Mark Hamill's Days as Arkham Asylum Joker Numbered

[Sniper Team 4]

Without Mark, there is no Joker, at least not outside of the written page. No one can get that crazy laugh like he can. I'm sad that he'll be done after this, but we all knew that eventually he'd call it a day. Fairwell, best Joker ever.

 

[Sonicron]

I'm confuzzled... Hamill's statement is somewhat ambiguous. Does he mean he simply won't reprise his role as Joker in any possible future AA games, or will AA2 be his last appearance as the Joker in any kind of media? The latter just doesn't make sense to me, seeing how Paul Dini is neither dead nor retired and Hamill's Joker is pretty much Dini's Joker.

 

[AMMO Kid]

I hope the sequel is longer. It took me 6 hours to beat that game and I spend 60 bucks on it

 

[Ohlookit'sMatty]

Ok this sounded a lot worse in your twitter post but on reading it I understand where Mark Hamill is coming from and if Rocksteady were able to get him on board for the second game you just know that its going to be a good one, better than the first? only time will tell // I'm just hoping that if they do end it in a way that the Joker can not come back they leave it at that

No other Villain that Batman has faced can match the Joker in anyway so even if the games does make another 1/2 a billion dollars for Rocksteady they let it lye and move on to something new

-M

 

[Kojiro ftt]

I love the Joker, but like others have stated I fear he is often done to death and as a result there are a lot of mediocre Joker stories. I have no problem with other foes appearing. Even a new one.

 

[DangNabbit]

I'm sad at the news that this might be Hamill's last Joker, but at the same time I know he deserves to finish with it.

I think I speak for every batman fan when I say that no one, before or after, has ever or will ever top Marky boy.

 

[Broken Orange]

I could have sworn that Mark Hamill said that AA was the last time he would be the Joker.

 

[Casual Shinji]

An animated Joker without Mark Hamill is like peanut butter without peanuts.

I hope he goes out with a bang in Arkham Asylum 2.

 

[Brad Shepard]

Well crap, he was a really good Joker... I hope the next guy doesent screw it up

 

[WingedFortress]

Just ditch the Joker. Let Two Face be the big bad. It works in the comics and it will work here.

 

[CheckD3]

We all knew this day was coming. He's been fantastic, but we all knew he couldn't be our Joker forever...

Rocksteady just better make AA2 better than the original to honor our joker, and make his last lines one that will remain in our minds forever

 

[KeyMaster45]

No one will ever top Hamill's performance as the Joker and its because anyone else who plays the Joker will be attempting to mimic Hamill.(I'm speaking in terms of voice actors mind you) I would certainly hope that come Arkham 2 we see more of the Joker as a prominent figure as opposed to being the man behind the scenes directing the madness.

I need to play Arkham Asylum again...where did I put that case...

 

[Canadamus Prime]

That'll be a shame. As far as I'm concerned Hamill is the Joker, everyone else is a pale imitation. ...except maybe for Jack Nickleson.
Now before all you Heth Ledger fans jump down my throat, let me qualify that statement by saying that I did think Heth Ledger's performance was brilliant, magnificent even; I'd personally give him an Oscar for it if it were up to me. Wait, didn't he get an Oscar for it? I don't know. Anyway, despite that though, it just didn't feel like the Joker to me.

to be honest, Ledger's Joker didnt feel like the psychotic prankster we have had for so long, instead he just felt like another psychopathic murderer.

still a good incarnation of the Joker, mind you, but the Joker's insanity is waht to me, makes the Joker, and it will be a sad day when we no longer hear Mr. Hamill's laugh while staring at the Jokers smile:

Ooooooooooh, that laugh sends chills down my spine; and I wouldn't have it any other way.
I'm going to miss that laugh.

 

[Styphax]

If this is truly his final performance as the joker, then this is incredibly sad news.

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

Don't do this to me Hamill, don't take away this remnant of childhood.

Oh who am I kidding, it's not like my childhood was so totally dependent on a cartoon that Mark Hamill no longer doing the voice sends me into paroxyms of nerd rage. That would be the most hopelessly pathetic thing ever in existence.

 

[hazabaza1]

Aw, man. That's sad, but I can understand that he doesn't want to milk the voice (or whatever). Even though he's quitting as Joker, at least he did some good work while he was the clown himself.

 

[shadyh8er]

As long as he goes out with a bang, i'm happy.