Pretty apolitical at the time (except for being a Republican at the time because I grew up in a Republican family) I read Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead when I was about 18. I think those helped direct me towards conservatism long before I could define it -- and when I discovered Solzhenitsyn 3 or 4 years later, near the beginning of my "Russian authors" decade, that helped refine my direction.
They are apparently making a movie from Atlas Shrugged. My big fear is that they'll totally mess it up (sort of the way they did Heinlein's Starship Troopers). When it's released I'm going to wait for the reviews; if it's bad I'm not spending a dime on it.
I’m off for the night. I’m hoping this one is the one that makes my back feel healed!!
See you tomorrow!!
There IS a 'catch 22' here.
If the reviews are BAD; that may well mean; the film is 'GOOD'! Often works that way; the critics hate 'good' for 'goodness sake'; and story lines that bump into things like 'moral wisdom'; altruism/patriotism and a host of meaningful themes.
The morality of Capitalism is SURE to irk them. They may dull the theme of course; (but surely not; when so many have read this - it would lost revenue for sure!) Of course; they could. . .and that WOULD make it bad; and they WOULD say it is 'good'/lol. . .(feels like lesson here, from 'Princell Bride'/lol)
Check out Breitbart's 'Big Hollywood' for a conservative look - at and from - Hollywood: good bookmark: