How would you handle Galt's speech?
One of the things that everyone is told in a beginning writing class is not to make your novel a soapbox. I would think this would be even more pertinent for a movie. Obviously Galt's speech is a soapbox for Rand to present her philosophy. If you were the director of ASIII, how would you handle the speech?
1) I own myself
2) prosperity comes from the unfettered mind of people pursuing their own self-interest.
3) This is what the collectivist philosophies get you (examples of the post 10-286 world).
4) Producers don't need you and don't owe you.
5) A = A. No amount of wishful thinking will escape reality as it is.
5b) (alternate) A = A. "I want it, so it is" vs "it is, so I want it".
6) Morality is the province of reason.
Not all my posts are totally serious.
Just call me a paradox within an enigma within a contradiction. ;)
You get 3 thumbs up and I only get 2. Where's the justice in that?
I don't really care, just seems strange.
One of the best reasons to incorporate scenes from the previous movies into the climatic Galt speech (beyond tying it all together) would be to promote interest in seeing the first two movies. Ca-ching.
It explains JG's actions at 20th century. It explains the strike. It explains Francisco's speech. It will hopefully explain Ragnar's actions in part 3.
Seriously - one point. Make any more than that, and I think the typical audience won't absorb it.