June 29
...serving up your daily dish.
... Tom Cruise!
"War of the Worlds" opens today with Tom Cruise bashing at fever pitch. And how could we ignore the boy who played Nathan Detroit right in our home town?
For your reading pleasure, a round-up of all the weirdness:
And we're looking for real authentic Glen Ridge memories of Tom Mapother.
June 29, 2005 in Controversy | Permalink
I saw the movie last night at a preview and fortunately there is no Scientology involved. The movie is surprisingly heavy for a "summer blockbuster" and genuinely frightening and moving in alternate doses. It ends in an odd way, but is thought provoking and the visual and sound effects are great. Worth $10.
Posted by: eleVate | Jun 29, 2005 12:01:07 PM
Thank you, Barista. I really can't get enough of TC. He's so pugnacious, he makes us members of OBAA look like cupcakes. To wit:
Asked in an interview with the tabloid daily Bild if he believed in aliens, Cruise said: "Yes, of course. Are you really so arrogant as to believe we are alone in this universe?
Posted by: walleroo | Jun 29, 2005 1:01:20 PM
After seeing this movie, I may need to go back on Ritalin. Tom, can you say 'chemical imbalance'?
Posted by: frosty | Jun 29, 2005 1:56:50 PM
Uh, walleroo, I hate to blow my image of probity and sobriety, but I more or less "believe" in aliens too. (And no, sillies, I don't mean the bike club of that name here.)
Well, lad, are you really so arrogant as to believe we're alone in the universe?
Posted by: cathar | Jun 29, 2005 2:33:10 PM
Apparently I underestimated the Order. All right, Tom, you can join too.
Posted by: walleroo | Jun 29, 2005 3:14:24 PM
Walleroo-
What, pray tell, is OBAA?
And should anyone need reminding, there is a perfectly wonderful original "War of the Worlds" film. Spent many a rainy day watching that, "Forbidden Planet" and "The Day the Earth Stood Still"...
Klaatu barata niktu!
Posted by: Pam | Jun 29, 2005 3:43:57 PM
I'm with you, Cathar. I certainly hope there's more to life than what we see.
Posted by: Jessica/Frustrated | Jun 29, 2005 4:27:39 PM
I'm no longer frustrated! (That was yesterday when I couldn't get the Quicktime link.)
Posted by: Jessica | Jun 29, 2005 4:29:44 PM
I'm with you, Cathar. I certainly hope there's more to life than what we see.
Posted by: Jessica/Frustrated | Jun 29, 2005 4:34:14 PM
Aren't we all still waiting here for recollections of TC back when he attended GRHS? You'd have thought some blabbermouth would have turned up by now. Has the Sea Org silenced them all with threats?
Posted by: cathar | Jun 29, 2005 5:42:08 PM
From carl sagan's Cosmos....not a direct quote...
Any alien civilization with the means(technology) to reach the earth in significant numbers would outmatch us in technology by an amaziung amount. It would be like our current military fighing against a roman legion. I dont think there is any need to fear aliens that might be out there. Agressive races would most likely self destruct before they werre able to explore more than their own planet. just look at any previous aggressor in our own history.
Posted by: Realhawker | Jun 29, 2005 11:29:53 PM
From carl sagan's Cosmos....not a direct quote...
Any alien civilization with the means(technology) to reach the earth in significant numbers would outmatch us in technology by an amaziung amount. It would be like our current military fighing against a roman legion. I dont think there is any need to fear aliens that might be out there. Agressive races would most likely self destruct before they werre able to explore more than their own planet. just look at any previous aggressor in our own history.
Posted by: Realhawker | Jun 29, 2005 11:30:17 PM
