Atlas Shrugged Part II: Return to the Valley of the Value-Destroying Parasites

[Cain]

Part two of the epic Atlas Shrugged trilogy is GO GO GO

http://reason.com/archives/2012/04/20/on-the-set-of-atlas-shrugged-part-ii

Production is now underway on the second installment of the movie adaptation of Ayn Rand's famous novel.

Official critical reception wasn't so great—though normal folk seemed to like it better than the credentialed tastemakers, according to fim review sites such as Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes. For a brief moment even Rand-inspired businessman Aglialoro, new to filmmaking and brought to the business through his love of Rand and desire to bring her message to a movie audience, was discouraged. He told critics last April "you won" and said he was reconsidering whether or not to move forward with filming parts two and three.

By January, buoyed by what he calls encouraging DVD and video-on-demand sales, and the partnership of four other Rand-inspired financiers to help bear the production and marketing costs, Aglialoro and his production partner from Atlas Shrugged Part I, Harmon Kaslow, decided they were ready to finish what they started. At Reason Weekend, the annual event held by the Reason Foundation back in February, they announced Atlas Shrugged Part II was a go.

"Normal folk" loved it so much it took in $5 million at the box office, despite costing $20 million to film.

This is a Huge Victory for Libertarianism.

In a move that might prove controversial to fans of Part I, this new movie has been entirely recast—not a single actor reprises their role.

Part I had fans?  This is worse than we thought.

During my time on set I watched the shooting of another scene that is, in a way, the lynchpin of the entire novel: the subtle attempt by Francisco D'Anconia (played by Esai Morales, most recently seen as Caprica's Joseph Adama) to convince Rearden to abandon this world of statist control, by reminding him that Rearden never wanted to devote his life's energies and creativity to "looters who think it's your duty to produce, and theirs to consume. Moochers who think they owe you nothing." (Yes, Rand fans, "looters" and "moochers," both delivered seriously in mainstream movie dialogue.) Morales delivers the iconic line about what he would tell Atlas if he saw him bleeding and suffering, trying to bear single-handedly the burden of the world: "To shrug."

Truly, a stirring moment, speaking to the most noble and greatest characteristics of humanity.

Atlas Shrugged Part II is scheduled to hit theaters in October 2012

Lolz.

"The elements of this movie is so relevant to everything going on in this country, it's a natural fit" for 2012, Scott says. "People will watch this movie and say, 'This is what's going on.'"

I know having my magic metal being stolen from me by a government scientist is definitely relevant to my life.

[Placid Dingo]

I can't describe how happy this makes me.

[Lenin McCarthy]

 
OMG!
I'm going to watch this, and part 1, and laugh nervously at what somewhat social dysfunctional 14 year old me nearly got himself into. 

[Kai]

My guess is that it will bomb even harder than the first one.

[Freeky]

Nobody from the first one wanted to be in the second one?  Nobody?  Really??  Color me shocked!!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

This is going to be amazing. 

[Freeky]

In a move that might prove controversial to fans of Part I, this new movie has been entirely recast—not a single actor reprises their role.

Part I had fans?  This is worse than we thought.

Also, this made me so hard.

[Bruno]

YES! I never thought it would happen!

THANK YOU FREE-MARKET JESUS!

[Placid Dingo]

Part three is inevitable. If they can afford a Galt actor and a microphone, that's pretty much the whole film.

[Junkenstein]

For the love of Thor, we need to support this. If he threw $20 million at the first one, imagine how much he'll spend if everyone cracks out the sockpuppets and helps convince him that this one will make it big time.

Part three is inevitable. If they can afford a Galt actor and a microphone, that's pretty murch the whole film.

This should be the part we desire most of all! Support Part 2 to see Part 3! Show how a fool and his money are parted!

In, quite literally, 3 steps!

[Bruno]

Part three is inevitable. If they can afford a Galt actor and a microphone, that's pretty much the whole film.

I haven't actually read Atlas Shrugged yet, but I have read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.

Just judging from the things I've heard about Atlas Shrugged, I get the impression that it was intended as a parody of The Jungle, including the long winded (pro-communism) speech at the end.

[Kai]

Part three is inevitable. If they can afford a Galt actor and a microphone, that's pretty much the whole film.

I haven't actually read Atlas Shrugged yet, but I have read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.

Just judging from the things I've heard about Atlas Shrugged, I get the impression that it was intended as a parody of The Jungle, including the long winded (pro-communism) speech at the end.

Nothing about it is parody. Rand was serious about the whole thing.

[EK WAFFLR]

Part three is inevitable. If they can afford a Galt actor and a microphone, that's pretty much the whole film.

I haven't actually read Atlas Shrugged yet, but I have read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.

Just judging from the things I've heard about Atlas Shrugged, I get the impression that it was intended as a parody of The Jungle, including the long winded (pro-communism) speech at the end.

Nothing about it is parody. Rand was serious about the whole thing.

She wouldn't know parody if it hit her in the head.
A more profound lack of humour is extremely rare.

[Lenin McCarthy]

She wouldn't know parody if it hit her in the head.
A more profound lack of humour is extremely rare.

Have you ever encountered anyone from the very unlikely (and very un-Norwegian) Ayn Rand-worshipping semi-cult that is DLF, Waffle Iron? They also seem to struggle with that same problem.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Seems to be a european libertarian problem. Our rand fans are hilarious in america.