OHSNAP. Atlas Shrugged Trailer -

[dalebert]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an-jkqnpDz4[/youtube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an-jkqnpDz4

Still looking pretty boring.

[dalebert]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8Y_IUgoyCk[/youtube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8Y_IUgoyCk

Why is Dagny getting that guy coffee?--  "Do you want one lump of sugar in your coffee, or do you want two?"

[dalebert]

Why is Dagny getting that guy coffee?--  "Do you want one lump of sugar in your coffee, or do you want two?"

Oh, my bad.  I just looked again and she was actually saying "If you double cross me, I'll destroy you." but maybe she said it on her way to getting coffee right before she asked how he wanted his.

[Alex Libman]

From my e-mail spam box -- Atlas Shrugged Movie Clip --

Striker,

In response to the overwhelming reception, and seemingly endless debate, accompanying the unveiling of the Atlas Shrugged Movie trailer, we are proud to share with you a very special clip pulled directly from the film.

The clip shows Henry Rearden...

the clip shows Henry...

Eh ehm...

I guess you'll just have to watch to find out exactly what Henry's doing.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PK5Sq3bIHY[/youtube]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PK5Sq3bIHY

[Cognitive Dissident]

That's a good choice for fans of the book, but I also am wondering if the movie will get/hold the attention of people who are not already fans of the book.

[LTKoblinsky]

That's a good choice for fans of the book, but I also am wondering if the movie will get/hold the attention of people who are not already fans of the book.

I think that clip was released as a fan service for readers of the book. The trailer is the part this is supposed to capture new interest.

[Lothar]

http://silverunderground.com/?p=1616

[LTKoblinsky]

http://silverunderground.com/?p=1616

I don't think I've ever been this excited (and nervous) for a movie...My road away from religious conservatism began with Atlas Shrugged.  LOTR was awesome when I was still in middle school, but this review just kindled hope that this might actually be worth watching.

[Neal Jayu]

I've already admitted to pleasuring myself to Rush concert videos on Prometheus Unchained.

Undoubtedly, once Atlas Shrugged comes out on DVD, I will be whipping it out to Hank Rearden too.

Or maybe I'll just cut some holes in my pocket for the theatrical release.

[Alex Libman]

Of course Ayn Rand took a rational position on homosexuality, and so should you.

I wonder if any whore (female professional sex worker) in New Hampshire can be hired to teach Heterosexuality 101...   

[dalebert]

But then Ayn didn't have any children, did she?  Hmmm... Hypocrite.

[alaric89]

I disagreed with Ayn Rand's whole worldview on sexuality from the get go. I say this as a admitted chauvinist and heterosexual.
I hate to think of a world where woman want to have a man who can rule over them, even if he has to earn the right. I also note that a "Randian" woman would leave Mr. Wonderful for a better man if she can get him. Woman would also compete for the best men, with no sense of loyalty to her husband and family or the new man's for that matter. The highest men in a Randian society could trade out the old wife every few years. It would be a mess.
I sincerely hope they rewrite some of the original love story from Atlas Shrugged, I think many would find Dagny's always taking the better man and family ruining hobby repugnant.
For the record, I read Dr. Ferris, Hugh Akston, and Eddie Willers as gay when I read the book. Evidently I was wrong.

[LTKoblinsky]

I disagreed with Ayn Rand's whole worldview on sexuality from the get go. I say this as a admitted chauvinist and heterosexual.
I hate to think of a world where woman want to have a man who can rule over them, even if he has to earn the right. I also note that a "Randian" woman would leave Mr. Wonderful for a better man if she can get him. Woman would also compete for the best men, with no sense of loyalty to her husband and family or the new man's for that matter. The highest men in a Randian society could trade out the old wife every few years. It would be a mess.
I sincerely hope they rewrite some of the original love story from Atlas Shrugged, I think many would find Dagny's always taking the better man and family ruining hobby repugnant.
For the record, I read Dr. Ferris, Hugh Akston, and Eddie Willers as gay when I read the book. Evidently I was wrong.

Rand did come from Russia...I know in the Fountainhead, the main female (her name just slipped my mind) character had her romantic plot changed for the film. In the film, she breaks off an engagement with Keating (instead of marrying and divorcing him) and Gayle Wynand kills himself (instead of her marrying and divorcing him) to free her to marry Roark.

[alaric89]

Yeah, My Wife's Russian they are weird.....
Luckily.....I am the Best.

[Alex Libman]

But then Ayn didn't have any children, did she?  Hmmm... Hypocrite.

And so time has come for me to reveal... The Secret...

Before coming to America when she was ~21, Ayn Rand was a Social Pedagogy student at the at the Petrograd State University, and while there she seduced a young Trotskyite-Zionist history professor whose last name was Libman.  She became pregnant and had a late term abortion (she was initially very picky about how dirty all Soviet abortion clinics were), but, without her knowledge, the doctors saved the fetus and used it to conduct ungodly medical experiments, including those involving brain stimulation and cryogenic preservation of living tissue.  This, like many other bizarre top-secret medical experiments Soviet scientists had the free reign to engage in in the 1920s, was brought to a halt by a sudden change in government policy.  The specimen was preserved in a refrigerated laboratory warehouse in Moscow, its documentation misplaced by the inept bureaucracy, until, in 1981, the faltering Soviet economy had to shut off electricity to that warehouse, causing the specimen to thaw.  Later that year there were reports of horrified hysterical people saying they saw a demonic-looking baby crawling around in the snow on the streets of Moscow...  You can read the rest in my upcoming autobiography.