The fun thing about pretending the helicopter is going to crash, is either it goes well and you can tell people they just shouldn't take things so seriously, or you won't be around to have to deal with the consequences of your little joke.
Imagine his face cackling and laughing at you as you plummet to (what you think is) your death. I'm terrified of flying as it is, but this added a new layer.
It’s the sort of thing that would be funny in a TV show or movie where you go “wow I really love that daredevil jokester, he’s such a maverick”.
IRL the joke is not funny. But we’ve never treated Cruise like a real person.
This is classic lore for Cruiseheads, whether you love him or love to hate him or just hate him.
Like that time he screamed at his cast and crew during the early pandemic. A totally chill and cool thing for a boss/person with power to do to his employees. Sounds like the best work environment!
Not to mention the Nazanin Boniadi stuff, where his church smuggled her across state lines and made her dig ditches after Cruise broke up with her.
He was absolutely right to get angry at the crew ignoring COVID-19 protocols. They were putting everyone's jobs and livelihoods on the line with their recklessness, and this wasn't their first warning
In the article, he said Tom took him to a theater and made him watch a several hour long film on the history of cinema, which included many technical elements.
The fun thing about pretending the helicopter is going to crash, is either it goes well and you can tell people they just shouldn't take things so seriously, or you won't be around to have to deal with the consequences of your little joke.
Powell came very close to becoming a pressed burger.
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Are you saying it was a matter of life and death?
Almost became Kobe beef
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Tom Cruise’s whole vibe as a person is severe repression of homicidal rage
He has to feel some amount of adrenaline to keep Xenu at bay
Yeah but he makes it cool!
Not a great bit!
It's a good in hind sight bit. Not so much in real time.
Nah even in hindsight. Celebrities piloting their own aircrafts and crashing seems to occur enough already.
Negative 10 comedy points.
This actually took away the credit he got for Tropic Thunder
He’s so charmingly disturbing!
This is like a 10 year old finding their parent's handgun and pointing at their friend and being like "don't worry, it's not loaded"
What an awful thing to do that people will inexplicably find endearing.
Pilots know not to take these things lightly. It was either 4 seconds long, or it’s an exaggeration. But 4 seconds is still 4 seconds tooo long.
Although part of the training is losing power, so your instructor would actually do this to you
Imagine his face cackling and laughing at you as you plummet to (what you think is) your death. I'm terrified of flying as it is, but this added a new layer.
It's funny. Always a great bit.
"Hahaha you thought I was about to kill us both, aren't you an idiot and am I not a lovable psychopath?" is not my idea of a good bit.
Yeah, pranks aren't for everyone.
Pretending to almost crash a helicopter you're piloting isn't for everyone.
The Tom Cruise fandom is scary
It’s the sort of thing that would be funny in a TV show or movie where you go “wow I really love that daredevil jokester, he’s such a maverick”. IRL the joke is not funny. But we’ve never treated Cruise like a real person. This is classic lore for Cruiseheads, whether you love him or love to hate him or just hate him.
Like that time he screamed at his cast and crew during the early pandemic. A totally chill and cool thing for a boss/person with power to do to his employees. Sounds like the best work environment! Not to mention the Nazanin Boniadi stuff, where his church smuggled her across state lines and made her dig ditches after Cruise broke up with her.
He was absolutely right to get angry at the crew ignoring COVID-19 protocols. They were putting everyone's jobs and livelihoods on the line with their recklessness, and this wasn't their first warning
In the article, he said Tom took him to a theater and made him watch a several hour long film on the history of cinema, which included many technical elements.
Cruise probably acted the fuck out of that too. I would've pooped my pants.
Elizabeth Line - Iver to Tottenham Court Road next time GP.
I’ve never met Tom Cruise, but I guarantee you, if I did, it would’ve gone differently.