I live not too far from scientology headquarters. When battlefield earth came out, me and a friend decided to go see it. Should be good for a laugh, right? Get to the cinema, sold out. That's weird. This is a stadium seating multi-plex and the film has got to be terrible.
So we bought tickets to something else, I think the Little Mermaid was having a re-release or something. Then just mosey on into the Battlefield theater. It's empty. I'm talking not a single other person. Well that's a little creepy, but whatever. We grab some seats.
About 5 minutes before showtime, the doors open and in they come. Tons of scientologists. Enough to fill the place. We obviously didn't come with them, they know they bought every single ticket, and we clearly don't belong.
They didn't say anything to us though. They just filed in and took every seat in there. I was pretty sure that I wasn't going to disappear, never to be heard from again. But then again, it didn't seem entirely outside the realm of possibility. Anytime there was a bright light in the movie, an explosion or something, I could always see at least a few pair of eyes watching us rather than the screen.
In retrospect, since I'm still here, that was one of the coolest movie experiences I've ever had.
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I live not too far from scientology headquarters. When battlefield earth came out, me and a friend decided to go see it. Should be good for a laugh, right? Get to the cinema, sold out. That's weird. This is a stadium seating multi-plex and the film has got to be terrible.
So we bought tickets to something else, I think the Little Mermaid was having a re-release or something. Then just mosey on into the Battlefield theater. It's empty. I'm talking not a single other person. Well that's a little creepy, but whatever. We grab some seats.
About 5 minutes before showtime, the doors open and in they come. Tons of scientologists. Enough to fill the place. We obviously didn't come with them, they know they bought every single ticket, and we clearly don't belong.
They didn't say anything to us though. They just filed in and took every seat in there. I was pretty sure that I wasn't going to disappear, never to be heard from again. But then again, it didn't seem entirely outside the realm of possibility. Anytime there was a bright light in the movie, an explosion or something, I could always see at least a few pair of eyes watching us rather than the screen.
In retrospect, since I'm still here, that was one of the coolest movie experiences I've ever had.
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