The Most Ironic Kickstarter Campaign Ever

[techs]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/24/altas-shrugged-kickstarter_n_3982081.html

'Atlas Shrugged' Producers Will Fund Final Movie Of Trilogy With The Most Ironic Kickstarter Campaign Ever

In an effort to further Ayn Rand’s message critiquing altruism and promoting the virtue of selfishness, rejecting all moochers who would dare claim your money by tears, the producers of the third Atlas Shrugged movie have launched a Kickstarter campaign asking for donations, predicated on reminding supporters of the critics who have hurt it. As reported earlier this year, despite the free market repeatedly determining it would rather not have any Atlas Shrugged movies, producers Harmon Kaslow and John Aglialoro boldly refused to relinquish their rational self-interests to a world that would dare take their ideas from them, chiefly by not paying to see them. And because of their indefatigable commitment to film Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt? by the fall — and thus propagate its titular character’s manifesto to “never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine” — Kaslow and Aglialoro have turned to asking other men to give them $250,000.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Heh. Only communism* can save them now! Workers of the world unite to support the "magic of the marketplace"!



(* well, anti-capitalistic communal action anyway 🙂 )

 

[rudeguy]

how many stupid threads you shooting for this afternoon?

Or did you just discover fark.com?

 

[techs]

Ayn Rand must be laughing all the way from the hell.

 

[zinfamous]

I find this amusing.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

I guess I don't see the irony really. No one is forced to contribute, and the only reason someone would participate is if they felt they were getting something in return (a movie they want to see + goodies).

 

[rockyct]

I think it's basically just a PR campaign. There are 486 donations so far totally $108k, so that averages about $220 a person...that's insane for a Kickstarter that only gives out a Blu-ray of the movie at $125. Six of the donations account for $57,500. My guess is that they are using the buzz from a successful Kickstarter (it will reach it's goal) as an effort to show some sort of ground swell for the movie, which will still end up bombing.

 

[Rakehellion]

how many stupid threads you shooting for this afternoon?

Or did you just discover fark.com?

That website still exists?

 

[drebo]

Irony not found.

The whole idea behind Atlas Shrugged is that you should be able to use your money in any way you feel necessary, and that the use and value of that money should not be dictated by anything but the private contract between two entities and the free market, respectively.

Kickstarter funding for the movie seems to be pretty well in line with those ideals, I'd say.

A tax to produce the movie, on the other hand, would not be.