tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post4968796105451940924..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: News Flash: Matt Damon is a tool.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-90677703709267523012007-07-26T22:04:00.000-04:002007-07-26T22:04:00.000-04:00Bond didn't shoot down the helicopter in From Russ...Bond didn't shoot down the helicopter in <I>From Russia With Love</I>. He shot the guy with the grenade, who dropped it inside the 'copter, where it blew up.<BR/><BR/>(channeling Homer Simpson)<BR/><BR/>Mmmmmm......Daniela Bianchi.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-50546996597053555462007-07-26T17:49:00.000-04:002007-07-26T17:49:00.000-04:00Bond is a misogynist?He doesn't appear to hate wom...Bond is a misogynist?<BR/><BR/>He doesn't appear to hate women in the movies I've seen. In fact, I'm pretty sure he loves them!Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16200955977200733006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-22033233577223932652007-07-26T10:24:00.000-04:002007-07-26T10:24:00.000-04:00Both movies are good in different ways. Is that r...Both movies are good in different ways. Is that really so difficult for him to understand?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88403849285835507312007-07-26T06:32:00.000-04:002007-07-26T06:32:00.000-04:00And Connery is still be bestest Bond ever!And Connery is still be bestest Bond ever!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-14486752569532488802007-07-26T02:37:00.000-04:002007-07-26T02:37:00.000-04:00PDB, you're reading my mail; you posted --almost w...<B>PDB</B>, you're reading my mail; you posted --almost word for word-- what I was about to type. <BR/><BR/>In most of his roles, Bond is fighting the unabashedly imperialist Cold War Soviet Union. <BR/><BR/>To quote <I>The Princess Bride</I>: <BR/>"<B>Vizzini:</B> HE DIDN'T FALL? INCONCEIVABLE. <BR/><BR/><B>Inigo Montoya:</B> You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."<BR/><BR/>Matt Damon's a real actor. He's good. And he apparently has expended a LOT of effort to fill the Bourne character: He took a lot of weapons courses, and spent half a year in boxing classes to try to move like a fighter. He's got a real gift for acting, from what I can see. <BR/><BR/>But on this issue, he's a serious knob.Matt Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500429239798601210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-80900741526311428872007-07-26T02:26:00.000-04:002007-07-26T02:26:00.000-04:00I will grant that it was an unfortunate remark and...I will grant that it was an unfortunate remark and his ego and self righteousness seem to have grown by leaps and bounds in recent years. <BR/>However, I simply cannot forget his contribution to the GREAT Kevin Smith flick, "DOGMA". I realize he was only delivering the lines Kevin wrote, but still...he did a good job in that one.HollyBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17644166795449256850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-49153646854858110832007-07-25T21:43:00.000-04:002007-07-25T21:43:00.000-04:00I'll add yet another reason - albeit a personal on...I'll add yet another reason - albeit a personal one - to your list of reasons why Bond pwns Jason Bourne: I never fell asleep during a Bond movie. Even the really dumb ones with Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand: A friend and I went to see <I>The Bourne Supremacy</I> when it came out. I dozed off for about ten minutes midway through the show; John actually fell asleep during the climactic Muscovite car chase.<BR/><BR/>And, memo to <B>David:</B> In all fairness to George Lazenby, I'd be crying over a dead Diana Rigg, too. She personified both beauty and class, which is a downright rare combination. Especially these days.<BR/><BR/>--Wes S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-18026191593116038612007-07-25T20:50:00.000-04:002007-07-25T20:50:00.000-04:00I'm still hung up on MATT DAMONs use of the word "...I'm still hung up on MATT DAMONs use of the word "imperialist". <BR/><BR/>I'd like to know what he thinks that word means. I don't think I ever saw Bond sent to the heart of darkness to keep the wogs in line.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-74003014043098593052007-07-25T19:42:00.000-04:002007-07-25T19:42:00.000-04:00Thanks to Matt Stone and Trey Parker, I'm never ab...Thanks to Matt Stone and Trey Parker, I'm never able to look at Matt Damon and hear anything coming out of his mouth other than "Matt Damon".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-7469968207995213112007-07-25T19:15:00.000-04:002007-07-25T19:15:00.000-04:00James Bond is not Joseph Conrad. I do recall read...James Bond is not Joseph Conrad. I do recall reading a Bond novel (OHMSS) serialzed in cartoon form in a foreign paper, but he didn't originate in Toonville. For that matter the Beatles were cartoon characters I used to watch, but the Monkeys were live and better.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-78864221251157386192007-07-25T19:00:00.000-04:002007-07-25T19:00:00.000-04:00Actually, Bond never did chuck Richard Keel off a ...Actually, Bond never did chuck Richard Keel off a cable car, He and Miss Goodhead jumped off at the last minute and Jaws crashed into the wheel-house.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-65528814204320330732007-07-25T18:45:00.000-04:002007-07-25T18:45:00.000-04:00After watching George Lazenby sobbing over a dead ...After watching George Lazenby sobbing over a dead Diana Riggs I pretty much lost my taste for Bond movies.David Neylonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03440053244435091067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88274081904817724892007-07-25T18:37:00.000-04:002007-07-25T18:37:00.000-04:00Tams (freely parsed): Bond . . . would totally p...<B>Tams</B> (freely parsed): <I>Bond . . . would totally pwn Jason Bourne.</I><BR/>Or, more sucinctly, in a stand up contest, Would Jason Bourne beat James Bond? Hummmm - - A question for the ages. Seems almost congruent with a similar question posed in the 1986 movie, "Stand By Me"<BR/><BR/><I><B>Vern:</B> You think Mighty Mouse could beat up Superman? <BR/><B>Teddy:</B> What are you, cracked? <BR/><B>Vern:</B> No, I saw him on TV the other day, he was holding five elephants in one hand. <BR/><B>Teddy:</B> Boy, you don't know nothing. Mighty Mouse is a cartoon. Superman's a real guy. There's no way a cartoon could beat up a real guy. <BR/><B>Vern:</B> I guess you're right. It'd be a good fight though. </I><BR/><BR/>http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0092005/quotes<BR/><BR/>But, since Jason Bourne and Bond, James Bond are both cartoon characters - - - <BR/><BR/>:-D<BR/>JPGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72071932641799062892007-07-25T18:22:00.000-04:002007-07-25T18:22:00.000-04:00Ah, Mr. Damon, I thought I noticed a spectre on yo...Ah, Mr. Damon, I thought I noticed a spectre on your shoulder. The spectre of smug ginormous ego. On a personal note, I'd probably pay to watch Sean Connery come out of retirement to read his grocery list on the big screen, but I'll wait for the next Bourne adventure to come on TV if I see it at all.<BR/><BR/>Yes to Chris, I believe in the film it was described as the somewhat non-existent AR-8 in .25 caliber. AR-7s show up from time to time in film and always are a helluva lot more impressive than in reality. I recall Charles Bronson and George C. Scott using one as well in different films in manners of pure fantasy. My brothers and I share custody of one of those original Armalites that belonged to my father. Fun to assemble and plink with, but definitely not a chopper stopper. It sure looks like something a spy should have in his brief case though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-90825770697935959292007-07-25T17:30:00.000-04:002007-07-25T17:30:00.000-04:00Actually, the rifle he used in From Russia with Lo...Actually, the rifle he used in From Russia with Love was .25..<BR/><BR/><BR/>Another plus for the Bond movies, you can actually see what's happening in the fight scenes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com