12

The Countdown Begins...

Posted by sdesapio 10 years, 4 months ago to Entertainment
40 comments | Share | Best of... | Flag

It's time. Principal photography for the final installment of the Atlas Shrugged trilogy, “Who is John Galt?”, begins on Monday, January 20th.

And... Galt's Gulch Online Producers will be joining us on set for a live stream of the first call of “Action!”

That's right. On day one, we’ll be live streaming activity right from the set of Atlas Shrugged. This sneak peek behind the curtain will be exclusively available to Galt’s Gulch Producers. If you haven’t already, sign up as a Producer so you don’t miss the opportunity and be the first to find out, “Who is John Galt?”

- - - - -

NOT A GULCH PRODUCER?

- Create a new Galt's Gulch Account: https://galtsgulchonline.appspot.com/acc...

- Upgrade an existing Galt's Gulch Account: http://www.galtsgulchonline.com/account/...

- - - - -

Witness Atlas Shrugged history in the making. The live stream begins at 9:00 a.m. PST, Monday, January 20th.

All Comments

  • Comment hidden due to member score or comment score too low. View Comment
  • Posted by $ Maphesdus 10 years, 4 months ago
    Here's a suggestion to the producers of the movie:

    At some point during the movie, John Galt should condemn the idea of collectivized ownership, and proclaim that private ownership is best for everyone.

    He should also say that in regards to participatory economics (Parecon), people already participate under a free market by voting with their dollars as to which products and companies should succeed or fail, and that turning every corporation into a democracy where any random shmuck can have a say in the operations and management is a recipe for disaster.
    Reply | Permalink  
  • Posted by eimb1999 10 years, 4 months ago
    Also try and use practixal VFX. Use miniatures where possible instead of CGI.The CGI of the plane chase and the train sequence in the second film was just bloody awful.
    Reply | Permalink  
  • Posted by BradA 10 years, 4 months ago
    No ! I don't want to watch the film being made. It might spoil the ending ! Not to mention the adage about watching sausage and laws being made. I'm pretty sure they would have included movies if they had thought about it.
    Reply | Permalink  
  • Posted by BradA 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Great ! A little incest will triple the box office. If only Ayn had thought ahead.
    Reply | Permalink  
  • Posted by BradA 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yeah, can't wait to see if Harry and Hermione can get the golden ring away from all those evil vampires and werewolves.
    It's not like there's a magic book or anything. Besides, who bothers to read anymore.
    Reply | Permalink  
  • Posted by $ Susanne 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    There is NOW... at least for us producers... THe question now... Some of the local Cabernet, or perhaps, in honor of the producers, MAker's instead!

    Congratulations on the momentous occasion... and the anticipation builds!
    Reply | Permalink  
  • Posted by $ TimCutler 10 years, 4 months ago
    Working on Martin Luther King Day? I'm sure there's a law against that. Boo hoo.
    Reply | Permalink  
  • Posted by $ stargeezer 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Sorry, I couldn't help myself. Can't wait to hear the cast names and see the first pics from the shooting. Thanks for the update.
    Reply | Permalink  
  • Posted by eimb1999 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The film "Moon" proved thjat good FX don't need to cost a lot of dough. Moon used the right balance of miniatures and CG to great effect. It was a full feature film and cost only $5 million to make just a few years ago. Bill Pearson was the modelmaker in that and the miniatures were flawless and very inexpensive. The problem is that most directors today don't know how to economize and get the best bang for the buck. Doing Good FX doesn't need a lot of money, just a lot of talent.
    Reply | Permalink  
  • Posted by plusaf 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    CG is getting better all the time, though the good stuff might still be too pricey for the budget.

    One of my gripes was the speeding train scenes where the train was going impossibly fast for the radii of the curves it was taking. In any kind of "reality," those would have needed to be banked turns! Sorry, but my engineering glands kicked in during those sequences, and I still loved the movies and I'm really anticipating III !
    Reply | Permalink  
  • Posted by eimb1999 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    CGI generally looks bad anyway. They did a reasonable job on the first film, but they made the mistake of doing some shots that could not have been filmed if it were "real", betraying the illusion. But the CG trains with the very flat lit windows on the coaches in the second film were really bad. I mean REALLY bad. If they'd hired a good model maker and someone who knows how to light and film them, they'd really have something there. Look at "Skyfall". or most of the Bond films done since the 1970's They use miniatures in all of them are absolutely invisible as effects. Oddly, the airplane chase in "Quantum Of Solace" looked terrible, but those were CG aircraft. Bet you can't tell what was done as a miniature in Skyfall.
    Reply | Permalink  
  • Posted by LionelHutz 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The CGI on Dagny's plane looked low res and unfinished to me. The CGI on Galt's plane looked pretty sweet, if you ask me :-) I wonder if they just ran out of time?
    Reply | Permalink  
  • Posted by mminnick 10 years, 4 months ago
    This will be very interesting. I've never even been close to a movie set. I give a big WELL DONE to all involved in making the event happen.
    Yes, I know it hasn't happened yet, but the work going into setting it up deserves the well done. :)
    Reply | Permalink  

  • Comment hidden. Undo