A lot of people were taken aback by Tom Cruise's baboon-like God's Quarterback as Care Bear with Tight Trousers performance on the Oprah show last week. ("Something happened to you... Something happened to you...")
In fact, though, I find this clip from Access Hollywood a great deal more interesting and disturbing.
It takes a great and powerful actor to put this much menace into words like these:
I care, man, I care. I care about you. I care about your children. I care about these people in this room. Every one of you. And I mean it. That is not just some words to me. That is a promise.
(both via Sheila.)
Posted by Dr. Frank at June 1, 2005 06:08 PM | TrackBackCruise is a Scientologist. Of course he's menacing.
Posted by: Gary Farber at June 1, 2005 11:41 PMFind my happy place, find my happy place. Please don't point at me like that, Tom.
I think I've been reading too many conspiracy sites lately (in fact, I know I've been reading too many conspiracy sites lately), but that's so creepy it makes me think there was some trigger that launched him in to that essentially prerecorded speech. Notice the way he snaps out of it at the end with that super-fake laugh, sort of like "where the hell did that come from?"
Anyway, I'm thinking of joining the Scientologists so I can seek their protection when the hyperdimensional alien/occult forces make their crossing from the 4th density, which, according to the Prophet Yahweh (http://rigorousintuition.blogspot.com/2005/05/prophet-yahweh-stands-and-delivers.html). Lord knows my shrink can't help with that.
Posted by: Wes at June 2, 2005 01:01 AMThat should say, according to Prophet Yahweh, started yesterday.
Posted by: Wes at June 2, 2005 01:02 AMWhat's even scarier is I found myself agreeing with him on doctors and psychologists/psychiatrists, howevem I've read Dianetics by L.Ron Hubbard and found it to be a bunch of garbage. I never got out of it what he was saying. I was 16 at the time, maybe if I read it again it would take on new meaning, but I doubt it.
Posted by: Zaphod at June 2, 2005 10:58 AM
well its like i say Zaph,there is a little truth in everything. personally i prefer those who seem to have all of it,but maybe that's just my thing.
Either way, i don't trust the pharmeceutical(sp?)
industry as far as i can throw them...which isn't very far...it wasn't too long ago that institutions were nothing more than barely glorified prisons from what i've read.
I did like Brooke Shields's response to his absurd criticism of her use of medicine:
"Tom should stick to saving the world from aliens and let women who are experiencing postpartum depression decide what treatment options are best for them."
Posted by: dave bug at June 3, 2005 09:26 PMI heard Tom was a Level 52 Scientologist with +3 to Earth/Fire and 9% resists to spirit.
Damn he's a tough one.
Posted by: lucky409 at June 3, 2005 10:35 PM