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>Matt Damon, who compared the advent of virtual money to the development of aviation and spaceflight in a critically panned but widely seen Crypto.com ad last y

>Matt Damon, who compared the advent of virtual money to the development of aviation and spaceflight in a critically panned but widely seen Crypto.com ad last year, did not respond to requests to weigh in. Sorry but what is this? Does anyone watching Matt Damon in a superb owl advert think "Oh Matt Damon is personally in favor of this" and not "Matt Damon is being paid to read this script". Does this author think that George Clooney just really fucking loves Nespresso?

cguess 4y ago
There's a reason celebrity endorsements work (companies wouldn't do them if they didn't). Even if people know it's a script it's still "something they believe in because otherwise they wouldn't say it."
- dtagames 4y ago
  Larry David admitted he didn't know anything about crypto before doing his ad[0]. The dismissive comments he makes in his usual character's style are actually the right response to most crypto projects! But George Clooney does probably love Nespresso. :-) [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH5-rSxilxo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH5-rSxilxo
daniel-cussen 4y ago
That's why I stopped watching video, with rare exceptions like dancing. No drama, no comedy, nothing. Main form of entertainment is listening to music, in bed, staring at the ceiling. Because drama and comedy...so George Clooney is always playing George Clooney. Matt Damon is always playing Matt Damon. They're always acting naturally at a deeper level, and they have to have for celebrity reasons a semi-consistent persona in every role. Like Matthew McConaughey, also semi-consistent. I liked his rom-coms while I could still watch them. So in the end it's playing dress-up really. And it's lies. The second problem is the 2 spatial dimensions, everything you see in 2D is lies. Everything. It's just too easy to distort. That's why I like Hacker News, the social network for essays, it's all just text. Could do it with audio alone.

cguess 4y ago

There's a reason celebrity endorsements work (companies wouldn't do them if they didn't). Even if people know it's a script it's still "something they believe in because otherwise they wouldn't say it."

dtagames 4y ago
Larry David admitted he didn't know anything about crypto before doing his ad[0]. The dismissive comments he makes in his usual character's style are actually the right response to most crypto projects! But George Clooney does probably love Nespresso. :-) [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH5-rSxilxo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH5-rSxilxo

daniel-cussen 4y ago

That's why I stopped watching video, with rare exceptions like dancing. No drama, no comedy, nothing. Main form of entertainment is listening to music, in bed, staring at the ceiling. Because drama and comedy...so George Clooney is always playing George Clooney. Matt Damon is always playing Matt Damon. They're always acting naturally at a deeper level, and they have to have for celebrity reasons a semi-consistent persona in every role. Like Matthew McConaughey, also semi-consistent. I liked his rom-coms while I could still watch them. So in the end it's playing dress-up really. And it's lies. The second problem is the 2 spatial dimensions, everything you see in 2D is lies. Everything. It's just too easy to distort. That's why I like Hacker News, the social network for essays, it's all just text. Could do it with audio alone.