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reddbl · 1 year

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Top Gun Minority Report

Valkyrie The Last Samurai

War of the Worlds Jerry Maguire

Interview with the vampire Jack Reacher

Every TC’s character being a dad :D

#tom cruise #tolms #top gun #minority report #valkyrie #the last samurai #war of the worlds #jerry maguire #interview with the vampire #jack reacher #pete maverick mitchell #john anderton #colonel claus von staiffenberg #nathan algren #ray ferrier #the vampire lestat #mommy actually #my art

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pilvimarja · 8 months

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#Ray Ferrier #War of the Worlds #War of the Worlds 2005 #Tom Cruise #pilvimarja edits

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i-want-my-iwtv · 2 months

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I will be delusional as I want BUT I'll pretend that tom cruise going back to Warner Bros means we'll finally get the deleted scenes from the iwtv please please manifesting

🙏🙏🙏 Anon, embrace being delusional! I wish! If anyone's connected with Warner Bros please please tell them we want the deleted scenes!

Anyway since we're on the topic... over the years I've talked about wanting the cut scenes, and I wanted to reflect for a moment on why we want them. I think we want them because, like a delicious cake, once it's all consumed, we still look at the serving plate, hoping we can still lick the icing off the knife, or maybe the baker has some leftover cake back in the kitchen?? Or maybe they can tell us that the secret ingredient to intensifying the chocolate is ESPRESSO... We just want another taste so badly! We want to know the secret ingredients that set it apart from other cakes. And some filmmakers know that, and sometimes they're happy to share the cut scenes on a DVD release, maybe with commentary as to why the scenes were cut, like:

"Here's a scene were Louis kills a priest and ultimately we had an overall run time limit of 2 hours, but it was otherwise a perfectly good scene."

"Here's part of a set of scenes we shot early on where Lestat shows mortal Louis what killing entails, and although we loved it, we ended up improving the Lestat makeup & hair a few weeks later, and for the sake of continuity we had to cut it bc we couldn't go back to that location to reshoot, or it would have taken too much time to fix in post, etc."

Giving over the cut scenes is a little like an artist showing the scrapped versions of a painting composition, and that's fine when the creator wants to invite the viewers into their artistic process, but I think the IWTV filmmakers at the time (and for years after) really wanted the '94 movie to be serious* to the point that releasing cut scenes could have undermined their overall vision... maybe they simply didn't want to invite the audience into their creative process.

(*Serious, BUT there was certainly plenty of beauty, charm, dark humor, intimacy, desire, so much more! Maybe the filmmakers cut scenes that THEY felt didn't mesh well with the overall story they wanted to tell, like putting together an outfit and choosing accessories that go better rather than others... you know?)

WITH THAT SAID... What cut scenes would you have liked to see? That's what fanfic and fanart are for, so tell us and maybe someone will be inspired to create it for all of us 💝

IF Tom was still part of VC at all... one of my personal fantasy casting ideas was to have Tom play the Marquis in TVL, and now he's really old enough to do it! 😅 Can you imagine?? Tom playing his own horrible father! Cast younger actors to play kid!Lestat, teen!Lestat, etc.?? Tom!Marquis showing obvious preference for his two older brothers and being horrible to Gabrielle... it could be amazing.

Obviously it wouldn't be adorable like this but... I've always loved Tom Cruise characters when he interacts with kids and teens, he's always seemed very in touch with his inner child, even when that inner child is more of a 12 yo brat. Whole novels could be written on his layered performances with child and teen actors, but for now, just a few thoughts...

^From Jerry Maguire. I can't quite articulate why this was so compelling... iirc, maybe because his character is really frustrated/demoralized in this scene, and there's something comforting about a kid naively telling you that "the human head weighs 8 pounds," as if to say, "Your problems are not really as big a deal as you think they are; live in the present moment." And Tom in this character seems to absorb that deeper meaning and it gives him some relief, it's a step towards his character's growth.

When Tom played Ray in War of the Worlds, he had a teenage son, and there was a heartbreaking scene where Ray had to choose between protecting his son or his daughter. From That Moment In:

Desperate to keep his family together, Ray is forced to leave the terrified Rachel alone for a moment as he puts his weight on Robbie and forces him to the ground as the air around them lights up with smoke and tracer fire. Meanwhile, another couple, fleeing the madness, sees Rachel standing by herself and attempt to rescue her, not knowing that her father is nearby. Looking back, Ray sees this and becomes torn between his children, not wanting to lose either but forced to choose. Robbie assures his father that this is what he wants, “I want to see this,” and to please let him go, which Ray finally, achingly, submits to, seeing that Rachel is being whisked away. Father and son say goodbye as Robbie runs over the crest and Ray rushes down to get his daughter as a hellfire of explosion overtake the hills, giving us the impression Robbie has met his end.

I just love the idea of Tom playing the very character that had caused so much pain for Lestat, that Lestat was always on defense from that man, looooong after he died. Despite all the torment the Marquis inflicted on Lestat, Lestat still gave him a comfortable place to live out his last few years, the roles pretty much reversed as happens with aging parents, Lestat actually nurturing this man (not always in the kindest way but still!) in his feeble old age... and couldn't bring himself to even kill him out of mercy.

Nature & Nurture, Lestat was damaged by his father genetically and emotionally in his formative years, and so much of Lestat's bravado and verbal attacks seem to be a shield for the awful feelings of growing up unloved, unwanted, and beaten for expressing his own desires. So much so that even in canon he often expresses the intensity of his desires far more eloquently and frequently in the narration than he's able to do verbally, even with the characters he cherishes the most. Because to express his love exposed himself to losing it.

Tom could for sure pull off a performance that would capture the Marquis, because he essentially played Lestat with the qualities of a victim perpetuating some of the abuse he suffered from the man who was supposed to be (and was!) his role model for becoming the man he became. 😭

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quiteunlikely-screencaps · 4 months

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Tom Cruise as Ray Ferrier in War of the Worlds (2005)

#tom cruise #war of the worlds #ray ferrier #screencaps

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nade2308 · 10 months

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I'm a day late with this gifset, but the videos weren't downloading and gifs weren't giffing. Alas, I finally have the finished product. The theme was some of the iconic lines Tom's characters have said in movies, and I couldn't help myself but start it and end it with Mav.

Happy 61st birthday, Tom.

@thethistlegirl @malewifebillcage

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lashes-peaches · 4 months

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#tom cruise #dakota fanning #war of the worlds #ray ferrier #file:tears

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huntmavs · 1 year

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need them to collab again

#thank you to amanda’s anon for requesting this #had so much fun making it #tom cruise #film #movie #steven spielberg #john anderton #minority report #war of the worlds #ray ferrier #bffs #huntmavs edit

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staesthete · 1 year

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single dad who‘s extremely chaotic but caring and would die for their kids wearing stupid dad clothes (bonus sexy dad cap thank you to whoever decided to put them on tom) probably smelling their shirt in the morning if they can still wear it for another day…. Gotta be one of my favourite genders

#I NEED THEM SO BAD !!!!#i have daddy issues #tom cruise #pedro pascal #the last of us #tlou #hbo the last of us #joel miller #young joel miller #tom cruise fanfiction #war of the worlds #ray ferrier

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fuddlewuddle · 10 months

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I’m writing a compendium of Cruise Teller characters together all linked by the theme of breeding because well, why not 😅

There’s Stacee (Rock of Ages) and Andrew (Whiplash)

Ray (War of the Worlds) and Jason (Rabbit Hole)

Danny (A Few Good Men) and Adam (Thank you for your service)

David (Vanilla Sky) and Dave (War Dogs)

Frank (Magnolia) and Al (The Offer)

I might add more once but who knows.

Anyway if you fancy reading so smut with some fluff and angst, then it’s called Breed Me Good.

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aortaargent · 1 year

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this is stupid levels of fun and I must disclaim that zero (0) thought goes into this I just throw them into spots that feel right like blindfolded darts

#alignment #nathan algren #les grossman #charlie babbitt #cole trickle #claus von stauffenberg #mitch mcdeere #stef djordjevic #ray ferrier #john anderton #jack (legend)#tom cruise

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sdrose93 · 1 month

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Ray Ferrier 🥰

#TomCruise #Ray Ferrier #War of the Worlds #one of my favorite movies

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pilvimarja · 1 year

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#War of the Worlds #Ray Ferrier #Tom Cruise #TC for TS #pilvimarja edits #very relatable #q

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shouldyouchoosetoaccept · 7 months

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the look of pride on ray’s face when he sees robbie trying to help people get on the boat 🥹🥹

#t talks #war of the worlds 2005 #ray ferrier #robbie ferrier

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lovesickmermaid · 1 year

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DAY 17: Favorite Run

War of the Worlds

I chose this one because there's no run like the running for your life run. This one is much more realistic compared to his other ones where he looks like he's trying out for the cross country team.

Either way, Ray Ferrier doesn't have a clue what he's doing, but one thing's for sure - he's gonna run cause that seems like a good idea.