Apparently Matt Damon was portrayed that way in 'Team America' because the puppet head came out looking wrong and rather than redo it, they just went with it. As for Damon's claim about which side was right -- Team America was satirizing celebrities involved in politics and also the US as world police (the film opens with Americans essentially destroying Paris while 'saving it'). Way to miss the point, Matt.
I think Chat under plays the point. He is out thinking everyone into isolation. That's the whole movie. Robin Williams is the only one who can bring him out of it. This is a speech that shows he rationalizes to the point of absurdity. It's the same with the Love interest.
Brilliant at constructing arguments but not great at evaluating them suggests high intelligence-high bias, the worst combination of the two traits epistemically.
Apparently Matt Damon was portrayed that way in 'Team America' because the puppet head came out looking wrong and rather than redo it, they just went with it. As for Damon's claim about which side was right -- Team America was satirizing celebrities involved in politics and also the US as world police (the film opens with Americans essentially destroying Paris while 'saving it'). Way to miss the point, Matt.
Yeah, i think part of the message is that being on the right side of history doesn't mean you're bringing anything to the table.
I am watching the slow then fast death of blogging: feed some random rot into an LLM and turn it into a post. I prefer OG Bryan
Welcome back, Bryan! Matt Damon was portrayed in Team America in such negative way by accident. See https://youtu.be/kEQzAciTRUc
I think Chat under plays the point. He is out thinking everyone into isolation. That's the whole movie. Robin Williams is the only one who can bring him out of it. This is a speech that shows he rationalizes to the point of absurdity. It's the same with the Love interest.
Brilliant at constructing arguments but not great at evaluating them suggests high intelligence-high bias, the worst combination of the two traits epistemically.
Something Chat is likely missing is that one of Damon's underlying premises is that everything the US does is bad.
Love it. What a great way to start the week. And screw Matt Damon and his (wildly unjustified) arrogance anyway.