were* sad. no edit button :(

oh, yes. the last few seasons of weeds was just sad.

I'm with you on the animated series but hey- it doesn't just have to be for young people. ;)
And I'm advocating for an anime series rather than cgi - it would have more longevity that way (and could be cheaper).

boyfriend and i just finished season 1. Can't wait for the second. Netflix is going to destroy cable TV if it keeps up its original series.
(but oh god if OITNB goes the way of Weeds I am never getting near anything jenji kohan again!)

me too. schilling does a really good job. dark humor works.

Screw broadcast TV, or even the cable networks. Do it on Hulu or Netflix. Or, probably even better distribute with Amazon's video service. Yes, you would have to pay for the episodes. But, it has already been shown that people will pay for quality. Also, mini series might still be to limiting of a format. Make it a couple of seasons and have to room to pace it right. A load of extra dialog would need to be written, but with the space a very good job could be done.

What if someone did a reimagined miniseries focused on the political intrigue about rank-and-file workers? Some of it could focus on motor plant workers who turned against one another as they competed for the best sob story. Somehow it could tie in with people in the other places Dagny went searching for the motor. It could also related to the small towns that were facing politically-biased rationing toward the end of the book. There's a lot of material for good writers to draw from. And it would not be open to the criticism that it focuses on top executives instead of the rank-and-file.

I enjoyed OITNB. Looking forward to the next season

Rand loved the medium of television and even said she would like to see AS as a tele -play.

Hi Robbie,
Yep, Rand was strongly into control but she was always able to take a seat backwards and judge a product, independent of her old ideas about it. I'm thinking now of "We The Living," the Italian version of her book. Though the Italian folks stole her book-as-movie, when Rand saw the movie that was produced, she let herself love it.:)

I knew people from Detroit. The sense of Entitlement they had was amazing. They thought the country owed them something for being poor and from Detroit.

I'd love to see a miniseries of AS *if* it's really good. The movies have good parts in them, but the movies, taken as a whole, are only fair. I know that Rand, when the producer of Godfather wanted to do AS, insisted upon having absolute ultimate control of what appeared on the screen. This was refused, so Rand just went away from it:(

LOL

Exactly.

And the PC that's so pervasive these days. And AS certainly is NOT PC. God forbid you tell anyone to produce for themselves rather than being on the dole.

I don’t know that a miniseries like that could even happen. They would have a hard time finding advertisers and sponsors. There are MANY companies that are, at least in public, adopting the self-destructive policies and attitudes of the looters and moochers. The production of quality products and services is taking a backseat to public popularity externally and leveraging diversity and affirmative action internally.

I think the only sponsors that would have the stroke AND finances to pull of something like this would be the firearms industry, and most of them are keeping their heads down preferring to advertise exclusively within the firearm community. It’s a shame really. I would love to see a PSA from a company like Ruger talking about the Supreme Court decision stating that police are under no obligation to protect anyone and that personal protection is a personal responsibility. I think gunmakers are just too concerned about being targets of liberal looters right now.

The way the left screams and has tantrums, they would most likely bully away most sponsers. If sponsers would stand up and realize we are the many, a lot of more conservative and honest programming would be developed. We need to start being just as publicly vocal as the extreme left.

Me too.

it'd be great if we could do a Q&A with the movie producers. that would be a question I'd love to see answered in more detail.

Why. Rand ultimately decided to leave him out. Why do people always have to screw with success? Who Is John Galt?