Let's Decode the 'JCM' in New John Carter Poster

It's Questionable Poster Day here at Movieline! Hot on the heels of that not-so-good poster for Straw Dogs comes an equally not-so-good poster for John Carter. The 2012 Disney adaptation of the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs featuring John Carter (a Civil War veteran and not John Carter of E.R., FYI) recently dropped the of Mars from its title, but the poster makers apparently weren't aware of that fact. Kinda. Click through for the first look.

Ah, if only that "JCM" still stood for John Carter of Mars. (Though, maybe tossing "JC" up on a poster accompanying a photo of the long-haired Taylor Kitsch would send some mixed religious messages about the project.) Since not many people are likely to know what the "M" in this poster stands for, though -- unless regular-folk have been following the pre-production of this one like hawks -- feel free to come up with your own meaning for the initials in the comments section below. Last one to use "Just Confused Marketing" is a rotten egg!

John Carter enters theaters on March 9, 2012.

[via Apple]