Jared Leto IS The Joker - - - - - Part 14

[DeadStroke]

I just noticed Harley smiling. That shot just got creepier.

The Costume Designer dubbed it "Their Chemical Wedding"

 

[KillerWolf]

Just checked IMDB.

They have a guy listed as Casino Boss. I wouldn't be surprised if its similar to Joker (2008) where a guy owns a bar/club and Joker just sort of takes it over from him.

This seems very likely, especially with Harley pole dancing like she does in that comic and overall vibe of that scene being reminiscent of it (at least to me it is). Nice detective work there.

 

[BaelaTargaryen]

http://www.fandango.com/movie-news/...out-jared-letos-joker-in-suicide-squad-751075

"So how is the Joker involved with the movie's titular supervillain team? “He’s not,” explained Suckle. "He gets jealous that Harley Quinn has joined the Suicide Squad and has a new set of friends. So he creates his own team of villains from a group of third rate criminals that include Jonny Frost (Jim Parrack), Monster T (Common, pictured above with Joker and Harley), a man with a baby face and a character with a giant eyeball for a head."

 

[Greens]

http://www.fandango.com/movie-news/...out-jared-letos-joker-in-suicide-squad-751075

"So how is the Joker involved with the movie's titular supervillain team? “He’s not,” explained Suckle. "He gets jealous that Harley Quinn has joined the Suicide Squad and has a new set of friends. So he creates his own team of villains from a group of third rate criminals that include Jonny Frost (Jim Parrack), Monster T (Common, pictured above with Joker and Harley), a man with a baby face and a character with a giant eyeball for a head."

You mean Joker is not going to be sitting in his nightclub, putting the squeeze on people the entire movie?

 

[DeadStroke]

You mean Joker is not going to be sitting in his nightclub, putting the squeeze on people the entire movie?

The biggest takeaway for me is that maybe Monster T....may not be Tattoo Man at all. Just another character created for the movie.

Oh well. At least we get to see if Jonny Frost rivals Bob the Goon. Hopefully a better outcome for him than the GN.

Also, I really think Suckle is either trying to throw people off or doesn't follow the script. I'm pretty sure the Eyball guy and Frost were already in line with the Joker when they attacked Arkham while Harley was still working there.

 

[The Big G]

http://www.fandango.com/movie-news/...out-jared-letos-joker-in-suicide-squad-751075

"So how is the Joker involved with the movie's titular supervillain team? “He’s not,” explained Suckle. "He gets jealous that Harley Quinn has joined the Suicide Squad and has a new set of friends. So he creates his own team of villains from a group of third rate criminals that include Jonny Frost (Jim Parrack), Monster T (Common, pictured above with Joker and Harley), a man with a baby face and a character with a giant eyeball for a head."

Joker be jelly

 

[Rowsdower!]

http://www.fandango.com/movie-news/...out-jared-letos-joker-in-suicide-squad-751075

"So how is the Joker involved with the movie's titular supervillain team? “He’s not,” explained Suckle. "He gets jealous that Harley Quinn has joined the Suicide Squad and has a new set of friends. So he creates his own team of villains from a group of third rate criminals that include Jonny Frost (Jim Parrack), Monster T (Common, pictured above with Joker and Harley), a man with a baby face and a character with a giant eyeball for a head."

I assumed the eyeball was a mask but wouldn't it be weird if that's actually that guy's head?

 

[Greens]

I assumed the eyeball was a mask but wouldn't it be weird if that's actually that guy's head?

That would be hilarious.

 

[metaphysician]

Its worth remembering that one of the Joker's traditional titles is "the Clown Prince of Crime". Being a theatrical criminal mastermind is as much part of his narrative DNA as "grease paint serial killer". I can easily envision this working with even an otherwise-hardcore chaotic evil Joker, especially if he finds the ease with which he can get various criminal underlings to go along with his flagrant insanity hilarious. Its as much about weaponizing a disregard for the social order as the Ledger Joker, just without the same urge to outright burn the city down today. After all, why destroy something that is so much *fun*?

In this context, he probably does control the club, even if its not actually owned by him. Its not that he has a dire urge to be in the club business, its that controlling an underworld club is useful and funny. After all, sometimes the Devil wants to show a man a good time before getting him to sign the dotted line.

 

[MasterChief2829]

What time are the screenings tonight?

Err wrong thread too late now >.<

 

[DeadStroke]

Top 10 Joker comics. Agree or disagree?
http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/701811-suicide-squad-joker-comics#/slide/1


The Greatest Joker Comics: Batman #1

In 1940, Batman graduated into his own ongoing series, and readers were introduced to the Joker in two tales by the classic creative team of Bill Finger, Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson. From the very beginning, the Joker&#8217;s lethal sense of humor was on display, as well as his Joker toxin and his signature playing card. Even in his first appearance, the Joker gave off a sense of menace that few villains could match.

Finger, Kane, and Robinson didn&#8217;t initially realize what they had created when they planned the Joker&#8217;s death in this issue. Fortunately, they were overruled by their editor, and Batman&#8217;s greatest nemesis was born.

The Greatest Joker Comics: Batman #251

The Batman TV series from the &#8216;60s and the Comics Code had turned the Joker into a pale reflection of himself. But when &#8220;The Joker&#8217;s Five Way Revenge&#8221; came around in 1973, Denny O&#8217;Neil and Neal Adams proved that the Joke was once again on Batman. They made the Joker genuinely threatening, as he hunted down his former henchmen, which put Batman in the odd position of protecting his former enemies.

This issue also contains a famous scene in which the Joker could have killed Batman, but instead he spares his life because the Joker wanted to defeat the Dark Knight with his own skills instead of relying on blind luck. It&#8217;s a complicated dance that endures to the modern era of comics.

The Greatest Joker Comics: Detective Comics #475 & 476

These issues are the famous two-parter called &#8220;The Laughing Fish,&#8221; which were published in 1978. Steve Englehart and Terry Austin crafted a darkly funny tale in which the Joker poisoned all of the fish in Gotham&#8217;s harbor to make them resemble him. And when he couldn&#8217;t patent his fish, the Joker went on a vendetta against anyone he perceived to be in his way. Even Batman was initially helpless to stop the Joker&#8217;s twisted plans. This story was eventually adapted as an episode of Batman: The Animated Series.

The Greatest Joker Comics: Batman #321

Even the Joker has a birthday, and in 1980, Len Wein, Walter Simonson, and Dick Giordano gave us the story &#8220;Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker,&#8221; which found the Clown Prince of Crime rounding up the people closest to Batman, including Alfred, Robin, Commissioner Gordon, and Catwoman to lure the Caped Crusader to his doom. There&#8217;s something deliciously insane about seeing Gotham&#8217;s greatest heroes strapped to candles on a giant cake!

The Greatest Joker Comics: The Dark Knight Returns

Frank Miller and Klaus Janson&#8217;s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns redefined the title character in 1986. And of course, it just wouldn&#8217;t be an epic Batman story without an appearance from the Joker. In the years after Batman disappeared, the Joker&#8217;s mind retreated into himself. Once Batman came out of retirement, so too did the Joker. This time, the Joker held nothing back and achieved his ultimate victory over Batman even though he lost the battle. With one twisted decision, the Joker turned public opinion against Batman and set the stage for a showdown between the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel.

The Greatest Joker Comics: Batman #426 to #429

Fans may have voted to kill off the second Robin, Jason Todd in 1988&#8217;s &#8220;A Death in the Family&#8221; storyline, but it was the Joker who pulled the trigger, so to speak. But more accurately, the Joker nearly beat Robin to death with a crowbar, and then left the barely-alive Jason Todd and his estranged mother to die in an explosion. The story was a gimmick, but Jim Starlin and artist Jim Aparo gave it some teeth.

This wasn&#8217;t a loss that the Batman easily shrugged off. Bruce Wayne&#8217;s grief over Jason Todd haunted the Batman titles for almost 20 years before Todd was officially revived in the &#8220;Under the Hood&#8221; storyline.

The Greatest Joker Comics: Batman: The Killing Joke

1988 was a big year for the Joker, but it was Batman: The Killing Joke that was immediately recognized as one of the best Joker stories. Alan Moore and artist Brian Bolland crafted a tale that gave the Joker a plausible backstory while setting him off on a plan to destroy Batman through two people who were close to him: Commissioner James Gordon and his daughter, Barbara. It&#8217;s a truly chilling tale, and the Joker has rarely been more frightening than he was in this one-shot.

There are many reasons that Batman: The Animated Series voice actors Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill lobbied for an animated adaptation of The Killing Joke for decades. It will finally arrive on home video within a few weeks.

The Greatest Joker Comics: Batman: Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on a Serious Earth

Grant Morrison and artist Dave McKean teamed up in 1989 for the standalone graphic novel Arkham Asylum, which found the inmates in control of the facility&#8230; and they wanted Batman to surrender himself in exchange for the lives of the hostages. McKean&#8217;s visual style isn&#8217;t for everyone, and this is a challenging book to get through. But Morrison and McKean&#8217;s take on the Joker is genuinely creepy and scary. It&#8217;s simply one of the best depictions of the character to date.

The Greatest Joker Comics: Batman: The Man Who Laughs

Before he went on to redefine Captain America and the Winter Soldier, writer Ed Brubaker updated the Joker&#8217;s origin in the 2005 graphic novel, Batman: The Man Who Laughs. Alongside artist Doug Mahnke, Brubaker revisited elements of the Joker&#8217;s first origin story as the Red Hood. Together, they captured the intensity of both the Joker and Batman, while also giving Commissioner Gordon a significant role to play.

The Greatest Joker Comics: Joker

Writer Brian Azzarello and artist Lee Bermejo collaborated on the Joker graphic novel for almost two years before it was released in 2008. The result was a stunning masterpiece that introduced the scarred visage of the Joker before Christopher Nolan&#8217;s The Dark Knight film. Many fans have assumed it was the other way around, but this project was started long before The Dark Knight began production.

While the Joker is the primary focus of this story, the main character is actually one of the Joker&#8217;s latest henchmen, Jonny Frost, who gets a little too close to the boss after his release from Arkham Asylum. It&#8217;s an amazing story, and Bermejo&#8217;s artwork is particularly impressive. This is actually one of the best Joker comics for casual fans, as it is free of all continuity and it truly stands alone

 

[Wildcard]

Death of the Family & Endgame should've been included as well, me thinks. Both stories legitimately upgraded the Joker to a level I feel like he should've always been at.

 

[Rodrigo90]

 

[KillerWolf]

Hypnotizing.

 

[DeadStroke]

Filming a promo? Maybe adding more scenes to that Purple Lambo video?

Maybe its Jared's take on A Serious House on Serious Earth

 

[Boom]

The **** is that?

 

[DeadStroke]

Probably an old pic he just decided to post.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

I heard on Collider Heroes that Leto was in London recently. Some speculate it could be for a scene in JL.

 

[SuperSanchez]

I heard on Collider Heroes that Leto was in London recently. Some speculate it could be for a scene in JL.

I don't think there's any doubt that he'll be in JL, wonder what scene he'll have though, might just be a cameo

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

I don't think there's any doubt that he'll be in JL, wonder what scene he'll have though, might just be a cameo

I think there is doubt cuz I don't think he was there that long, maybe 48 hours tops, though I'm not sure. If it were an appearance it would be brief though.

 

[SuperSanchez]

I think there is doubt cuz I don't think he was there that long, maybe 48 hours tops, though I'm not sure. If it were an appearance it would be brief though.

yeah maybe just a shot of him in Arkham (if that's where he ends up at the end of SS) or just a shot of him looking over the city as s**t goes down

 

[Boom]

Kinda cool to see him with normal teeth.

 

[DeadStroke]

I guess yellow teeth Lejoker could have worked after all.

 

[MasterChief2829]

I wonder if that's Jared getting in costume for the screenings

 

[The Endless]

I thought that Skrillex tune wits Leto in the video was supposed to be out by now?