Who is John Galt?

[Number 6]

Brad Pitt?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480239/


hmmmm i wonder if a large amount of suppermarket housewives will become objectivists since their favorite tabloid do gooders are going to star in this

also is it going to be in 17 parts?

it is one of the longest novels ever written

and can brad pitt really deliver an 80 page monologue?

[Alice]

Why wouldn't they just do Anthem?  It's the same thing, but much smaller.

[dazie]

Ohhh god no.  Not Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.  I mean- they're good together and all but PLEASE NO.

[Number 6]

i always meant to read Anthem

but Atlas Shrugged is considered to be THEE Ayn Rand book

ever see the simpsons when they put maggie in the Ayn rand school for tots?

Ohhh god no. Not Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. I mean- they're good together and all but PLEASE NO.

ohhhh yes

atleast he won't have to memorize the end speech

[Alice]

If you've read Atlas Shrugged, you've read Anthem.  Seriously.  They are the same book - but one is longer. 

[dazie]

i always meant to read Anthem

but Atlas Shrugged is considered to be THEE Ayn Rand book

ever see the simpsons when they put maggie in the Ayn rand school for tots?

Ohhh god no. Not Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. I mean- they're good together and all but PLEASE NO.

ohhhh yes

atleast he won't have to memorize the end speech

I love that Simpsons.

I think Viggo would be a much better Galt.

[Number 6]

If you've read Atlas Shrugged, you've read Anthem.  Seriously.  They are the same book - but one is longer. 

then i suppose there is no need to start reading rand again

this really made me laugh

http://www.cafepress.com/cp/browse/store/zerodesignz/709125

i always meant to read Anthem

but Atlas Shrugged is considered to be THEE Ayn Rand book

ever see the simpsons when they put maggie in the Ayn rand school for tots?

Ohhh god no. Not Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. I mean- they're good together and all but PLEASE NO.

ohhhh yes

atleast he won't have to memorize the end speech

I love that Simpsons.

I think Viggo would be a much better Galt.

there are two posters on the wall of the school for tots
one says

"A is for A"

and the other

"Helping is futile"

i honestly don't think i ever had an actual human in my mind as John Galt....ts weird i usually really create images when i read and i think this was more of an idea of what man should be

[dazie]

I think you should get the "Who is John Galt" thong.

[Number 6]

i think i will 

and some for the cats

and golf shirt for jason

fuck it will be a John Galt x-mas

[dazie]

i think i will 

I demand photographic proof.   

and golf shirt for jason

I love Jason, but I think the cats would read that book (or any book) before he would.

[Number 6]

this is soo true

when i told noel about the film she asked to read the book

all i had to do was show it to her....

she did say that it would probably take her three years to read it


has anyone here actually watchted the film version of "The Fountainhead"....just wondering if it is worth watching

[dazie]

has anyone here actually watchted the film version of "The Fountainhead"....just wondering if it is worth watching

I have!  It's ok- Patricia Neal is in it, and she's not one of my faves.  Gary Cooper plays a good Roarke, but again- not one of my faves.  It's still a pretty powerful film though. 

[Number 6]

i will netflix it

i think Loki thinks he is John Galt

and why are there no

"I AM John Galt!" shirts

[Bennyhana]

If you've read Atlas Shrugged, you've read Anthem.  Seriously.  They are the same book - but one is longer. 

Yes, except that one is about the evils of totalitarian leadership and the other is about the evils of socialism and government subsidies to businesses.

[dazie]

Re-reading Atlas Shrugged, so I figured I'd revisit this thread and the potential horror that is the potential movie.

I still beg for NOT Angelina and Brad.  I had seen Hilary Swank suggested.  Also ick.  I can't think of a single actress I'd want to play Dagny. 

[SockmonkeyHolocaust]

Re-reading Atlas Shrugged, so I figured I'd revisit this thread and the potential horror that is the potential movie.

I still beg for NOT Angelina and Brad.  I had seen Hilary Swank suggested.  Also ick.  I can't think of a single actress I'd want to play Dagny. 

Hey, just so long as they are not forced to be in the movie and they do it by their own free will.

[dazie]

How about Cate Blanchette as Dagny and Phillip Seymour Hoffman as James Taggart?

Can Sean Bean do a good American accent?  He'd be good for Hank.  Maybe Jeff Bridges?  Too old?

[Listener]

this is soo true

when i told noel about the film she asked to read the book

all i had to do was show it to her....

she did say that it would probably take her three years to read it


has anyone here actually watchted the film version of "The Fountainhead"....just wondering if it is worth watching

I watched it on TCM -- it may come back on there again, and TCM has no commercials.  I think a few parts of it were a little contrived, and a lot of it heavy-handed, but not having read the book, I can't make that kind of judgment.

That said, I enjoyed it.