[Lord Aquaman]

Tom Cruise has been unceremoniously dumped by his Paramount studio partners for his sofa-jumping antics on TV. Revered Paramount boss Sumner Redstone has ended his company's 14-year relationship with Cruise/Wagner Productions because he no longer wants to be associated with the movie star. Redstone tells newspaper The Wall Street Journal he believes Cruise's bizarre antics on TV shows like Oprah and Today had a negative effect on the box office take of Paramount's 2005 summer blockbuster War Of The Worlds. He snipes, "As much as we like him personally, we thought it was wrong to renew his deal... His recent conduct has not been acceptable to Paramount."

IMDB news 8/23/06

Serves him right.

[Deepsycher]

I haven't seen much of him but whatever he did doesn't sound good as they describe.
That could be what happens when you cruise into the wrong ship.

[Deepsycher]

I am not sure on how he behaved but on second thoughts shouldn't people be entitled to their own preferences in their spare time in that it shouldn't be used against them in their actual performance?

[Gobbler]

I read somewhere that it wasn't just because of his stupid behaviour but also because of his Scientology membership... well, anyways, I guess he deserves it.

[StarWarsIsUs]

Justice has been done.

[Deepsycher]

So he was rejected for his beliefs and now did his behaviour promote hypocrisy to that.

This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 23 August 2006 - 07:35 PM

[Vesuvius]

Bizarre antics nice. No reason to exlude someone because of those, that just makes the person more interesting. Seriously, where would anyone be if it wasn't for Bizarre Antics?

[johnnycancer]

I've got to be honest, I really don't understand this move by Paramount. Granted, I don't really know what was in Tom Cruise's contract with regards to conduct, bizarre or otherwise. But, overall I don't think his behavior has been that weird. Well, the thing with Matt Lauer was a little weird.

I guess I just don't get why people hate Tom Cruise so much. Not that I'm going to sing his praises here, as I certainly didn't go to see the newest Mission Impossible movie, or any of his other movies for that matter, but people keep saying he deserved this and I don't really understand why.

johnnycancer

[civilian_number_two]

He's a spokesperson fopr a ridiculous cult that works to break down further the personalities of marginalized, outcast and insane people, and that has been responsible for many deaths, not as a result of holy wars, but directly related to its prehistoric efforts to medicate its followers when they fall ill (If Wikipedia is to be trusted). His movies are meh, but they made piles of money when he was hot, and now he's no longer the next big thing. While I think he's guilty of a terrible thing for fronting this ridiculous cult, it's also possiblke that he has no idea or refuses to believe its terrible history (and surely, present). So I agree that Paramount simply could have passed on the contract renewal and left the personal attack out of it (bad business, Paramount), but I don't really care if his feelings are hurt.

Oh yeah, and he jumped on a couch, meh, but he also imprisoned his girlfriend, will make a basket case of his baby, to be sure, and apparently is a real asshole on set. So ... fuck him.

[Slade]

When you star in Mission Impossible 3 after MI2 was directed by John Woo and filled with metal music, I cry no tears when you get fired.

[StarWarsIsUs]

MI3 was the greatest dissapointment since "Shangai Surprise."

What a waste of money. I wish I could have the $6 and 2 hours of my life back. But thanks to Tom Cruise's witchcraft, I can't have them anymore.

[Chyld]

Didn't see MI3. Barely saw most of MI1, for that matter. Don't much like Limp Bizkit these days. Scientology isn't even worthy of licking my tiny nuts (and even so, my tiny nuts are now reserved, so nyah). Basically, Tom Cruise has lots of money, is not going to have much money in the next five years, and I honestly don't care.

It has to be said, though, that once I worked out what the hell was going on, Vanilla Sky was an alright movie. It was him in that, right?

[Gobbler]

Yep. Best parts were the awesome story and photography, though.

[StarWarsIsUs]

Vanilla Sky was probably his best movie. Yes, that was him.

[civilian_number_two]

The best part of Vanilla Sky (SPOILER) is when his entire life flashes before his eyes, and it includes bits of pop culture among his personal memories. Since one of the themes of the film is how we are as much a product of culture as we are of our own experiences, I thought that little flash, without the hit-over-the-head explanations that we had been subjected to earlier, was brilliant.

The rest of the movie is shite.