Tom Cruise Bullies Paramount about South Park Scientology episode

[Marnieworld]

http://www.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix/pagesix.htm

HOLLYWOOD bully Tom Cruise got Comedy Central to cancel Wednesday night's cablecast of a controversial "South Park" episode about Scientology by warning that he'd refuse to promote "Mission Impossible 3," insiders say.
Since Paramount is banking on "MI3" to rake in blockbuster profits this summer, and Paramount is owned by Viacom, which also owns Comedy Central, the tactic worked.

The "South Park" episode, "Trapped in the Closet," pokes fun at Scientology and shows Cruise, John Travolta and R. Kelly (who is not a Scientologist, but has a song called "Trapped in the Closet") literally in a closet.

The episode, which first aired last November, was set to rerun Wednesday night, but was mysteriously pulled at the last minute.

More at link
http://www.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix/pagesix.htm

This really pissed me off because I had Tivoed it in anticipation. It was brilliant when I saw it in November but I had no idea that I wouldn't be able to see it again. There is a a sequence in it that animates the Scientology creation myth that will blow your mind.

Cruise is such an asshole to want things censored that he disagrees with. I personally think he is becoming such a joke that his career will be seriously harmed by it.

[Danieljay]

1. Tom Cruise has proved himself a dillweed n/t

[LiviaOlivia]

2. Sticks and stones Tommy boy.

I thought this guy was a liberal.

[truebrit71]

3. He's a brain-washed dimwit...

...and a REALLY crappy actor....

[unblock]

13. hollywood isn't about acting. it's about the look.

they got tom cruise because he can look intense.
they got kevin costner because he can look like an all-american guy-next-door.
they got pierce brosnan because he can look suave.
they got ahnold because he can look strong.

and dustin hoffman can't get a leading role anymore because his talent is actual acting.

[unblock]

5. protecting your cult knows no political allegience.

[MrModerate]

4. Scientologist = Crackpot; Scientologist = Incipient brownshirt

Easily led, able to swallow buckets of bilge without blinking, and really, really paranoid. Brooks Brothers culties. Sci-fi fans who lost track of the "fi." Losers and bullies.

i.e., dillweeds.

[DarkTirade]

51. Scientology was started on a bet from what I heard

And based loosely on an episode of Star Trek.

[Hardrada]

64. Actually it began in Astounding SF Magazine in 1950.

John Campbell, the otherwise astute ASF editor was bamboozled by L. Ron Hubbard for awhile and let him have one whole issue of ASF to promote his SF idea which was morphing into a religion. The other SF editors of the time razzed him for this.

[MADem]

6. Career WILL BE seriously harmed?

You are too kind! I think his antics have already made him a laughingstock.

All this wanker has done with his histronics is ensure that when they put that episode on DVD, the thing will sell like hotcakes. What a foolish putz!

I don't know anyone who can watch any infotainment item about him without making some snarky comment about "Who's really the baby-daddy?" or "How long can he cower behind the winter wardrobe?" A 80+ year old relative of mine recently made a reference to his absurd behavior in that context...and one who isn't glued to the TV gossip shows, either!

[soulcore]

7. So now influence buys censorship, although...

If I was a part of a religion that believed an ancient galactic ruler named Xenu put all the excess population (numbering in the billions) on Earth, placed them unconscious around all the worlds’ volcanoes, then dropped nukes into said volcanoes, killing them all, then their spirits were shown movies of Christ, etc, and that’s where all our religious and suppressed beliefs come from, and so now these “body thetans" inhabit our bodies and make us evil, etc ...

I wouldn’t want that shit made public either.

[Marnieworld]

14. ssshhhh don't tell

don't you know you have to be a level OT III Thetan before you have that knowledge? ;-)

Anyone wanting to know more about Scientology should read this long but oh so good article from Rolling Stone.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/9363363/inside_scientology?rnd=1141244363827&has-player=true&version=6.0.12.1069

[soulcore]

17. Then I must be some kind of prodigy, able to handle such dangerous info

and all without being parted from any of my money or having to undergo "body thetan" removal.

I am truly blessed.

[Marnieworld]

22. But are you "clear"?

It will be about $20 K to find out.

[soulcore]

30. Actually...

Yeah, I am.

Must be one of those natural OT 9's.

[havocmom]

8. Has he been checked for rabies?

Might wanna put a muzzle on him and take him to a vet.

[PetraPooh]

9. Sounds like we overwhelm Paramont till Tommy comes round.

Y'know we can all play this game. He won't promote MI3 if this episode of Southpark is aired. . . SOOOOOO, we should inundate Paramont with emails saying we will boycott MI3 unless it is aired AND Tom does his job of promoting MI3. On my way to do just that. Don't let me be too alone, k?

[Ediacara]

82. I checked their site

No email, but we're free to send them a letter or call them on the phone.
http://www.paramount.com/studio/contact.htm

[genieroze]

10. Tell him to stay in the freaking closet and throw away the key.

I seen the episode and thought it was hilarious. That show makes fun of many actors and actresses. They even poke fun at Jesus and Satan. He's just another religious nut trapped in a shell. I say we boycott MI3.

[gonefishing]

11. The lady doth protest too much

[porphyrian]

12. Scientology is famous for using this tactic.

Not for using Cruise specifically, but for putting pressure on anyone who speaks out against them.

[Marnieworld]

16. exactly

In the episode the credits were all either John or Jane Smith because they didn't want retribution.

[Caoimhe]

24. I knew some scientologists growing up and they

were extremely protective of their own. It's just another silly fantasy world for people who need a crutch. Tom Cruise has proven himself to not only be a terrible actor and a know it all moron, but someone devoid of a funny bone. It's really too bad, I predict his star fading faster than most.

[TX-RAT]

15. sequence in it that animates the Scientology creation myth

this one?


I'm going to tell you a story. Are you sitting comfortably? Right, then I'll begin.
Once upon a time (75 million years ago to be more precise) there was an alien galactic ruler named Xenu. Xenu was in charge of all the planets in this part of the galaxy including our own planet Earth, except in those days it was called Teegeeack.

Now Xenu had a problem. All of the 76 planets he controlled were overpopulated. Each planet had on average 178 billion people. He wanted to get rid of all the overpopulation so he had a plan.

Xenu took over complete control with the help of renegades to defeat the good people and the Loyal Officers. Then with the help of psychiatrists he called in billions of people for income tax inspections where they were instead given injections of alcohol and glycol mixed to paralyse them. Then they were put into space planes that looked exactly like DC8s (except they had rocket motors instead of propellers).


These DC8 space planes then flew to planet Earth where the paralysed people were stacked around the bases of volcanoes in their hundreds of billions. When they had finished stacking them around then H-bombs were lowered into the volcanoes. Xenu then detonated all the H-bombs at the same time and everyone was killed.

The story doesn't end there though. Since everyone has a soul (called a "thetan" in this story) then you have to trick souls into not coming back again. So while the hundreds of billions of souls were being blown around by the nuclear winds he had special electronic traps that caught all the souls in electronic beams (the electronic beams were sticky like fly-paper).

After he had captured all these souls he had them packed into boxes and taken to a few huge cinemas. There all the souls had to spend days watching special 3D motion pictures that told them what life should be like and many confusing things. In this film they were shown false pictures and told they were God, The Devil and Christ. In the story this process is called "implanting".

When the films ended and the souls left the cinema these souls started to stick together because since they had all seen the same film they thought they were the same people. They clustered in groups of a few thousand. Now because there were only a few living bodies left they stayed as clusters and inhabited these bodies.

As for Xenu, the Loyal Officers finally overthrew him and they locked him away in a mountain on one of the planets. He is kept in by a force-field powered by an eternal battery and Xenu is still alive today.

[Marnieworld]

18. I don't know who you are

but I love you. :loveya: :pals:

I just found this link of video. I haven't tried it yet but looks promising.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/03/14/watch-the-scientology-epi_n_17269.html

[TX-RAT]

27. Awwwwwww

I bet you say that to all the arrogant,obnoxious, opinionated old bastards.

[Marnieworld]

28. Nope. Just you today

But now that you mention it- I guess that is my type! :hi:

[hatrack]

19. BWA-HAH-HAH-HAH!!!!!!!! Stop it - you're killing me!!

:rofl:

[LiberalEsto]

25. Wouldn't it be fun to let them and the fundies

fight it out?

Creationists vs the Scientologists?

Think of the tickets we could sell, the betting pools.

And if they wipe each other out, no biggie.

[donco6]

34. There's no way that's serious.

Is there?

[Marnieworld]

45. This is truly Scientology

You must read this great article in Rolling STone that documents and explains it. Researched for months.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/9363363/inside_scientology?rnd=1141244363827&has-player=true&version=6.0.12.1069


Then watch the episode here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t8LkfRkIDk&search=south%20park%20closet

You will then understand.

[Ariana Celeste]

53. I just sat and read that article...

With what little I knew I made fun of Scientologists but I never really thought about the children caught up in it... Damn. Just damn. WTF is wrong with people. Poor kids. The snippets of emails at the end, from the kids, those got to me.

[truebrit71]

57. Read the article...What a bunch of nutjobs....

I have always known that scientology was complete and utter horseshit, but that article really lays it out for you..

I feel terrible for the brainwashed kids though...poor little buggers...

[Wrinkle_In_Time]

74. Another great source is "Operation Clambake" at www.xenu.net

A wonderful collection of information. You can also read one entire biography of L. Ron Hubbard titled "Bare-Faced Messiah" online (linked from www.xenu.net).

[rman]

66. It's why ST doesn't want outsiders to know what in their 'bible'. nt

[tocqueville]

79. people believe any bullshit

and the smart ones make money out of it

[Montauk6]

20. But isn't the horse already out of the barn???

The episode already aired!

And is anyone REALLY ANTICIPATING a third Mission Impossible? I must be out of it because I didn't realize 1 and 2 were all that successful.

In fact, any odds that more people already saw the South Park episode than they did 1 or 2? Or, better still, more people already saw the South Park episode than those planning to see 3?

[LifeDuringWartime]

21. classic south park episode

i recommend every see it

[longship]

23. Hey, Tom. Go eat a baked clam dinner.

Sheesh!

[soulcore]

26. Watch it for yourself here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t8LkfRkIDk&search=south%20park%20closet

Works for me, even on my slow-ass work connection.

HI-larious!

[ccpup]

29. It's basically understood

in the Industry that Tom Cruise is finished. He's become such a laughingstock that it's literally a liability to be associated with him. We all knew he was done when he fired the woman who is widely regarded to be the BEST in the PR business in order to hire his untrained, inexperienced (but Scientologist) sister to handle his publicity. Unfortunately, the results of that decision can be seen jumping up-and-down on Oprah's now infamous couch and espousing on the evils of prescription medication and pyschology.

The final nail in the proverbial coffin will be when MI3 tanks. This movie will have to make an unbelievable amount of money in order to resurrect T.C. from laughingstock to serious movie star. Based on what I've seen of MI3 so far, I don't think it can do it. But, knowing Tommy Boy's Ego, the metaphorical death of the Star "Tom Cruise" will not be quiet or easy. He'll go down whining and bitchin' and complaining and moaning. And then his "wife" Katie will divorce him after 5 years (collecting a previously agreed upon amount of money for giving him "Straight Cred") and become the most successful C-movie actress in History!

[Marnieworld]

32. this line had me LOL

"But, knowing Tommy Boy's Ego, the metaphorical death of the Star "Tom Cruise" will not be quiet or easy. He'll go down whining and bitchin' and complaining and moaning."

You sound very "in-the-know" and this description of him really matches how he seems to be from the "outside." It will be entertaining but yet a little sad. He came from nothing to such tremendous success. He actually acted well in a few things like Rainman and Born on the 4th of July. But what will destroy him is his ego, the result of this success. Hubbard's brilliance was designing the courtship of celebrities and catering to their natural narcissism to promote the "religion". They created a monster and I doubt he'll ever wake up from it because his ego will never allow the possibility that he could have got it so wrong.

So you are definitely right to predict that he won't go quietly. It will be like slow motion car wreck complete with clinging to his looks with sickening vanity. He'll be ranting and raving but his forehead will be forever smooth.

[ccpup]

55. Yeah,

you could consider me "in the know" as these are people I've met or dealt with or worked with. I met Tom years ago and found him wonderfully charming and unaffected by it all. And then I ran into him a year ago (about the time of his Brooke Shields-psychobabble dust-up), and deeply missed the Boy from long ago. His attitude was condescending, he was no longer kind, made absolutely no effort to hide his disdain for those in the meeting and everyone got the sense that he felt WAY above "it" all. Sad, too, because the script being offered would have been a great stretch for him.

He's done. I don't think he has the inner strength to make an Elizabeth Taylor or Julia Roberts-like comeback (remember, Liz was branded a homewrecker back when that label had some "umph" to it and Julia Roberts was widely "understood" to have a drug problem and had Top Directors publicly turning against her). But these two women had at least a toe or two still dipped in Reality, could look at their situation with a clear eye and then take the hard steps to get back on track.

Tom is convinced it's everyone else against him (and his Religion) and, because of that, is determined to punish all of us. Before too long, though, the shoulder he's carrying that chip on is bound to break. Won't be pretty, either.

[arcos]

31. You can watch the episode here!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSj9gc36Bw8&search=south%20park%20scientology

[Danieljay]

33. LOL...thank you! Hilarious. n/t

[Marnieworld]

36. thank you sooooooo much!

Fuck you Tom Cruise! Fuck you very much!

:yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock:

[BushOut06]

39. Watching it now - great stuff, thanks!

I love the whole "Tom Cruise, please come out of the closet" bits!

[Marnieworld]

44. I think that's the real reason why he wants it censored.

Watching it again after reading that Rolling Stone article I know now that everything in the episode is true. The whole thing is well documented. Then it became a whole episode about Tom Cruise in the closet. I think it's this dialogue he can't tolerate. He's hiding behind scientology or at least is secretly relieved that he can.

The voice of John Travolta makes me giggle endlessly.

[jonnyblitz]

49. thanks!!!

this is quite amusing so far...

[dansolo]

35. I think this episode is why Isaac Hayes (Chef) is leaving

He now is claiming that he has a problem with the way that the show parodies religion. Gee, it took him an awful long time to notice, and no suprise that he decides this after they parodied Scientology (he is a member). He is just a fucking hypocrite.

[Cleita]

38. That's what Trey Parker said on Letterman the other night. n/t

[Cleita]

37. I guess no one has informed him that he isn't the President.

We still have some free speech left to poke fun at sacred cows. Since Bush isn't a Scientologist, it's open for criticism. Yah, hear that Tom?

[AlCzervik]

40. since it's from the post i'll take it with a grain of salt but seeing as

it's about Tom Cruise i think it could be true. IMO Lestat was the best bit of acting he ever did, i was pissed when i first heard about him being cast but as i watched it i realized that a blood sucking controlling effeminate vampire was about as close to who he really more than any part he ever played. In fact i don't think he was acting at all, i think that all came natural to him.

[maveric]

41. Message to Tom:

[Marnieworld]

50. thank you Maveric

For that graphic. "Save picture as..."

[The Backlash Cometh]

42. Why do we need Tom Cruise for Mission Impossible 3?

Isn't he too old to play the role?

[Maven]

43. Apparently he hasn't heard of "the internet" n/t

[MinneapolisMatt]

46. Looks like Tom...

...just bought himself a recurring role on South Park!

:evilgrin:

[thinkingwoman]

47. Tom Cruise is a crybaby...

...who won't come out of the closet.

[kiki]

65. "But... but I'm not in the closet."

"You're in the closet. I'm not in the closet."

(Said from inside closet)

[thinkingwoman]

73. I laughed so hard at that episode

My whole family did. Why do the Scientologists hate laughter? :shrug:

[Swamp Rat]

48. I refuse to pay money to see any movie with Tom Cruise

I will, however, buy that South Park episode. :)

[springhill]

52. He had denied it you know..........

Just because you read it in the newspaper does not mean it is true, however much you want it to be true.

[roguevalley]

54. if he can censor that, I will censor him. No MI.III

[Wrinkle_In_Time]

76. And just because his *publicist* denies it...

... doesn't mean it is false, no matter how much you want it to be false. It works both ways.

Yeah, I know that the burden of proof is on the accuser, but why should his publicist's statement (with all its inherent bias) bear more weight that the popular opinion (with all its inherent bias).

If you want a different take: just how much circumstantial evidence does it take for you to start thinking "Hey, wait a minute...". Apropos, what did you think of the O.J. Simpson verdict?

EDIT: one too many 'p's in "apropos". At least I didn't use it as a synonym for "appropriate". I hate that.

[NYdemocrat089]

56. It's okay for them to make fun of other religons as long as it isn't

Scientology? What a dumbass. He has really turned his career into one big joke.

[tgnyc]

58. MI2 sucked the bozak anayway. I'm sure MI3 will bite it harder.

[progressoid]

59. His THETANS are clearly getting the best of him

Time for a few more treatments.

[Nightflurry]

60. Wait a second...

Why is he upset? Don't his religious beliefs teach that everyone else is a figment of his imagination? If so then it's part of his mind that's telling him his beliefs are crackpot..

...or am I getting my cults mixed up?

[juliana24]

61. What did Nicole ever see in this loser-boy?

Poor baby, that Tom!!

[LostinVA]

70. She's much better off with that nice boy Keith Urban

Who is actually talents AND a sexy little thing...

[BeHereNow]

62. Remember Cruise as "Frank Mackey" in "Magnolia?"

Perhaps that is the one role he did not
need to "act?"
BHN

[upi402]

63. Religious zealots suck

Always

[Vinca]

67. I can't watch Tom Cruise in an acting role anymore because

all I see is the lunatic jumping on Oprah's couch and the idiot bashing Brooke Shields for how she treated her depression. Paramount should throw him a box of Kleenex and usher him out the door.

[formercia]

68. What Tommy boy really needs:

Chlorpromazine is used to treat psychotic disorders and symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, and hostility. It also is used to prevent and treat nausea and vomiting, to treat behavior problems in children, and to relieve severe hiccups.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a682040.html

[Neshanic]

69. See? Hollywood is just so open, No BBM scary Oscar. Everyone

knows that the politics of money, who makes it for them, and how playing it safe is such a "non-issue" in Hollywood.

[tjdee]

71. It's about Tom Cruise being gay more than the Scientology thing, IMO.

I mean, they keep saying "Tom come out of the closet", and hasn't he sued some tabloid for saying he's gay?

Hmm. I'm watching it now, and I guess I'd have to change my mind--the "This is What Scientologists Actually Believe" thing would obviously send Crazy Tom and Isaac Hayes over the edge. But dude, if that's what they actually believe....?

Hmm.

[Ediacara]

78. Hmm you can't sue for libel when it's true...

Just sayin'....

[Hayabusa]

72. LOL

Yeah, that episode was extremely funny. It's too bad that Tom Cruise got all pissed off about it and had it cancelled. MI3 is probably going to suck anyway.

[Pachamama]

75. Censorship of any kind is wrong - And I would never have watched this

episode (I don't watch South Park) but when I saw this thread, I immediately was drawn to it...

Thanks Tom Cruise! Your efforts to prevent people from seeing this actually may have caused it to be viewed by more people such as me!

PS: I thought this episode was hysterical! Poor Tom...he's upset about his sexuality and most people if not all who don't belong to Scientology believe its a farce....he just can't handle the truth...and if he was secure, he would just let this go...

[DS1]

77. I saw the MI-iii trailer waiting for V to start today

and thought to myself "Tom Cruise can go fuck himself, no way I'm spending money on his movies again"

:-)

[RB TexLa]

80. I see why he dislikes medical people

first time he speaks in front of a psychiatrist they will have him locked up against his will for the 72 hour observation period.

[RB TexLa]

81. And they should tell him to go to hell and honer his contract

If he fails to promote the movie they should get their money back from him.

[WilliamPitt]

83. They've shown it several times already

I've seen it twice. By doing this, Cruise has raised this episode to mythic levels; now a lot more people will want to see it. Parker and Stone should release it on DVD, like they did with The Passion of the Jew (the release of which, by the way, came on the same day as the release of Mel Gibson's Christo-snuff film "The Passion").

Parker and Stone should send flowers and candy to Cruise, an to Isaac Hayes for good measure.

[DetroitProle]

84. that boy needs therapy

http://tomcruisetherapy.ytmnd.com/

[Mr_Spock]

85. This political crap kills me. I CANNOT watch movies with Cruise or Gibson

I've had enough of these sanctimonious ass holes.

[mogster]

86. Ah, OK, let's boycott MI3 then

I am thoroughly tired of Tom Cruise anyway. He's so yesterday as far as acting is concerned, and his homophobia makes him look more like a silly dumbass than a modern man.

[dorkulon]

87. Tom Cruise - The Ass Sumurai

My favorite hometown publication has already proved you can stand up to Cruise and live to tell the tale. Cruise threatened to sue them for being on their "50 Most Loathsome Americans" list, and they responded by doing an entire issue about what a dick Cruise is, including a psychanalysis and the story of how they used the legal threat to get on TV's "Celebrity Justice." The whole episode was the funniest thing to happen in Buffalo since McKinley got capped. Anyway, they continued to fuck with him throughout the year, and he's on the most recent "Loathsome List," and they're still standing--I think they scared him away.

The cool thing is that the South Park guys aren't backing down either--look at their response:
"So, Scientology, you may have won THIS battle, but the million-year war for earth has just begun! Temporarily anozinizing our episode will NOT stop us from keeping Thetans forever trapped in your pitiful man-bodies. Curses and drat! You have obstructed us for now, but your feeble bid to save humanity will fail! Hail Xenu!!!" They signed the statement, "Trey Parker and Matt Stone, servants of the dark lord Xenu."

I love funny people with balls.