ohmyvariousgods:
THEY ALL FLOAT!

YOU'LL FLOAT TOO!

rynthetyn: My grandmother had a thing against names that were longer than 5, 6 letters at most (something about it being too hard for a child to learn to spell a long name). Because of that, she kept trying to call me Katie when I was little since she felt my name had too many letters and didn't approve of the spelling that my parents chose. Oh yeah, and it would drive me nuts when I was little because I'd introduce myself to adults as Kathryn, but then they'd insist on trying to shorten it to Katie even after I'd try to correct it.

I'm a Kate, who used to be a Katie, but in my prior career used the name Katherine.

I lost the name Katie when I was a freshman in college. My best friend in the dorm was also named Katie, and while it was funny for a while (in a Heathers sort of way) that we had the same name, it got old after a few weeks. We played rock paper scissors for the name Katie, loser changed hers to Kate. It seemed reasonable after several beers.

Garko: thecpt:
I don't get it. He is a very good actor, but because he is crazy people try to say he isn't good at his job. (mel gibson effect?)

Sweet Christmas, THIS!

Fruity as a nut-bar, but his movies are damn entertaining.

His movies may be entertaining, but that doesn't mean he's a good actor. You could train orangutans to be ballet dancers, and I'm sure it would be entertaining to watch, but that would not mean they were actually good dancers. He has good looks, charisma, and enthusiasm, but actual skill? Hell no. He's one step above Shatner.

I hear someone called Com Truise on satellite radio often, as well as Edit Murphy. Both are quite good.

malaktaus: He's one step above Shatner.

Yeah, but Shatner can't even hear Cruise over the sound of his own awesomeness.

Lou Cypher: One of my favorite Cruise anecdotes involves him showing up unexpectedly at one of Jimmy Kimmel's Sunday football gatherings a few years back.

Dude saw fit to bring his mom with him. True story.

Gay.

Every time I change jobs I consider using my real name, but I just never do. Who wants to be called 'Harry'?

Ashtrey: Every time I change jobs I consider using my real name, but I just never do. Who wants to be called 'Harry'?

If you and Tommy got it on, you'd be Tom dickin' Harry.

Ashtrey: Every time I change jobs I consider using my real name, but I just never do. Who wants to be called 'Harry'?

Is your middle name "Peter", last name "Ness"?
Do you have dork glasses and a small wand?
Are you a giant sasquatch?

Any of these situations could be problematic.

kth:I'm a Kate, who used to be a Katie, but in my prior career used the name Katherine.

I lost the name Katie when I was a freshman in college. My best friend in the dorm was also named Katie, and while it was funny for a while (in a Heathers sort of way) that we had the same name, it got old after a few weeks. We played rock paper scissors for the name Katie, loser changed hers to Kate. It seemed reasonable after several beers.

the fact no one even considered mud wrestling is a crime.

For the first time since high school I'm using my real name. Rosy was just easier to introduce myself as. People would look at me sideways when I introduced myself as Rocio. Now you will learn to say it and you will like it! Say it! Say my name!

tudorgurl: duffblue: To them, Tim curry will always be a French, cross-dressing clown

No, he won't. He'll always be a sweet Transvestite butler in a devil's costume!

/name the films!
//win a prize!

ahem..
He will always be a prisoner marooned on G889

malaktaus: Garko: thecpt:
I don't get it. He is a very good actor, but because he is crazy people try to say he isn't good at his job. (mel gibson effect?)

Sweet Christmas, THIS!

Fruity as a nut-bar, but his movies are damn entertaining.

His movies may be entertaining, but that doesn't mean he's a good actor. You could train orangutans to be ballet dancers, and I'm sure it would be entertaining to watch, but that would not mean they were actually good dancers. He has good looks, charisma, and enthusiasm, but actual skill? Hell no. He's one step above Shatner.

Nonsense. He's a good actor. He's head and shoulders (ahem) above Nic Cage, and that hack has an Oscar.

farbekrieg: kth:I'm a Kate, who used to be a Katie, but in my prior career used the name Katherine.

I lost the name Katie when I was a freshman in college. My best friend in the dorm was also named Katie, and while it was funny for a while (in a Heathers sort of way) that we had the same name, it got old after a few weeks. We played rock paper scissors for the name Katie, loser changed hers to Kate. It seemed reasonable after several beers.

the fact no one even considered mud wrestling is a crime.

IT would have required us to put our beers down, which would have also been criminal.

simplicimus: NASAM: malaktaus: Garko: thecpt:
I don't get it. He is a very good actor, but because he is crazy people try to say he isn't good at his job. (mel gibson effect?)

Sweet Christmas, THIS!

Fruity as a nut-bar, but his movies are damn entertaining.

His movies may be entertaining, but that doesn't mean he's a good actor. You could train orangutans to be ballet dancers, and I'm sure it would be entertaining to watch, but that would not mean they were actually good dancers. He has good looks, charisma, and enthusiasm, but actual skill? Hell no. He's one step above Shatner.

Nonsense. He's a good actor. He's head and shoulders (ahem) above Nic Cage, and that hack has an Oscar.

actually, assuming he was in Last Samurai, he's a pretty good actor. On a scale of Keneau Reeves to Al Pacino, a solid 3 Alex Winter.

NASAM: malaktaus: Garko: thecpt:
I don't get it. He is a very good actor, but because he is crazy people try to say he isn't good at his job. (mel gibson effect?)

Sweet Christmas, THIS!

Fruity as a nut-bar, but his movies are damn entertaining.

His movies may be entertaining, but that doesn't mean he's a good actor. You could train orangutans to be ballet dancers, and I'm sure it would be entertaining to watch, but that would not mean they were actually good dancers. He has good looks, charisma, and enthusiasm, but actual skill? Hell no. He's one step above Shatner.

Nonsense. He's a good actor. He's head and shoulders (ahem) above Nic Cage, and that hack has an Oscar.

Nic Cage has occasional flashes of brilliance. Tom Cruise is mediocre from start to finish. And even if he was a better actor than Cage, an Oscar winner, what do Oscars have to do with anything? They gave an Oscar to Ordinary People over Raging Bull and they'll give one to damn near anyone who plays a retard; they are totally meaningless.

bungle_jr: Apos: Disgruntled Goat: So is Tom Cruise the new Kim Kardashian here on Fark? Greenlights every day, sometimes multiple, about random tidbits of no consequence to anyone, anywhere.

Yup. From Dat Ass to "Dat Midget".

that dat brought the funny

/only about 1/2 inch taller than tom cruise
//only had katie and mimi in my dreams, so he wins...the bastard!

FTFY

The first paragraph had this:
Ever since the two first got together in 2005, the "Mission Impossible" star has insisted on referring to his wife as "Kate," even though neither her friends nor her family has ever called her that.

And I was like 'whatever', let him call her what he wants, what a bunch of bullshiat over nothing more than his personal endearment for her. My wife's named 'Evelyn', I call her 'Ev' and introduce her as 'Ev', but people call her whatever they want, I was thinking TOm was in the same boat.

Then I soldiered on, and made it to the next paragraph...
It first began in April 2006, when Holmes, now 33, was still pregnant with Suri, but not yet married to Cruise. During an interview with All Headline News, he explained, "Katie is a young girl's name. Her name is Kate now - she's a child-bearing woman." At the time, it was also reported that Holmes had agreed upon the name change "after discussing it with Tom" and as a result "all friends and family now call her Kate."

And then I realized that the couch-jumper had really never gone away, he was just jumping on couches equipped with cloaking devices stolen from the Romulans.

A: "Her name is Kate now"? Not 'I like to refer to her as Kate, and here's why', not 'We would prefer if people called her Kate'.
B: "Child-bearing woman"? Yeah, nothing backwards in that... She should have also been in the kitchen with that baby, as any intelligent person knows.
C: Agreed "after discussing it with Tom"? It's HER name dude, not only that, it's her ACTING name. These don't change lightly, you have an entire brand built around it. "Katie Holmes" and "Kate Holmes" are distinct individuals, and people don't like switching back and forth in their heads.
D: "All friends and family now call her Kate"? Really?THEY all jump when he says frog? I'd have told the dude to go eat a dick, and until I heard from Katie herself that she had a personal issue with the name, I would cal her anything I wanted to.

What a tool. And here i thought that he was getting into a less freakish phase in his life.

Of course, someone blamed this on some kind of "Weird ass scientology naming bullcrap", I'd like to see some kind of citation, otherwise, this is just a blanket 'Let's blame the weird religion' blanket statement because the OP doesn't have any kind of critical thinking skills.

Mikey1969: The first paragraph had this:
Ever since the two first got together in 2005, the "Mission Impossible" star has insisted on referring to his wife as "Kate," even though neither her friends nor her family has ever called her that.

And I was like 'whatever', let him call her what he wants, what a bunch of bullshiat over nothing more than his personal endearment for her. My wife's named 'Evelyn', I call her 'Ev' and introduce her as 'Ev', but people call her whatever they want, I was thinking TOm was in the same boat.

Then I soldiered on, and made it to the next paragraph...
It first began in April 2006, when Holmes, now 33, was still pregnant with Suri, but not yet married to Cruise. During an interview with All Headline News, he explained, "Katie is a young girl's name. Her name is Kate now - she's a child-bearing woman." At the time, it was also reported that Holmes had agreed upon the name change "after discussing it with Tom" and as a result "all friends and family now call her Kate."

And then I realized that the couch-jumper had really never gone away, he was just jumping on couches equipped with cloaking devices stolen from the Romulans.

A: "Her name is Kate now"? Not 'I like to refer to her as Kate, and here's why', not 'We would prefer if people called her Kate'.
B: "Child-bearing woman"? Yeah, nothing backwards in that... She should have also been in the kitchen with that baby, as any intelligent person knows.
C: Agreed "after discussing it with Tom"? It's HER name dude, not only that, it's her ACTING name. These don't change lightly, you have an entire brand built around it. "Katie Holmes" and "Kate Holmes" are distinct individuals, and people don't like switching back and forth in their heads.
D: "All friends and family now call her Kate"? Really?THEY all jump when he says frog? I'd have told the dude to go eat a dick, and until I heard from Katie herself that she had a personal issue with the name, I would cal her anything I wanted to.

What a tool. And here i thought that he was getting into a less freakish phase in his life.

Of course, someone blamed this on some kind of "Weird ass scientology naming bullcrap", I'd like to see some kind of citation, otherwise, this is just a blanket 'Let's blame the weird religion' blanket statement because the OP doesn't have any kind of critical thinking skills.

I agree with most everything you said, but I suspect at least part of his controlling nature nowadays stems from his relationship with his best friend, David Miscavige, who is the leader of the cult of scientology. This guy is a documented control freak, and no doubt influences Tom to a major extent.

This being said, I don't agree with a lot of comments that say he is not a good actor.

free_xenu: Whenever I see Tom give an interview, I'm always left with the impression that the guy just isn't very intelligent.


Why would you start from the presumption that he is intelligent?

I always assume everyone is insanely stupid. Few prove me wrong.

Vacation Bible School: tudorgurl: duffblue: To them, Tim curry will always be a French, cross-dressing clown

No, he won't. He'll always be a sweet Transvestite butler in a devil's costume!

/name the films!
//win a prize!

ahem..
He will always be a prisoner marooned on G889


My slate is clean. It's time to sin again

I can't even imagine the kind of hell Cruise's personal assistants must go through putting up with this over-controlling nut-job douchebag.

Already Disturbed: Whatever, Mapother.

The obligatory +1 and internets to you.

Already Disturbed: Whatever, Mapother.

NASAM: malaktaus: Garko: thecpt:
I don't get it. He is a very good actor, but because he is crazy people try to say he isn't good at his job. (mel gibson effect?)

Sweet Christmas, THIS!

Fruity as a nut-bar, but his movies are damn entertaining.

His movies may be entertaining, but that doesn't mean he's a good actor. You could train orangutans to be ballet dancers, and I'm sure it would be entertaining to watch, but that would not mean they were actually good dancers. He has good looks, charisma, and enthusiasm, but actual skill? Hell no. He's one step above Shatner.

Nonsense. He's a good actor. He's head and shoulders (ahem) above Nic Cage, and that hack has an Oscar.

Tom Cruise isn't head and shoulders above any actor. Except maybe child actors, the little guy from Game of Thrones and the surviving members of the lollypop guild.

Vacation Bible School: tudorgurl: duffblue: To them, Tim curry will always be a French, cross-dressing clown

No, he won't. He'll always be a sweet Transvestite butler in a devil's costume!

/name the films!
//win a prize!

ahem..
He will always be a prisoner marooned on G889

He will always be an ambitious 7th level Wizard

LucklessWonder: Vacation Bible School: tudorgurl: duffblue: To them, Tim curry will always be a French, cross-dressing clown

No, he won't. He'll always be a sweet Transvestite butler in a devil's costume!

/name the films!
//win a prize!

ahem..
He will always be a prisoner marooned on G889

He will always be an ambitious 7th level Wizard
[www.kino.vieraugen.com image 400x267]

Nah. The high wizard in "The Worst Witch".
Anything can happen on Halloween.

You lie, in faith, for you are call'd plain Kate,
And bonny Kate, and sometimes Kate the curst;
But, Kate, the prettiest Kate in Scientologydom,
Kate of Kate Hall, my super-dainty Kate,
For dainties are all Kates, and therefore, Kate,
Take this of me, Kate of my consolation-
Hearing thy mildness prais'd in every town,
Thy virtues spoke of, and thy beauty sounded,
Yet not so deeply as to thee belongs,
Myself am mov'd to woo thee for my beard.

Pants_Optional: LucklessWonder: Vacation Bible School: tudorgurl: duffblue: To them, Tim curry will always be a French, cross-dressing clown

No, he won't. He'll always be a sweet Transvestite butler in a devil's costume!

/name the films!
//win a prize!

ahem..
He will always be a prisoner marooned on G889

He will always be an ambitious 7th level Wizard
[www.kino.vieraugen.com image 400x267]

Nah. The high wizard in "The Worst Witch".
Anything can happen on Halloween.

Oh, you bastard, now I have that song stuck in my head.

Kate, Katie, whatever. Maybe she'll go full Prince and call herself "the Artist Formerly Know As Cruise's Beard".

Generation_D: He's one airport bathroom away from a full meltdown.
. . with another dude.

thecpt: I don't get it. He is a very good actor, but because he is crazy people try to say he isn't good at his job.

Pretty much, but I'd also argue that part of being good at his job is maintaining a high Q factor. It's not really my fault that I have difficulty staring at his face because I associate it with the dumb things the come out of his mouth.

LucklessWonder: Vacation Bible School: tudorgurl: duffblue: To them, Tim curry will always be a French, cross-dressing clown

No, he won't. He'll always be a sweet Transvestite butler in a devil's costume!

/name the films!
//win a prize!

ahem..
He will always be a prisoner marooned on G889

He will always be an ambitious 7th level Wizard


I'm sorry, but he will forever be the evil Miss Hannagan's child-hating brother.

Cock-a-doodle-doo>

heavythumb: LucklessWonder: Vacation Bible School: tudorgurl: duffblue: To them, Tim curry will always be a French, cross-dressing clown

No, he won't. He'll always be a sweet Transvestite butler in a devil's costume!

/name the films!
//win a prize!

ahem..
He will always be a prisoner marooned on G889

He will always be an ambitious 7th level Wizard


I'm sorry, but he will forever be the evil Miss Hannagan's child-hating brother.

Cock-a-doodle-doo,

No, he'll always be the evil hotel concierge who is constantly being outsmarted by an 8-year-old.

Don't ever call me Mad Markie.

Mad Mark: Don't ever call me Mad Markie.

Okay, Biz.