Third Atlas Shrugged Movie and Kickstarter

[Askold]

Eh, if Left Behind and The Angry Video Game Nerd get their own movies, then something as dumb as an Atlas Shrugged trilogy funded via donations is really quite small potatoes.

The Angry Video Game Nerd get their own movies,

*draws in breath*
WHAAAT!?


...Ahem.

Well I suppose it might suck. And they are probably just trying to take advantage of his popularity and make some cheap B-grade movie to cash in with the die hard fans.

But, it might be funny. Good news for Rolfe anyway.

[kefkaownsall]

I think he's involved with production

[Art Vandelay]

Well I suppose it might suck. And they are probably just trying to take advantage of his popularity and make some cheap B-grade movie to cash in with the die hard fans.

But, it might be funny. Good news for Rolfe anyway.

Of course it's going to be a crappy B-movie cash in. The AVGN formula is just playing a crappy retro game and nerd-raging at it. You try and add a story to it and no longer make it solely about old video game rage (like the Super Mario Bros 3 and Rob the Robot episodes), it's absolutely terrible. I'll be very impressed if the movie is even mediocre.

[Shane for Wax]

Booker I am disappoint in you.

Ironbite-thread could've been entitled "Atlas Begged."

I tend to go for titles that are actually a bit more literal. I thought we knew this by now.

[ironbite]

I think he's involved with production

Involved.  Yeah a little bit involved with the production.  What with writing the script, directing the action, and promoting it.  Very little involvement in fact.  Pretty sure he's just got a cameo in the entire thing.

Well I suppose it might suck. And they are probably just trying to take advantage of his popularity and make some cheap B-grade movie to cash in with the die hard fans.

But, it might be funny. Good news for Rolfe anyway.

Of course it's going to be a crappy B-movie cash in. The AVGN formula is just playing a crappy retro game and nerd-raging at it. You try and add a story to it and no longer make it solely about old video game rage (like the Super Mario Bros 3 and Rob the Robot episodes), it's absolutely terrible. I'll be very impressed if the movie is even mediocre.

Cash in nothing.  This is something the AVGN has been trying to do for years.  Just never got the funds together.  Thank the gods for Kickstarter if nothing else.

Booker I am disappoint in you.

Ironbite-thread could've been entitled "Atlas Begged."

I tend to go for titles that are actually a bit more literal. I thought we knew this by now.

But don't you want to mess with my perceptions of reality?

Ironbite-it's ever so much fun.

[Hades]

Eh, if Left Behind and The Angry Video Game Nerd get their own movies, then something as dumb as an Atlas Shrugged trilogy funded via donations is really quite small potatoes.

Left Behind used to be my favorite unintentional comedy of all time, until it was booted to second place by The Room.

[MadCatTLX]

Eh, if Left Behind and The Angry Video Game Nerd get their own movies, then something as dumb as an Atlas Shrugged trilogy funded via donations is really quite small potatoes.

Left Behind used to be my favorite unintentional comedy of all time, until it was booted to second place by The Room.

Have you seen Birdemic? It used to be on Netflix, but it got taken off I think. It was terrible in the best way.

[Her3tiK]

Hold up. There were two of these movies already? I know Colbert ripped on one of them pretty damned hard, but how'd they manage to make a 2nd one? Never mind a 3rd? Shouldn't they have learned that the market spoke, and simply isn't interested?

[Shane for Wax]

Hold up. There were two of these movies already? I know Colbert ripped on one of them pretty damned hard, but how'd they manage to make a 2nd one? Never mind a 3rd? Shouldn't they have learned that the market spoke, and simply isn't interested?

Yes but that's logical.

[dpareja]

Hold up. There were two of these movies already? I know Colbert ripped on one of them pretty damned hard, but how'd they manage to make a 2nd one? Never mind a 3rd? Shouldn't they have learned that the market spoke, and simply isn't interested?

They're the Missionary Libertarians.

[Lt. Fred]

This is without doubt the best thing that has ever happened.

[Cerim Treascair]

This is without doubt the best thing that has ever happened.

Consideration for the future:  FSTDT meetup and we rent these movies to MST3K them.  We'll order pizza, buy sodas and ice cream... it'd be great!

[chitoryu12]

It looks like they'll make their goal easily, too (they have $150,000 out of $250,000 already, and it launched 4 days ago).

Also, the movie is already funded, or so they claim. Supposedly the kickstarter money is mostly for marketing and distribution. (250k should not be nearly enough to fund the whole movie)

Yeah, that's really low. The movie I did looks professional and includes a lot of rather large-scale scenes, but it still cost about $500,000. $250,000 on a feature film will end up looking like a Youtube movie. According to the FAQ, it's a total budget of $10 million. What they're asking for is a rather small portion, and I have no clue where the rest of the funding came from; you'd think that if they had literally multiple millions of dollars already in the bank, they wouldn't need an internet charity site of all places to get the last scraps.

Also, I love this quote from the Kickstarter:

Amazingly, it is incredible word-of-mouth alone that continues to drive sales.

Yes, that's exactly why people have ever heard of Ayn Rand: people talking about it.

Just like Jack Kerouac and Aldous Huxley, right? Sold exclusively on word-of-mouth?