Comments on: The Farrah Fawcett-Ayn Rand Connection

By: Inspector

Inspector — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:12:29 +0000

Indeed, Jim, that’s the same example I always use on this subject. Probably because I couldn’t think of a more complete and utter butchering of a book. Verhoeven somehow managed to *completely reverse* the theme of that book in making his movie.

I expect the same treatment for Atlas.

By: Jim May

Jim May — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:56:19 +0000

anyone remember “Starship Troopers”? Paul Verhoeven is on my personal shit list for that one.

That’s the worst that could happen to the Atlas movie.

By: Objectivist’s Angel « Around The Sphere

Objectivist’s Angel « Around The Sphere — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:25:55 +0000

[...] Myrhaf at The New Clarion: Many will think this distinction makes Ayn Rand’s romantic characterization inferior to a naturalistic method. Perhaps Fawcett herself thought so. I would say that by capturing the essence of a character, Ayn Rand shows us the more important philosophic reality rather than the meaningless details of naturalistic characterization. Anyway, that Fawcett was able to see the distinction at all reveals an active mind. [...]

By: madmax

madmax — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:02:03 +0000

I can’t see AS being made by Hollywood liberals. Well they could make a movie called ‘Atlas Shrugged’ but it will bear no relation to the book. Hollywood only makes anti-totalitarian movies about religious/”right-wing” dictatorships; ie ‘V For Vendetta’. Making a film about a left-wing dictatorship would require the Hollywood left to identify themselves for what they are. There’s no way that’s going to happen.

By: Carlton

Carlton — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:18:27 +0000

The movie *is* getting made: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480239/

It’s scheduled to release in 2011. I believe The Atlas Society has some connection to it (for better or worse).

By: Joseph Kellard

Joseph Kellard — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:34:23 +0000

When I was still a newbie to Objectivism, I remember my reaction when I had first heard/read that Ayn Rand’s favorite TV show was Charlie’s Angels. I thought, “What would an intellectual like her find interesting in a low-brow show like Charlie’s Angels?” Perhaps I had yet to read “The Romantic Manifesto”; I don’t recall. But apparently Farrah had the same reaction: “She said she never missed an episode of the show. I remember being surprised and flattered by that. I mean, here was this literary genius praising Angels.”

By: Chuck

Chuck — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:43:43 +0000

I was a huge fan of Farrah Fawcett during her Charlie’s Angels year. She projected such a benevolent sense of life that she was impossible not to like. Much like Marilyn Monroe.