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[quote]Digital Chainsaw wrote:
You guys have got to be kidding me. “Handled it well”? All he showed to me is what a self-important, pompous crotch stain he and most Hollywood dickweeds are. “I took the time to give you an interview. You’re a jerk! Wah, wah, wah…”

A real man can see the humor in a harmless practical joke and would have laughed this off. Instead, we get this grave, Ward Cleaveresque “I hope you learned your lesson, Beaver” bullshit. What a jackass.

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Wow. I agree with the guy who called me a hippie and told me to change my tampon.

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The dude needs a sense of humor. It seems like he almost laughed for a second, then his ego kicked in and he turned in to a jagoff.

How many people does he need to wipe his face anyways? It’s not like he just caught the money shot.

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[quote]Digital Chainsaw wrote:
You guys have got to be kidding me. “Handled it well”? All he showed to me is what a self-important, pompous crotch stain he and most Hollywood dickweeds are. “I took the time to give you an interview. You’re a jerk! Wah, wah, wah…”

A real man can see the humor in a harmless practical joke and would have laughed this off. Instead, we get this grave, Ward Cleaveresque “I hope you learned your lesson, Beaver” bullshit. What a jackass.

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This is the way I see it too.

That Top Gun trailer obofill posted is awesome.

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top gun was awesome… tom cruise the actor is cool

tom cruise the person seems like a nutjob

only one girl to could do that to a man… katie holmes!

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It’s interesting to see the different reactions towards Tom Cruise from psychological perspective. We’re all watching the same video, yet some think he handled it extremely well, others think he was being a pompous ass, and the rest watched the video and commented on scientology or his other wacky appearances. Very funny to say the least.

My opinion is that if any of you lived in the public eye 24/7 as Tom Cruise does, you would be a little crazy yourself.

I would like to see you “hardcore T-men” take a squirt of water to the face, by some nobody with a microphone who, out of charity, you are granting an interview, while dressed in an expensive suit, in front of hundreds of screaming people watching your every step, screaming out your name.

You guys need to get your heads out of your asses and stop being wannabes. Tom Cruise handled that situation like a champion and you’re either too dumb or too jealous to realize it.

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[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
Digital Chainsaw wrote:
You guys have got to be kidding me. “Handled it well”? All he showed to me is what a self-important, pompous crotch stain he and most Hollywood dickweeds are. “I took the time to give you an interview. You’re a jerk! Wah, wah, wah…”

A real man can see the humor in a harmless practical joke and would have laughed this off. Instead, we get this grave, Ward Cleaveresque “I hope you learned your lesson, Beaver” bullshit. What a jackass.

This is the way I see it too.

That Top Gun trailer obofill posted is awesome.[/quote]

Whatever. I have a sense of humor and there is no way that would have been funny. With that many cameras, there’s no way I would have hit the guy over it, but let’s get serious. The next time someone spits on you, please let me know how long the laughs ensue.

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[quote]Professor X wrote:
Zap Branigan wrote:
Digital Chainsaw wrote:
You guys have got to be kidding me. “Handled it well”? All he showed to me is what a self-important, pompous crotch stain he and most Hollywood dickweeds are. “I took the time to give you an interview. You’re a jerk! Wah, wah, wah…”

A real man can see the humor in a harmless practical joke and would have laughed this off. Instead, we get this grave, Ward Cleaveresque “I hope you learned your lesson, Beaver” bullshit. What a jackass.

This is the way I see it too.

That Top Gun trailer obofill posted is awesome.

Whatever. I have a sense of humor and there is no way that would have been funny. With that many cameras, there’s no way I would have hit the guy over it, but let’s get serious. The next time someone spits on you, please let me know how long the laughs ensue.[/quote]

So getting spit on = small squirt of water from a trick mic? You have serious mental issues if you think these two things are even remotely the same.

And if you don’t think the modern equivalent of the squirt flower is funny, then it is time to reexamine your sense of humor.

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[quote]Digital Chainsaw wrote:

So getting spit on = small squirt of water from a trick mic? You have serious mental issues if you think these two things are even remotely the same.

And if you don’t think the modern equivalent of the squirt flower is funny, then it is time to reexamine your sense of humor.
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You are right squirt flowers are hilarious.

They were incredibly funny when they were invented and have become funnier ever since.

The pinnacle of sophisticated humor however are pies-in-the-face and clowns tripping over very small bikes.

Anyone failing to see that clearly has mental issues.

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How do you think, say, Jim Carrey or Robin Williams would’ve handled the situation? Laugh, congratulate the guy on “getting” them, and walk away with water on their face.

Tom’s reaction shows either incredible insecurity or narcissism. Seeing as he’s on, what, his third wife? I’m betting on the latter.

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[quote]oboffill wrote:
My opinion is that if any of you lived in the public eye 24/7 as Tom Cruise does, you would be a little crazy yourself. [/quote]

True, but being crazy and being a pompous shit heel are two different things.

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I would like to see you “hardcore T-men” take a squirt of water to the face, by some nobody with a microphone who, out of charity, you are granting an interview, while dressed in an expensive suit, in front of hundreds of screaming people watching your every step, screaming out your name.[/quote]

I thought of exactly this scenario when coming up with my evaluation:

First off, I don’t see granting a minute of my time to a cameraman who is going to broadcast my image to the people who have made me a millionaire many times over “charity”.

Secondly, water does not ruin any fabric I am aware of, and if you’ve got Tom Cruise’s bucks, who cares if it did?

Third, I would want to show to all of those people “screaming my name” that I am a good sport and not self-righteous ass. Suck it up and be a man, don’t waste time berating a prankster when these people who came to see you are waiting for an autograph.

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You guys need to get your heads out of your asses and stop being wannabes. Tom Cruise handled that situation like a champion and you’re either too dumb or too jealous to realize it. [/quote]

No, YOU need to get your head out of YOUR ass and realize that not everyone is a Hollywood devotee who thinks actors deserve their sense of entitlement. I think the fact that you refer to the cameraman as a “nobody” shows you are just as much of an ass as Cruise is, only poorer.

Maybe a squirt of water is all it takes to send you into a rage, but even at my lowly income and station in life, I don’t take myself so seriously. If people chose to make me filthy-stinkning rich, I can only imagine how mellow I’d be.

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[quote]AlbertaBeef wrote:
How do you think, say, Jim Carrey or Robin Williams would’ve handled the situation? Laugh, congratulate the guy on “getting” them, and walk away with water on their face.

Tom’s reaction shows either incredible insecurity or narcissism. Seeing as he’s on, what, his third wife? I’m betting on the latter.[/quote]

Whow.

A narcisstic actor.

That is allmost as likely as an aggressive soldier.

Or an athletic, well, athlete.

An accountant that is good with numbers.

A pilot able to think in three dimensions.

Naa, I refuse to believe in such things…

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[quote]AlbertaBeef wrote:
How do you think, say, Jim Carrey or Robin Williams would’ve handled the situation? Laugh, congratulate the guy on “getting” them, and walk away with water on their face.[/quote]

Exactly!

This is an excellent example of how character shows through no matter how much eeeevil money and fame has made you “crazy”.

Ahnuld himself got egged last year. What did he do? He took off his jacket and kept smiling while he walked. Hell, he looked more tickled by it than anyone.

Thank you, AlbertaBeef, for making my point through example and in far fewer words than I am like to do.

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[quote]orion wrote:
Digital Chainsaw wrote:

So getting spit on = small squirt of water from a trick mic? You have serious mental issues if you think these two things are even remotely the same.

And if you don’t think the modern equivalent of the squirt flower is funny, then it is time to reexamine your sense of humor.

You are right squirt flowers are hilarious.

They were incredibly funny when they were invented and have become funnier ever since.

The pinnacle of sophisticated humor however are pies-in-the-face and clowns tripping over very small bikes.

Anyone failing to see that clearly has mental issues.[/quote]

And anyone making this deduction clearly has dyslexia. Stay focused:

Spitting in face = water squirt; mental issues.

Flying into a rage over harmless squirt-pranks; bad sense of humor.

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[quote]Digital Chainsaw wrote:

Flying into a rage over harmless squirt-pranks; bad sense of humor.
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And here I am thinking that some people think he handled it well by NOT flying into a rage but by making that wanker realize how completely adolescent and unnecessary that really was…

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[quote]orion wrote:
Whow.

A narcisstic actor.

That is allmost as likely as an aggressive soldier.

Or an athletic, well, athlete.

An accountant that is good with numbers.

A pilot able to think in three dimensions.

Naa, I refuse to believe in such things…

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Wow.

Your inability to make cohesive analogies is astounding. As Alberta’s example pointed out, pomposity is not inherent in the ability to act.

“an accountant that is good with numbers”

Good grief…

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[quote]malonetd wrote:
[center]TOP
GUN
SUCKS![/center][/quote]

Hiiiiiighway toooo the danger zone!

Riiiiide intooo the daaanger zooone!

Sing it with me, y’all!

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[quote]Digital Chainsaw wrote:
orion wrote:
Whow.

A narcisstic actor.

That is allmost as likely as an aggressive soldier.

Or an athletic, well, athlete.

An accountant that is good with numbers.

A pilot able to think in three dimensions.

Naa, I refuse to believe in such things…

Wow.

Your inability to make cohesive analogies is astounding. As Alberta’s example pointed out, pomposity is not inherent in the ability to act.

“an accountant that is good with numbers”

Good grief…
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Ok, then the zero BS version:

Narcissism is a normal human trait, like aggression…

People who are more narcisstic than others, which allmost inevitably leads to attention seeking behaviour, are more inclined to become actors, musicians, comedians, because it feels natural to them or because they cannot live without the attention.

Narcissism in and of itself is by no means pathological or questionable and his behaviour was not pompous. It could have been TCs narcissism that made him NOT knock that kid out.

Happy now?

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You could even argue that that kids behaviour was a display of misguided narcissism because he tried to appear larger by putting down others, while TC feeds his ego by being a movie star because of his own work, which is a rather healthy way of dealing with narcissism.

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99.999% of us would do one of three things in Tom Cruise’s situation:
a) Flip out and punch the guy.
b) Flip out and TRY to punch the guy, only he will get away and you will stand there looking like an idiot.
c) Flip out and verbally assault the guy while he runs away laughing his ass off.

All three options would make YOU look like the idiot.

Tom Cruise handled himself like a master Jedi.

WWTD
(What Would Tom Do)

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AlbertaBeef and Digital Chainsaw,

Of all places you are HERE,

[center]T-FUCKING-NATION[/center]

while telling Tom Cruise has an ego problem or that he is narcissistic?

Fucking A, I thought I’ve seen it all. Sweet, sweet, irony.