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Eudaimonia's Challenge

Posted by Eudaimonia 9 years, 6 months ago to Movies
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To date, I have seen ASp3 six times.

Twice in Las Vegas, and four times yesterday in Fort Collins (I was trying to play Gulch Ambassador.
I even bought a ticket for the fifth show which I ended up not attending.

Today, my wife and son went to a showing in Fort Collins while I caught up with some work.

Tomorrow, the three of us (and maybe four of us if Ron promises not to fall asleep, he's 84) will be going again.

So that's eleven or twelve viewings and ten or eleven tickets before the close of Opening Weekend.

The Challenge: top me.


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  • Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 6 months ago
    Sadly, I couldn't sit in a theater that long without an EMS in attendance. However, we are a party of 7 taking in the 2 pm show followed by an early dinner at our favorite family restaurant. Tomorrow's a work day for everyone but me. I will enter cyberspace and have too much fun to call it work.
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  • Posted by $ jarvisc 9 years, 6 months ago
    Well done, Eudaimonia!

    I will offer a little challenge of my own. I am currently working in Saudi Arabia. (Maybe not quite a shrug, but there is no personal income tax here, while regarding my US taxes I am able to claim the foreign earned income tax credit. But I digress..) Unfortunately for me, I am not able to see AS P3 in the theaters, given that there are no movie theaters over here, let alone any showing of Atlas. Since I am not able to see the movie myself in person -- who wishes to buy me an honorary ticket? Naturally I will pay for it.

    To each of the first three persons who respond to me, either in reply here or in private message, and who provide me an e-mail address for a Paypal account by which I can reimburse them the funds, I will transfer $20 to said person's (your) account. In return, please purchase an "admit one" for yours truly, Jarvis Cline, at the venue of your convenience -- that is, buy an empty seat for my honorary presence, for the movie I would love to see, or if I must fail that for now, for the movie I would at least stand in and be counted up for with my dollar. Sincerely, I look forward to your camaraderie in this request (thank you). -jarvis
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    • Posted by khalling 9 years, 6 months ago
      I'll buy you a ticket in Colorado Springs-just for this challenge. You do not need to pay me back. What a great idea jarvisc. Inspired!
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      • Posted by $ jarvisc 9 years, 6 months ago
        Dear Kaila, in that case I will have to purchase your book, Pendulum of Justice. (Just got a great discount on the Kindle edition.) I had already noticed the book and piqued an interest, so I had little excuse not to buy it at this point. Thanks for the honorary ticket, and for the trade. ! -jarvis
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    • Posted by plusaf 9 years, 6 months ago
      Send a gift certificate to a Democrat in Congress if they can prove they bought their OWN ticket and can get signatures from multiple witnesses that they actually sat through the entire movie... awake.

      I loved seeing my name (Alan Falk) in the end titles! Woo-hoo!
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  • Posted by $ hash 9 years, 6 months ago
    Heheh sounds a lot like my weekend :)

    It's not showing anywhere in Canada yet so I flew back to the US to watch it on opening weekend. Watched it another 5 times, so I'm up to 7 total including twice at the premiere. Now hoping it makes it up here soon.

    Loved it every time. Laura and Kris have both played their parts to perfection, as have most of the other actors. The scene where Dagny sorts out the switching mess is one of the most amazing scenes I've ever watched on film and is exactly as I imagined it when reading the book!

    There are a few continuity issues, and a few important scenes are a bit truncated and I hope we can convince the producers to smooth things over a bit in an alternate version for the DVD.

    But other than those small annoyances ASP3 is very true to the book and quite powerful and is a great completion to the series. I'm so happy the 3 movies exist now. It's an incredible accomplishment and still hard for me to believe they've been made and made so well!

    Good Premises!
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 9 years, 6 months ago
    Challenges crapolages!
    Zero theaters in Alabama where I live retired on a fixed income, according to the map. But in all the surrounding states? Yeah, of course . . .
    Mean old dino me ain't crazy about driving to Atlanta and back.
    I'll get around to seeing it. One of my brothers gave me AS2 for Christmas. That know-it-all still claims he gave me AS1 the previous Christmas but he didn't. I had rented both from Netflix before last Christmas anyhow..
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  • Posted by khalling 9 years, 6 months ago
    hey Eud-did you meet some interesting people? any good conversations?
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    • Posted by 9 years, 6 months ago
      Yes and no.

      No one there seemed too enthusiastic about discussing the movie afterward with a stranger.
      I blame that on myself.
      Although it could also be that I was in Fort Collins: I know what it is to live in a Politically Correct Zone and to feel the need to censor what you say aloud in public.

      However, cyberwizard & winterwind showed up with a friend and that was some very good conversation.
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      • Posted by plusaf 9 years, 6 months ago
        I've only gotten two inquiries while wearing my WIJG tee... one from a woman outside the theater where we'd just seen the movie.

        She had never heard of Atlas or Rand, so I had to juggle how to 'explain' the background to a blank slate.

        In retrospect, I think AS3 CAN stand alone as an 'introduction to Atlas Shrugged' for newbies. The flashbacks and even the Ron Paul cameo can, I think, make the connection for a lot of folks today.
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      • Posted by khalling 9 years, 6 months ago
        great. see any college aged or younger ?
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        • Posted by 9 years, 6 months ago
          Some but mostly an older crowd.
          I'm sure the majority of the college aged crowd in Fort Collins is sausage.
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          • Posted by khalling 9 years, 6 months ago
            yes. I, however, know some that would have been in the audience. One a fair haired maiden who is a good friend of the family and won a small stipend for college in HS by entering an AR Atlas Shrugged contest...she's in grad school now and would have been to one of the opening weekend shows. I'll message her and find out if she saw your beard in the crowd ;)
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