exam (snigger snigger), and had to translate the Gospel according to John live, on the fly. He was doing it perfectly, and they stopped him, at which point he said something like: please let me go on, I want to see how it ends.

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So how does the story end? The novel ends on a cliffhanger, with the world devastated and Galt and the others ready to return to the world. We learn nothing about the reconstruction phase, and so far as I know Rand never wrote a sequel.

Well I guess the looters having seen their world destroyed get down on their knees and pray that the prime movers return to save them, as they are too stupid to run things on their own.

Picture the scene, a looter couple who have seen their family torn apart and say two of their four kids die because of this, get down on bended knee to pray for forgiveness. Effigies of Robin Hood are burnt in every major city and every baby born is named John or Dagny.

http://rebirthofreason.com/Spirit/Jokes/371.shtml

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So how does the story end? The novel ends on a cliffhanger, with the world devastated and Galt and the others ready to return to the world. We learn nothing about the reconstruction phase, and so far as I know Rand never wrote a sequel.

There is no cliffhanger ending. The basic illogic of the novel simply catches up to the story and it cannot go on for it's run out of plot.

--Brant

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Shortly after the novel came out, a reporter from the NYT Book Review put this question to Rand. She said that Dagny would rebuild TT on the east coast within three years and across the country in 10, and that she would marry Galt.

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So how does the story end? The novel ends on a cliffhanger, with the world devastated and Galt and the others ready to return to the world. We learn nothing about the reconstruction phase, and so far as I know Rand never wrote a sequel.

Well I guess the looters having seen their world destroyed get down on their knees and pray that the prime movers return to save them, as they are too stupid to run things on their own.

Picture the scene, a looter couple who have seen their family torn apart and say two of their four kids die because of this, get down on bended knee to pray for forgiveness. Effigies of Robin Hood are burnt in every major city and every baby born is named John or Dagny.

http://rebirthofreas...Jokes/371.shtml

I have always disliked that Ayn condemned the Robin Hood mythology as espoused by the left, rather than to reverse it by stressing Ragnar's approach. She always seemed ambivalent on this issue. Even in Atlas, there is the allusion to the unresolved debate about Ragnar's chosen path in the Strike, which is to strike at the Prince John's.

I am somewhat surprised that Steven missed the BBC special on Robin Hood that portrayed him the way I always viewed him even before I read Atlas. Robin Hood the New Libertarian argues that:

"As scholars have noted, the earliest Robin Hood ballads, which date back to the 13th or 14th century, contain no mention of robbing the rich to give to the poor. The one person Robin assists financially is a knight who is about to lose his lands to the machinations of greedy and unscrupulous monks at an abbey. (Corrupt clerics using the political power of the Church are among Robin Hood's frequent targets in the ballads.) The Sheriff of Nottingham is Robin's chief opponent; at the time, it was the sheriffs' role as tax collectors in particular that made them objects of loathing by peasants and commoners.

Robin Hood is also frequently shown helping men who face barbaric punishments for hunting in the royal forests, a pursuit permitted to nobles and strictly forbidden to the lower classes in medieval England; in other words, he is opposing privilege bestowed by political power, not earned wealth.However, this "Robin Hood's" libertarian streak was not limited to civil liberties. Robin, a local noble back from the Crusades, first runs afoul of the Sheriff by suggesting that all taxes in Nottinghamshire be temporarily abolished so that the region's faltering industry and trade can be revived. His peasant followers are on the wrong side of the law because exorbitant taxes prevent them from making an honest living: "Taxes, we do not like," declares Little John.

This Robin's robberies are directed primarily at tax collections and other ill-gotten gains; he also strives to stop a conspiracy by the Sheriff and Prince John to seize power in the King's absence and establish a tyranny that would trample "the rights of the free man." The Sheriff, meanwhile, is a miniature Stalin who revels in brute power: when a confederate says that England should be purged of "the weak and the dirty and the parasites," the Sheriff replies, "My dear boy, those are the ones who do exactly what I tell them to. We need those."

Perhaps the most libertarian version of the Robin Hood story comes from an unlikely source for libertarianism -- the BBC, in its 2006-2009 "Robin Hood" series, starring Jonas Armstrong. (This smartly written, excellently acted show that gave the medieval legend a quirky modern edge, unfortunately failed to find a large audience in the United States, where it aired on the obscure BBC America cable channel.) The series took thinly veiled digs at the idea that freedom should be abridged in the name of national security: the villainous Sheriff cited King Richard's war in the Holy Land as a justification for unusually harsh punishments to enforce law and order in wartime, and sometimes referred to the outlaws as "terrorists."

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/05/17/the_new_robin_hood_libertarian_rebel_105613.html

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Atlas Shrugged at CPAC

"The Strike Productions, and Dick Armey’s FreedomWorks, announced the premiere of the “ATLAS SHRUGGED” movie trailer at CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) in Washington D.C. on Thursday, February 11th, 2011.

“We’re thrilled to be working with FreedomWorks to launch our World Premiere of the Atlas Shrugged movie trailer. FreedomWorks is an incredible partner and CPAC an incredible event. Everyone has worked extremely hard, and we are very excited for the world to finally see it,” said Harmon Kaslow, producer of the film."

Interesting tittle Armey is using above.

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[quote name='Selene' timestamp='1296584556' post='1231

Atlas Shrugged at CPAC

Shocked and appalled!

I knew our prime minister never moved far from his libertarian roots, but this is beyond the pale.

When I turn on CPAC I want to see subcommittee hearings and meaningless rhetoric, not Dagny Taggart prancing around in bustiers.

I am contacting my MP, Jack Layton, and expect questions to be asked in Parliament.

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I knew our prime minister never moved far from his libertarian roots, but this is beyond the pale.

When I turn on CPAC I want to see subcommittee hearings and meaningless rhetoric, not Dagny Taggart prancing around in bustiers.

Carol, NOBODY will get this; only you, me and our respective Old Aunties will admit to watching CPAC. I can't imagine any non-Canuckistani doing so. I would be like them volunteering to be waterboarded.

Non-Cs: CPAC is the C-SPAN of Canuckistan, only one thousand times more boring.

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I love watching Jack on CPAC. He fills the drunken British tradition so well the other MP's can stay sober.

We bring you now back to your regularly scheduled thread.

Right after this message - Ruby Dhalla in "I am not a Slaveowning Sikh Princess" was kinda fun too.

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Did someone make a punny?

Only the needy...

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I'm glad to see that our North of the border friend Daunce has a good sense of humor.

I was afraid she might have a temper Torontorum from which she could not Vancouver.

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I'm glad to see that our North of the border friend Daunce has a good sense of humor.

I was afraid she might have a temper Torontorum from which she could not Vancouver.

You had to push it, didn't you?

Hey, it's all part of my Randucation.

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I'm glad to see that our North of the border friend Daunce has a good sense of humor.

I was afraid she might have a temper Torontorum from which she could not Vancouver.

You had to push it, didn't you?

Hey, it's all part of my Randucation.

How to Make a Pun

edits by:Jonathan E., Maluniu, Brandywine, Flickety (see all)

Don't over-pun, punning too many times will decrease how punny your puns are.

  • Don't learn so much material that no one will understand what you're talking about.
  • Don't use specific subject puns on someone that you know wouldn't understand, for example, using a computer pun on someone that barely has a concept about what an operating system is.
  • Make sure the pun is age-appropriate for the audience you're making it to. Making a perverted pun around a fifth grader will get you in hot water when their mother hears about it.
  • Don't laugh at your own jokes when no one else is laughing. They probably didn't find it as funny as you did.

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I'm glad to see that our North of the border friend Daunce has a good sense of humor.

I was afraid she might have a temper Torontorum from which she could not Vancouver.

You had to push it, didn't you?

Hey, it's all part of my Randucation.

How to Make a Pun

edits by:Jonathan E., Maluniu, Brandywine, Flickety (see all)

Don't over-pun, punning too many times will decrease how punny your puns are.

  • Don't learn so much material that no one will understand what you're talking about.
  • Don't use specific subject puns on someone that you know wouldn't understand, for example, using a computer pun on someone that barely has a concept about what an operating system is.
  • Make sure the pun is age-appropriate for the audience you're making it to. Making a perverted pun around a fifth grader will get you in hot water when their mother hears about it.
  • Don't laugh at your own jokes when no one else is laughing. They probably didn't find it as funny as you did.

Dear Madam:

I know these rules, therefore I am qualified to break them.

Yours coolly,

Carol

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