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Frank Cannon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-16-07 11:37 PM
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Heath Ledger IS the Joker... Batman Trailer Online
I know most of you probably couldn't give a shit, but Warner Brothers has finally released the official trailer to the Dark Knight, the sequel to Batman Begins. I, for one, am pretty much speechless. That's Heath Fucking Ledger playing the Joker, folks.

http://www.atasteforthetheatrical.com/deathtrap/default.htm
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-16-07 11:42 PM
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1. He might just live up to the Mark Hamill version.
Got my fingers crossed.
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 05:01 PM
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36. That was probably Mark Hamill's biggest role IMO
Yeah, I said it, deal with it.
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 11:40 PM
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41. I wouldn't say biggest for the obvious reason
but one of his best, yes. :)
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-16-07 11:48 PM
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2. he actually surprises with the roles he picks
I like when he goes against his pretty boy image. He's quite talented...
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Frank Cannon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 12:28 AM
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6. Whatever skepticism I had is erased entirely
This is the same homicidal psycho Joker that gave me nightmares as a kid. Ledger (and the Nolan brothers) seemed to have nailed it.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-16-07 11:51 PM
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3. I saw "I am Legend" this evening, and the ran the Batman trailer for this.
I'm not entirely certain that this will work. It seemed to focus upon Batman's technology rising up to meet the threat of the character, but that could just be the trailer. If they can keep to the vibe of "Batman Begins", I'll easily be sold. I'll have to wait and see, because I don't want to be disappointed by high expectations.

Crossing fingers and hoping to be amazed...
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 06:31 AM
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15. One of the little noceties in the movie "I Am Legend"...
in one shot there's a poster in the background that has the Batman wings with the Superman "S" superimposed.

It's SUPERBATMAN! :D

ps I am awake because that movie scared me. :(
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 02:18 PM
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27. They're not playing him as crazy (judging by the trailer) but rather as angry & demented & mean
It's true that the last big Joker production, with Jack Nicholson, overplayed the gimmicks and the shtick. But the mood betwee the Joker and Batman should be a battle of wits. With Nicholson-Keaton it was a battle of personalities, except that Keaton played Batman without any personality.

I'm still waiting to see a Batman movie were (1) I give a shit about Bruce Wayne (Val Kilmer came closest), (2) the villains don't figure out what his secret identity is, and (3) no one takes Batman's girlfriend du jour hostage. I'm totally bored with superheroes always having to rescue their girlfriends.
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Redneck Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-16-07 11:56 PM
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4. Yea! Redneck Socialist does a happy dance!
:bounce:

The first one rocked on toast and Heath Ledger is lookin' good as the Joker.

I. Cant. Wait.

:bounce:
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 12:00 AM
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5. .........
Utter sweetness...I cannot wait to watch it, :D Ledger looks pretty damn good(better than the pictures I've seen)....
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 12:28 AM
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7. This may be inappropriate, but I don't really care..
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 09:16 PM
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45. .
:spank:
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 12:28 AM
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8. Thanks for the link. I can't wait to see it !!
:popcorn:
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 12:33 AM
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9. the new franchise is *very* kew'l...
:thumbsup:
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Yavin4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 12:37 AM
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10. I Hear That Joel Schumacher Is Directing The Next One
Just kidding. Just Kidding. Relax. Calm down.

Seriously, isn't it time to forgive Joel Schumacher?
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Frank Cannon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 05:50 AM
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13. Joel Schumacher can never be forgiven
Even Turkish Batman is better than Schumacher's Batman and Robin...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=objWDAo2_1M
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 07:45 AM
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17. Y'know, they could start selling that...
...in the Batman And Robin packaging, and piss off fewer people.
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EOTE Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 05:21 PM
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37. Wow, Turkish Robin kicks ass.
Definitely looks like he could kick Chris O'Donnell's ass.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 10:44 AM
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22. that's not something you should kid about
:spank:
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Writer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 12:45 AM
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11. Another Gen X director.
I hate to keep harping on this, but I have been spotting a trend of realistic, dark, unpretentious movies directed by this particular generation. I think it's very interesting.

~Writer~
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 01:04 AM
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12. I totally agree...
They grew up with technology and are not intimidated...

By this I mean they use it wisely and refuse to depend on the gasp effect alone...
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 01:54 PM
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24. I know, I'm damned proud of my generation
:patriot:
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Writer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 02:59 PM
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28. I feel the squeeze between two larger, more idealistic generations.
It's a bit confining. ;)
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 03:21 PM
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29. Lemme guess, your either a boomer or a tweener
:D
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Writer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 03:26 PM
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30. No, I'm an X'er...
who notices a difference between the way she views the world vs. the Baby Boomers and their Gen Y offspring.

I believe in a world devoid of BS and pretense. And please - withhold the idealistic crap and the constant rehash of the 1960's. K?

;)
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 03:39 PM
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32. I'm was born in 1980 so I'm a X'er too!
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Writer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 03:44 PM
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33. Oooh. You are on the cusp there between Gen X and Gen Y.
:)

I was born in 1975.

~Writer~
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Guava Jelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 06:15 AM
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14. I am so there!!!!
Thank you for posting this.
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 07:35 AM
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16. Cesar Romero IS the Joker ...
DEAL WITH IT!
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 05:00 PM
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35. He was a good Joker
The cartoon one that was created in the 1970's was by far the worse.
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 07:48 AM
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18. I'll be doggoned if this doesn't look pretty darned good.
I notice that the part of The Girl has been re-cast, too.
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kay1864 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 10:20 AM
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21. Yes indeed, Maggie Gyllenhaal
Katie Holmes had 'scheduling conflicts', according to imdb.

I'm crushed.






Not!
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Rhythm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 01:47 PM
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23. Yeah... but Maggie's hotter... so i won't complain TOO much.
Looking forward to seeing this, too... though i'll wait until some of my fellow parents have seen it before i go, because OktoberKid wants to see it, too, and i have to know what i'm in for. He LOVED "Batman Begins".
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 01:56 PM
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25. Yeah Tom getting alot more stricter with his cage time
:crazy:
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 09:48 AM
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19. Looks awesome
Can't wait
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Mad_Dem_X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 09:52 AM
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20. F'ing awesome!
You can't even tell it's him. Fan-tabulous!
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SouthoftheBorderPaul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 02:08 PM
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26. Heath looks up for the role,
though I can help but thinking Gary Oldman's talents are wasted as the commissioner. He'd make an amazing Joker, judging from his work in The Professional:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab6TaouxKLg
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 03:37 PM
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31. "The kids were supposed to be in school with other kids"
Natalie Portman's first movie, top notch film.
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PeaceNikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 03:47 PM
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34. Awesome!! I can't wait!!
:bounce:
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Bake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 05:45 PM
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38. It looks pretty goooooooood ......
And Morgan Freeman to boot!

Bake
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BreweryYardRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 06:30 PM
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39. Not quite Mark Hamill (who is THE definitive voice/personality for the Joker), but pretty good.
Did Hamill say no to the role or something? Put him under enough makeup, and he'd do fine, in my opinion.

Harley Quinn isn't present as Joker's sidekick, I presume?
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Cannikin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 08:59 PM
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40. Hamill cant act. Thats why he gets jobs voicing cartoons.
Like I said in another thread, the last thing I actually SAW him in was an episode of Mad TV with Ms. Swan.

As far as I know, he was never offered the part. And as far as I know, Harley will not be featured. I dont think the cartoon voices of Batman or Superman were offered any on screen parts in those movies.
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Frank Cannon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 12:21 AM
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42. Mark Hamill really has done a great job as the Joker's voice
I think he really captured the spirit of the Joker, if not the flesh, in his work on the animated series.

But it looks like Ledger's putting it all together, at least from this trailer. I don't think anyone would feel any tension or suspense in a middle-aged Mark Hamill duking it out with Christian Bale's Batman.
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 12:39 AM
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43. Looks incredible. I can't wait.
Speaking of "a taste for the theatrical" and Gary Oldman; I don't know why, but it was the way he delivered that line from "Batman Begins" that really sold me on his Gordon.
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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 01:00 AM
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44. And as an afterthought....Christian Bale is too hot for words.
Edited on Tue Dec-18-07 01:02 AM by Liberal Veteran
Oh, wait...that was my first thought.

Did you say something about Heath Ledger?
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