Apparently, the boxoffice flop of Atlas Shrugged part 1 did not kill...

[phantom power]

Atlas Shrugged part 2:

http://www.whoisjohngalt.com/

[immoderate]

1. They may be going for a record...

--imm

[MisterP]

2. so the Objectivists failed in the free market and are trying even harder a second time? lol

[phantom power]

3. If we've learned anything, it's that the 1% is totally cool with socialism...

as long as it's in the service of their own agenda. In truth, I expected Atlas Shrugged to be bankrolled no matter how crappy it did at the boxoffice, for that exact reason.

[ieoeja]

7. Given that the protagonist is in a business that has never made a profit in the free market ...

... this makes sense. They are being true to the book's glaring hypocrisy of featuring a must-be-taxpayer-subsidized railroad tycoon championing the pay-to-play market.

[Bolo Boffin]

4. The audience went Galt on them, and they respect that. n/t

[brooklynite]

5. ...apparently with a Cameo appearance by Grover Norquist.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

6. If at first you don't succeed......

Try, try again. Hey, it works for the birthers and Republican Tea Party policies in general, right? I dont care if they blow money on this. Less they can use in their quixotic attempt to unseat President Obama, right?

[meanit]

8. It's bankrolled by the right so

they don't care if it does good at the box office. They want the propaganda out there and they will pay for it.
Rush Limbaugh was shit on his own until Clear Channel bankrolled him by including his show in the packages they sold to radio stations. Limbaugh's crap show was force fed to everybody who listened to Clear Channel stations.

[Robb]

9. Atlas 2: Electric Boogaloo.

Edited to add: Oh, crap, I'm getting old. I already made this joke.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

10. I'm sure it will be bigger than the Avengers

I bet the Randians and Paulites will turn out for a midnight showing dressed as Ayn in full fascist power suit garb.

[tanyev]

11. Atlas Shrugged part 2: Dope Slap!