I actually think John Travolta is about as weird as Tom Cruise, overall. I just don't think the zeppelin-buying data point is one of the ones that pushes in that direction.
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Gris - Jun 15, 2005 9:08:56 am PDT #4129 of 10002
Hey. New board.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 15, 2005 9:09:34 am PDT #4130 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
However, I don't think this is particularly normative movie star behavior.
Well, first off, I've never found "movie star" and "normative" to spend a whole lot of time together. Secondly, movie star+aviation buff = any damn cool airship you want. He has a jet and a helicopter too, doesn't he?
As for Mel, I still can't reconcile the reactionary, fundamentalist freakazoid with the Three Stooges loving goofball. But compared to Tom and Michael, it's just not that weird to me, merely annoying.
Jessica - Jun 15, 2005 9:09:58 am PDT #4131 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Admittedly, the Zepplin buyer is also a space clam overlord worshiper, but comparing one to the other....
Oh, good point.
So I guess the real question is, is it weirder to (a) buy a zeppelin or (b) proclaim your love for Katie Holmes on Oprah in a scarifyingly enthusiastic manner?
Sean K - Jun 15, 2005 9:10:08 am PDT #4132 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Val is whacked. OUT., to be sure, but not in the space-clam-worshiping way. I don't think.
Val's a Christian Scientist -- the only medicine you need is a good prayer session -- but as wacky Christian cults go, the Christian Scientists are okay -- they are capable of objective literature review and support reading and literacy. Val's a jerk, but that's another subject.
Jessica - Jun 15, 2005 9:10:42 am PDT #4133 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Has the Mirrormask trailer on Yahoo been linked yet?
§ ita § - Jun 15, 2005 9:11:51 am PDT #4134 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Has the Mirrormask trailer on Yahoo been linked yet?
Yes.
-t - Jun 15, 2005 9:12:52 am PDT #4135 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I keep getting a "The proxy experienced an error" message while trying to watch the Mirrormask trailer. Pout.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 15, 2005 9:12:56 am PDT #4136 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
So I guess the real question is, is it weirder to (a) buy a zeppelin or (b) proclaim your love for Katie Holmes on Oprah in a scarifyingly enthusiastic manner?
No, I think the comparable (b) point for Travolta was BATTLEFIELD EARTH. That said, he hasn't seemed to be much of a spokesperson since then.
Fred Pete - Jun 15, 2005 9:14:44 am PDT #4137 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
I'd put Michael and Tom 1 and 2. Michael's repeated surgery tips the scale for me.
Mel isn't that close. I mean,
reactionary, fundamentalist freakazoid
isn't that rare.
JZ - Jun 15, 2005 9:15:12 am PDT #4138 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Buying a zeppelin pings me as much further toward the "charmingly eccentric" end of the weirdness scale, but hopping up and down on Oprah's furniture is firmly in the moderate-to-severe FREAKASS range.
Also, Travolta has been married to the same identical person for some appreciable length of time, and has managed in interviews to convey his affection for her without pouncing, hopping or flapping. Mind, I still think he's weird, but compared to Tom he is at this point positively stodgy.