Yeah, it seems like the only way to make a good movie out of Atlas Shrugged would be as a brutal satire of objectivism.

Don't let him hear that!  He'll take it as a challenge.

Don't let him hear that!  He'll take it as a challenge.

Dateline: Marin County,California
George Lucas creates a Kickstarter campaign to extort money directly from fans so that they can have the privilege of paying him for a DVD release of the original version of Episodes 4-6.
He is quoted on the Kickstarter webpage as saying "If you fuckers don't pay me ten million in the…

Dateline: Marin County,California
George Lucas creates a Kickstarter campaign to extort money directly from fans so that they can have the privilege of paying him for a DVD release of the original version of Episodes 4-6.
He is quoted on the Kickstarter webpage as saying "If you fuckers don't pay me ten million in the…

Also a serious party: TEN POUNDS OF WEED.
Fixed.

Also a serious party: TEN POUNDS OF WEED.
Fixed.

Somehow I read that as "Jackson Brown's LJ".

Somehow I read that as "Jackson Brown's LJ".

I was taught armed stage combat by guys who studied under Errol Flynn's stunt double.

I was taught armed stage combat by guys who studied under Errol Flynn's stunt double.

Muscle for the mental hospital.  As though the mental hospital needs more muscle.

Muscle for the mental hospital.  As though the mental hospital needs more muscle.

Is this really the first time that's been the case?

Is this really the first time that's been the case?

The pose itself doesn't bother me, it's the reiteration of it so soon after accomplishing the same thing more effectively.

The pose itself doesn't bother me, it's the reiteration of it so soon after accomplishing the same thing more effectively.

Also, I think it's a remarkable coincidence than an indie gaming company I'm a big fan of announced this today:

Also, I think it's a remarkable coincidence than an indie gaming company I'm a big fan of announced this today:

Obviously, as a huge fan of this series I love this episode, but I've always been troubled by the "crucified" pose that Ben is in as the Carnivale folks carry him out of the cornfield.  The whole thing of Ben getting up on the scarecrow cruciform was just as powerful, while being a lot less heavy-handed, and to do it…