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#1 ToyoHabu

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Posted 25 November 2009 - 07:23 AM

A local filmmaker Ladd Ehlinger jr has released his second film "Hive Mind" about a conservative talk show host who is the last person on earth not part of the hive mind. I have not had the opportunity to see it yet but it seems interesting. Mr. Ehlinger has potential I think.

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Posted 26 November 2009 - 06:51 AM

Thanks for the mention! Hope everyone likes Hive Mind. Each DVD is autographed and comes with an email for you to send me your thoughts.

Objectivism, conservativism, libertarianism - all sides of one prism of truth. A filmmaker with this prism is as rare as a unicorn.

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Posted 26 November 2009 - 07:41 AM

FilmLadd, on Nov 26 2009, 07:51 AM, said:

Objectivism, conservativism, libertarianism - all sides of one prism of truth.

Um, no... they aren't

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Posted 26 November 2009 - 10:38 AM

I looked at the trailer. It didn't seem very interesting. It's just a guy in what looks like a bomb shelter muttering random words. The trailer shows no promising of heroics. Does the character go outside and try to reclaim the world? Or is the whole movie filmed in someone's basement?

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Posted 26 November 2009 - 05:59 PM

Zip, on Nov 26 2009, 07:41 AM, said:

Um, no... they aren't

Well if you want to be literal about it, geez.

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Posted 26 November 2009 - 06:02 PM

FilmLadd, on Nov 26 2009, 06:59 PM, said:

Well if you want to be literal about it, geez.

They are three different ideologies. Libertarianism and Conservatism have much more in common than either two do with Objectivism.

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Posted 26 November 2009 - 06:07 PM

BluNereid, on Nov 26 2009, 10:38 AM, said:

Oh right! Sorry, I forgot, the film is completely boring and the main character mutters utterly random words for the entire film. Oh and it's completely depressing, and you will want to commit suicide by the time it's over. Thanks for pointing that out. Yes, avoid the film, please.

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Posted 26 November 2009 - 06:09 PM

NickS, on Nov 26 2009, 06:02 PM, said:

They are three different ideologies. Libertarianism and Conservatism have much more in common than either two do with Objectivism.

I think you forgot to mention Alan Greenspan.

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Posted 26 November 2009 - 07:05 PM

So you made a movie, then came here and confused ideologies in order to assume more people were interested than actually were. Then when corrected and given feedback based on the trailer you insult people and respond with sarcasm? You don't plan to get much of anywhere with this, do you?

Also Alan Greenspan was once a friend of Rand but vastly set himself apart from objectivism with mixed economy policies so your point is still not well thought out. Think about your ideas and develop them more. Trust me it will help you get further

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Posted 26 November 2009 - 07:07 PM

FilmLadd, on Nov 26 2009, 07:09 PM, said:

I think you forgot to mention Alan Greenspan.

Night folks!

I think there ought to be a rule that whoever invokes Alan Greenspan in an argument about Objectivism be deemed to be:

a. Talking out of his ass
b. Clueless
c. to have lost any possibility of winning said argument.

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Posted 26 November 2009 - 08:13 PM

FilmLadd, on Nov 26 2009, 04:07 PM, said:

Isn't the point of the trailer to give your potential future audience an idea what the film is about? If the film is about something other than the main character uttering random words, then why was that your trailer? You decided that the trailer was the best way to represent your film. Its just like any other advertising. Imagine if Pepsi advertised their product by showing a kid puking and getting sick from a bad batch of soda then said "Please buy Pepsi". Would you buy it then? No! Then why do you choose to advertise your film based on a part that seems to have no redeeming quality?

If you aren't going to try to defend your film based on the content of it instead of with insults and sarcasm then you can go somewhere else please! Thank you.

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Posted 26 November 2009 - 09:09 PM

It reminds me of The Matrix.

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Posted 29 November 2009 - 05:29 PM

FAIL.

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Posted 29 November 2009 - 05:43 PM

Well... I just watched the trailer (couldn't watch it before at work)... I want my 75 seconds back. What complete nonsense.

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Posted 02 January 2010 - 08:34 PM

Zip, on Nov 26 2009, 08:07 PM, said:

When Bernanke and Geithner's policies bring us to third world status, I wonder if dropping their names would also function as a 'magic bullet' in an argument over Keynesian economics.

Not likely.

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Posted 02 January 2010 - 08:45 PM

Saw the trailer. It's like Toohey started a Council of American Filmmakers.