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[pandorasblog]

So, you're in the market for pompous self-aggrandisement and OTT-ness. Where do you go? That's right, baby: the Official Tom Cruise Website. I only found out about this because at the bottom of my LJ there was a banner ad featuring a Cruise silhouette (ooh, tasteful) and "25 years". It seemed that some anniversary was being celebrated. I clicked

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[count_marius]

Well, it is Tom Cruise. And 25 years is always memorable. 25 years in the business often gets celebrated, but maybe you just didn't pay attention to such celebrations before. It's nice to celebrate fame and fortune, but it's not very interesting for the rest of us.

It's Tom Fucking Cruise though. Daft fighter pilot, battles martians and Xemu. And somewhere in those 25 years actually once did something cool and portraied the (second!) coolest Vampire ever.

[pandorasblog]

Yes, I have to think of Lestat as an abberation...

[hatter23]

And to think Will Smith, who outside of Ali, plays the same Egotistical character in every flick, has joined the cult

[scrawled]

THE SUN SHINES OUT OF TOM CRUISE'S ASS AND WE'RE ALL BASKING IN ITS GLOW, THAT'S WHY. THE EARTH ORBITS HIM AND THE CENTER OF THE GALAXY THAT SUSTAINS LIFE IS HIS OWN EGO.

he's a hack and we're finally realizing it. he built his whole career on his ability to play guys with egos [such a stretch!] and coin catchphrases and now that his crazy is out in the open, we're all realizing how better off we are without him.

and so many other actors have been in the business for far longer and aren't coming all over a website: 'LOOK I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE THE 80S AND DIDN'T WASTE AWAY FROM BLOW AND SHOULDERPADS'

the bigger a person is full of hot air the more they feel the need to put up a flash front so you don't look around their talent facade of a big smile and go, "Guys there's no building back here! WE'RE BEING TRICKED."

so in short Mr. $cientologist is probably trying to remind us all how great he was 10 years ago. "Remember when I wasn't an alien? SHOW ME THE MONEY!"

[count_marius]

Lestat was awesome, hmmkay!?

[scrawled]

Okay, one role he did great. :D and he was pretty good in Magnolia, so I hear. but everyone else was an extension of himself. which plenty of actors do, but don't feel the need to celebrate a paltry 25 years doing so lmao xD

[count_marius]

Think of it as 25 years of awesome Lestatness, only held back a little with other shit.

Maybe a little bit of Topgun. It had friggin fighting jets!

[lintwhite]

...wow.

[pandorasblog]

Do you think there's some kind of apotheosis coming up? Like one day there'll be another video like this for his 50th anniversary in showbiz, only it'll include the couch footage?

[ext_59120]

Well it reminded me I do like Minority Report and Far And Away (cheese, but I do love it). And I like The Last Samurai - even though I wish it'd actually been about the LAST DAMN SAMURAI and not a white boy playing at Bushido. And I liked Collateral.

I might have completely forgotten otherise. Hell I OWN Minority Report.

Huh, so two movies where he's Crazy Ass MoFo. One movie where he's a crazy ass mofo in love. And another movie where he's a crazy ass mofo in Japan.

[pandorasblog]

Oh yeah, I liked Minority Report too! Too bad his real-life persona tends to overshadow the rest...