Scientology is in the process of making a documentary about Louis Theroux

Louis Theroux has mentioned on his Twitter feed that lawyers for Scientology have informed him that the "religion" is making a documentary about him.

https://twitter.com/louistheroux/status/591240344051834880

Interesting.

bjork

Brilliant>>I like Louis; I'd be great to see a biography about him

and funny to see what sort of sinister twist the Scientologists will put on it

or will it be only for their training purposes?

dmc17

Interesting indeed.......

Geniass

Sad feckers.

maximoose

When is Louis' show about them due to come out?

God damn it I love Louis.

"Hi, how are you doing?"

RGDATA!

Louis is making his first feature length documentary about them, so this is typical of how they retaliate. Although it's been done to death at this stage I'll still be interested to see Theroux's take on them.

New challenge:

Since Scientology is constantly trying to muddy people's names, we should try and figure out what they try to allege Theroux has done.

I'm going to start the ball rolling with ... Theroux allegedly once accidentally uploaded a photo of his penis to Twitter.

Saralee4

I think they did the same thing during the BBC Panorama with John Sweeney.

Yea I love how Louis tackles things, he just asks fairly innocent questions with a bit of sarcasm and usually whatever he is making the documentary on speaks for itself and shows itself in a bad light by the reactions to his questions.

Infini

Ahh the "Church of Scammatology" the biggest duper of people on the planet. Seriously theyre a cult in all but name but people still fall for it

Geniass

Infini2 wrote: »

Ahh the "Church of Scammatology" the biggest duper of people on the planet. Seriously theyre a cult in all but name but people still fall for it

The majority of the people in the world are theists. So, yeah.

Lollipops23

Surely Theroux has never done anything all that scandalous..? I mean apart from making really good documentaries, he's never done anything particularly interesting as far as I'm aware!

Lollipops23

Lollipops23 wrote: »

Surely Theroux has never done anything all that scandalous..? I mean apart from making really good documentaries, he's never done anything particularly interesting as far as I'm aware!

They'll probably have uncovered this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taUqt_E0aOs

Magico Gonzalez

Saville will be in there somewhere. They'll have Louis and Jimmy as buddies and former colleagues. They'll throw enough dirt at him that stupid or naive people (their target markets) will believe some of it.

Saralee4

Lollipops23 wrote: »

Surely Theroux has never done anything all that scandalous..? I mean apart from making really good documentaries, he's never done anything particularly interesting as far as I'm aware!

I think they have a policy where anyone who speaks out about the church is known as 'fair game' which means they can do anything to bring the person down. I don't think its a moral issue for them to make stuff up and use it as fact.

I just heard that, I don't know if its true, so im just saying..... otherwise that would probably make me...... fair game :eek:

PopePalpatine

What's the chances one of them is reading this thread and is planning to dox us?

My name is URL

He managed to come out on top against Westboro Church, who are basically a family of lawyers so I'm sure he'll be grand when it comes to exposing Scientology whackjobs.

Saralee4

PopePalpatine wrote: »

What's the chances one of them is reading this thread and is planning to dox us?

ok you got me, im a scientologist, sent here from xeno to check out what the people of boards think of us and to see who is a SP (suppressive person).

haha ah no seriously the auditing has really had a good impact on my life. Popepalptine just remortgage the house and send the money to the church and you will be high ranking level 4 in no time, you might even get to meet Tom Cruise :P

My name is URL

My name is URL wrote: »

He managed to come out on top against Westboro Church, who are basically a family of lawyers so I'm sure he'll be grand when it comes to exposing Scientology whackjobs.

I would assume the BBC lawyers were behind him as well. Did the WBC try anything against him?

circadian

This should be interesting. Hopefully he'll do a reaction video or something, that'd be pretty funny.

I like Theroux. Despite his quiet demeanour he really does have some stones dealing with some of the headcases he comes across.

My name is URL

Deleted User wrote: »

I would assume the BBC lawyers were behind him as well. Did the WBC try anything against him?

Not sure but I know the auld fella, Fred Phelps was very pissed off about how Theroux presented him and the church. At the end of they day though they agreed to have him come in and make a documentary so I'm not sure there's much they could have done.

This threat from Scientology lawyers doesn't even seem serious. It's like something you'd hear in a school playground, akin to 'I know you are but what am I?!'

Kylo Ren

Louis should make a documentary about them making a documentary on him.

I can't get enough of his work, so I'd watch it.

jjbrien

Wonder will Tom Cruise be the presenter. Louis is brilliant. Did they ever make anything about the south park guys?

padd b1975

I just know it's going to be pay per view, it's the way they like it.

jjbrien

padd b1975 wrote: »

I just know it's going to be pay per view, it's the way they like it.

Then they got to be getting Tom for that money. Hope Tom goes nuts like he did on Letterman and Oprah

catallus

It is a reflection of how much they value freedom of speech and thought.

myshirt

How come it's very difficult to source copies of When Louis met Jimmy, and When Louis met Max Clifford. They were pulled very swiftly from Netflix, never to return. Bad form.

tritium

Wow

Will it be on the Scientology channel?

Oh

I don't appear to have subscribed to that on my UPC

Oh well.....

My name is URL

catallus wrote: »

It is a reflection of how much they value freedom of speech and thought.

STOP COMMITTING SURPRESSIVE ACTS!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG70fhg0wL4

Bunch of crazy fcuks. You can see the lunacy in their eyes

The Diabolical Monocle

Deleted User wrote: »

They'll probably have uncovered this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taUqt_E0aOs

More incriminating evidence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgoOihBb78w

porsche959

Magico Gonzalez wrote: »

Saville will be in there somewhere. They'll have Louis and Jimmy as buddies and former colleagues. They'll throw enough dirt at him that stupid or naive people (their target markets) will believe some of it.

Good point. Theroux admitted that his questioning of Savile should have been tougher, that said, he got closer than most to exposing Savile.

yabadabado

Any of you watch the recent HBO doc on Scientology? Well worth checking out.

Notorious97

yabadabado wrote: »

Any of you watch the recent HBO doc on Scientology? Well worth checking out.

Anywhere else to find it other than HBO?

yabadabado

Notorious97 wrote: »

Anywhere else to find it other than HBO?

I cant mention on here where I watched it but its not hard find.

Tarzana2

Saralee4 wrote: »

Yea I love how Louis tackles things, he just asks fairly innocent questions with a bit of sarcasm and usually whatever he is making the documentary on speaks for itself and shows itself in a bad light by the reactions to his questions.

Ah shtop, he asks leading questions wrapped up in a faux-naif bow. He knows exactly what he is doing.

I find his documentaries entertaining whilst simultaneously not really liking him very much at all.

Anyway, the Scientology documentary will just be an attempted hatchet job that nobody will take seriously.

Lyaiera

Tarzana2 wrote: »

He knows exactly what he is doing.

I would hope most people know exactly what they're doing.

Caovyn Lineah

When will his doc be airing?

arch_stanton

I doubt this is a real documentary to be screened for the public. One of their tactics for harassing critics and ex-members is to follow them around sticking cameras in their faces. In the HBO doc they had been filming the house of one of the guys day and night for over a year. When the police questioned them about why they were sitting filming from a parked car their excuse/cover story was that they were making a "documentary"

Saralee4

Tarzana2 wrote: »

Ah shtop, he asks leading questions wrapped up in a faux-naif bow. He knows exactly what he is doing.

I find his documentaries entertaining whilst simultaneously not really liking him very much at all.

Anyway, the Scientology documentary will just be an attempted hatchet job that nobody will take seriously.

i know this but I find how he does it very entertaining. He manages to pull off a childlike innocence all the while the viewer and sometimes the person he is interviewing knows (sometimes not) what he's getting at.

I think his technique and style is unique to him. Personally I like how he does his documentaries.

Tarzana2

Lyaiera wrote: »

I would hope most people know exactly what they're doing.

Er, OK then?

Louis puts up this faux-innocent facade that sometimes seems lost on Americans, whilst asking leading questions. It's all a bit snide and patronising.

Tarzana2

Saralee4 wrote: »

He manages to pull off a childlike innocence all the while the viewer and sometimes the person he is interviewing knows (sometimes not) what he's getting at.

A lot of the time the interviewee doesn't know. And the "childless innocence" always comes across incredibly fake to me. His documentaries are entertaining but have little integrity.

Saralee4

Tarzana2 wrote: »

A lot of the time the interviewee doesn't know. .

That's because a lot of the people he interviews in his documentaries are delusional and have mental belief systems.

IMO most of the time, the 'leading questions' he asks are questions that you want to know and would want to ask and if he asked some of those interviewees out straight with no tact, he wouldn't get any kind of insight into what they really think because they would either get too defensive or not answer.

Tarzana2

Tarzana2 wrote: »

A lot of the time the interviewee doesn't know. And the "childless innocence" always comes across incredibly fake to me. His documentaries are entertaining but have little integrity.

You watched By Reason of Insanity/A Place for Paedophiles/Law and Disorder in...? Seemed fairly sincere when questioning admitted paedos and some very mentally ill people.

As for the other stuff, if it's lost on Americans then I assume it was lost on the Brits he made shows about too, because they mostly "fell for it" just as much. If anything he was even cheekier/pushier with many of the British subjects.

Saralee4

Deleted User wrote: »

You watched By Reason of Insanity/A Place for Paedophiles/Law and Disorder in...? Seemed fairly sincere when questioning admitted paedos and some very mentally ill people.

As for the other stuff, if it's lost on Americans then I assume it was lost on the Brits he made shows about too, because they mostly "fell for it" just as much. If anything he was even cheekier/pushier with many of the British subjects.

there was another one that he did on crystal meth and I thought he was very understanding and respectful towards the people he interviewed.

Donkey Oaty

It's about time Louis was exposed for the documentary-making Englishman that he is.

GOD HATES CLEGG'S FAG: The true story behind the thinking man's Henry Mc
Kean.

yabadabado

arch_stanton wrote: »

I doubt this is a real documentary to be screened for the public. One of their tactics for harassing critics and ex-members is to follow them around sticking cameras in their faces. In the HBO doc they had been filming the house of one of the guys day and night for over a year. When the police questioned them about why they were sitting filming from a parked car their excuse/cover story was that they were making a "documentary"

didnt they call themselves The Squirrel Busters .

Firefox11

maximoose wrote: »

When is Louis' show about them due to come out?

God damn it I love Louis.

"Hi, how are you doing?"

That line works so well on so many of those nutcases and fringe groups he interviews.:)

suicide_circus

Louis:"hi I'm louis, so what exactly is it you're doing here"

Subject of documentary: *tirade of offensive wackiness*

Louis: *horrified expression*

Subject of documentary: *further off the wall ramblings*

Louis: "ok then"


Format is simple but effective

Berserker

Is there anyone who doesn't like Louis Theroux? Love his work myself. Forgot to mention that Jenna Miscavige Hill, niece of David Miscavige who is head of the CoS, wrote an amazing book on her life in the church. It is called 'Beyond Belief'. If anyone is looking to get a really good insight into the CoS then it is well worth a read.

RDM_83 again

Berserker wrote: »

Is there anyone who doesn't like Louis Theroux? Love his work myself.

I like him when he is dealing with the people whom he actually has a bit of an interest or compassion for, like the drug addicts, prisoners, prostitutes and so on. The people you can tell he doesn't have any empathy at all with it comes a across as either patronizing or alternatively not direct enough in that he isn't asking hard enough questions, as Porshe959 points out he doesn't deal particularly well with b@stards that are smart and have media awareness.

He is the only one of the many doing the 'superior but self depricating' brit thing that I don't want to beat to death with a shoe though and his shows are genuinely good (actually Jon Ronson gets a pass too but he is a lot more sympathetic to his subjects)

Mallagio

Most definitely not aimed at public viewing, it's more to keep their own followers behind their bulls*it curtain.

SaveOurLyric

My name is URL wrote: »

Scientology whackjobs.

Thats a bit harsh. Its a privilege to call yourself a scientologist, because its something you have to earn. Because a scientologist does. Scientologists know that they can help. He, or she, has the ability to create new and better realities and better conditions. Its exactly it. You're either on board, or your not on board. Now is the time. So you better know it. And if you dont, go and learn it.