vt357
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I loved the book, but have to say that I agree with this. I plan on seeing the movie, but don't hold out a lot of hope that it will even hold a candle to the book.
"Atlas Shrugged" out on Friday!
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I loved the book, but have to say that I agree with this. I plan on seeing the movie, but don't hold out a lot of hope that it will even hold a candle to the book.
KnightAsylum
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The book is one of my two all time favorites, and is probably the most influential book on my life. A repeat read book for me, likely on my fourth copy at this point.
Bought tickets early and going to see it on Friday! Looking forward to the next two films as well.:thumbsup
Bought tickets early and going to see it on Friday! Looking forward to the next two films as well.:thumbsup
Kerr Avon
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Wow.. such hatred. Didn't you ban yourself a while back? Usually your first instinct is correct.
Word! There's a TON I want to say, but every time I think I've found a way of putting it non-politically, I find a way someone could construe it politically. :lol
Atlas Shrugged would have been better served as a kind of period piece I think. Trains just don't have the same "life-blood" meaning in today's society like they did when the book was written.
The book, like any other political philosophy, should be taken with a pinch of salt. It makes the same mistake that the others make in presuming human nature is one way and what works for one person or society would work for another. Mankind is chaotic in nature so no single philosophy is in fact "right".
Interesting ideas, some practical and some not. I say the same about the Communist Manifesto.
The book, like any other political philosophy, should be taken with a pinch of salt. It makes the same mistake that the others make in presuming human nature is one way and what works for one person or society would work for another. Mankind is chaotic in nature so no single philosophy is in fact "right".
Interesting ideas, some practical and some not. I say the same about the Communist Manifesto.
Star Wars is just as political as Atlas Shrugged........but SW has lightsabers, Droids, Stormtroopers and Vader 
Solo4114
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Except Thunderdome. Thunderdome ALWAYS works. Two men enter, one man leaves. 'Nuff said.
cayman shen
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The only Ayn Rand movie I can see enjoyng is the Incredibles :lol
Solo4114
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Isn't that also the plot of The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker (a.k.a. The Spy Who Loved Me In SPAAAAAAAAAACE)?
Guri
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Star Wars is just as political as Atlas Shrugged........but SW has lightsabers, Droids, Stormtroopers and Vader
Firefly too - and they're both right.
I haven't been to the movies in a long time and I'm looking to go on opening weekend.
cayman shen
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Firefly too - and they're both right.
I haven't been to the movies in a long time and I'm looking to go on opening weekend.
I agree with Firefly's flagrant libertarianism, but read Ayn Rand and watch Firefly...one has a bigness of heart, a generosity of spirit, a humaneness to its philosophy. And it ain't Rand. See, books are more than just their themes/messages/ideas. Ayn Rand's whole tone leaves me cold.
Guri
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I read about 3 chapters of The Fountainhead and found nothing in the main characters I admired enough to make me continue, so I'm not going to defend her style or characters, her morals or even her motivations for what she believed.
But I still want to see it because from what I've been able to glean from interviews of her and excerpts, she sure was right about a heck of a lot when it came to the basics of economics and work ethic motivational factors.
What sticks out to me when it comes to philosophies of how things should be run isn't what creates a utopia of benevolence when those in charge are behaving at their best, but what prevents the enslavement of people when those in charge are acting at their worst.
But I still want to see it because from what I've been able to glean from interviews of her and excerpts, she sure was right about a heck of a lot when it came to the basics of economics and work ethic motivational factors.
What sticks out to me when it comes to philosophies of how things should be run isn't what creates a utopia of benevolence when those in charge are behaving at their best, but what prevents the enslavement of people when those in charge are acting at their worst.
Bra-VO !!!
lol:lolBut don´t ´splode, pleeez?
Looks like this thread evolves into some kind of sociological experiment
Love the observation that Wes has made :thumbsup
When you get that urge..talk about the politics of SW.
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