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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-11-11 11:14 PM
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Now don't forget - Atlas Shrugged the movie opens on April 15th.
Edited on Mon Apr-11-11 11:17 PM by Swede
:shrug:

link to IMDB review

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480239/
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frazzled Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-11-11 11:22 PM
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1. Whoa, that certainly sounds like a biggie
Director whose credits consist of several TV episodes of One Tree Hill, a writer who has apparently never written anything but this before, and some TV actresses. No thanks.
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-11-11 11:28 PM
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2. The movie's tag line is "Who is John Galt?"
Dozens of people are going to find out this weekend.
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 12:51 AM
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14. No one is going to find out this weekend...
because no one but hardcore Randroids are going to this movie--and they already know who he is.

In the real world, if John Galt disappeared his company would take possession of his invention--last I checked, any invention you make on behalf of a company belongs to it--file an injunction prohibiting Galt from profiting from this invention, and go on making the thing. John Galt would be reduced to mowing lawns and the world would continue as before.
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 12:53 AM
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15. I hear he's the party responsible for the sticky floor in the cinema. Always in a raincoat.
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white_wolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-11-11 11:39 PM
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8. I wish the writer had never written anything before.
Imagine an Ayn Rand free world.
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WheelWalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-11-11 11:28 PM
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3. Science Fiction. That was a high school phase.
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Shiver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 12:59 AM
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19. Nothing wrong with science fiction.
Don't lump Rand's trash in with a perfectly good genre.
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EOTE Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 02:05 PM
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22. But there is something wrong with BAD science fiction.
The best science fiction incorporates truth and uses elements of today to see what tomorrow would be like. Atlas Shrugged is the worst kind of science fiction. The kind in which the author creates a distopia with the sole intention of propping up her dismal ideology. I'm a big sci-fi fan, but Rand's tripe is certainly part of the genre.
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Shiver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 03:00 PM
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23. Agreed.
Terry Goodkind's tripe is just as bad when it comes to fantasy. Of course, Badkind is a devotee of Rand.
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 03:03 PM
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25. how dare you insult science fiction.
Rand's garbage was never science fiction.
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WheelWalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 03:21 PM
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27. An insult is like a drink.... it only affects you if you take it.
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 03:30 PM
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31. That's what Her Wisdom says
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Fozzledick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-11-11 11:36 PM
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4. "Who is John Guilt?"
:yoiks:
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-11-11 11:37 PM
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5. Fifteen days late
The previews I've seen don't look hella promising. The characters are emotionless, the plot (a RAILROAD? Really?) is not going to appeal to many people who were born after 1950, and let's face it, the whole thing is utterly preposterous.

I'll be watching Rotten Tomatoes for this one. Some of the reviews (written by the literate) are going to be loads of fun.
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northernlights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 03:35 PM
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33. I read a review by a hard-core Randian who watched with baited breath
Praying it wouldn't be a turkey.

Funniest review I evah read. The movie was fantabulous with fantabulous tv cast. Made-for-tv movie fantabulous. Except the trailer sucked. And the writer changed this, that and t'other thing. And the acting sucked, among other minor details. In other words, a disaster. How quickly will this head to dvd and the trash?

Oh, but the cinematography was great (per the reviewer).
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white_wolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-11-11 11:38 PM
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6. Screw that! I'm seeing Scream 4!
I swear if Wes Craven messes it up, I'll be pissed.
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upi402 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 12:10 AM
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12. Wes is a journeyman
All will be well!
:toast:
Have a good time.
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ElboRuum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-11-11 11:39 PM
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7. In other news, Elbo shrugged.
I'll be rearranging my socks by style and color, then mixing them up again. Or if they come out with Friday the 13th in 5-D - Jason Does Needlepoint, I'll go see that instead.
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PurityOfEssence Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-11-11 11:40 PM
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9. Funny how the reactionaries' bible couldn't get the funding
They did it on a proverbial shoestring, and were only able to do the first third. The clips I've seen have all the look and taste of low-budget: tiny crowds and cheap production values.

May it suck like a dyson.
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Citizen Worker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-11-11 11:43 PM
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10. I saw the preview Saturday night and noticed that not a single actor or actress did I recognize.
Then I noticed is was Part I and sighed. Perhaps it will fail at the box office.
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Monk06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 12:05 AM
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11. Thanks. Now I have to forget twice.
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 12:43 AM
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13. It's supposedly pretty low-budget and has terrible acting. Yawn.
I will watch it for free on Hulu when it goes straight to video after a miserable failure in the box office.
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Paradoxical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 12:54 AM
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16. The production company has only made one movie. Atlas Shrugged.
Probably a right-wing business.
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 12:58 AM
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18. It's the movie they were born to make...
and after the thing makes three dollars and 42 cents, they'll never be allowed to make another.
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FarLeftFist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 12:54 AM
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17. Hey Atlas, HUGS NOT SHRUGS!
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Brickbat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 03:27 PM
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29. I LOL'd, as the kids say.
:thumbsup:
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Zorra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 01:23 AM
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20. I used the book for cat litter many years ago. nt
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frylock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 01:59 PM
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21. a cavalcade of C and D listers..
may be worth seeing for the unintentional comedic value. i won't PAY to watch it though. that's how john galt would have wanted it.
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 03:02 PM
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24. I'll be sure to miss it.
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 03:05 PM
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26. OMG I can hardly wait!
I absolutely LOVE bad movies, and this one looks like it's going to give The Fountainhead a run for its money. Look up "schlockfest" in the dictionary, and the promotional poster for Atlas Shrugged is sure to be there.

Can a musical adaptation be far behind? Be still, my heart!
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krabigirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 03:24 PM
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28. Never read the book, have no idea what it is about.
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Brickbat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 03:29 PM
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30. SQUEEEE! As the spouse of a locomotive engineer, I can tell you that we CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS.
Heh, kidding. Maybe we'll rent Unstoppable, or something. :rofl:
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 03:35 PM
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32. Makes you wonder why they picked Tax Day to release it.
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 03:41 PM
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34. "Atlas Flubbed"? "Atlas Scrubbed"? "Atlas Sugged"? "Atlas Stubbed"? "Atlas Mugged"?
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