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11 February 2011

"Atlas Shrugged" trailer . Never thought anyone would actually do it.

post by: Joe Beese at: 17:44 | 14 comments

Oh noes, this is only Part ONE.

posted by bearwife 11 February | 17:54

Heh, opens April 15. That's a good one. I'll be there.

posted by Ardiril 11 February | 17:59

Maybe it will be like Rocky Horror, where kids will throw tea bags at midnight screenings for the next twenty years.

posted by AlexReynolds 11 February | 18:13

OMG! Agent Spender!
Black mormon from House!
And Jon Polito!
And QUARK!

So I guess we're not getting the Pitt/Jolie version, huh?

Also, I find it hilarious it's a movie about high-speed rail when that's one thing the Randroids would/are/have fought tooth and nail (too close to socialism).

posted by Eideteker 11 February | 18:18

I find it hilarious it's a movie about high-speed rail

Can one hope that this movie explodes the many misconceptions about Objectivism held by both tea partiers and liberals? Nah, but it don't matter anyway.

posted by Ardiril 11 February | 18:27

You are so right, Eide. I thought that was wild too. Guess they made the movie before the State of the Union address making it clear hi speed rail is an altruistic President's priority.

posted by bearwife 11 February | 18:36

I suspect the reaction will be "Critics Shrugged".

posted by doctor_negative 11 February | 18:44

Wow, that's pretty bad. Did George Lucas write the dialog?

posted by octothorpe 11 February | 18:52

So I guess we're not getting the Pitt/Jolie version, huh?

This isn't a "real" movie, the producer was about to lose the rights to the property and had to start production before they expired so they made this quicky $5 million dollar place holder in a month with a D list cast and a TV actor as a director. Sort of similar situation to the Fantastic Four movie from the nineties.

posted by octothorpe 11 February | 19:07

producer was about to lose the rights

That explains why the dialog sounds like it came straight from the book.

posted by Ardiril 11 February | 19:16

I love the top-rated comment in the Youtube thread:

Are they going to include the part that explains that all the civilians in the train deserved to die because they were government leechers?

posted by Orange Swan 11 February | 21:42

Speaking as someone who loves art created by insane people, I would watch the SHIT out of this.

posted by BoringPostcards 11 February | 22:08

>cue "Entry of the Gladiators"

posted by Ardiril 11 February | 22:28

I seriously would rather see a movie version of The Wealth of Nations than this insufferable tripe.

posted by tortillathehun 13 February | 09:22

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