For some reason I hear ^^ that in my mind as being spoken wearily by a middle-aged cop in a rumpled suit. He sits on a straight backed chair in a dimly lit, dusty room, his legs splayed apart. He leans forward, forearms on knees, a cup of cold coffee forgotten in his hand. As he speaks he shakes his head slowly and he looks down at his scuffed brown shoes.
― Aimless, Saturday, 14 February 2015 19:18 (nine years ago) link
it's good all these scientology spokescelebs are insane. imagine if they had an actually intelligent, thoughtful one who could convince ppl that scientology wasn't just a con for morons
are you calling tom cruise intelligent and thoughtful?
or is this another point...?
― Moyes Enthusiast (LocalGarda), Sunday, 15 February 2015 00:38 (nine years ago) link
i think you are either reading something into my comment that wasn't intended, or just misreading the syntax?
― Mordy, Sunday, 15 February 2015 00:46 (nine years ago) link
loool at "college of the mind," nothing like those other colleges
― Simon H., Sunday, 15 February 2015 00:46 (nine years ago) link
ah sorry mordy, my bad, i thought you were being sarcastic - like implying that cruise was that person.
― Moyes Enthusiast (LocalGarda), Sunday, 15 February 2015 10:22 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zllYkNu1sl4
― bit of a singles monster (Eazy), Saturday, 21 February 2015 06:51 (nine years ago) link
stoked for the madness
― gr8080, Saturday, 21 February 2015 17:35 (nine years ago) link
i am truly looking forward to this.
― ian, Saturday, 21 February 2015 19:22 (nine years ago) link
interesting to see if it actually prompts any action - the trailer seems to be going for that angle, assuming the euro one i watched is the same as that one linked above, which is blocked for me.
i wish i had read the book more recently.
― Moyes Enthusiast (LocalGarda), Saturday, 21 February 2015 19:28 (nine years ago) link
As long as the information in the movie is based on the same as the hyper-vetted book, I don't see why it would prompt any legal action, for the same reason: if they sued, they'd have to introduce all sorts of crazy stuff into evidence they'd rather just keep hidden/made up.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 21 February 2015 19:47 (nine years ago) link
they sure have an ugly building. aren't religions supposed to make good buildings or something.
― men without hat tips (Hunt3r), Saturday, 21 February 2015 19:51 (nine years ago) link
Lord Elron was more into boats, tbh.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 21 February 2015 19:59 (nine years ago) link
love the scientology building so much
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Saturday, 21 February 2015 20:21 (nine years ago) link
thetans in the architecture
― men without hat tips (Hunt3r), Saturday, 21 February 2015 21:27 (nine years ago) link
SF scientology building is kinda cool (the old Transamerica building)
Guess they like the style; the one in Madrid is very similar.
― drash, Saturday, 21 February 2015 22:02 (nine years ago) link
i.e. wedge-shaped, ship-like. Flatiron building better watch out.
― drash, Saturday, 21 February 2015 22:10 (nine years ago) link
I meant to wonder if this doc will cause backlash against scientology, rather than a legal action by the "church". The trailer I saw (which I think is the same one linked here but can't tell) had all these snippet quotes of "this will blow the whole thing open" etc. I guess to me it seems like scientology already won the big battles in the 80s and 90s - I am psyched for this doc but I don't expect it to do any actual damage. The book was incredibly neutral, it just told stories and indicted that way, which was highly effective. I guess I don't expect the doc to do anything more than reach a bigger audience.
― Moyes Enthusiast (LocalGarda), Sunday, 22 February 2015 00:02 (nine years ago) link
the big jump from New Yorker subscribers to HBO subscribers
― gr8080, Monday, 23 February 2015 14:24 (nine years ago) link
prob will be bigger globally - the book also was banned in the uk - even if the doc doesn't come out here a lot of people will still watch it.
― Moyes Enthusiast (LocalGarda), Monday, 23 February 2015 14:29 (nine years ago) link
Can the doc legally include all that crazy Tom Cruise stuff (like his Mission Impossible theme infomercial)?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 23 February 2015 15:36 (nine years ago) link
god i hope so
― gr8080, Monday, 23 February 2015 17:49 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/0Eq72g8.png
― gr8080, Friday, 27 March 2015 18:02 (nine years ago) link
sunday sunday sunday
mistah wright!
― kinder, Friday, 27 March 2015 18:30 (nine years ago) link
What did you all think?
Having read the book, I guess it was a bit underwhelming. Mainly because the book is just so exhaustively detailed.
I thought the doc explained the e-meter more clearly, and some of the personalities came across nicely. Also, lol at that awful song.
― Junior Dictionary (LocalGarda), Monday, 30 March 2015 22:09 (nine years ago) link
I loved it. I never read the book but I knew a lot of the details. I didnt know about the machinations behind getting tax exempt status though, thats mindblowing.
― tayto fan (Michael B), Monday, 30 March 2015 22:21 (nine years ago) link
Insane. If only the IRS could have held their nerve.
― Junior Dictionary (LocalGarda), Monday, 30 March 2015 22:25 (nine years ago) link
I dug it. I havent read the book & most of my knowledge is Hubbard/Parsons occult & early dianetics, so I found this v interesting + fking nuts
Hubbard footage (the color interview footage) STUFF OF NIGHTMAREShis mouth/teeth/lips so creepyeverything about him tbh
looooling at the meeting footage. william gibson retweeted someone saying that some of it looked like a bioshock level lol
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 30 March 2015 22:25 (nine years ago) link
cavidge is a weird one reminds me of the pastor from True Blood
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 30 March 2015 22:27 (nine years ago) link
i actually went back and looked at the handshakes between cruise and miscavige a couple of times. creepy out.
― tayto fan (Michael B), Monday, 30 March 2015 22:29 (nine years ago) link
The musical chairs story is some truly evil shit, again I think the book got across the horror of that even more than the doc, though I liked the way the doc did it. It might just be a case of the shock value being diminished entirely by knowing the big revelations.
― Junior Dictionary (LocalGarda), Monday, 30 March 2015 22:32 (nine years ago) link
L Ron's mouth and teeth :(
― polyphonic, Monday, 30 March 2015 22:37 (nine years ago) link
Guess my favourite part of the book didn't get in:
http://i62.tinypic.com/312e0kx.jpg
― Junior Dictionary (LocalGarda), Monday, 30 March 2015 22:44 (nine years ago) link
oh man, guess I have no reason to watch this now. :\
― ƋППṍӮɨ∏ğڵșěᶉᶇдM℮ (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 30 March 2015 22:47 (nine years ago) link
http://www.bustle.com/articles/72106-where-is-shelly-miscavige-wife-of-scientology-leader-david-miscavige-she-hasnt-been-seen-in-7
― tayto fan (Michael B), Monday, 30 March 2015 23:06 (nine years ago) link
hubbard + parsons occult shenanigans deserves it's own 2hr doc imo
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 30 March 2015 23:14 (nine years ago) link
Damn Parsons, slow down.
― A-Hanisi Coates (Leee), Monday, 30 March 2015 23:22 (nine years ago) link
yeah this stuff is practically a bottomless well.
why no mention in the doc about miscavige's missing wife?
― ryan, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 15:11 (nine years ago) link
oh sorry missed that link above!
― ryan, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 15:12 (nine years ago) link
i wish that the doc had included more about the auditing process. there's something fascinating about it--and it seems to be the kernel of a "real" experience which gets people hooked and which allows for all the other flim-flam to be attached to it.
― ryan, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 15:18 (nine years ago) link
i wanna watch this so badly
― swae lee is the sremmurd for rae dad (crüt), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 15:34 (nine years ago) link
Started it last night, and this
Hubbard footage (the color interview footage) STUFF OF NIGHTMAREShis mouth/teeth/lips so creepy
is OTMFM.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 15:46 (nine years ago) link
closeup of teeth def the biggest thing not mentioned in the book
― gr8080, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 16:01 (nine years ago) link
Pretty uncanny how much he looks like Philip Seymour Hoffman in some of those interviews. Or vice versa I guess
― badg, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 16:02 (nine years ago) link
also maybe that one woman who was in sea org-- seemed like her departure from the church happened after the book got published?
― gr8080, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 16:02 (nine years ago) link
lol @ at least 3 gary larson books on the NYT bestseller list along with dianetics
― swae lee is the sremmurd for rae dad (crüt), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 16:06 (nine years ago) link
i wanna watch this really badly too but what's the deal with the teeth?
― groundless round (La Lechera), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 17:49 (nine years ago) link
He and the Lieutenant of the Morannon have the same dentist, apparently.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 17:58 (nine years ago) link
nothing really wrong with his teeth he just looks like darrell hammond
― swae lee is the sremmurd for rae dad (crüt), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 18:15 (nine years ago) link
http://photos.vanityfair.com/2015/03/30/55196c270acde13473db3807_going-clear-LRH.gif
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 18:16 (nine years ago) link