• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Tom Cruise is now the same age that Wilford Brimley was in Cocoon

Obviously Tom Cruise is taking advantage of advanced secret technology from Xenu that is superior what was available to Wilford Brimley
 
Wow. Tom and Wilford are at aboslute opposite ends of the "how well you age" category. Wilford looked fricken old in Cacoon 20 years ago.
 
For reference:

Brinkley1.jpg
 
Wow. Was Wilford Brimley typical for 51 years old in 1985? I thought he was like 70 or 80 in Cocoon.
 
Last edited:
This story started circulating when the latest Mission Impossible movie hit theaters. As I understand it, Wilfred Brimley's make up in Cocoon was done in such a way to age him for the part. So it isn't the greatest of comparisons.

-KeithP
 
Wilford Brimley didn't have a team of scientologists with briefcase's full of 1950's car dials. Too bad, could have cured his diabeetus.
 
KeithP said:
This story started circulating when the latest Mission Impossible movie hit theaters. As I understand it, Wilfred Brimley's make up in Cocoon was done in such a way to age him for the part. So it isn't the greatest of comparisons.

-KeithP
Click to expand...

Fair, but even in The Thing (which was a couple of years earlier), he looked at least 10-15 years older than Cruise does now. A lot of it is his voice, demeanor, etc. Just thought it was interesting.

This still is from Cocoon - it doesn't really look like makeup to me, but I guess anything's possible.

image116.png


Just as a frame of reference, here is WB from The Natural, which was released the year before Cocoon:

567-3.jpg


And from The Thing, 3 years before Cocoon:

Thing+5.gif
 
On a case to case basis, diabetes can bloat a person and can make a person look easily 10 years older.

3 years before the movie "the thing", he was diagnosed with diabetes.
And the state of medicine was at that time not as advanced as now.
Add that he was going bald.
 
William Gaatjes said:
On a case to case basis, diabetes can bloat a person and can make a person look easily 10 years older.

3 years before the movie "the thing", he was diagnosed with diabetes.
And the state of medicine was at that time not as advanced as now.
Add that he was going bald.
Click to expand...

And . . . ?

I'm not trying to pick on Wilford Brimley at all. I like him, and The Thing is one of my favorite movies. I sincerely wish Wilford Brimley a long, happy and successful life.

The whole thread was just to make an interesting observation (or at least interesting to me). The things you mention, while unfortunate for Mr. Brimley, don't in any way undermine the point that there was a startling disparity in their apparent ages while their chronological ages were the same. If you don't think it's interesting, no hard feelings on my part.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top