@mabhatter1: The Lonely Island, you mean?

I think someone didn't finish reading "A Modest Proposal"....

@kpozan: That is actually a military term that means equipment as it relates to a military usage.

It's a test film for sure. But the car transformer was pretty sweet.

Thank you for the positive view of Hostel. That, and Cabin Fever and Hostel 2 were great in my opinion. Could've done without the excessive sex in Hostel, I don't get the hate toward his movies.

@. . . . GhostBuster: It's on Hulu, that's how I've been keeping up. Gotta wait 8 days for the new episode, but it's better than nothing!

When I picked up the first book, I started reading at around 10 am, and—after a few stops for school and food—finished it that night. The books are captivating, the writing is genius, the characters are real and solid. Katniss isn't some whinny teenage pander to attract a certain type of reader, she's strong,…

@8thR: [rimshot.com] ?

I always just attack Louis, as infected or survivors.... I'm a horrible person. *hangs head in shame*

116%? Am I missing something?

@DRaGZ: Did Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz make that much money in their first weeks?

@☆Giroro G66☆: That'd be my bad.

@DRaGZ: But not us, in anyway. If we liked it, good, if not, oh well. And anyway, Kevin Smith is still making movies and has had some pretty horrible box office scores.

Kevin Smith really hit this one on the head on Twitter yesterday: "Why should anyone not looking to make money from a film care how much money it makes? If it's a good move, it'll show in the long run. Mallrats was a box office failure, but it effected people, and is a big cult hit. [Paraphrasing]"

@sephycloneno15: Duh. It was sooooo ironic.

@Dogen: I've always understood it to mean the former, where "living for" is analogous to servitude. I will agree that not living for anyone or anything, in the sense of not helping or being there for anyone, or attempting to advance and rise up as a an individual while forsaking the mass is nonsensical.

You know, as convincing as his short essay is, and as much sense as it makes, I'm against outright insults and unjustified vulgarity in persuasive prose and rhetoric.

@Dogen: I'll agree with you. I am not an Objectivist, and I quite like the example of what a Buddhist. Objectivism is not perfect, but it is a severely misrepresented mode of thought. Though, most people are charitable for selfish reasons—I won't say there aren't completely selfless people—and only like helping others…

@Dogen: As a story, it has too many plot holes, and is unrealistic. The writing is clunky, self-involved and mediocre. The books are fiction, with only the basics of the Objectivist philosophy. The core is really the best part of her work, as well. To the extent it has been taken, both by Rand and the people at the…

@Dogen: No, the books aren't written well, but when people say that it's about not being altruistic and doing what you feel like, you're completely off base. Not only that, but Atlas Shrugged is similar to our current economic state.