The Opinionated Bastard

From Virginia Postrel about the Incredibles:

It’s not, in fact, a particularly political movie, and it’s certainly not “Randian,” as both critics and followers of Objectivism have suggested. The most classically Randian character, a brilliant, ambitious inventor and would-be capitalist with red hair, is the villain.

Well, she’s right, its not an Ayn Rand movie. I still liked it though.

What it actually reminded me of is this Harlan Ellison story about a world where everyone by law has to be mediocre, and the hero is the exceptional man who has to carry around 200 lbs of weights everywhere he goes. I think he stages a revolution, I can’t remember. I can’t remember the name of the story unfortunately.

So it reminded me of that story more then Ayn Rand.