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100,000 ‘Atlas Shrugged’ DVDs Recalled for Perfectly Hilarious Reason

In what appears to be a legitimate press release on the blog of the official Atlas Shrugged Part I website, the producers of the film have announced that they will “replace more than 100,000 title sheets appearing on the Atlas Shrugged Part 1 DVD and Blu-ray versions.” Sounds like a pain in the ass. Why? Did child porn pics somehow show up on them? No! But the ultimate Randian curse word — “self-sacrifice” — did, and that’s worse.

We still aren’t 100% sure that they’re not screwing with us, but this is the horrible error that must not stay on the title sheet:

The 1957 novel, Atlas Shrugged, is known in philosophical and political circles for presenting a cogent argument advocating a society driven by rational self-interest. On the back of the film’s retail DVD and Blu-ray however, the movie’s synopsis contradictorily states “AYN RAND’s timeless novel of courage and self-sacrifice comes to life…“

Self-sacrifice is for idiots, duh! Ayn Rand used to mock poor beggars for being so poor. “Self-interest” is more like it. The good news is that Randroids who’ve already purchased this sacrilege consumer product can fix it themselves, just like Dagny Taggart would:

Atlas Productions has setup a web page for consumers of the DVD to request a replacement title sheet free of charge: http://www.AtlasShruggedMovie.com/title-sheet. The new title sheet will more accurately read “AYN RAND’s timeless novel of rational self-interest comes to life…”

Phew.

Has anyone seen Atlas Shrugged Part I? I rented it the other night and loved it. The trains go ZOOM!

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Does this mean that conservative Christians will finally realize Ayn Rand is not for them? I seem to recall self-sacrifice being a pretty important part of Christianity. My magic 8 ball says “outlook not so good.”

promoted by mightyJew
No, no, no. Jesus’ self-sacrifice is a pretty important part of conservative Christianity.ETA: for clarity

Edited by Haikukitty at 11/11/11 2:54 PM
promoted by MissNormaDesmond
My understanding (raised Catholic, so probably not totally accurate) is that you can be saved on faith alone. By accepting Jesus as your savior you’re set, even if you routinely pee on the homeless.

promoted by MissNormaDesmond
Don’t know what to tell you. I grew up in a CC family hearing about how great Ayn Rand and Objectivism were but always thought it was kind of silly because…well, no human can truly be objective or rational, duh. But a few years ago, I started doing some research into the philosophy and found that it in no way supports the christian viewpoint. Just to paraphrase some of the thing Ayn said:You cannot give rights to a lump of protoplasm.
To force the actual to sacrifice for the potential is vicious.
Faith is the denial of Reason.
Religion teaches us that God is not man, spirit is not flesh, heaven is not earth, that A is not A. It teaches us nothing and calls it knowing.

So I sent these quotes to my father asking how CC’s could embrace this lady (who cheated on her husband) as their patron saint. I’m still waiting on a reply.