{"id":19400,"date":"2015-06-11T14:30:27","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T21:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/?p=19400"},"modified":"2015-06-22T14:44:09","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T21:44:09","slug":"martian-else-strand-matt-damon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/awesomeness\/martian-else-strand-matt-damon\/","title":{"rendered":"The Martian: Where Else Should We Strand Matt Damon?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Based on the bestselling novel of the same name,\u00a0<em>The Martian<\/em> is an upcoming film where Matt Damon gets stranded on a planet that isn&#8217;t earth. This movie is not a sequel, or prequel, to Christopher Nolan&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Interstellar<\/em>, a film where Matt Damon gets stranded on a planet that isn&#8217;t earth.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"620\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ue4PCI0NamI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Of all the trends that Hollywood could muster, this might just be the most promising as a potential incubator for future world-class films, especially the kind where Matt Damon gets stranded somewhere that isn&#8217;t the planet earth. As such, I&#8217;m taking it upon myself to brainstorm places we can put Matt Damon.<\/p>\n<h2>In Limbo:<em> 2015: A Damon Odyssey<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19449\" src=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/3.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"3\" width=\"600\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/3-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The ending of\u00a0<em>2001: A Space Odyssey<\/em>, it turns out, was always incomplete. Behind the monolith was always the Damon, awaiting the opportune moment to lay enlightenment on us all.<\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19451\" src=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1-2.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"1 (2)\" width=\"736\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1-2.jpg 736w, https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1-2-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/>In a Computer:\u00a0<em>The Damons in the Machine<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Inside every computer is an entire world, an entire universe, even. Inside every gun inside every computer is a cartridge of Damons. May they fly true.<\/p>\n<h2>In Ben Affleck&#8217;s Shadow:\u00a0<em>Batman and Not Robin (Just Damon)<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19448\" src=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/4.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"4\" width=\"700\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/4.jpg 700w, https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/4-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You might see this as a jab at Matt Damon. But how could Matt Damon be stranded beneath a Ben Affleck if the Ben Affleck is only the size of one little man? But Ben Affleck doesn&#8217;t see it that way. His shadow encompasses the whole universe.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"620\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GtkST5-ZFHw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Alright, it&#8217;s also a jab at Damon. But then what was this entire article for?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m really asking you. I don&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n<h2>The Sun:\u00a0<em>Were There a Damon Too Bright<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19450\" src=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2-2.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"2 (2)\" width=\"736\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2-2.jpg 736w, https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2-2-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We all have existential moments looking at the sun. Why is it there? What magnificent creature awaits us within? &#8216;Twas Damon, he of light and majesty, who compelled such thoughts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based on the bestselling novel of the same name,\u00a0The Martian is an upcoming film where Matt Damon gets stranded on a planet that isn&#8217;t earth. 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