Jared Leto IS The Joker - Part 4

[Keyser Soze]

As others have touched on already, as far as first official images go, remember that this was our first look at Heath Ledger's Joker and the reaction it provoked among many:

 

[DrMylesOBoogie]

It's awful. I'm sure Leto's performance will be great but they over thought this design. Get rid of the tats and the grill and it be far more effective. Less would be more in this case.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

As others have touched on already, as far as first official images go, remember that this was our first look at Heath Ledger's Joker and the reaction it provoked among many:

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I had no reaction to this, I did not follow.
When I first saw Batman Begins, I thought it was dull and confusing with the way scenes were put in order, took me a few more views to really enjoy it, but it did not make me an enthusiast for The Dark Knight. I honestly thought the Dark Knight was boring when I first saw it, needed at least one more view to enjoy it more.

That aside, I'm not a fan of tattoos, and I don't like how they make Joker's skin look like a sketch book, how all these tattoos with different colors are on bleach white skin.

 

[Batman_5]

 

[CB Fan]

The only thing bugging me are the teeth. The tats I'm fine with (except for the one on his forehead) and the hair is alright I just wish it was more like the Arkham games (longer and messier) overall I'm not mad at it.

 

[DrMylesOBoogie]

If the Joker is going to have a tat, I'd rather he had a simple Batman logo or something. Just something that is antagonistic but also represents his obsession. What he has is just far too busy and quite frankly dull, boring choices for tats.

 

[Greens]

As others have touched on already, as far as first official images go, remember that this was our first look at Heath Ledger's Joker and the reaction it provoked among many:

And that first picture gave me a vibe that didn't correspond with the actual portrayal at all. I'm expecting the same to happen with this.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Aw man... I don't really like it.

I'm fully behind a new portrayal of The Joker and the casting of Leto got me seriously excited as he is simply a wonderful actor, capable of transforming himself with ease. So while I appreciate the elasticity of the character and how he can and should maintain multiple visions by a variety of actors and directors (writers and artists, etc)... this particular one just isn't doing it for me.

I don't care for the tatoos at all, especially the ridiculous 'damaged' sign across the forehead. As someone mentioned earlier, it would have been more effective if it had said 'SANE'. He clearly won't be topless for the majority of the movie, but they still aren't my cup of tea. He doesn't even seem all that perma-white to me. He simply looks like a sickly, pale person. Even the hair seems off.

I get what they are trying to do with the grill and purple sugical glove, but it's a little too on the nose. It's like something out of Saw and that's just not The Joker to me. He's scary becasue of the dichotomy of his appearance. As Paul Dini once said... it's the combination between ''the clown and the killer''.

It's a great photograph, with a really scary character... but it's not THE JOKER.

Can you imagine what Snyder would have done with the character, with a Wilkinson costume?

It's early days, but this initial photo gets a thumbs down from me.

 

[Rodrigo90]

I still can't see the forehead tattoo at all on those images in your avatar, much as I strain my eyes to spot them. Not that that's saying much, given the image quality!

On close up, nothing appears to be there. But if you notice from the opening of his sleeve on the full pics, there's no tattoo either

 

[Rodrigo90]

As others have touched on already, as far as first official images go, remember that this was our first look at Heath Ledger's Joker and the reaction it provoked among many:

Had they already begun filming by the time they showed him like that?

 

[DrMylesOBoogie]

I don't care for the tatoos at all, especially the ridiculous 'damaged' sign across the forehead. As someone mentioned earlier, it would have been more effective if it had said 'SANE'. He clearly won't be topless for the majority of the movie, but they still aren't my cup of tea. He doesn't even seem all that perma-white to me. He simply looks like a sickly, pale person. Even the hair seems off.

YES. Two problems I have with the tattoos is that they are too busy and distracting but even more annoying is how ill conceived they are for the character. if you are going to go with tat's then at least have something more thought provoking than this ridiculously simple fan art.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Had they already begun filming by the time they showed him like that?

Yes. They IMAX opening was filmed in early April I believe, and they filmed throughout the summer.

 

[Eggyman]

It's only the damaged tattoo that's making me think this is like a stylised photo shoot similar to how celebrities have on Rolling Stone.

 

[Rodrigo90]

Yes. They IMAX opening was filmed in early April I believe, and they filmed throughout the summer.

So, they deliberately gave us a false representation of what he would look like.

I hope another pic is released showing us Jared without the face tattoos

 

[JOE]

This is by far the best comment I've seen about our new Joker:

"Looks like Marilyn Manson f****d Lil' Wayne."

 

[Angel0fDeath]

The more I look at it, the more I think the tattoos are just for the photo.

 

[BatsDC]

This is by far the best comment I've seen about our new Joker:

"Looks like Marilyn Manson f****d Lil' Wayne."

I quite liked this one:

"oh wow I can tell this version of the Joker is a real bad dude because his origin story involves falling into a vat of hot topic"

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

So, they deliberately gave us a false representation of what he would look like.

I hope another pic is released showing us Jared without the face tattoos

I wouldn't say it's a false representation... it's simply the lack of hair that's throwing you off.

Yes, the black and red portions of the make-up are a little more prominent, but it's mainly artistic license for the purpose of the promo.

 

[Batman_5]

 

[Rodrigo90]

I wouldn't say it's a false representation... it's simply the lack of hair that's throwing you off.

Yes, the black and red portions of the make-up are a little more prominent, but it's mainly artistic license for the purpose of the promo.

So the same might not be said for Jared? This is THE look? Groovy

 

[StarLord]

It's only the damaged tattoo that's making me think this is like a stylised photo shoot similar to how celebrities have on Rolling Stone.

I said the same thing yesterday.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

So the same might not be said for Jared? This is THE look? Groovy

It may or it may not... doesn't mean people have to like it.

 

[matt47]

If by some miracle that is in fact a big ol' joke how long until the punchline?? a day or two? a month?!

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

If by some miracle that is in fact a big ol' joke how long until the punchline?? a day or two? a month?!

Comic-Con... along with a tease of Harley?

 

[titansupes]

As others have touched on already, as far as first official images go, remember that this was our first look at Heath Ledger's Joker and the reaction it provoked among many:

I always loved that photo. Great concept and reveal.