Matt Damon Is Okay

Quasimodem · #1 03-23-2009, 09:19 PM

I saw a PBS program he narrated on global warming. Excellently produced, and ge got his point across.

Opinions?

Thanks

Q

Really Not All That Bright · #2 03-23-2009, 09:46 PM

He was pretty good in Rounders.

Dallas Jones · #3 03-23-2009, 09:48 PM

Global warming? I wasn't aware that Matt Damon was being used to shill for that false religion. Not as smart as I thought he was.

Sol (our sun) is a variable star. The climate of the Earth has always been changing, and always will be. It is a fantasy to believe that the world would be in a constant state of eternal bliss if not for man's evil influence.

Ice Wolf · #4 03-23-2009, 09:49 PM

Every time I see or hear Matt Damon's name, I think of Team America. It'll take a while for that to fade away ...

Really Not All That Bright · #5 03-23-2009, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ghardester

Global warming? I wasn't aware that Matt Damon was being used to shill for that false religion. Not as smart as I thought he was.

Yeah, only a total idiot would fall for that "mainstream science" nonsense!

Czarcasm · #6 03-23-2009, 09:54 PM

Moving thread from IMHO to Cafe Society.

Quasimodem · #7 03-23-2009, 10:00 PM

ICY!!!!!!!!

"Eff YEAH", Hon!

For the rest: Sorry we disagree on global warming. I just see what is being shown on tv. Can y'all point me to something else, please?

Thanks

Q

GuanoLad · #8 03-23-2009, 10:00 PM

From what I have heard, which ain't much, he seems like a genuinely nice guy, and would be a cool person to know in real life.

And the Bourne movies rock.

Bryan Ekers · #9 03-23-2009, 10:03 PM

Sarah Silverman's fucking him. That's all I know.

Small Hen · #10 03-23-2009, 10:28 PM

He wears too much eye make up. Or so I hear.

RandMcnally · #11 03-23-2009, 10:31 PM

He was kickass playing the guy who sang "Scotty Doesn't Know" in "Eurotrip."

Ichini Sanshigo · #12 03-23-2009, 10:51 PM

Wanted to second the recommendation for the Bourne series. Also, that movie where he costars with Ben Affleck and Robin Williams. I think he's like, a math genius/janitor at Harvard or something, and Robin Williams is his therapist. I only saw an except, but he was really good in that excerpt. Someday, I'll actually watch the entire movie.

Really Not All That Bright · #13 03-23-2009, 10:57 PM

Good Will Hunting. I found it unwatchable, but it won some Oscars IIRC.

jk1245 · #14 03-23-2009, 11:03 PM

Here's a funny clip of him impersonating Matthew McConaughhey.

Seems like a pretty down to Earth guy

MacTech · #15 03-23-2009, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Ice Wolf

Every time I see or hear Matt Damon's name, I think of Team America. It'll take a while for that to fade away ...

Matt Damon!!

Little Nemo · #16 03-23-2009, 11:11 PM

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Global warming? I wasn't aware that Matt Damon was being used to shill for that false religion. Not as smart as I thought he was.

You gotta do the safe picture. Then you can do the art picture. But then sometimes you gotta do a global warming documentary because the PC socialist liberal media says you owe them.

Quasimodem · #17 03-24-2009, 01:35 AM

Have you seen the program, or are you just judging Matt on your opinions of his acting?

Quasi

DianaG · #18 03-24-2009, 05:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Little Nemo

You gotta do the safe picture. Then you can do the art picture. But then sometimes you gotta do a global warming documentary because the PC socialist liberal media says you owe them.

Are you saying that global warming is a ruse to distract everyone from a 10-82?

RikWriter · #19 03-24-2009, 06:16 AM

Matt Damon is a conspiracy-theory-believing nutcase.

picker · #20 03-24-2009, 06:32 AM

Matt Damon is a lizard man who is actually in charge of global warming for the North American sector, along with Arnold Palmer and Mick Fleetwood.

Don't believe me? Tough cookies, I learned it on the Internets.

My post is my cite.

Gyrate · #21 03-24-2009, 06:40 AM

The problem with the interweb is that I can't tell how many (or if any) people in this thread are kidding. Please fix this.

Anyhoo - Matt Damon. Heard a radio interview with him and Paul Greengrass about the last Bourne film. He's quite funny and good-natured - there was a lot of joking around and poking fun at the interviewer's favorite football team. Definitely an I-could-have-a-beer-with-him kind of guy.

And reportedly he thought the Team America depiction of himself was hilarious.

Markxxx · #22 03-24-2009, 09:10 AM

Did you notice as he gets older he's getting better looking while Ben Affleck as he ages is getting worse looking?

Zsofia · #23 03-24-2009, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Gyrate

The problem with the interweb is that I can't tell how many (or if any) people in this thread are kidding. Please fix this.

Anyhoo - Matt Damon. Heard a radio interview with him and Paul Greengrass about the last Bourne film. He's quite funny and good-natured - there was a lot of joking around and poking fun at the interviewer's favorite football team. Definitely an I-could-have-a-beer-with-him kind of guy.

And reportedly he thought the Team America depiction of himself was hilarious.

pssst! I'm pretty sure the "lizard man" theory is not serious. On the other hand, I could be wrong.

Really Not All That Bright · #24 03-24-2009, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Zsofia

pssst! I'm pretty sure the "lizard man" theory is not serious. On the other hand, I could be wrong.

Oh yeah?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptili...oid#David_Icke

PeskiPiksi · #25 03-24-2009, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by RikWriter

Matt Damon is a conspiracy-theory-believing nutcase.

Really? What CT?

Aghris · #26 03-24-2009, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Really Not All That Bright

Yeah, only a total idiot would fall for that "mainstream science" nonsense!

Exactly! When it is mainstream it cannot possibly be a lie! Ask Nazi Germany, or the 1950's Communism scare.*

* Only slighty tongue in cheeck

RikWriter · #27 03-24-2009, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by PeskiPiksi

Really? What CT?

He's one of the 9-11 "Truther" kooks.

wonderlust · #28 03-24-2009, 10:21 AM

NSFW:

I'm F***ing Matt Damon

Larry Borgia · #29 03-24-2009, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by RikWriter

He's one of the 9-11 "Truther" kooks.

No he isn't.

Bosstone · #30 03-24-2009, 10:37 AM

Regarding kook quotient, he's not a known Scientologist, so he has that going for him.

He's been very enjoyable in everything I've seen. He worked really well with Clooney and Pitt in the Ocean's Eleven movies.

Elysium · #31 03-24-2009, 10:51 AM

I've always liked him as an actor. He seems to have a good sense of humor about himself and can take a ribbing. Plus, the Sarah Silverman sketch is gold.

He's cute too, and from Boston, which is +2.

ralph124c · #32 03-24-2009, 11:01 AM

oopss-I though the title was concerned about gayness, sorry

RikWriter · #33 03-24-2009, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Larry Borgia

No he isn't.

Ben Affleck said he was in an interview during the 2004 election campaign.

Little Nemo · #34 03-24-2009, 12:59 PM

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Are you saying that global warming is a ruse to distract everyone from a 10-82?

Oh, that Affleck.

Skald the Rhymer · #35 03-24-2009, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by RikWriter

Matt Damon is a conspiracy-theory-believing nutcase.

That's exactly what he WANTS you to think.

Larry Borgia · #36 03-24-2009, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by RikWriter

Ben Affleck said he was in an interview during the 2004 election campaign.

Do you have anything more substantial than that? It doesn't mention anything on his Wikipedia page and google searches reveal nothing. If you could find a link to the interview I'd appreciate it.

RikWriter · #37 03-24-2009, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Larry Borgia

Do you have anything more substantial than that? It doesn't mention anything on his Wikipedia page and google searches reveal nothing. If you could find a link to the interview I'd appreciate it.

I saw the interview on CNN...Larry King, IIRC, during the Democratic convention, I believe. I don't have a link to it because I never needed one. It stuck in my mind though...he was saying that Matt believed the government was behind 9-11 but that he didn't agree.

DianaG · #38 03-24-2009, 05:52 PM

I strongly suspect that was a joke.

RikWriter · #39 03-24-2009, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by DianaG

I strongly suspect that was a joke.

You can suspect all you want, it didn't sound like one at the time. He certainly wasn't laughing and the rest of the interview was serious...well, not grave or anything, but it wasn't a joking-around interview.

The Second Stone · #40 03-24-2009, 08:30 PM

Damon and Affleck are playing jokes on each other all the time. So I don't think that Matt Damon is gay. Not that there would be anything wrong with not being gay.

Labrador Deceiver · #41 03-24-2009, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by RikWriter

You can suspect all you want, it didn't sound like one at the time. He certainly wasn't laughing and the rest of the interview was serious...well, not grave or anything, but it wasn't a joking-around interview.

Here is a transcript of Affleck's appearance on Larry King during the 2004 Democratic Convention. He doesn't mention Matt Damon, nor does he do during his other 2004 appearance on the show.

Here is a page listing all of the transcripts of the Larry King show. It may be in there somewhere.

Tyrrell McAllister · #42 03-24-2009, 09:50 PM

The fourth link that Google returns on "Matt Damon truther" is this very thread. The other three say nothing to link Matt Damon to that conspiracy theory. That's the hallmark of a rumor coming into being before our very eyes. Certainly I'd expect the truthers to advertise it more prominently if they could claim him as one of their own

RikWriter · #43 03-25-2009, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Labrador Deceiver

Here is a transcript of Affleck's appearance on Larry King during the 2004 Democratic Convention. He doesn't mention Matt Damon, nor does he do during his other 2004 appearance on the show.

Here is a page listing all of the transcripts of the Larry King show. It may be in there somewhere.

Then it was another show. I said IIRC it was Larry King, but it very well could have been another show.

Walker in Eternity · #44 03-25-2009, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by ghardester

Sol (our sun) is a variable star. T.

No, our sun is not a variable star. While its output does change it is only by about 0.1% and that is over an 11 year cycle. Many stars outputs change by this amount, they are not all variables.

True variable stars have greater changes in luminosity and shorter periods.

BTW, what is a 10-82? Never heard of this in the UK.

Kobal2 · #45 03-25-2009, 06:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Walker in Eternity

BTW, what is a 10-82? Never heard of this in the UK.

It's from a Kevin Smith movie - Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back IIRC. It's the radio code for "dead hooker in Ben Affleck's trailer".

DianaG · #46 03-25-2009, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by RikWriter

Then it was another show. I said IIRC it was Larry King, but it very well could have been another show.

So what you're saying is that you believe that Matt Damon is a conspiracy theorist based on something you vaguely remember Ben Affleck saying five years ago on some show or other, not really sure about that, despite the overwhelming lack of other evidence?

RickJay · #47 03-25-2009, 07:21 AM

All I care about is that he's an excellent actor. I mean, seriously, the dude has big time acting chops.

Beyond that I don't care if he's a Scientologist, a "Truther," or a Mormon. He could even move in next door for all I care as long as he keeps Affleck off my lawn.

RikWriter · #48 03-25-2009, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by DianaG

So what you're saying is that you believe that Matt Damon is a conspiracy theorist based on something you vaguely remember Ben Affleck saying five years ago on some show or other, not really sure about that, despite the overwhelming lack of other evidence?

I remember it. You don't have to believe it, it doesn't affect my self esteem whether you do or not.

DianaG · #49 03-25-2009, 09:59 AM

I'm just enjoying the irony, is all.

tds1273 · #50 03-25-2009, 11:19 AM

I enjoy him as an actor from Rounds to Bourne to the View Askew-niverse(Kevin Smith movies), but what got me to appreciate his politics was that fine line during the height of Sarah Palin-mania, (paraphrased) "It's like the plot of a really bad Disney movie".

And yeah, his name really can't be said any other way after Team America.

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