Sometimes the good news is worse than the bad news.
(Note that in this case the badness is in part the result of IP; they had to go ahead with a half-ass production to prevent the rights from reverting.)
"Austro" as in Rothbard and Wittgenstein, "Athenian" as in Aristotle and smashing-the-plutocracy.
About Roderick T. Long
The Empirical Me
I’m Roderick T. Long, Professor of Philosophy at Auburn University. I’m an Aristotelean/Wittgensteinian in philosophy and a left-libertarian market anarchist in social theory. (More about me here.) This blog, Austro-Athenian Empire, is a continuation of my earlier blog, archived here.
Sad.
I hope they highlight Fransisco’s company taking a dive in order to shift its capital into the Gulch. That would be especially relevant since it was the blueprint for the 2007 financial crisis.
Then again, Fransisco was supposed to be a good guy. I don’t how many folks think derivative market bookies are good guys. And that is kind of a crucial element to the storyline.
Roderick, what makes you say that the film will be “half-assed”?
You just never know, is all I’m sayin’.
Could I be wrong? Sure. But here are some reasons for worry:
- A mere $5 million dollar budget
- the writer’s résumé
- this guy playing John Galt
- Francisco apparently not in the script
You’re right. This flick is totally screwed.
Oy vey, what a cast and crew. I guess all the talented artists went on strike.