Wednesday, September 17, 2014

ATLAS SHRUGGED PART III



Here's the trailer for Atlas Shrugged part III. I saw it this afternoon and I'm glad I did, in spite of it's many flaws. The film is a ringing endorsement for capitalism, and business men are portrayed as heroes. How rare is that?

The characters are somewhat wooden as idea-based characters usually are, but that limitation is intrinsic to the category.


BTW, since we're on the subject of film...what do you think of this photo of Peter Bogdonavich and Orson Welles? The basket looks like it contains canned soup, macaroni and cheese, tuna fish, and maybe fish sticks...or are they cocktail wieners?

Someone made the comment that Orson has his lunch, but what about Peter?



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6 comments:

  1. Shafer5:05 PM

    Do you recommend this series of films? I've read the book but didn't bother with the movies, wondering if theres any elements that are worth paying for.

    While exploring the internet found this video you're in eddie, don't know if people have commented on it before but it's strange to see you without all the props/costumes/white hair
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fsD8NwW9Bg

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  2. Mantan Calaveras5:07 PM

    Endorsing capitalism and casting business people as heroes?

    Sounds like the news.

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  3. nodnarB8:30 PM

    Hi Eddie, I was wondering if you would mind taking a look at my new comic I made? I did it as a sort of test to see if I could put the principles in Johns lessons to use. I have also learned a great deal from your blog.

    Here is the comic

    I would love to hear any comments or constructive criticisms if you have any. Thanks for the theories!

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  4. Eddie Fitzgerald8:38 PM

    Shafer: Wow! Thanks a million for digging up that YouTube video! John's at his articulate best there and for once I wasn't embarrassed by my own comments.

    About the Atlas movie: if you're like me you hesitated to see it because you were afraid that it might replace your memory of the way Rand told the story. Happily that didn't happen. As a matter of fact, the movies made me want to read the book again.

    The film suffers from a low budget and a much too condensed story line, but it's still worth seeing. I sat there unable to believe that I was actually hearing those drastic sentiments in a public venue.
    The people who put this together deserve a lot of credit.

    If you only see one film see the first one. It contains some very memorable scenes.

    Mantan: Haw!

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  5. Eddie Fitzgerald1:09 AM

    Nod: Wow! You keep getting better! There's some good stuff there.

    So far as criticism goes...put more variety into the composition of the panels. Draw more whole body poses and arrange the characters in three dimensional relationships. You already do this pretty well in some cases...just do more of it. Oh, and find some comic books that contain good story structure and study them.




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  6. nodnarB11:23 PM

    Thank you Eddie! I am glad you enjoyed it, and I am delighted to hear your comments! I will definitely work towards all of that in my future comics.

    I just have one question. When you say more variety into the composition of the panels, do you mean the way the panels themselves are arranged on the page, or the drawings within the panels? Though I'm sure more variety in both areas is a good thing. I'm just curious which area could use a real boost. Many thanks!

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