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Matt Damon Looks Like He's Having Issues In These New ELYSIUM Shots
Nordling here.
We know next to nothing about Neill Blomkamp's ELYSIUM except that it's a science fiction film set on a distant planet in the future and is something of a political thriller as well. It stars Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, and Matt Damon, and in these pictures it looks like Damon's having some difficulty with some future tech gear strapped to his chest. His facial expression suggests that he needs to find a Port-a-Potty PDQ. Kidding aside, ELYSIUM sounds very interesting and Blomkamp certainly knows how to make a riveting film, so no worries there. Now we know why Damon's had his head shaved:
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He's running back to his trailer.
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aka The Condor, an usung hero of film production
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Die Free thinking Liberal Socialist Commie!
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If you didn't see him in Police Squad 1 and 2, do it NOW! Brazilian actress Alice braga is also in it!
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Spoilers?
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That third pic is hilarious.
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Aug. 10, 2011, 4:58 p.m. CST
never thought Matt Damon would venture agin into the sci-fi thing after the tame Adjustment Bureau
by Squinty CGI Flynn
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...Never liked Bane as a character. I wonder why, outside of the Joker, Nolan has used nothing but 2nd and 3rd tier villains for his films? First film featured Scarecrow, Ra's Al Ghul and Zsaz. This film has Bane and Talia Al Ghul...and although it has Catwoman, it seems like she has more a hero than villain and has more in common with Batgirl/Batwoman in this movie. Rambling..
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Aug. 10, 2011, 5:10 p.m. CST
That's awesome...this is on my to-see list. I love films where the protagonist experiences a great deal of suffering because I can relate
by Bobo_Vision
*tear*
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Aug. 10, 2011, 5:11 p.m. CST
Somebody call Mickey Rourke, Damon stole his Whiplash Harness
by DarthRazor
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Sure he was BOURNE, he's worked with some of today's greatest film directors, and he's outspoken in his support of the nation's educators... but whenever I see/hear this guy's name, all I can think of is the puppet from Team America.
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And cheets on his tomboy beanpole.
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but he doesn't need a rug yet like his best girl, Ben.
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Anyone know the details here? I don't know anything about this project. That gear, in the context of him struggling to move, makes me think of someone on a high-gravity planet trying to run with machine assistance. Either that, or he's been in space and his muscles have deteriorated. In either case, that's kind of a hard sci-fi approach for Hollywood and I would be interested to know more.
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Maybe the planet's gravity is so great they need harnesses to get around with. Or he has Scoliosis.
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Not sure what it means though. It will be tough to top District 9. But I guess Tarantino topped Reservoir Dogs with Pulp...interested to see this follow up by him.
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please?
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Matt's makin' a run for the border.
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Yay!
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2012 better not usher in the apocalypse before I see either of them.
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Guy needs to take time off. He's horrendously overexposed right now. He's hurting his career.
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...fortunately, immortality ain't one.
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Give this guy a blank check and let him paint.
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While I wasn't as enthralled as most with Blokamp's first movie, it showed promise.
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that Winona used to date that ugly chode...makes me sick.
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Aug. 10, 2011, 7:59 p.m. CST
crazybubba the pessimist says Blomkamp will have a sophmore slump
by crazybubba
that's just how bad my luck is. Any director I like is guaranteed to lay an egg.
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Sorry, I just wanna know what it's like to be one of 'cool' kids.
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He shaved his head because it's easier to fit up his ass that way.
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Or however u spell it. I bet he is an ex soldier (shaved head) and lost the use of his arms and legs in battle and got that tech put on him so he can move.
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Yeah those are just paparazzi shots of Damon without his hairpiece. The tubey things are constraints/GPS so he doesn't wander too far from the home. The pained expressions are a combination of severe osteoporosis and the fact that he missed his prunes when he ran away.
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Aug. 10, 2011, 10:49 p.m. CST
Hi exo-skeleton ate a bad shrimp...and YES BRING THIS ON...District 9 best recent sci-fi next to rise of the apes
by quantize
NUFF SED
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Aug. 10, 2011, 10:50 p.m. CST
'Matt Damon has lots of issues...' yeh like being a million times more intelligent than every Tea Party fuckhead
by quantize
hey he's so fucking cool he didn't even care when South Park shit on him...THATS FUCKING COOL
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Aug. 10, 2011, 11:11 p.m. CST
Duncan Jones and Niel Blompkamp setting the standard for young Filmmakers..
by ganymede3010
It's safe to say it's going to be a bright future for the sci-fi genre. And Holy Fuck, I didn't know Duncan Jones was David Bowe's son?
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True Grit don't count because it was what we call an ensemble. The one thing any entertainer can do to totally make sure he doesn't have a career is not giving the fans what they want from him. Sadly he became and action star and thats what his core audience expects, but sadly I don't think he has an audience anymore because of all the flops he has been doing. Always give the audience what they want!
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Aug. 11, 2011, 12:53 a.m. CST
This is what happens when Matt Damon eats food catered by a right-wing Republican chef
by MrMysteryGuest
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Now that was funny. LOL!
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Aug. 11, 2011, 2:13 a.m. CST
too less hair and too short he aint gonna play superman and bane
by captaindickbloodsrobot
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FUCKING MARCH 2013? Jesus H Blomkamp. Anyways... must... not... overload... self... yet. I'll allow myself to start getting pumped starting around June 9th, 2012.
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Is he the puppeteer or the puppet? No way to know yet since cgi elements could enhance the suits look.
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It's funny, the first thing I thought of when I saw that funky contraption was Bane. And theres 2 other guys with smartass comments about Bane as well. Whered the Batman talkbacks go? lol
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He's just being filmed by a shitty cameraman.
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I knew they still pulled his strings. It explains his wooden acting!
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young Doug found a time machine and travelled into the future to star in movies as 'Matt Damon' whilst alternating back and forth in the timeline to also star in stuff like Land That Time Forgot and Warlords of Atlantis as Doug McClure James Brolin also does this as Christian Bale glad to have cleared that up for everyone
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Aug. 11, 2011, 7:30 a.m. CST
swivile bobble fizz fizz - did Johnny Moronic put K Reeves off Sci Fi?
by CARTMANEZ
every big name actor signs up to the next sci fi project in hopes its going to be their 'Blade Runner'....even after a SF turkey...
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..bet he's playing a paraplegic character...in the future!
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Remember geeks when you were in school and the facist jocks would abuse you? Now, you're on their side?
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Is that he's got major anxiety stomach cramps from the quote/unquote rich people who told him that he's a crappy actor and to go fuck himself after he tried to brow-beat them into paying more taxes.
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Hadn't considered that. But come to think of it the Bourne trilogy were I think the only films to become hits, where he was the star. I know the Ocean's films were hits, but those were ensemble movies as well. Still I do think he's a good actor and I can't wait for Elysium! District 9 was still the best film of the last couple of years in this "less shallow" assbead's opinion.(I'm refering to myself in jest here mr. kurtz, let's not start a war all over again. Especially since we agree this time)
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Run forest, RUN! I think Matt Damon is one of the biggest douche bags in Hollywood. He's a posturing elitist know-it-all who feels the same way about himself as Charlie Sheen does.
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The suit Matt Damon is wearing reminds me of one mentioned in a Ben Bova book I read as a kid. In it the guy had to wear the exoskeleton after living in Zero-G for most of his life because his bones had grown too brittle to deal with Earth Gravity. Could it be that Matts character has never been in full gravity before and lived in space all his life hence the struggling (not discounting the red blood like stain on his top either here) and pained look on his face?
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shoot a serious load on that guy in the last picture. Looks like he's conjuring up his very own bukkake special.
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Enjoy 2012 boys. I mean girls.
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...having to take a massive brown bastard, and some hood rat shanks you in the guts, spilling the chocolate filling all over your insides. One thing to have your insides on your outside, but another thing to have it all covered in shit, and only feet away from the potty.
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