Two Speeches For Our Times

[Billy_Kinetta]

There are many others, but these are handy.

 

[fncceo]

There are many others, but these are handy.

Actually, 'Things to Come' is a love song to totalitarianism.

An even worse one is this...

'Gabriel Over The White House', made by MGM to be released the week of FDR's inauguration.

It tells the story of a corrupt American President who goes into a coma after a car accident. He is possessed by the Angel Gabriel who uses the power of the presidency to eliminate Congress and the Supreme Court. He turns the American unemployed into his private army to eliminate gangsters and capitalists alike. In the end, he uses the newly developed 'super weapon' to force the rest of the world to disband their armies.

Studio exec, Louis Mayer was furious when he saw the film for the first time at the California premiere. He is quoted as saying, "Put that picture back in its can, take it back to the studio, and lock it up!"

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

There are many others, but these are handy.

Actually, 'Things to Come' is a love song to totalitarianism.

Yup, but it's a great speech addressing imagined limitations.

I'm surprised the Left hasn't resurrected "Gabriel".

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

There are many others, but these are handy.

My favorite speech was by Maggie. Shame the dumb people wont listen to her. The talk is the exact same by the Socialists nowadays. Instead of dumb people trying to make themselves better, they want the government to take from the smart people to punish them for their success.

 

[fncceo]

There are many others, but these are handy.

Actually, 'Things to Come' is a love song to totalitarianism.

Yup, but it's a great speech addressing imagined limitations.

I'm surprised the Left hasn't resurrected "Gabriel".

Out of context, it's a great speech.

I actually love the film. Special effects for the time were awesome. The look and feel of the future was more gleaming Lucite and Bauhaus than steampunk Buck Rogers.

It starts out OK, with a group of aviators putting the world back together after World War II, which went on for more than 30 years and started a zombie apocalypse. The aviators "Wings Over the World" bombed the still warring factions with the "gas of peace", a knock-out gas that allowed them to come in and take over existing settlements.

"And now for the rule of the Airmen and a new life for mankind"

 

[fncceo]

And Raymond Massey in a dress!

What's not to love?!

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Actually those are culottes. Girly shorts.

 

[fncceo]

Actually those are culottes. Girly shorts.

Inspiration for generations of sci fi enthusiasts.

 

[Damaged Eagle]

*****SMILE*****

 

[fncceo]

*****SMILE*****

I'm an admirer of Ms. Rand's philosophy. But, she was an abysmal writer, much given belaboring her points. The entire contents of 'Atlas Shrugged' could have been summed up in a pamphlet. She also wrote some of the least sexy sex scenes ever put down on paper.

A better speech is Howard Roark's Courtroom Speech from 'The Fountainhead'. --- it's about 1/10 as long.

 

[fncceo]

There are many others, but these are handy.

Actually, 'Things to Come' is a love song to totalitarianism.

Yup, but it's a great speech addressing imagined limitations.

I'm surprised the Left hasn't resurrected "Gabriel".

There was actually some talk of a re-release or remake around the time of Obama's inauguration. Funding never appeared.

 

[Damaged Eagle]

*****SMILE*****

 

[Damaged Eagle]

*****SMILE*****