The Joker (w/ Joaquin Phoenix)

[jdoggydogg 1,957]

Trailer

...has some problems, but I'll wait for the full trailer to decide.

[Zow 6,347]

That actually looked interesting and a decent concept  

 

But i still don’t get it. Nolan and Ledger knocked this character out of the park. Ledger was perfect. Why does anybody think his character can be redone/topped? Just leave it be. 

[strykerpks 3,638]

4 minutes ago, Zow said:

That actually looked interesting and a decent concept  

 

But i still don’t get it. Nolan and Ledger knocked this character out of the park. Ledger was perfect. Why does anybody think his character can be redone/topped? Just leave it be. 

You misspelled Jack Nicholson

[northern exposure 1,240]

4 minutes ago, Zow said:

That actually looked interesting and a decent concept  

 

But i still don’t get it. Nolan and Ledger knocked this character out of the park. Ledger was perfect. Why does anybody think his character can be redone/topped? Just leave it be. 

I guess they have decided they just can't keep making Batman and Spiderman movies over and over again.

[northern exposure 1,240]

3 minutes ago, strykerpks said:

You misspelled Jack Nicholson

Or Jared Leto.

[Zow 6,347]

3 minutes ago, strykerpks said:

You misspelled Jack Nicholson

Sure didn’t. 

Nicholson joker = Howe. 

Ledger joker = Gretzky. 

[strykerpks 3,638]

4 minutes ago, northern exposure said:

Or Jared Leto.

Oh stop it

[strykerpks 3,638]

3 minutes ago, Zow said:

Sure didn’t. 

Nicholson joker = Howe. 

Ledger joker = Gretzky. 

Fair argument but wrong. Ledger was ok but Batman Begins is the best of the trilogy. Agree to disagree so as to not clog up this thread which is about the new movie. Sorry to everyone else.

I'm intrigued. But DC hasn't shown to be too reliable. If they're switching gears in their philosophy here, I'm a little excited. 

[Apple Jack 3,632]

24 minutes ago, Zow said:

That actually looked interesting and a decent concept  

 

But i still don’t get it. Nolan and Ledger knocked this character out of the park. Ledger was perfect. Why does anybody think his character can be redone/topped? Just leave it be. 

[Apple Jack 3,632]

"Ledger was okay."

[cap'n grunge 6,299]

I like Gotham's Cameron Monaghan.

[cap'n grunge 6,299]

5 minutes ago, Apple Jack said:

"Ledger was okay."

He is a bit overrated.

[skycriesmary 485]

Ledger was the definitive Joker, end of story. He obviously used Killing Joke as a the main character study, and rightfully so.  

[DA RAIDERS 3,081]

the joker is a great character.  it's really too bad, that batman sucks ###.  worst "superhero" ever.

[Insein 8,309]

2 hours ago, strykerpks said:

You misspelled Jack Nicholson

It's spelled Mark Hamill 

[Otis 10,274]

DC is awful and they will forever be the Go-Bots, or generic Cereal O’s to everything Marvel has been doing. 

I mean Jesus how do you screw up a movie with Batman and Superman together in it that badly. 

[Payne 325]

This looks horrible. Absolutely horrible. 

Ledger was The Joker in my opinion. At the very least, saying he was overrated is ridiculous.

[cap'n grunge 6,299]

2 hours ago, Payne said:

This looks horrible. Absolutely horrible. 

Ledger was The Joker in my opinion. At the very least, saying he was overrated is ridiculous.

I didn't see the movie when it first came out. I bought the trilogy and ran through them one weekend a year or two ago. Maybe I went in with high expectations given all the hype but I didn't think his Joker was as amazing as people had made it out to be.

I also didn't think Christian Bale was that great as Batman so take my takes as you will.

Edited February 27 by cap'n grunge

[Insein 8,309]

5 hours ago, Otis said:

DC is awful and they will forever be the Go-Bots, or generic Cereal O’s to everything Marvel has been doing. 

I mean Jesus how do you screw up a movie with Batman and Superman together in it that badly. 

Poor executive decisions. Putting Zach Snyder in charge of direction. Consistently choosing short term monetary gain over a long term plan for story telling. The list goes on but basically, DC/WB saw the success Disney and Marvel were having and wanted that cash too.

They didn't bother to pay attention to how Marvel did that (hiring comic veterans for consulting and storyboarding, getting directors and writers who were fans of the comics to write a script that stayed true to the source material, hiring actors and actresses that bought in and understood the long term vision of the story). They just assumed a ton of comic book movies about the characters they own is the way to go. Doesn't matter who you get to work on them. Doesn't matter having an overarching long term plan for them. Doesn't matter what storylines you use. Cram them all in there. People are dumb they won't notice. Just start throwing stuff out there and get that sweet sweet cash. 

That's worked out well so far for DC/WB.

[Epic Problem 2,775]

I'm going to start gutting people if Cesar Romero doesn't start getting some Joker props in here. 

[Insein 8,309]

2 minutes ago, Epic Problem said:

I'm going to start gutting people if Cesar Romero doesn't start getting some Joker props in here. 

Who

[KarmaPolice 8,823]

9 hours ago, northern exposure said:

Or Jared Leto.

Not enough  emojis for this post.  

[Insein 8,309]

9 minutes ago, KarmaPolice said:

Not enough  emojis for this post.  

Leto disagrees

[Andy Dufresne 7,759]

How To Try Too Hard:

Step 1 - Hire Joachin Phoenix

[Capella 21,746]

9 hours ago, Zow said:

That actually looked interesting and a decent concept  

 

But i still don’t get it. Nolan and Ledger knocked this character out of the park. Ledger was perfect. Why does anybody think his character can be redone/topped? Just leave it be. 

Dc doesn’t care about topping anything. They want to make money. 

[TheIronSheik 6,592]

This reminds me of how I felt when I saw the trailer for The Dark Knight.  

Put me down as "Very Interested!"

[Vike Me 150]

Jebus, so many "comicbook guys" in here.

Edited February 27 by Vike Me

[Warrior 314]

10 hours ago, strykerpks said:

Ledger was ok but Batman Begins is the best of the trilogy. 

It's totally ok to be wrong.

Edited February 27 by Warrior

[Insein 8,309]

55 minutes ago, Vike Me said:

Jebus, so many "comicbook guys" in here.

Worst. Post. Ever.

[Short Corner 1,741]

4 minutes ago, Insein said:

Worst. Post. Ever.

Not even worst post on this page

[Sconch 4,257]

ANOTHER COMIC BOOK MOVIE 

THANK GOD!  

Edited February 27 by Sconch

[Sconch 4,257]

THEY SHOULD MAKE ANOTHER SPIDERMAN MOVIE

WE'VE ONLY HAD LIKE 9 OF THEM IN THE LAST 16 YEARS

[KarmaPolice 8,823]

5 minutes ago, Sconch said:

THEY SHOULD MAKE ANOTHER SPIDERMAN MOVIE

WE'VE ONLY HAD LIKE 9 OF THEM IN THE LAST 16 YEARS

Well, if we said to stop after the Amazing Spidermans, then we wouldn't have had Homecoming and that was one of the better superhero movies I seen in quite awhile. 

ETA:  That said, I thought the trailer was just meh, and I love me some Joaquin.

 

Edited February 27 by KarmaPolice

[jdoggydogg 1,957]

10 hours ago, cap'n grunge said:

He is a bit overrated.

Aww hell no.

[jdoggydogg 1,957]

The trailer music, specifically Welcome To The Jungle, is lame. Nothing like 80s hair metal to supe up your 2019 trailer. 

[Sconch 4,257]

2 minutes ago, KarmaPolice said:

Well, if we said to stop after the Amazing Spidermans, then we wouldn't have had Homecoming and that was one of the better superhero movies I seen in quite awhile. 

ETA:  That said, I thought the trailer was just meh, and I love me some Joaquin.

 

I know what you're saying but WTF?

2002-2007:  3 with Toby Maguire

2012-2014: 2  with Andrew Garfunkel 

2016-2019:  4 with some Dutch kid

Throw in that Spiderverse thing for kicks.  

10 GD Spiderman movies in 17 years.  Really?

 

What's the pitch for this like?

Producer:  I've got it.  We remake Spiderman!

Exec: Uh, didn't we just do that?  

Producer:  Yeah, but get this:  Peter Parker is a goofy high school kid that gets bit by a radioactive spider and he gets all these cool powers!
 

Exec:  Yeeeahhhh, OK.  So what's going to be different from the previous ones?

Producer:  It's going to be a different actor.  Duh.

 

[TheIronSheik 6,592]

I never understood why people get mad at certain films being made.  You guys know you don't have to go see them, right?  

[Insein 8,309]

12 minutes ago, jdoggydogg said:

The trailer music, specifically Welcome To The Jungle, is lame. Nothing like 80s hair metal to supe up your 2019 trailer. 

You just called GnFnR hair metal?

[coachoneill 23]

This is very clearly fan made, not an actual teaser.  There are lots of clips from "The Master" in there.  Come on guys. 

[bigmarc27 3,579]

1 hour ago, TheIronSheik said:

I never understood why people get mad at certain films being made.  You guys know you don't have to go see them, right?  

It does become a problem though. People go see these, studios make money, studios make the same garbage.  Rinse and repeat and you never get anything original anymore. 

The original stuff now goes straight to Netflix. 

 

Honestly the best writers have been on TV for years now because studios keep pumping out the same garbage. 

[Nipsey 3,490]

35 minutes ago, coachoneill said:

This is very clearly fan made, not an actual teaser.  There are lots of clips from "The Master" in there.  Come on guys. 

 60% of it is from The Master. The microphone is from Walk The Line. Any shots from Her in there? Geez.

[Zow 6,347]

1 hour ago, Sconch said:

ANOTHER COMIC BOOK MOVIE 

THANK GOD!  

But you loved that movie with the creature from the black lagoon. 

[Zow 6,347]

1 hour ago, Sconch said:

I know what you're saying but WTF?

2002-2007:  3 with Toby Maguire

2012-2014: 2  with Andrew Garfunkel 

2016-2019:  4 with some Dutch kid

Throw in that Spiderverse thing for kicks.  

10 GD Spiderman movies in 17 years.  Really?

 

What's the pitch for this like?

Producer:  I've got it.  We remake Spiderman!

Exec: Uh, didn't we just do that?  

Producer:  Yeah, but get this:  Peter Parker is a goofy high school kid that gets bit by a radioactive spider and he gets all these cool powers!
 

Exec:  Yeeeahhhh, OK.  So what's going to be different from the previous ones?

Producer:  It's going to be a different actor.  Duh.

 

I actually agree with you here. 

[Sconch 4,257]

2 minutes ago, Zow said:

But you loved that movie with the creature from the black lagoon. 

Have they made 10 of them? 

[Zow 6,347]

1 minute ago, Sconch said:

Have they made 10 of them? 

No but the second one inexplicably won best picture. 

[TheIronSheik 6,592]

16 minutes ago, bigmarc27 said:

It does become a problem though. People go see these, studios make money, studios make the same garbage.  Rinse and repeat and you never get anything original anymore. 

The original stuff now goes straight to Netflix. 

 

Honestly the best writers have been on TV for years now because studios keep pumping out the same garbage. 

Good films will still get made.  Honestly, I think it weeds out more of the indie crap films.  I'll trade Batman 12 for Swiss Army Man any day of the week.

[Sconch 4,257]

1 hour ago, TheIronSheik said:

I never understood why people get mad at certain films being made.  You guys know you don't have to go see them, right?  

Because there are countless quality stories out there that should be made into films.  But because people will flock to see anything with "Marvel" stamped on it they will never get made.  

[Sconch 4,257]

Excuse me for reading books that don't have pictures.

[TheIronSheik 6,592]

9 minutes ago, Sconch said:

Because there are countless quality stories out there that should be made into films.  But because people will flock to see anything with "Marvel" stamped on it they will never get made.  

That's not true.  No blockbuster film is keeping any other film from being made.  Movie studios need tent pole films to fund the smaller films.  Without big films, little films don't get made.

[Sconch 4,257]

Just now, TheIronSheik said:

That's not true.  No blockbuster film is keeping any other film from being made.  Movie studios need tent pole films to fund the smaller films.  Without big films, little films don't get made.

Good point.  But do the blockbusters have to be comic book movies?