Jun 21, 2020

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Why Matt Damon Should Have Been Left on Mars

By E.A. Gilmartin

Disclaimer: This is not to malign Damon, the person, but rather to make a point.

I noticed the movie, The Martian, was on cable again recently. I had seen it a few years earlier having come across it when mindlessly flipping through the channels.

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