Perchoutofwater Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Interesting timing as well, don't you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westvirginia Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 My pants are tight... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchoutofwater Posted January 28, 2010 Author Share Posted January 28, 2010 There were some pretty decent sex scenes in the book, particularly when you consider when it was written. Charlize Theron as Dagny sounds promising. Though I doubt that is what you were talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westvirginia Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 There were some pretty decent sex scenes in the book, particularly when you consider when it was written. Charlize Theron as Dagny sounds promising. Though I doubt that is what you were talking about. Now that you mention it, I gotta go get a new zipper now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpwallace49 Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 My pants are tight... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchoutofwater Posted January 28, 2010 Author Share Posted January 28, 2010 Honestly I've just now got around to reading the book. I'm at the point where Dagny finally sleeps with Rearden. It reminds me a lot of what I've been saying that there comes a point where the productive people just say fruck it, why am I doing it for everyone else. When the government made Rearden give up his mines the first thin I thought of were Chrysler bond holders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billay Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Why did Ayn Rand hate women? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_gop_liars Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Straight to DVD... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerx Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 (edited) I remembered hearing a while back that Angelina Jolie was gonna be in it... surprising! I did a quick search and came up with this... Jolie called a once in a lifetime role and this... Edited January 28, 2010 by millerx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Dick Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 No, it would not do it justice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Why did Ayn Rand hate women? Because she was a guy in reality and a misogynist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchoutofwater Posted January 28, 2010 Author Share Posted January 28, 2010 Because she was a guy in reality and a misogynist? Not surprising that you would call her names seeing as she would definitely disagree with you on most issues of today. Thanks for the new word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 (edited) Thanks for the new word. Which one? Guy? Edit: I find Rand to be a primitive throwback, very cold-blooded, almost vicious and certainly intolerant. She writes well but her attitude is that of one who can be fairly certain she will never be in need of the assistance of others, so screw everyone else. A Rand world isn't on my list of places to visit. Edited January 28, 2010 by Ursa Majoris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_gop_liars Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Which one? Guy? Reality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westvirginia Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Because she was a guy in reality and a misogynist? You know, perch is right about you. You've really gone off the deep end at those you differ with politically. You might want to back away from your hate, ursa. We used to disagree agreeably. And frankly, I don't think you guys get the central thesis of the whole standard Rand used for coupling folks. She felt Rearden was her equal, so Dagny could give herself fully to him. FWIW, I don't think even a 3-hour movie could really do it justice. It should probably be something like a mini-series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 You know, perch is right about you. You've really gone off the deep end at those you differ with politically. You might want to back away from your hate, ursa. We used to disagree agreeably. And frankly, I don't think you guys get the central thesis of the whole standard Rand used for coupling folks. She felt Rearden was her equal, so Dagny could give herself fully to him. FWIW, I don't think even a 3-hour movie could really do it justice. It should probably be something like a mini-series. I'm sorry to have offended you by criticizing your idol but you could read my other post and respond to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Oven Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 FWIW, I don't think even a 3-hour movie could really do it justice. It should probably be something like a mini-series. It actually says in talks with Theron for a possible mini series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Neutron Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czarina Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Meh. I read it years ago. I read a couple of her other books too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billay Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 And frankly, I don't think you guys get the central thesis of the whole standard Rand used for coupling folks. She felt Rearden was her equal, so Dagny could give herself fully to him. I respectfully disagree. IMO, Rand rejects the feminine in all respects, most notably in her protagonist's sexual encounters with men. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheikYerbuti Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 So what we have so far is a team of producers, one cast member, and no director? I'll take the no on this happening by the end of calendar year 2011 for $100. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwacked Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 This has all the makings of a Cult Classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwacked Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 You know, perch is right about you. You've really gone off the deep end at those you differ with politically. You might want to back away from your hate, ursa. We used to disagree agreeably. And frankly, I don't think you guys get the central thesis of the whole standard Rand used for coupling folks. Methinks you're akin to slurping down an extra dose of koolaid with the best of em: In Rand's view, government had three specific and limited tasks: to defend the nation from foreign enemies, to police the nation against crime, and to enforce voluntary contracts between free parties. And that's it. But Rand, who preached the notion of absolute personal freedom and individualism, was a study in contradictions. Among her acolytes, she did not tolerate dissent. "What she would tell you, basically, is that she was right and you were not thinking properly if you did not agree with her," Heller says. Rand's longtime lover and student Nathaniel Branden circulated a list of rules for her followers to absorb. One read: "Ayn Rand, by virtue of her philosophical genius, is the supreme arbiter in any issue pertaining to what is rational or moral." Sounds pretty neato, how do I become a fanboy? http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p...oryId=114373264 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaP'N GRuNGe Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 I asked for and got the book for Christmas after my friend at work kept bugging me to read it. Haven't cracked it open yet but I pretty much already know the main point. There's a group at work that are all into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheikYerbuti Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Methinks you're akin to slurping down an extra dose of koolaid with the best of em: Sounds pretty neato, how do I become a fanboy? http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p...oryId=114373264 Heller's book has been widely criticized by the Ayn Rand Society as being a skewed bunch of crap. I haven't read it, so I don't know. But several objectivist scholars I've talked to have read it and I believe them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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