Tom Cruise's 25 most memorable roles

It appears I gave up on Tom Cruise a lot earlier than I had thought I did. I think I've only seen one or two of his movies since the new millennium. I can not stand to even look at his mug anymore.

[SIZE="3"]Kath,[/SIZE] [SIZE="4"]Kath,[/SIZE] [SIZE="5"]Kath! [/SIZE]No, you see. Here's the problem. [I]You don't know the history of psychiatry.[/I][B]I do![/B] Otherwise you would have seen all of the Tom Cruise films... [CENTER][IMG]http://drinkthis.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/cruise_lauer.jpg[/IMG] [/CENTER]

HA! But that's my point exactly. I don't mind drunken Mel making racial slurs or whatever. It doesn't affect my desire to watch his movies. Nor do I have a problem with Britney's music. Tom Cruise is a nut job and I don't care what his religious or spiritual beliefs are just don't preach or spout off that non-sense and make to be a superior being because of those beliefs.

I just watched the Secret Tom Cruise Scientologist Indoctrination Video that hit the web yesterday. It was pulled from youtube (via a DMCA writ) but kindly [URL="http://defamer.com/344987/the-tom-cruise-indoctrination-video-scientologists-dont-want-you-to-see"][U]rehosted by the Defamer[/U].[/URL] Obviously [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology"]Scientology[/URL] did not want the public at large to see it. [IMG]http://cache.defamer.com/assets/resources/2008/01/cruise-youtube.jpg[/IMG] Oh and he is absolutely crazy, using the medical definition of the word! Fear the SP's, and KSW! [CENTER][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-meter"][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Scientology_e_meter_blue.jpg/300px-Scientology_e_meter_blue.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Mark Super VII Quantum [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-meter"]E-meter[/URL][/CENTER]

OMG! I didn't understand a word that freak uttered! Not one complete or intelligent sentence in that whole video. I just want to rescue poor Katie and says wake up sweetie, you are in a cult. Take your baby and RUN!!! But keep the look because Wow, Joey Potter you are not.

[quote=Kathleen;4827]OMG! I didn't understand a word that freak uttered! Not one complete or intelligent sentence in that whole video. I just want to rescue poor Katie and says wake up sweetie, you are in a cult. Take your baby and RUN!!! But keep the look because Wow, Joey Potter you are not.[/quote] Creepy! I loved the part where he was chortling in laughter trying to tell the story about meeting an SP. Ahahahaha!....ummm...ok, come again? Oh, and the whole I know, so I know. You are either on board or not on board. I know and I have to do something about it, as I know....blah blah....Yes Tom, we know you know the big spaceship is coming to pick you up from the planet Xemu in the next year or two and you need to prepare for your ascension, but in the mean time would you consider maybe taking some tasty Thorazine, administered thrice daily? It does the body good (I promise!) and I think everyone in your general vicinity would feel much safer! Very, very scary stuff. I feel for Katie. She is in such deep trouble right now that I doubt there is an easy way out. I wonder if he was this psycho when he was with Nicole? Maybe that is why they parted ways. She got out before it was too late.

Looks like the Scientology cult is still at work trying to threaten and suppress! Maybe they should read up on the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect"]Streisand effect.[/URL] Here is a take down notice and reply from [URL="http://gawker.com/5002319/church-of-scientology-claims-copyright-infringement"]Gawker[/URL]: [IMG]http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gawker/2008/01/Picture%2017-1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gawker/2008/01/Picture%2084.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gawker/2008/01/Picture%2016.jpg[/IMG]

[quote=Bacchus;4970]Looks like the Scientology cult is still at work trying to threaten and suppress! Maybe they should read up on the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect"]Streisand effect.[/URL] [/quote] Thanks for the link of the Streisand effect. I had forgotten about that, I am not a fan of that woman. I am so disappointed in Tom, he used to be my favorite Movie star and now I cannot stand to watch his movies. He has ruined his career and ruined Dawson's Creek for me to boot. I now can't watch reruns of Joey and Dawson because I think of Joey being a prisoner by some madman.

[B]Tom Cruise Scientology-Video Glossary: What Is He Talking About?[/B] Tom Cruise talks for nine minutes in his instantly famous Scientology video -- now, can anyone figure out what he's actually [I]saying[/I]? Apparently, non-Scientologists are just "spectators." It's a far nicer thing to call us -- kind of like "Muggles in "Harry Potter" -- than the term they usually use, "wog," which is more equivalent to the derogatory "Mudbloods" in the "Potter" books. Here's a breakdown of some of the other Scientologese words, acronyms and turns of phrase -- culled from a variety of sources, including books, Web sites, and current and former church members -- that might get lost in translation: [B]LRH[/B]: L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology and author of sci-fi books such as "Battlefield Earth" and "Mission Earth." [B]"I take this as a *******"[/B]: What was that sound? A furball? Actually, a "*******" -- a *******nowledgement -- means you were encouraged. In LRH's communication theory, you have to give signals to pre-clears (people who have not yet "cleared" themselves of unwanted emotions) -- like "good," "OK," "I got that." Get that? [B]KSW[/B]: Keeping Scientology Working. Refers to a policy LRH published in 1965 that requires all Scientologists to follow his words and rules exactly. [B]"It is something that you have to earn"[/B]: Cruise is referring to taking Scientology courses. According to the church, to get to the higher levels of Scientology -- he's an OT VII, the highest level is OT VIII -- you must complete a number of courses and auditing sessions, a sort of Scientological take on the Catholic confession. And it all costs; depending on your level, the tab for wisdom can be hundreds if not thousands of dollars. To finally learn what the basis of Scientology's precepts are (about how we got remnants of space aliens known as thetans trapped in our system), you must attain the level of OT III. The secrets of Xenu aren't free! [B]"Am I going to look at that guy or am I too afraid?"[/B]: Cruise's relentless stare is actually a technique from "Success Through Communication" training routine (TR) drills. According to former and current members, pre-clears have to learn to look someone straight in the eye for hours. It's supposed to generate self-confidence and intimidate the other party. No blinking! [B]"... Because I have my own out-ethics"[/B]: The church says ethics are moral choices but belong to a distinct moral system, based on LRH's book "Introduction to Scientology Ethics." If you misbehave, you have "out-ethics." If you're behaving, you have your ethics "in." To put your ethics "in" someone else, as Cruise later says, is to make someone else conform. [B]"The ability to create new and better realities and improve conditions"[/B]: "Conditions" refer to LRH principles, which are charted on a scale. It's a Scientologist's goal to "improve conditions," which means improving your relationship with yourself and to those within your group. The "conditions" (in order) are: confusion, treason, enemy, doubt, liability, nonexistence, danger, emergency, normal, affluence, power change and power, according to numerous accounts of church practices. These are the practical applications of "ethics." [B]Tech[/B]: Otherwise known as "ethics tech." The methods and principles learned in Scientology courses. [B]"Orgs are there to help"[/B]: Not Orcs from "Lord of the Rings" -- orgs, as in Scientology churches and other organizations, such as Narconon, Criminon and Second Chance, all of which can be found online. [B]Criminon[/B]: Scientology group that recruits through prisons, promising alcohol and drug rehabilitation. [B]SP[/B]: "Suppressive Person." An SP is someone who commits suppressive acts, like murder, criticizing Scientology or altering LRH's teachings, according to former and current members. Journalists are automatically considered SPs because they traffic in bad news and so are barred from entering Scientology. Psychiatrists would also be SPs, so Cruise says, "Crush these guys! I've had it! No mercy! None! Go to guns!" as a call to arms. Since all's fair in war, LRH once issued a policy called "Fair Game" that decreed that anyone who opposed Scientology could be "tricked, sued or lied to and destroyed." The church says it no longer officially practices this, however, it is still a fairly contentious organization. [B]PTS[/B]: "Potential Trouble Sources," as in Scientologists who are losing the faith or are being influenced by an SP. [B]PTS/SP[/B]: A course in how to "handle" and/or "disconnect" PTS and SPs, which usually costs about $1,600, according to estimates from church members. [B]"Ways to Happiness"[/B]: Actually, "A Way to Happiness," a booklet of the Scientology version of the 10 Commandments, except theirs has 21 Commandments. The number-one precept is "Take Care of Yourself." Also on the list: "Don't Be Promiscuous," "Set a Good Example," "Do Not Murder," "Do Not Harm a Person of Good Will" and "Flourish and Prosper." Perhaps "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry said it more succinctly: "Live long and prosper." [ via [URL="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1579963/20080118/index.jhtml"]MTV[/URL] ]

thanks for posting that. Makes much more sense now, if not creepier. :eekout:

This is crazy!!! No wonder there are so many classes you have to take to move up, my eyes glossed over reading this terminology. I know this girl that was in my company that was bat-crazy, our company was trying to get rid of her because she was selling crazy to our customers instead of our products. She kept on talking in all these crazy terms and theories. The craziest thing I remember was she had pinpointed the exact time her father had scarred her was when he failed to kill a cock-roach when she was 13 and it scarred her for life. Turns out it was the e-meter that picked up on this from her energy or something like that. Which is a scientology vehicle for blackmail, it seems to me. I tried to talk to her about getting help but she refused to listen she was entrenched.

[url]http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2008/01/tom-cruise-scientology-sec-whole-track-questionnaire.php#more[/url] crazy questionnaire on radaronline.

HA! OMG! Thanks for sharing that chopkins. I'm having a hard time believing that is the actual test. Any sane person wanting to be or thinking about being 'clear' would run for the freakin' hills. I read the comments and I loved the last one. [QUOTE]chitown8: This would be great as a Mastercard commercial... Enslaving a population...$35 Killing the wrong person...$100 Tearing out a tongue...$15 Getting "clear" by a bunch of phonies who've taken their love of science fiction way to far...priceless.[/QUOTE]

[CENTER] [B]Let the Spoofing Begin![/B] [/CENTER]

[CENTER]<a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/3f716ffebe" rel="nofollow">the parody video Tom Cruise WANTS you to see!</a> on <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com" rel="nofollow">FunnyOrDie.com</a> [B]Jerry totally nailed the laugh![/B] [/CENTER]

that is some funny shit.

[U][URL="http://www.topsocialite.com/67-celebrities-who-are-scientologists/"]67 Celebrities Who Are Scientologists [/URL][/U] I was shocked seeing some of the names on this list. My opinion of them is irrevicably changed forever...

[QUOTE=Kathleen;1841]Tom Cruise is a nut job and I don't care what his religious or spiritual beliefs are just don't preach or spout off that non-sense and make to be a superior being because of those beliefs.[/QUOTE] He has been told that he is a superior being. He has been likened to Jesus Christ of scientology by none other than the current head of scientology - David MisCaviage

[QUOTE=Bacchus;8932]I was shocked seeing some of the names on this list. My opinion of them is irrevicably changed forever...[/QUOTE] I give the following some slack because they were born into it: Masterson Brothers Beck Chick from Grounded for life I think Jason Lee I'm really dissapointed in Jason Lee and the other guy from my name is Earl. I like the stuff both of them have done. I wonder if Jason Lee got the other guy into it. Laura Prepon was definitely recruited by Danny Masterson

[quote=markt_99;8945] Laura Prepon was definitely recruited by Danny Masterson[/quote] I was shocked to see Prepon and Cathrine Bell! Also, I was really digging Esai Morales on Jericho, but now I think he is a quack...

I think this is the best Cruise spoof yet. He just has the mannerisms down, lol. [CENTER] [/CENTER]

Spooky. I don't like movie spoofs but this one actually looks funny.