Galt's speech

Posted by j_IR1776wg 10 years, 9 months ago to The Gulch: Feature Requests
11 comments | Share | Best of... | Flag

I'm wondering if we can lessen the problem of shortening Galt's speech for ASIII by providing a printed full copy for sale or give away in theater lobbies or Shop the Gulch or include it in the deluxe edition of all three installments?

All Comments

  • Posted by $ MikeMarotta 10 years, 9 months ago
    It is up to the writers to make that work. Based on "Francisco's Money Speech" in Part 2, I am not hopeful. That said, the impact of Atlas Shrugged as a movie is deeper and broader than just telling other people what they need to know.

    Reply | Permalink  
  • Comment hidden due to member score or comment score too low. View Comment
  • Posted by darren 10 years, 9 months ago
    >>>I'm wondering if we can lessen the problem of shortening Galt's speech for ASIII by providing a printed full copy for sale or give away in theater lobbies

    OK. You handle the expense. (Sigh.)
    Reply | Permalink  
  • Posted by $ EitherOr 10 years, 9 months ago
    Many people here seem laser-focused on Galt's speech, but I'd argue the novel and the speech could be separated, because each say the same thing in a different form. Handouts would be a good idea, so people can voluntarily take them. I think it would be a cool idea for teaser trailers for AS3 to have parts of Galt's speech playing over scene's from recent news. (actually someone else might've said something similar in the Gulch before... though I can't remember who) Then a link to download the full version online or something.
    Reply | Permalink  
  • Posted by khalling 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    cmon-didn't my grain of rice souvenir make you chuckle? I'm pulling your very serious leg here
    Reply | Permalink  
  • Comment hidden due to member score or comment score too low. View Comment
  • Posted by darren 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    >>>YOU clearly do not appreciate collector's items,

    Wow. How many movies have you seen? Two?

    The time to issue things like "Special Editions" and "Collector's Items" is on the 50th anniversary of a movie (as was done with "Casablanca", "Gone With The Wind," "Singin' In The Rain", etc.). You don't issue "Special Editions" and "Collector's Items" during the darned premiere!! You're supposed to be trying to promote the movie to the general public, not to 74 hardcore Objectivists who would buy anything associated with the name Ayn Rand.
    Reply | Permalink  
  • Posted by khalling 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    lol. you are such a pill. YOU clearly do not appreciate collector's items, but many do. If a fan of Rand, it wouldn't surprise me a bit that people would consider getting the speech as an inclusion to a deluxe DVD copy perhaps inscribed on a grain of rice. we need a laser to turn your frown upside down, darren
    Reply | Permalink  
  • Comment hidden due to member score or comment score too low. View Comment
  • Posted by C_S 10 years, 9 months ago
    The problem with Galt's speech is Galt's speech. Its sophistry might impress impress a teenager, but pretty much everybody who reads it picks up very quickly on its deep intellectual limitations. It's a sign of just how unreal and inapplicable Rand's ideas are in real life that the only way she could get them on paper is in a long Soviet-style über-rant.
    Reply | Permalink  
  • Posted by j_IR1776wg 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Me too. The problem is the time taken by the speech. It is more of a philosophical tract than a Shakesperean monolouge. Maybe the full version could be done as a documentary. I'd buy the DVD.
    Reply | Permalink  
  • Posted by j_IR1776wg 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I think I did. However, I like your idea of using parts of Galt's speech in promos leading up to the release.
    Reply | Permalink  
  • Posted by cruiseladytexas 10 years, 9 months ago
    I would wish that they do a long version with more of the speech that which will eventually make the big screen. I love DVDs that include a a director's cut, and then the movie screen version with the edits. I know there are always the deleted scenes (surely not all of them), but I have really enjoyed the long uncut versions of some moves.
    Reply | Permalink  

  • Comment hidden. Undo