Topic: Coming Soon (Read 90013 times)

Mongrel · « **Reply #640 on:** February 12, 2011, 01:10:01 AM »

Actually, I changed my mind.

We can only benefit from increased scrutiny of Rand's work.

TA · « **Reply #641 on:** February 12, 2011, 01:20:58 AM »

Quote from: Mongrel on February 12, 2011, 12:44:59 AM

I wouldn't say it's impossible to make a good movie out of that book, but that the overall negative consequences for doing so will largely outweigh the positives of redeeming a bad book with a decent movie.

Is it possible that before it turns into a 90-page rant, there's a vaguely interesting story underneath the awful prose?

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #642 on:** February 12, 2011, 01:35:30 AM »

It looks like a complete and utter rip-off of The Dark Knight. Which I guess makes sense, given that The Dark Knight was about a war of philosophies, and much of the conflict came from the characters actually explaining the meaning of their actions to each other.

Of course, it's never really any fun listening to conservatives explain their selfish, childish philosophies. And this movie doesn't seem particularly different.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #643 on:** February 12, 2011, 02:41:56 AM »

Quote from: TA on February 12, 2011, 01:20:58 AM

Quote from: Mongrel on February 12, 2011, 12:44:59 AM
I wouldn't say it's impossible to make a good movie out of that book, but that the overall negative consequences for doing so will largely outweigh the positives of redeeming a bad book with a decent movie.

No, probably not

Based upon that reviewers description, it sounds like Twilight but replace vampires with objectivists.
Is it possible that before it turns into a 90-page rant, there's a vaguely interesting story underneath the awful prose?

Büge · « **Reply #644 on:** February 12, 2011, 03:08:54 AM »

Wow. They've actually taken a plot ostensibly about business and made it look more boring than actual business.

Rosencrantz · « **Reply #645 on:** February 12, 2011, 03:27:21 AM »

When I saw "Part One" in the trailer, I could feel myself slipping into a coma.

Classic · « **Reply #646 on:** February 12, 2011, 03:30:17 AM »

Quote from: Büge on February 12, 2011, 03:08:54 AM

made it look more boring than actual business.

Arguably a victory for the movie, expressing that unique facet of capitalism. But then again, it's pretty late to the party, we already have Monopoly.

Büge · « **Reply #647 on:** February 12, 2011, 05:23:01 AM »

Quote from: Classic on February 12, 2011, 03:30:17 AM

Monopoly.

... the Motion Picture?

Classic · « **Reply #648 on:** February 12, 2011, 05:30:11 AM »

Y-You- Th-...
... Hrm.
I have a picture to pitch. I'll be... I'll be back in a jiffy.

Thad · « **Reply #649 on:** February 12, 2011, 05:48:06 AM »

Too late.

Actually, I'm not going to lie: "Tron meets Wall Street" is a pretty awesome high concept.

Mongrel · « **Reply #650 on:** February 12, 2011, 06:16:52 AM »

Funny, this came up this morning.

When you strip off all of the Ayn Rand, the underlying seed idea behind Atlas Shrugged is a very simple one. "Hey workers go on strike all the time. What if the owners went on strike?"

Now, in and of itself, that's not actually a bad premise. It might have actually been a decent book, or at least something that made for an interesting read - had someone besides a misanthropic autistic narcissist written it.

Büge · « **Reply #651 on:** February 12, 2011, 09:13:53 AM »

Quote from: Mongrel on February 12, 2011, 06:16:52 AM

"Hey workers go on strike all the time. What if the owners went on strike?"

If you had told me they were making a movie with this plot ten years ago, I would have guessed it to be an Adam Sandler film. Because, really, it sounds too much like a zany parody.

Büge · « **Reply #652 on:** February 13, 2011, 12:22:05 AM »

I will say this about Atlas Shrugged. Including Quark from DS9 in the cast was a stroke of genius.

TA · « **Reply #653 on:** February 13, 2011, 12:33:12 AM »

Quote from: Büge on February 13, 2011, 12:22:05 AM

I will say this about Atlas Shrugged. Including Andrew Ryan in the cast was a stroke of genius.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #654 on:** February 13, 2011, 02:44:45 PM »

I may need someone to physically restrain me or I may spend all night making fun of that Atlas Shrugged trailer. It looks like a b-movie made on a shoestring budget, and every character looks like a jackass in just the trailer.

Büge · « **Reply #655 on:** February 22, 2011, 01:36:54 PM »

http://www.411mania.com/movies/news/175307/[Movies]-D.J.-Caruso-to-Direct-Preacher.htm

The guy who directed Disturbia is going to direct Preacher.

Envy · « **Reply #656 on:** February 23, 2011, 02:49:51 AM »

Reminder that Sucker Punch is coming out on March 26th.
Sucker Punch - Official Trailer [HD]

Mongrel · « **Reply #657 on:** March 05, 2011, 12:00:01 PM »

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6. Have you decided how you’ll tackle John Galt’s epic speech in part three?

Well, I’m looking at a number of different things. Having John Galt give that speech, it might be in a casino environment. It might be that he is at a mountain retreat, rather than being where he is captured, not…that violent scene at the end. But we’re going to take a look. It doesn’t have to copy just that.

No, it absolutely will be a concentrate of entertaining words with a total, philosophic…But, you know, part three could be a musical…like a Les Miserables kind of a musical. That’s part of the impact and I guess I haven’t said this publicly yet, but I’m looking at it completely different if part three is a musical with quality music that’s done in a certain way that people will like. I mean, if you saw the play Les Miserable without the music, and then with the music, you may go in there saying, ‘oh hell, I would never want to see that great book in a musical.’ That’s going to shock a lot of people to see part three be a musical, and part two may be very different from part three and very different from part one. It has to be new, you know…We get a freshness, a vitality about it, and yet it has the same, rock-solid principles and philosophies that we all know and love.

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Ted Belmont · « **Reply #658 on:** March 08, 2011, 01:29:05 PM »

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

Mothra · « **Reply #659 on:** March 08, 2011, 02:15:37 PM »

Oh good god that movie sounds incredible WHY DID YOU FORCE ME TO DISCOVER THIS AND FEEL SUCH LOSS

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