I'm just curious as to who DC thought this design would appeal to? This look is disappointing to anyone who likes the comics, games, animated series, or movies. Is it really that difficult to put Mark Hamil's Joker on screen?
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I like the dentalwork. It retrospectively bothers me that comic book characters spend all day punching each other in the face and yet somehow never lose teeth.
The tattoos on the other hand are truly awful.. I mean, maybe they're meant to be an ironic thing to fuck with people, but even if so it totally snaps the tension for me.
The tattoos on the other hand are truly awful.. I mean, maybe they're meant to be an ironic thing to fuck with people, but even if so it totally snaps the tension for me.
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These wounds, they will not heeaallllllll!
Oh dear lord why did they put the "damaged" tattoo on his head? Yuck. Look at him, he doesn't look malicious at all. He doesn't even look like he has had a tragic past.
In the words of Sora from Kingdom Hearts:
Who is this kook?
These wounds, they will not heeaallllllll!
Oh dear lord why did they put the "damaged" tattoo on his head? Yuck. Look at him, he doesn't look malicious at all. He doesn't even look like he has had a tragic past.
In the words of Sora from Kingdom Hearts:
Who is this kook?
I'm sure if they let Leto, he'll do a fine acting job, but this design is just... I can't even. The only decent part of it is the dental work. Hair isn't a minus, but not exactly 'good' either. I get that they don't want to just do a rehash of Ledger's joker, but come on, this is what they come up with? The guy looks like a junkie-excon-trying to revive punk with a joker fetish, not the joker himself. This joker looks like he couldn't even put a set of legos together correctly much less mastermind a crime that would give batman a run for his money.
Yeah, but Keaton was understandable, and still is. He was largely a comedy actor and is not that imposing of a guy at that point in time. Add in that the first Batman movie had the Joker involved, and you've got to understand people being worried it'd be even campier than Adam West(and to a point it was, but also in a bit of a disturbing area of camp). Even Ledger's understandable, nobody had seen him do much work as heavy as they were making the Joker out to be before TDK came out.thanatos388 said:
But nobody's worried about Leto's performance(well, I am, don't think I've ever seen him in anything so I can't just trust the reputation), they are worried that this is the final draft of what the Joker's going to look like. A wannabe biker badass, and not a wiry mastermind as he's mostly been in most incarnations. I have nothing wrong with tattoos, I've got two myself, but neither are on my face, and I highly doubt Joker would be in general population long enough to get them in the first place if he was in prison.
Again, what Joker do you know that would let anymook near him that he didn't want to? And exactly what Joker would ruin his already iconic smile with distractions like those tattoos? Because that's honestly what they are, they don't tell you this person's someone to not be messed with, they tell you this is a guy that is trying far to hard to be taken seriously by daddy.Spaceman Spiff said:
The tattoos are a bit much but will be mostly covered up by the suit. The teeth are downright strange to look at. Other than that, I think this is the best looking Joker when it comes to live action DC movies. Jack Nicholson looked great but they downplayed the comic-bookness of the source material in that movie. Heath Ledger didn't look much like Joker at all to me. Jared Leto looks good in the make-up and the hair is actually green but I can't wait to see the actual suit he'll be wearing. Besides, that's The Joker...Joker was never a member of The Suicide Squad, Harley is. What's she going to look like?
I agree that tats aren't Joker's style. I more or less said so in another post in this thread.Redryhno said:
I just wouldn't cite prison time as a reason that a character shouldn't have tats. Also, maybe Harley did them. Or Bob.
R.I.P. Bob
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Wow, that's wretched. Looks like a Marylin Manson Fan with a Joker fetish. Hopefully they do better with everybody else, but based on this its going to look like the Bratz are on tour with with a highschool goth band.
Wow, that's wretched. Looks like a Marylin Manson Fan with a Joker fetish. Hopefully they do better with everybody else, but based on this its going to look like the Bratz are on tour with with a highschool goth band.
Well, we don't have any context, for all we know, in this universe/story, the "Joker" could be some random obsessed fan of the original they arrested. Kind of an inverted take on the Nite Owls from Watchmen, where the fanboy took over the role after the original was too old (or dead, or missing, or still alive for the heck of it).WolfThomas said:
The tats are a bit much, especially the forehead, but the look otherwise doesn't bother me. Without context, we again don't know how often most of the tats will even be visible, or covered by his costume.
I'll try not to hate him if he's funny. Coz Mark Hamill set the benchmark on jokerism. Demented, funny, dangerous. I think, aside from the disappearing pencil trick and one of the greatest chaotic speeches ever (Ya know "Do I look like the kind of guy that has a plan?") , there wasn't much Joke in Ledger's Joker, and to much oral fixation, which makes sense for an insane killer, but why so serious?
Plus the Joker laugh Hamill used like a musical instrument.
Plus the Joker laugh Hamill used like a musical instrument.
The thing about the Joker having tattoos is that this means he must have stayed still for an extended period in the same room as an electric needle without doing something violent and insane (or even fidgeting).
I'd expect him to put tattoos like this on all his henchmen (doing it himself when he gets bored) but not let someone else do it to him.
I actually like everything else, he looks suitably demented and he looks more like a crack addict than a goth which is appropriate.
I'd expect him to put tattoos like this on all his henchmen (doing it himself when he gets bored) but not let someone else do it to him.
I actually like everything else, he looks suitably demented and he looks more like a crack addict than a goth which is appropriate.
It would be funny if after he get released from Prison, he wipes of all the tattoos with a damp cloth revealing they were sharpie. And takes out the grill. Revealing he was just doing a cliched prisoner impersonation.