# Trolls R Us Resurrections (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 11, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518 "2021-09-11T17:26:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 499
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14526 "2026-05-18T20:00:47Z")
I cornfielded that one this morning and new Soros troll just now. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14527 "2026-05-19T01:12:04Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I cornfielded that one this morning What?? So now we’ll never find out who the actor was?? 😾 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14528 "2026-05-19T01:32:17Z")
Christopher Walken? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14529 "2026-05-19T01:37:48Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > What?? So now we’ll never find out who the actor was?? 😾 Well, it was a “famous person,” so not necessarily an actor. Could have been a politician, a musician, or simply somebody who is a Big Deal in the poster’s city or town, but is likely not known elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14530 "2026-05-19T01:56:31Z")
It was Carrot Top. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14531 "2026-05-19T02:00:00Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Well, it was a “famous person,” so not necessarily an actor. No, if I remember correctly (I read the post twice, and was the first to reply to him), he mentioned numerous times that it was an actor, and a well-known one at that; a lot of his complaint seemed to be that said actor was apparently not emotionally invested in his roles. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14532 "2026-05-19T02:03:48Z")
Keanu Reeves? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14533 "2026-05-19T02:09:25Z")
I kind of doubt it was Reeves; one of the things that I seem to remember the poster saying (it was a rambling post) was that said actor seemed to be frustrated by not getting leading-role type parts. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14534 "2026-05-19T02:11:17Z")
Ted? The other guy? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14535 "2026-05-19T02:13:41Z")
I don’t think the OP actually had anyone in particular in mind. They wanted us to guess different names that might match up with their vague descriptions just to watch us jump around. There is no right answer. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14536 "2026-05-19T02:18:13Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > There is no right answer. They said it was an actor of German and Scottish ancestry who dyes his hair to play Italian-American mobsters, thinks of himself more as a dancer, and famously played a Vietnam veteran who suffered mentally from the experience; Christopher Walken, who doesn’t use a cellphone, simply fits. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14537 "2026-05-19T02:18:43Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > No, if I remember correctly (I read the post twice, and was the first to reply to him), he mentioned numerous times that it was an actor, and a well-known one at that; a lot of his complaint seemed to be that said actor was apparently not emotionally invested in his roles. Fair enough. I stand corrected then. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14538 "2026-05-19T03:16:31Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > who dyes his hair to play Italian-American mobsters, thinks of himself more as a dancer, and famously played a Vietnam veteran who suffered mentally from the experience; Christopher Walken, who doesn’t use a cellphone, simply fits. Sounds like him, but I haven’t seen him in a lot of movies. What movie(s) did he play an Italian-American in? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14539 "2026-05-19T03:25:32Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Sounds like him, but I haven’t seen him in a lot of movies. What movie(s) did he play an Italian-American in Carlo Bartolucci in SUICIDE KINGS, Vincenzo Coccotti in TRUE ROMANCE, Raimondo Tempio in THE FUNERAL… ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14540 "2026-05-19T03:27:28Z")
_True Romance_. Also Walken played an Italian in _The Comfort of Strangers._ ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14541 "2026-05-19T03:33:03Z")
Thanks! Sounds like he’s the winner, allright. In Who Am I This Time (from the Kurt Vonnegut short story) Walken played a small town fellow who could only relate to a woman in the town (Susan Sarandon) when they were both acting onstage in character as opposite romantic leads. Offstage, he was too emotionally crippled (I think, it’s been a long time) to relate to each other. So they carried on their relationship only while onstage together. I wonder what our banned poster would make of that. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14542 "2026-05-19T12:32:55Z")
IIRC in the middle of the wall o text the OP switched to a different actor, a female one. And somewhere along the way got a dig in at a little man with wacky religious beliefs who played tough guys which somebody suggested meant Tom Cruise. I don’t think it was quite as much of a trollish no-right-answer trap or deliberate Rorschach test as @Czarcasm suggests. But having a convo / contest of opinions with a wacko who’s also a terrible writer is just as useless as having one with a troll. Mods don’t generally cornfield first posts & ban first time posters just for being wacky / logorrheic. There almost certainly had to have been more there to support the decision. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14543 "2026-05-19T17:38:32Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > IIRC in the middle of the wall o text the OP switched to a different actor, a female one. And somewhere along the way got a dig in at a little man with wacky religious beliefs who played tough guys which somebody suggested he meant Tom Cruise. I believe the point of bringing up the actress was merely to contrast her with the guy who _doesn’t_ likewise love acting and have a similar passion for it — while also mentioning that some folks practically worship the noted eccentric who pointedly doesn’t use certain technology (which the OP figured is a sign of the guy having a deep lack of self-awareness, and being out of touch, and preferring escapism over reality). ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14544 "2026-05-19T17:44:37Z")
Just saying as a poster now, arguing over that bait providing by the troll is still doing what the troll wanted. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14545 "2026-05-19T17:48:21Z")
Agreed. I only posted once in that now-cornfielded thread to point out that the OP was nothing but bait. That troll really knew what it was doing; it got you folks good, and it’s still working. Some people like the taste of bait though, I guess. 😆 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=498) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=500)