Did Tom Cruise Build $10 Million Dollar Bunker To Protect Himself From Aliens Or Critics?
(Post co-written with contributor Lilly von Marcab)
Tom Cruise has money to burn. Even a relative flop like Cruise's latest film, the WWII epic Valkyrie, has somehow managed to make $60 million despite poor reviews and a maelstrom of troubles. So, you see, even when Tom loses, he wins. What's $10 million dollars for a post-apocalyptic style bunker to a guy like Cruise? Nada.
Still, you have to ask yourself, why does a huge star like Tom Cruise, who maintains homes in Los Angeles, Telluride, and now all of Manhattan, need with a high end hideyhole? I guess the answer depends on when you ask him. According to reports in 2007, Cruise and Holmes were beginning the process of building their "alien-proof" bunker beneath their compound in Telluride, supposedly as protection against when alien overlord Xenu comes back to exact revenge on Earth. No, seriously, from the Sydney Morning Herald:
According to several mags this week, Cruise is building an "$11 million luxury underground bunker" at his property in Colorado so his family can survive an "alien invasion"."It's a self-contained underground shelter with high-tech air purifying system," Woman's Day reports. Other essential alien fighting features include a helipad and swimming pool.
As a fervent follower of Scientology, Cruise believes humans are covered in ancient alien souls stranded here by an evil alien emperor named Lord Xenu. The Church teaches its followers (after taking outrageously expensive courses) that all our earthly problems stem from these trapped alien souls, who were coincidentally, killed by atomic bombs at the mouth of volcanoes covering the planet by Lord Xenu himself. It had something to do with overcrowding in the galaxy. Very technical stuff, kind of hard to explain to none-OT folks. Bottom line, Xenu will be back and Tom wants to be ready.
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