What do you mean? Are you talking about that 3-
part movie that came out in 2011? (Which, by the
way, didn't begin to do justice to the book). Or are
they making a TV mini-series (which I probably won't get to see, because their going digital ruined my TV reception? My sister did send me
a converter box, but I haven't managed to find an
antenna for it that isn't a piece of Communist
crap, which I wouldn't buy).

Ayn Rand did not have a "bent" for "personal immorality".

I have no input to the producers of the mini series other than just this one: Please if you possibly can, Get the best writers for television that you can. If you have to wait for them, do so. Question them to see if they understand the substance of what they are writing about. Other than that, it's your football, run with it.

AS was a book that was meant to parallel REAL LIFE scenarios, and at the same time get a strong Objectivist message across. Was sex involved? You betcha. Greed? Natch. Intrigue? Um Hmm... Infidelity? You think?

The scenarios in the book - from affairs to backroom deals to suicide to all the other stuff - was (and still is) a very real part of the very real world. That Dagny had more than 2 lovers, and was sleeping with a married man before her later involvement with JG... worked around her conniving brother, the dishonest government lackeys, and an evil system? That she would do whatever it took to do what it takes?

I hope the mini-series follows the same flavor and feel of the book, because - and this is important - the book felt real and believable because it drew not from a "Television Code Approved" story line, where everything is sanitized and syrupy sweet and innocent, but from real life. THAT'S why it was a success back then, and remains relevant today.

Let's talk about the adultery angle. It would have been better had Henry Rearden divorced Lillian a lot earlier. You could even argue that Lillian engaged him in marriage through fraud.

That said, Rand (and Branden, too) upheld serial monogamy as the standard. That is, one relationship at a time. And perhaps she did not think through, fully, the lessons that adult behavior teaches to children. But even in the Gulch you did have children. Furthermore, Galt himself says he and his fellow strikers hoped at first to establish a generational community. They could not have predicted--so he said--that the outside society would collapse as quickly as it did, allowing them to make the changes in one generation instead of two or three.

Personal immorality? Are you sure? You have to admit one thing above all: her heroes and anti-villains do not lie, cheat, steal, or murder. Those are the basics of morality, without which no society can hold together.

They'll never buy. Time to get onto the Internet Stream. Though I suggest Atlas Productions develop its own streaming servers, apps, and so on, and distribute the series independently of the Big Boys now emerging on the stream.

I thought Aglialoro's crew did a pretty good considering the money and time restraints of even three movies, considering the sheer size and depth of AS. As did probably everyone else, I missed a few of the most powerful scenes from the book: Cherryl's suicide, Hank Rearden's last trip to his house, Eddie Willers' dead train. I always thought it should be a mini-series, though. Hope this works out. I'm concerned, though, as to whether any of the Liberal media outlets would ever host it.

I hope you guys will NOT sell the series to HBO because a lot of us don't have HBO. Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, FXM, or other cable outlet would be better to reach as many people as possible. You might even try to sell it to Network TV or Fox News.

Ayn's bent for personal immorality is antithetical to the social character necessary for a Galt's Gulch society. Such a society requires a very high level of morality and responsibility, which just won't happen if everyone is committing adultery. I hope the series writers will consider that. And I very much looking forward to the series!

Has anyone heard anything about the AS graphic novel in the works?

PLEASE do not mess up the series the way they messed up the movies! Get actors and actresses committed and under contract! Develop the characters! Do the book justice!!!

PLEASE bring back Kristoffer Polaha! He is the quintessential John Galt.

Please create contracts with actors to complete the project so that there are no characters played by more than one actor.

One episode per chapter would be wonderful.

Great point Suzanne. There are so many things in the book that need to be included.

It's 4pm Pacific now. I wish I were there.

I would like for the mini-series to turn into a show with stories about average people living their lives in the universe where AS takes place. They might only have occasional contact/interaction with any big players in the book. When shipments of food spoiled because bureaucrats stole them and used them in their political chess game, these would be the people working out a plan to steal back some of that food under the radar allowing life to go on. It would just be an environment that stresses people, making a good backdrop for stories about people overcoming adversity. I imagine it kind of like how the re-imagined BSG was a mini-series that became a dark several-series show with good stories.

I welcome any new AS films or TV shows because most people, including me, are unlikely to try a 600 page book but will try a new TV show.

Awesome! Keep us informed. It would be great to watch a decent sized Atlas Shrugged mini-series on cable. Maybe 1 hour per chapter over 30 episodes, 10 chapters a year? Like Daredevil, or Jessica Jones.

Good to know. I hope one of them picks it up.

Well, I hope that it is a lot longer and in more depth than the three part movie. I'd like to see something done about Dagny's early years. The chapter in the book with the "tramp" on the train having dinner with Dagny really needs to be included in the mini-series....best statement against Communism that I have ever read But I am pleased to know that the series is moving forward.