"Jack-reacher? I thought that was Travolta's new project."

True, but it's still better than contractual haplessness.  I believe that was Rodney Dangerfield's problem.

True, but it's still better than contractual haplessness.  I believe that was Rodney Dangerfield's problem.

I've got to say, Nathan, I'm a little surprised by your dismissal of "Pet Sematary" as a frivolous novelty lacking in genuine emotional weight, since for me it's always perfectly encapsulated the contrast between lighthearted escapism and bottomless despair that you rightly identify as the heart of Dee Dee's…

I've got to say, Nathan, I'm a little surprised by your dismissal of "Pet Sematary" as a frivolous novelty lacking in genuine emotional weight, since for me it's always perfectly encapsulated the contrast between lighthearted escapism and bottomless despair that you rightly identify as the heart of Dee Dee's…

One of my college roommates was Danny "Little Pete" Tamberelli, who was a few years younger than me.  My honest-to-God first question after learning why he looked so familiar:

One of my college roommates was Danny "Little Pete" Tamberelli, who was a few years younger than me.  My honest-to-God first question after learning why he looked so familiar:

I lived in Romania for a bit, where I taught at an NGO school for Roma kids who couldn't go to regular public school anymore. (Romania has—or had at the time—almost no resources for remedial education; if you fell more than two years behind your grade level, you were just kicked out. This happened to Roma kids a lot.)

I lived in Romania for a bit, where I taught at an NGO school for Roma kids who couldn't go to regular public school anymore. (Romania has—or had at the time—almost no resources for remedial education; if you fell more than two years behind your grade level, you were just kicked out. This happened to Roma kids a lot.)

"I met your daddy in a steel cage!  I had him weepin' like a woman after my patented piledriver!"

"I met your daddy in a steel cage!  I had him weepin' like a woman after my patented piledriver!"

Hell, you're right, it's Jordan Prentice.

Hell, you're right, it's Jordan Prentice.

Not to mention Jordan Prentice (of Howard the Duck semi-fame) in an awesome turn as a drugged-out racist. But Fiennes wins the prize for most unexpectedly hilarious.  Whenever I find myself somewhere picturesque, I always think: "It's like a fairy-tale place", in Fiennes' menacingly insistent growl.

Not to mention Jordan Prentice (of Howard the Duck semi-fame) in an awesome turn as a drugged-out racist. But Fiennes wins the prize for most unexpectedly hilarious.  Whenever I find myself somewhere picturesque, I always think: "It's like a fairy-tale place", in Fiennes' menacingly insistent growl.

"'John Carter' is a name that doesn't mean anything to most people."

"'John Carter' is a name that doesn't mean anything to most people."

You can, but it feels better when someone else does it.

You can, but it feels better when someone else does it.

This retribution-for-killing-Jesus-who-was-one-of-them theory is popping up a lot—and I know it was included in an earlier, presumably far stupider draft of the script—but how about this for a more plausible explanation: