Okay, maybe not for years to come but for a heckuva long time after Nolan is gone.
The Dark Knight: Jack Napier is a criminal who wears clown makeup to perform his crimes. One night he is sent to Janus Cosmetics by the Falcones to silence a mouthy security guard. Before he can do the job, however, Batman shows up and a fight ensues, during which he falls off a rusty catwalk and lands in a vat filled with an untested waterproof makeup. His clown makeup is burned into his face, disfiguring him physically and mentally. Discovering that Batman, whom he blames for his accident, and Bruce Wayne are the same, he begins to attack him personally, sabotaging his products and spraying Bruce's loved ones with the same chemichal that disfigured him. In the course of the story, it is revealed that Jack Napier was the one who killed Joe Chill outside the courtroom, thus inadvertantly leading to Bruce becoming Batman. After Batman stops Joker from killing Harvey Dent, the last of Bruce's friends, he and Batman engage in a road duel between the Tumbler and a big rig Joker has stolen. The Tumbler all but demolishes the big rig and plunges off a freeway overpass into the river aboard what's left of the cab. As a punch line to the joke of his own life, he blows his brains out on the way down gushing blood into the river.
The Dark Knight Returns (or whatever its called): A supervillain free-for-all! Despite his apparent death at the end of TDK, Joker reappears. But it is clear to almost everyone that this is not the Joker who tried to ruin Bruce Wayne. Besides his appearance (messy Crispin Glover instead of stately Heath Ledger), he also lacks the Joker's sense of humor and is too easily captured. Nevertheless, he is put on trial, with Harvey Dent (Josh Lucas) questioning him to see if he knows anything about the real Joker. CG Joker, annoyed with his persistant questioning, sprays him with Janus seltzer, burning his left half black and turning him into Two-Face. His first order of new business is to find and kill CG Joker. Selina Kyle (Keira Knightley), a former bank teller, is also out to get him, as CG Joker shot her during a bank robbery and nearly killed her. When they cross paths. she makes a deal with Harvey's dark side to become his bodygaurd. Harvey, having taken some out of Batman's book, easily apprehends him. A frightened CG Joker brings to light something Harvey didn't think of: Batman is a vigilante who goes against the law, Harvey's job is to uphold it. he agrees to let Joker to live long enough to eliminate their "common enemy".
Two-Face prefers to kill rather than disfigure, and Gothham's population slowly begins to drop. Batman arrives at their lair and tries to stop them but instead finds out shocking news: the CG Joker is merely an employee of the original Joker, who faked his death to escape. Bruce tries to reach them through hordes of henchmen, but by the time he does, the four have escaped in a helicopter. Batman follows them in his newly designed batplane and begins a climactic air chase in which the helicopter tries to damage the batplane with its propellor but instead causes more damge to itself. Without propulsion, it is forced to land on a building rooftop. Once there, Harvey and Selina remember what they were fighting for and turn on the Jokers. Selina kills CG by stabbing him with her claws, but Heath jumps off the roof, attempting to escape again. This time, however, the batplane flies under him and catches him, allowing Batman to bring him back to Arkham. Harvey and Selina escape, free to fight another day.
That's it for Nolan. I'll post the others later.
The Dark Knight: Jack Napier is a criminal who wears clown makeup to perform his crimes. One night he is sent to Janus Cosmetics by the Falcones to silence a mouthy security guard. Before he can do the job, however, Batman shows up and a fight ensues, during which he falls off a rusty catwalk and lands in a vat filled with an untested waterproof makeup. His clown makeup is burned into his face, disfiguring him physically and mentally. Discovering that Batman, whom he blames for his accident, and Bruce Wayne are the same, he begins to attack him personally, sabotaging his products and spraying Bruce's loved ones with the same chemichal that disfigured him. In the course of the story, it is revealed that Jack Napier was the one who killed Joe Chill outside the courtroom, thus inadvertantly leading to Bruce becoming Batman. After Batman stops Joker from killing Harvey Dent, the last of Bruce's friends, he and Batman engage in a road duel between the Tumbler and a big rig Joker has stolen. The Tumbler all but demolishes the big rig and plunges off a freeway overpass into the river aboard what's left of the cab. As a punch line to the joke of his own life, he blows his brains out on the way down gushing blood into the river.
The Dark Knight Returns (or whatever its called): A supervillain free-for-all! Despite his apparent death at the end of TDK, Joker reappears. But it is clear to almost everyone that this is not the Joker who tried to ruin Bruce Wayne. Besides his appearance (messy Crispin Glover instead of stately Heath Ledger), he also lacks the Joker's sense of humor and is too easily captured. Nevertheless, he is put on trial, with Harvey Dent (Josh Lucas) questioning him to see if he knows anything about the real Joker. CG Joker, annoyed with his persistant questioning, sprays him with Janus seltzer, burning his left half black and turning him into Two-Face. His first order of new business is to find and kill CG Joker. Selina Kyle (Keira Knightley), a former bank teller, is also out to get him, as CG Joker shot her during a bank robbery and nearly killed her. When they cross paths. she makes a deal with Harvey's dark side to become his bodygaurd. Harvey, having taken some out of Batman's book, easily apprehends him. A frightened CG Joker brings to light something Harvey didn't think of: Batman is a vigilante who goes against the law, Harvey's job is to uphold it. he agrees to let Joker to live long enough to eliminate their "common enemy".
Two-Face prefers to kill rather than disfigure, and Gothham's population slowly begins to drop. Batman arrives at their lair and tries to stop them but instead finds out shocking news: the CG Joker is merely an employee of the original Joker, who faked his death to escape. Bruce tries to reach them through hordes of henchmen, but by the time he does, the four have escaped in a helicopter. Batman follows them in his newly designed batplane and begins a climactic air chase in which the helicopter tries to damage the batplane with its propellor but instead causes more damge to itself. Without propulsion, it is forced to land on a building rooftop. Once there, Harvey and Selina remember what they were fighting for and turn on the Jokers. Selina kills CG by stabbing him with her claws, but Heath jumps off the roof, attempting to escape again. This time, however, the batplane flies under him and catches him, allowing Batman to bring him back to Arkham. Harvey and Selina escape, free to fight another day.
That's it for Nolan. I'll post the others later.
