Solid Snake

from what I see he hasn't. I checked it out. RT doesn't have it. His site doesn't either..so....no.

Jason

Maybe this just needed some more experienced people in these key positions. This would have been better suited for the Asylum. That way instead of unknown TV actors, they could have gotten washed up TV actors. Debbie Gibson as Dagny Taggert would have been great.

And in the sequel, Atlas could fight the Sharktopus.

Josh-da-man

Atlas Shrugged Part 2: Sharktopus vs Dinocroc.

I wonder how tight the sequel rights are; they could a get a "Children of the Corn" kind of thing going on here.

Greg MacGuffin

ATLAS SHRUGGED DVD Recalled Because Of Ideological Error

http://www.badassdigest.com/2011/11/...ological-error

Remember Atlas Shrugged, the blink-and-you-miss-it adaptation of Ayn Rand’s unwieldy novel of ultimate evil? The film has hit DVD (which means you can attempt to watch it in your own home, where you have easy access to booze and razors), but the producers are recalling the remaining copies on store shelves (probably all of them) because of an error on the packaging.

The error is in this sentence. See if you can figure out what it is:

“AYN RAND’s timeless novel of courage and self-sacrifice comes to life…”

Yes, the word ‘self-sacrifice.’ Seriously. Here’s the explanation from the official site:

“It’s embarrassing for sure and of course, regardless of how or why it happened, we’re all feeling responsible right now.” says Scott DeSapio, Atlas Productions’ COO and Communications Director “You can imagine how mortified we all were when we saw the DVD but, it was simply too late – the product was already on shelves all over the Country. It was certainly no surprise when the incredulous emails ensued. The irony is inescapable.”

DeSapio continued “Ultimately, the responsibility falls on us, Atlas Productions. We are putting policies in place now to ensure we avoid these types of unforced errors in the future.”

Harmon Kaslow, CEO of Atlas Productions and Producer of the film stated “As we all well know, the ideas brought to life in Atlas Shrugged are entirely antithetical to the idea of ‘self-sacrifice’ as a virtue. Atlas is quite literally a story about the dangers of self-sacrifice. The error was an unfortunate one and fans of Ayn Rand and Atlas have every right to be upset… and we have every intention of making it right.”

The new covers will read:

“AYN RAND’s timeless novel of rational self-interest comes to life…”

The company has a web page where you can register to get a new version of the cover. Oy.

Norm de Plume

Self-sacrifice? Oh, the horror.

Josh-da-man

Again, real life imitates The Onion...

Jon2

It has been my observation that most people view self-sacrifice as a high virtue and are gung-ho for it... in theory, at any rate, as it appears they are all for self-sacrifice as long as it is someone else doing the sacrificing.

RocShemp

I'm feeling a little slow. You mean to tell me that Jeffy Pop's post isn't a joke?

Drexl

So, by doing this recall, they themselves are going to sacrifice profits by getting the copies off the shelves and manufacturing new ones (or at least changing the covers).

Josh-da-man

I looked up the back cover and it does, indeed, say "self-sacrifice." This is also being reported in a lot of other places.

RocShemp

No no. I mean that I thought the recall over such a trivial issue sounded ridiculous. I thought that the news of a recall was a joke.