Rogue Slayer ([info]_rogue_slayer_) wrote,
@ 2005-06-27 09:25:00
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Ok, so it seems several of my coworkers aren't going to see War of the Worlds because Tom Cruise is insane. Is anyone else 'boycotting' the movie because of his antics? I probably will see it, but it's already tainted...

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[info]frelling_tralk
2005-06-27 09:41 am UTC (link)
there's a petition

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[info]_rogue_slayer_
2005-06-27 10:08 am UTC (link)
Ooh! Where??

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[info]killerweasel
2005-06-27 09:45 am UTC (link)
Me.

He's bonkers, and the more I see of him everywhere, the less I want to see the movie. Unless he's torn to shred by the aliens. Then I'll watch.

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[info]_rogue_slayer_
2005-06-27 10:07 am UTC (link)
Well, I'll let ya know if he does get torn to shreds by the evil Xenu...oh wait, that's *real* life, not the movie...

I'm so getting a Mel Gibson feeling, where everything he's done will be tainted by his wacked out beliefs and insistence on forcing them on everyone...

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[info]crossbow1
2005-06-27 10:20 am UTC (link)
Bah. If you're gonna boycott movies because there are insane people in them, you'll never see another movie.

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[info]_rogue_slayer_
2005-06-27 12:30 pm UTC (link)
Good point. I wouldn't so much boycott it as just wouldn't enjoy it as much...

Except, well, I made a conscious decision to never see The Passion. Partly because Mel went nuts and partly because the topic doesn't interest me.

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[info]crossbow1
2005-06-27 12:37 pm UTC (link)
Mel is nuts, but he's still a good actor. I didn't see the Passion but I wanted to because it looked so cool, and they speak a dead language - I would be really into that!

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[info]lexslave
2005-06-27 11:03 am UTC (link)
i prob won't see it til it comes out on video. but, yeah, right now, i wouldn't be focusing on the movie, i'd still be concerned on whi the F&^@#$% hell tom has lost his mind. *sigh*

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[info]_rogue_slayer_
2005-06-27 12:31 pm UTC (link)
No no, Tom hasn't lost his mind. He's found 'himself'... ;)

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[info]sassykat59
2005-06-27 11:31 am UTC (link)
I'd see the movie, but the man has gone completely bonkers. He now thinks he's qualified to speak about psychological issues. *rolls eyes* The man is a raving lunatic of late. He's sounding like a cult leader spewing cult doctrine. He reminds me of a puppet. Someone pulls the strings and he says what they feed him.

What's more scary is that the guy actually believes what he's saying.

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[info]_rogue_slayer_
2005-06-27 12:35 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, he has a high school degree and now he's an educated expert on psychiatry and psychology.

But yes, nothing more scary than a nut with a cause he believes in.

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[info]yoggel
2005-06-27 12:01 pm UTC (link)
It's like crowbow1 said.

So I am doing the opposite here: avoid all interviews, change channel whenever he appears etc. - works pretty fine.

Cruise has been a member of that sect since like forever, no wonder he had to turn to the dark side one day. Have you read one of Hubbard's books? Ugh.

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[info]yoggel
2005-06-27 12:02 pm UTC (link)
erm, that should say crossbow1.

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[info]_rogue_slayer_
2005-06-27 12:29 pm UTC (link)
No no! I like crowbow.

It's like when I get called 'rouge slayer' all the time over at whedonesque... :)

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[info]_rogue_slayer_
2005-06-27 12:36 pm UTC (link)
I've never read one of his books, but I've heard they're crap.

And yeah, I read today that Tom got his sisters and mom to 'convert', and that every movie set he's on, he sets up a 'Scientology tent' so the cast and crew can learn about it. Yay...I'd love to work with him.

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What Would Xenu Do??
[info]_cellar_dweller
2005-06-27 02:57 pm UTC (link)
Yeah and he recently fired his publicist and gave the job to his fellow thrall sister. See the results... I know I should cut someone's work loose from their personality, but sometimes it's hard. Mel and Tom would be two examples of that. Can you say 'off the deep end'??

I bet Spielberg is groaning every time Tom goes off again. Of course WotW is a big ass Spielberg summer blockbuster, so I doubt it will tank. But I've heard of so many people that plan on 'boycotting' the flic because of Tom 'Basketcase' Cruise that I really wonder how much it's going to hurt, and what would (or is going to) happen to a Tom Cruise movie that is more low key than this. I think Tom's antics are really gonna hurt him in the long run.

Ah well, to quote his new Geisha Katie: "It's like.....wow!"

Indeed Katie, indeed......;-)

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