Comments on: Atlas Shrugged II: The plot thickens

By: The Plot Thickens | Hegelian Dialectic

The Plot Thickens | Hegelian Dialectic — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 23:31:52 +0000

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By: MichaelGabriel

MichaelGabriel — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 21:25:40 +0000

Abosolutely 100% disagree about the actors playing the roles in Part II.

There was a chemistry between Taylor Schilling and Grant Bowler in part I. Watch the scene in part I one where Dagny walks over to Reardon at the wedding anniversary (purrrr). Ayn Rand brought a sexiness to the characters in the novel, nothing like that exists in part II.

Also, the music was much better in part I, and the reconciling with technology was better. They also made it easier for people who haven’t read the book to follow the story.

By: Free Constitution

Free Constitution — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 05:53:21 +0000

John Galt’s 100-page soliloquy

That’s not a solioquy, he’s on the radio speaking to an audience. It’s a monologue.

By: Mary in LA

Mary in LA — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 02:13:09 +0000

Interesting tidbit: There was a real judge on that Inquisition panel — the Honorable Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge of the Ninth Circuit. That it is the “Ninth Circus” is apparently not his fault! He’s a huge Rand fan.

http://abovethelaw.com/2012/08/a-star-is-born-chief-judge-alex-kozinski-coming-to-a-movie-theater-near-you/

By: paratisi

paratisi — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 23:59:32 +0000

I can’t wait to see it! The first one was a little slow to get moving, IMHO. Hopefully, this one will be a little faster paced. The possibility of a future small screen run, would be wonderful, however unlikely.

http://www.paratisiusa.blogspot.com

God Bless America!

By: BD57

BD57 — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 21:08:58 +0000

Oh my … great catch there, The Schaef …. yep, that was Biff.

By: TASS71

TASS71 — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 21:06:49 +0000

Failure to understand union worker mindset? Check.

Union workers NEVER do things not in their job description. That includes taking charge when the chain of command breaks down.

I personally watched union “firefighters” at an ALCOA plant walk away from my actively burning vehicle, saying “sorry, it’s the end of our shift”. When I asked who was going to put out the fire on my vehicle(which ALCOA had caused by loading something too hot onto it), they said: “dunno, I guess next shift will”. When queried as to “next shift”‘s arrival time, I got: “after their start-of-shift safety meeting, probably.”

I put it out myself with a nearby fire extinguisher(ALCOA-owned, that I had previously been told I could not use due to lack of qualification), and was promptly threatened with arrest for theft of company property.

So don’t ever act surprised when a union worker refuses to continue working because “that’s not in “his” job description”, or “that’s not union authorized”. Good damn thing our military is not a union shop, although most civilian base support personnel are… you guessed it. Union.

(caveat. I hated union mindset long before this incident)

By: The Schaef

The Schaef — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 19:22:38 +0000

Tom Wilson only has one scene in this movie, with maybe two lines of dialogue. You'd damn well better give him a slow-motion entrance. For those of you who vaguely recognized him but sat up half the night wondering (and, to recall the J.E.'s incredulity at the lack of Internet-savvy characters, supposing none of you have ever heard of iMDB), Tom Wilson's claim to fame is Biff (in all his forms) in the Back to the Future franchise. Lately, when he's not doing cameo appearances in B-list movies, or Bones or House, he's been doing some hilarious, family-friendly stand-up: