A few days late on reporting this... The production of Atlas Shrugged movie is resuming and filming will soon start. The oldest of my readers might remember how long I have been waiting for that movie!

Here is an interview with Vadim Perelman, the screenplay writer and director of the movie from Box Office Mojo.

It will look very similar to the ( Read more... )

The idea for this entry came to me when Kostas asked me whether there is a link between KAT-TUN and libertarianism. I don’t think the boys have ever talked about their political views, if they have an opinion on political issues, but I figured that examining their lyrics might give me hints about the way they think. For me, of course, their ( Read more... )

It’s something obvious, but I hadn’t really thought about it until Mystique pointed it out to me: although Ayn Rand is a woman, her major characters are mostly men. Why is that? Didn’t she believe that women were worthy of becoming protagonists in her stories? Of course we’ve got Kira from “We the living”, my favorite one: Dominique Francon from “ ( Read more... )

Angel Sanctuary is one of the most complicated manga that I’ve ever read. This is not necessarily good. After months before a new volume is published many details are forgotten and it makes it difficult to follow. But it is interesting enough to make an effort.
The main character is Setsuna, the reincarnation of the angel Alexiel. Alexiel’s soul ( Read more... )

You scored as Strong Egoism. Your life is very much guided by the concept of Egoism: You work primarily to promote your own interests.

“I swear by my life, and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.”

“I am not primarily an advocate of capitalism, but of egoism; and I am not primarily ( Read more... )

After all the essays I posted today in LJ, I thought I should also post the the summary of Atlas Shrugged novel, written by Ayn Rand back in the 1940's. Sorry it is written in greek... It is from my Ayn Rand club in Pathfinder. (http://clubs.pathfinder.gr/ayn_rand)

Atlas Shrugged

Προχωρήστε το χρόνο μερικά χρόνια μπροστά. Δεν έχει σημασία πόσα. ( Read more... )

For better or for worse, it is official. Angelina Jolie is going to play Dagny Taggart's role in the Atlas Shrugged movie which will be released in 2008. Well... if I made a short list of the things that have rocked my world, Atlas Shrugged would be in it. And Dagny is an excellent character. I hope Angelina Jolie will be able to show her ( Read more... )