The Mothership - 2011-02-11
Ayn Rand probably hated trains; too much cooperation you know, people traveling together, shared momentum. Trains are inherent symbols of communism.
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Mother_Puncher - 2011-02-11 Trains directly equate autism. Have you ever met someone with a deep interest in trains that wasn't autistic? Rand is a hack who hates autism.
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Cena_mark - 2011-02-11 I'm not very big into Ayn Rand, but I can't stand the hate that liberals have for her. She's a decent writer and though her message is extreme, its a side that must be stated. We are all parts of groups and individuals simultaneously. We must not forget the whole, but you must not forget yourself in the process. Ayn Rand's writings remind the reader not to forget that.
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Mother_Puncher - 2011-02-11 I'm not a liberal. I find her writing and philosophy to be stupid.
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MrBuddy - 2011-02-12 Sheesh, didn't anyone read the book? Not that I blame you if you didn't. At some point you think, "Hey! Let's see how far in I am. 300 pages!" then notice you're only 1/52nd the way through.
The story is supposed to be in a dystopian America that's in a depression greater than or equal to the 1930s. It's supposed to be a mystery story (which is why everyone is asking about John Galt) and the rail system is messed up because they're designed and run by government committees of clueless, political appointees. Dagny Taggart (the blond who's supposed to be calm, logical and unemotional) comes thinks she can create high speed rail system. When Atlas Shrugged was written in the 1950s, high speed rail was nearly as science fiction as Star Trek. So, judging by the trailer, the movie seems to have changed a bunch of stuff that messes up the whole point of the story. Hopefully it's just a typical, bad trailer.
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craptacular - 2011-02-11
why do trailers have to be so consistently derivative
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jangbones - 2011-02-11
Tea Party masturbation fodder.
Reinterpreting objectivism into this year's Republican talking points is laughable.
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fedex - 2011-02-11
wtf is this? most boring movie ever
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Smellvin - 2011-02-11 Just wait until they hit the 50 page monologue.
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Spoonybard - 2011-02-12 The movie's being released in two parts. The second part is just the monologue.
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Senator_Unger - 2011-02-11
"Someone who knows what it's like for work for himself and not let others feed off the profits of his energy."
Oh, fuck off.
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Cena_mark - 2011-02-11 State Senator Unger, That's the typical response of the type of guy who feeds off the profits of others. You Parasite.
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Dirtchamber - 2011-02-11
1:11 - Starring the voice of Andrew Ryan, Armin Shimerman!
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Spoonybard - 2011-02-12 Haha, I never realized Andrew Ryan was voiced by Quark.
Dude's type cast.
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Mother_Puncher - 2011-02-11
The YT comments are probably a shitstorm
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StanleyPain - 2011-02-11
How utterly Randian.. These dumbasses put together a COMPETING version to the big Hollywood one with Brad Pitt and rushed to get it out first.
Oh man...this looks every bit as horrible as I would have imagined an Atlas Shrugged movie.
PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT IMPORTANT THINGS. WITH GRAVITAS. SPLAYED ACROSS THE SCREEN!!!
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revdrew - 2011-02-11
I wouldn't bet on part 2 ever getting off the ground.
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thebaronsdoctor - 2011-02-11
These 2:45 seconds were the only bits of footage from the movie that weren't John Galt monologuing.
The question is not "Who is John Galt?" it's "When the hell is John Galt going to shut up?"
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exy - 2011-02-11
Watching trailer of Ayn Rand movie = forming a mental list of actors to hate more
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phalsebob - 2011-02-11
I'm going to download this from pirate bay and then not watch it. It's my bandwidth and I'll do what I like with it!
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tak_a_je_to - 2011-02-12
I'm disappointed in you, Jon Polito.
This is almost 5 stars worth of evil, but it also looks incredibly crappy, and thus less, uh, powerful? So, 4.
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Modern Angel - 2011-02-12
This is the most offensive video on here.
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thirteen3seven - 2011-02-12
That was some good wooden acting, but I think they'll have to tone it down for Rand.
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SteamPoweredKleenex - 2011-02-12
So when do the characters go to Rapture and start taking plasmids?
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Caminante Nocturno - 2011-02-12
Ayn Rand is popular with sociopaths and parasites.
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Lurchi - 2011-02-12
THIS is what the book is about?!
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Aress - 2011-02-12
I'm a fan of Rand's work, but it seems fairly certain that this project is just a way for the rights holder to keep them. Like that dreadful Fantastic Four movie from the 90's. I guess it could be worse but that acting stings.
The modern setting doesn't sit right with me either. It's true Rand wrote the story with a timelessness in mind (a specific year is never given), but a railroad company makes no sense in today's context. Plus you just plain give up a lot of the awesome potential for Art Deco/Steam Punk style that a Rand novel would scream for (and that Bioshock did so well).
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Lurchi - 2011-02-12 Haha yeah, needs more steampunk.
F U C K Y O U
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RomancingTrain - 2011-02-12 Hoe many pairs of goggles do you own Aress?
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FABIO - 2011-02-12 Aress' house is a clock tower inside a clock tower.
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MrBuddy - 2011-02-13 I wanted to say the same thing, but my comment was too long already.
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voodoo_pork - 2011-02-12
HA HA HA. I will buy a flagon of mead and we shall watch this drunk.
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Sean Robinson - 2011-02-12
I'm completely shocked that it looks in style and tone identical to shitty low budget evangelical movies.
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fulakarp - 2011-02-12
Thrill as a man denounces taxes! Gasp in excitement as people build trains!
Also, is this the one with the lady that just needs a good raping to straighten her out, or is that The Fountainhead?
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