The Dark Knight Joker Bank Robber mask inspired by Cesar Romero?

[intothevoid]

http://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1194394&postcount=1485

Sorry did not know how to paste the pic directly.

Credit to 'the mike' at sideshow forums who posted it.

Very cool homage. Sorry if this has been posted/discussed before... have not seen it.

 

[D4rkShaDoWz]

WOW! Never knew that before - thanks for the info dude!

 

[Untilteld]

 

[intothevoid]

Thanks

 

[Batman137]

very clever

 

[Doctor Jones]

Holy crap. Great homage right there! Romero's Joker still kicks ass! Don't diss the stache!

 

[Byron Long]

 

[Dilbrater]

AhahHAhaHHahA


And it is great, I never knew that

 

[Nirvana]

Ha, that's awesome. Most appropriate indeed.

 

[BlueLightning]

I thought everyone know about this. It´s from the first episode featuring the Joker, "The Joker is Wild" from the Batman TV series, search for it on youtube.. *Sigh* I should have made this thread. Who says Nolan doesnt give us easter eggs?

I keep thinking on that design, and I searched on the Web and I found this:

An also read a little of the opera "Pagliacci" from Ruggero Leoncavallo:

Spoiler

I tells the story of Canio, a clown called Pagliaccio, who gets cheated by his wife Nedda/Colombina, and realizes this just before making a performance. He decides that the show must go on, and in the middle of the play demands his wife tell him the name of his lover, Silvio. She tries to keep Canio on the character but she can´t, and he stabs her with a knife, killing her. Silvio tries to do something about it but suffers from the same fate. "La Commedia è finita!".

Check it out on Wikipedia. It has some nice parallels with the Dark Knight, or maybe it´s just me, too obsessed with Batman, Clowns, singing Vesti la Giubba a capella. Good Night.

 

[intothevoid]

I thought everyone know about this. It´s from the first episode featuring the Joker, "The Joker is Wild" from the Batman TV series, search for it on youtube.. *Sigh* I should have made this thread. Who says Nolan doesnt give us easter eggs?

I keep thinking on that design, and I searched on the Web and I found this:

An also read a little of the opera "Paglacci" from Ruggero Leoncavallo:

Spoiler

I tells the story of Canio, a clown called Paglaccio, who gets cheated by his wife Nedda/Colombina, and realizes this just before making a performance. He decides that the show must go on, and in the middle of the play demands his wife tell him the name of his lover, Silvio. She tries to keep Canio on the character but she can´t, and he stabs her with a knife, killing her. Silvio tries to do something about it but suffers from the same fate. "La Commedia è finita!".

Check it out on Wikipedia. It has some nice parallels with the Dark Knight, or maybe it´s just me, too obsessed with Batman, Clowns, singing Vesti la Giubba a capella. Good Night.

Wow thanks for all that info. I'm not going to pretend to take credit for the discovery, saw it on the sideshow freaks message boards as I said!

 

[JokerLedger]

hhmm... I thought this was common knowledge for everyone on the boards.

 

[Bathead]

Guess you were wrong, then.

 

[Hello Beautiful]

WOW! I did not know this either! Very awesome.

The coolest film just got a little cooler.

 

[Two-Face]

I didn't know this either

 

[.:TheDarkKnight]

That's awesome.

 

[BlueLightning]

Now a little request (I forgot it yesterday) Do anyone know who made the picture of the Sad Clown? Because is driving me crazy.

And a little trivia question: The Joker has sung Vesti La Giubba at least two times. In what form of media he has done it before? (Besides the 60´s TV show) The winner will get a cookie.

 

[Lemenbolle]

I saw it in one of the videos showing at Youtu-be, a mix of Romero footage and some sound from the TDK Joker score. So it's not hard to figure, then.

Someone here pointed out that even the TDK Joker clothing is pretty similar to the former ones.

 

[Bathead]

Checked out the video on you-tube. When Bats unmasked the Joker on live TV, and the drunk at the bar exclaimed "My mother in law!", I cracked up!

 

[TDK Joker]

I remember seeing that episode about a year ago. There are way too much similarities for the bank robbery mask to not have been referenced on that one

 

[Etienne]

I thought everyone know about this. It´s from the first episode featuring the Joker, "The Joker is Wild" from the Batman TV series, search for it on youtube.. *Sigh* I should have made this thread. Who says Nolan doesnt give us easter eggs?

I keep thinking on that design, and I searched on the Web and I found this:

I also thought everyone knew about this. The clown pic that you posted is of the "hobo clown" a character made famous by (comedian/actor) Emmett Kelly.

An also read a little of the opera "Paglacci" from Ruggero Leoncavallo:

Spoiler

I tells the story of Canio, a clown called Paglaccio, who gets cheated by his wife Nedda/Colombina, and realizes this just before making a performance. He decides that the show must go on, and in the middle of the play demands his wife tell him the name of his lover, Silvio. She tries to keep Canio on the character but she can´t, and he stabs her with a knife, killing her. Silvio tries to do something about it but suffers from the same fate. "La Commedia è finita!".

It's actually Pagliacci (also known as the "tragic clown") which could have also served as inspiration for Nolan. Whenever I think of Pagliacci I think of that Seinfeld episode ("The Opera") where the four main characters go see Pagliacci. Remember Seinfeld fans...Crazy Joe Davola?

 

[BlueLightning]

I also thought everyone knew about this. The clown pic that you posted is of the "hobo clown" a character made famous by (comedian/actor) Red Buttons.

It's actually Pagliacci (also known as the "tragic clown") which could have also served as inspiration for Nolan. Whenever I think of Pagliacci I think of that Seinfeld episode ("The Opera") where the four main characters go see Pagliacci. Remember Seinfeld fans...Crazy Joe Davola?

Sorry it was a typo, I´ll correct it. Thanks for the information I´ll search it on the net.

 

[Caped Crusader]

My grandfather used to do many amazing clown paintings

 

[Etienne]

Sorry it was a typo, I´ll correct it. Thanks for the information I´ll search it on the net.

No problem...you bring up a good point. Like I said I immediately think about Seinfeld when I hear about Pagliacci.

 

[Angelus_Darko]

Whoa!!!!! So that tribute can be next to the first laugh, remember? When he arrives with the mobsters his laugh reminded me of Romero's, when he laughed at the camera at the end of some cliffhanger.