Film/TV May 17, 2013 at 8:00 am

"What would you consider the number one priority in the making of Atlas Shrugged Part III?"

Paul Constant
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It should be a musical comedy.
Luckier on May 17, 2013 at 8:06 AM Report this
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Thanks @1, no need to go any further. Just close this comment section, because the winner has emerged.
sperifera on May 17, 2013 at 8:13 AM Report this
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Get Liam Neeson to play Ragnar Danneskjold pirating around in his Rearden-metal battleship.

And a cameo by Rihanna.

sloegin on May 17, 2013 at 8:14 AM Report this
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I'd like to see the DVDs include a scratch 'n sniff card that accurately recreates the sweaty odor of a brave capitalist holding up the weight of a world encumbered by altruists and parasites.
Zebes on May 17, 2013 at 8:20 AM Report this
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It should have a cameo by James Deen.
Pope Peabrain on May 17, 2013 at 8:23 AM Report this
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"Pick one."
Arsenic7 on May 17, 2013 at 8:28 AM Report this
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Posted by nomark 18 hours, 20 minutes ago
So many of you are wrong.
Foonken2 on May 17, 2013 at 8:36 AM Report this
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Posted by DavRPeters 18 hours, 16 minutes ago
B, showing faces of listeners to Galt's Speech, from fear to panic to revelation.
Foonken2 on May 17, 2013 at 8:38 AM Report this
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How about: "attracting more than 17 paying customers?"

I suggest they cast Peter North and Kelly Madison as the leads. Their target demographic should be big fans.
ScrawnyKayaker on May 17, 2013 at 8:39 AM Report this
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As long as all the "bad people" look like they were cast by Goebbels’s idea of what Jews look like...that's all we can ask
Cato the Younger Younger on May 17, 2013 at 8:40 AM Report this
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It should feature demerol and crack addicted heroines' struggle with the philosophic need to get gov't sponsored drug treatment.
ScandalMgr on May 17, 2013 at 8:41 AM Report this
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It should star Ben Stein as John Galt, and the whole thing should be a tight closeup on his face explaining the philosophy.
MacCrocodile on May 17, 2013 at 8:48 AM Report this
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Written and directed by this year's Hump winner.
seatackled on May 17, 2013 at 9:09 AM Report this
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Have they found enough crazy people to even put up money to fund the thing?

Atlas I cost about $4 Mil. and grossed about $4 Mil. That's generally considered a loss, but possible to make up in DVD sales.

Atlas II cost about $10 Mil. and grossed about $3 Mil. That's a little harder to cover. They actually opened on over 1000 screens, but by the third week ticket sales dropped to near nothing.

Franchises and sequels usually need more of an audience than this. Starting with practically none in the first movie and getting even less from the second doesn't present a persuasive business argument for making the third.

Wouldn't making a sequel under such circumstances be inimical to Atlas Shrugged's expressed philosophy?
Brooklyn Reader on May 17, 2013 at 9:26 AM Report this
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Not making Atlas Shrugged III and donating the budget for the "film" to the Church of Scientology.
Abe Frohman on May 17, 2013 at 9:37 AM Report this
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So long as it's got a completely different cast from either of the first two parts and is a complete fiasco, I think we'll all be happy.

But, yeah, showstopper musical numbers would seal the deal.
Warren Terra on May 17, 2013 at 9:53 AM Report this
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No Jews.
Gurldoggie on May 17, 2013 at 9:54 AM Report this
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Is "don't bother making it" one of the choices?

See also "just set your production money on fire, it will be faster and more effective."
rainbird on May 17, 2013 at 10:01 AM Report this
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It needs to be done like the Broadway show about Mormons, but even gayer.
Will in Seattle on May 17, 2013 at 10:30 AM Report this
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That it robs its investor(s) blind like the last few movies have.

So is this like the Producers as performed by the Von Mises Playhouse?
undead ayn rand on May 17, 2013 at 10:56 AM Report this
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A big splashy Hollywood production number singing the praises of Amtrak for the finale.
Catalina Vel-DuRay on May 17, 2013 at 11:00 AM Report this
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God, more product placement than Wayne's World would be awesome.
undead ayn rand on May 17, 2013 at 11:23 AM Report this
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More rape.
sirkowski on May 17, 2013 at 11:31 AM Report this
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The website doing the survey is "Galt's Gulch" ?!

Do I even want to know what sort of sexual euphemism that is?
Knat on May 17, 2013 at 12:17 PM Report this
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@25: Hrmmm. When someone is a virgin in their forties because "nobody deserves their seed", they've "gone Galt"!
undead ayn rand on May 17, 2013 at 2:06 PM Report this
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Longer speeches--a 70 page speech isn't long enough.
delirian on May 17, 2013 at 2:16 PM Report this
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http://www.angryflower.com/atlass.gif
yelahneb on May 17, 2013 at 2:53 PM Report this
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Pan down from the twin suns of Tatooine, we are now close on the mouth of the sarlacc pit. After a beat, the gloved, Mandalorian armored gauntlet of Boba Fett grabs onto the sand outside the sarlacc pit and the feared bounty hunter pulls himself from the maw of the sand beast...
bobbyjoe on May 17, 2013 at 3:50 PM Report this
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http://www.galtsgulchonline.com/posts/4c…
fartknocker on May 17, 2013 at 4:04 PM Report this
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Here's an idea: http://www.galtsgulchonline.com/posts/4c…
fartknocker on May 17, 2013 at 4:07 PM Report this
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Film the ENTIRE 75 page Galt monologue. EVERY SINGLE WORD!!!!
Mike Friedman on May 19, 2013 at 6:19 PM Report this

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