The Works of Ayn Rand

[Laira]

I tried to slog my way through Atlas Shrugged, but it was just too tedious. I skimmed through the end, and thought the last scene of John Galt tracing the dollar sign to be unintentionally hilarious.

Seriously, society has broken down completely, the factories are closed, the farmland lying fallow, which would imply that the majority of the population is dead or dying, and the few survivors are in a battle just to find something to eat, and these jokers think that they're going to waltz out of Galt's Gulch and take over? Take over what?

There wouldn't be any need for industrial production, seeing that most of the population is gone, leaving plenty of cars, clothes, houses, etc. for the survivors. Who are they going to produce for with all the customers either dead or scavenging for food? Who's going to work for them? I'd also assume that the communication grid would be destroyed, so just how are the Titans of Industry going to contact anyone to say that they're back, and it's time to get back to work.

[ratscabies]

Down the rabbit hole again tonight....

I think I just figured out a few things that until just moments ago seemed unrelated.

I went looking to see if the third installment of Atlas Shrugged ever made it to DVD (it did). Read about how the first one tanked so hard that the entire cast ran to the hills. (First epiphany: those poor bastards are locked into the 50 Shades of Shit movies, likely because someone saw this happen to Atlas.)

I also learned that the actress who plays Dagny in part II is Samantha Mathis, from Pump up the Volume and Under the Dome.

This caused me to look up who played Dagny in the first installment. None other than Taylor Schilling of Orange is the New Black!

You may recall from prior Atlas rants in the Worst Movie Ever thread, that I had been picturing January Jones in my head as I read this rancid book, but when the movie came out they found someone else who was nearly as bad. That would be Piper! (Epiphany 2: Orange is the New Black will NEVER be funny, because the lead actress is nearly as awful as January Jones, and therefore incapable of getting me interested in the show. And she's especially never gonna rope me in to something where I must confront Donna Pinciotti being a big ol' Clam!)

I did learn that part 3 is out, with yet a third cast, and is nearly half stock footage with voiceovers, since the first 2 movies lost so much money (combined cost: $36 million / combined revenue: $11 million). I can hardly wait to inflict this shit on myself....