The Dark Knight TDK Nearly Upon Us: A SHH Reflection Thread

[raybia]

Someone may have posted this already:

I remember when this fake but very good looking teaser poster emerged:

And I actually was dumb enough to fall for it.

That is still one hell of a poster!

 

[boydston_14]

I remember that being posted up everywhere and a million threads being closed because of it.

 

[Nepenthes]

Whoever did that manip should be proud because it's clear Nolan & co must have definitely been influenced by it. Add lipstick and you've basically got the Ledger joker. Even though the manip probably intends to show a permawhite Joker it always had a paint-like quality to me, and it shows you only really need a white face, that's where the impact is, the rest of the body doesn't matter. The green tinge around his sideburns looks like running hair dye and the black skull eyes are more prominent than they are in typical portrayals.

 

[Verdammt]

Gentleman, i can only thank you for a really fun ride. I Was't here at the beggining, i lost the teaser, the perma-white debates, the leaked set pics, but what i catch, i enjoyed very much.

For me, whe are a brotherhood, a group of people, an army, reunited by the love for the complex universe created in ''Detective Comics 28'' by Bob Kane.

Detective Comics 27, which is my first purchase should I ever win the lottery.

 

[P.B.&Chocolate]

I remember back in 2005 when Batman Begins came out I was one of the people not really expecting much so I waited almost 2 weeks after it came out to see it and was awed by it .Ended up seeing it 3 times in theaters eventually . It was what got me to register here even though I don't get to post much I check in regularly.For the longest time since BB I remember all we had was a title and the speculation of what it meant .I have 3 memories of TDK hype for myself personally.
First the news of Ledger's casting and the craziness of that night. I remember some quote of ledger's about not reading comics and people here wanting him out of the movie for it .

Second was the virals beginning with comic con last summer .They have been a lot of fun even though I haven't got a piece of swag from them it been fun to try to play a long and crack the games when I could play along .I must have spent like 6 hours from what I remember doing the one with the first picture reveal of Heath as Joker .the way we would crash the Hype anytime something big was happening .Lots of good times.

Third for me was the day Ledger died . I found out while surfing the net instead of working at my second job and being stunned by it . the speculation of how W.B. would continue with the viral campaigns .would ledger's scenes be altered . I'd love for him to be around to see the praise he is getting for his work .

Only seven more days I am not waiting this time to see TDK like I did with BB .I am glad I am still relatively unspoiled and hope to stay that way .It been fun enjoy yourselves on the 18th.Let's do it again for the sequel hopefully in 2011.

 

[Schlosser85]

I was interested in Batman Begins leading up to it, I bought "the official movie guide" and between Nolan and Goyer's comments, and the cast like Christian Bale, Liam Neeson, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, etc., who I all thought highly of, it seemed like it was gonna be different from the previous movies and actually more like how Batman was supposed to be. When I saw it in the theater, at first I had my doubts, because I was a little disoriented by all the flashbacks and chronological jumping around and the training in the Himalayas stuff, not knowing how it was all gonna come together, and I remembered being relieved when he went back to Gotham City and it settled into a more recognizable "Batman movie" (now that I know how the story goes, I love all the beginning stuff too). I had had my doubts about Caine as Alfred for some reason, love Caine just for some reason he didn't seem like an Alfred to me, but he won me over almost instantly when I saw the movie and he was one of my favorite supporting cast members. Other first theater impressions I remember were the chill I got when Falcone was trying to blackmail Crane, and Crane was just sitting there completely still and unblinking as the camera slowly closed in on him, and I actually initially thought Katie Holmes was perfectly fine. I think I was just happy and excited enough to not judge her harshly, because she has since gotten more irritating to me with each viewing.

I have followed every scrap of news about the sequel ever since. I remember all the speculation about what the name was going to be, than finding out it was The Dark Knight, I remember all the rumors, all the talk about Lachy Hulme for The Joker, Bob Hoskins or Philip Seymour Hoffman as Penguin, Karl Urban as Black Mask, Talia Al Ghul, Brad Dourif as Jeremiah Arkham, James Gandolfini as Maroni, Harley Quinn, I remember my dream choices for The Joker and Harvey Dent were Paul Bettany and Liev Schreiber and seeing a couple really great manips of Bettany as The Joker, than I remember I was actually depressed when I found out Heath Ledger was going to be cast. Like so many other people I had my "wtf" period where I was like "Heath Ledger??" and didn't see what was remotely the slightest bit Joker-ish about him. I was also pretty "meh" when I found out Eckhart was gonna be Dent, because I was all for Schreiber as Dent and didn't really know anything about Eckhart.

I remember all the "sources" saying The Joker would wear ragged, stitched-together clothing instead of the purple suit, and he would have gray skin with scarring, and I remember that fake manip of Heath Ledger with the scars all over his face and hoping that wasn't real.

I remember being so excited about the virals starting, with the website that gradually revealed the first picture of Heath Ledger as The Joker. I remember my first impression was that it was really creepy looking but looked too morbid and not Joker-ish, but I also remember arguing with people that it was just a test shot, he wasn't smiling or in character, or moving or talking, and it wasn't enough for us to jump to conclusions about. I remember all the rumors about Batman accidentally giving The Joker a cut smile, and there being a surprise twist about him turning out to be perma-white after all, and meeting Harley Quinn in the end.

Accepting Heath was a gradual process. I thought his comments about the character and Nolan's were pretty spot-on and it seemed like they got the jist of how The Joker was supposed to be, I liked all Nolan's comments about The Joker being a force of destruction who just tears through the movie. I also really liked all of Aaron Eckhart's comments about Harvey Dent/Two-Face and thought he seemed like he really "got it", and I was really glad his description of Two-Face sounded very close to The Long Halloween.

I remember the teaser trailer and finding it hard to believe that was actually Heath Ledger talking. Then I remember the first full trailer and being impressed with the first full-fledged Joker laugh I heard and finding it hard to wrap my mind around that it was actually Heath Ledger laughing like that. I remember being more excited than ever, practically obsessively, for the second trailer, watching crappy bootlegs on youtube over and over again every day until the official release. I loved it more than the first one, and was liking Heath in it. My last lingering doubts about Heath being too dark and serious and neglecting the flippant, humorous side of The Joker were pretty much eliminated in the TV spot where Batman says "let her go", and The Joker says "ooh, very poor choice of words, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!". The others where he says "never start with the head, the victim gets all fuzzy", and the "aggressive expansion" one, and the slow, drawn-out laugh, are the most pure Joker bits I have seen yet. I also remember one of the bits from the TV spots I was most excited about was when I found out there was going to be a rooftop meeting between Batman, Dent, and Gordon.

I remember coming home from work and hopping on the computer, and as soon as the default Yahoo homepage came up, there was the front news story: Heath Ledger Found Dead. My mom was the other person in the house at the time, and for a second I didn't even want to tell her, but then I called "Mom?" and when she said "what?", I just said "Heath Ledger died", and remember it was one of the most distinct times in my life I really really didn't want to have to say the words that came out of my mouth.

 

[Shoemeister]

And how can we look back at all the highs and lows of TDK without giving credit to the only SHH! organization to make the Why So Serious funny papers. (It's true, we inspired one of Joker's jokes in theHaHaHaTimes) - THE SONS OF CRIPSIN'S FATHER.

TEH KNIGHTS OF TEH HYPE! LULZ!

GoogleMe94 realized he sucks and the Mustache thread was killed by Morg. I lost like 175 posts because of that. That was the greatest thread ever to exist.

Gordon: I never got to say mustache.

Batman: And you'll never have too.


GOD! That was a great night.

FTMFW!

Seriously, those were some of the greatest times and threads ever. TSOCF will forever pwn life and the mustache thread is a classic. A CLASSIC.

I also remember when we tried to create a Wikipedia pages for TSOCF and TEOL but they kept taking them down.

And then of course there's this:

... and this:

All classics. Good times at the Hype.

 

[SodaPop]

One thing that I really remember was the day Cornfred got banned. A lot of people were extremely happy that day. Another thing I remember is when the december trailer hit and this place just exploded. Ever since then I really didnt visit this Forum because it was too crowded. Good times, Good Times.

 

[Hole Shot]

FTMFW!

Seriously, those were some of the greatest times and threads ever. TSOCF will forever pwn life and the mustache thread is a classic. A CLASSIC.

I also remember when we tried to create a Wikipedia pages for TSOCF and TEOL but they kept taking them down.










And then of course there's this:

All classics. Good times at the Hype.

I was looking for the why r u serious poster!

TSOCF 4-EVAH

 

[Revenant]

I remember when I was a five year old boy just finished seeing The Empire Strikes Back. I couldn't wait to get home so I could be luke Skywalker. 28 years later and It's gonna happen again, but this time I get to be The Joker. So I just want to say thank you Heath Ledger. Thank you for making Darth Vader look like Julia Child, thank you for making Hannibal Lecter look like Richard Simmons, thank you for making Norman Bates look like Elmo and thank you for making Jack's Joker seem more like Bruce Vilanch.

And thank you all here for keeping me more informed than any of my friends concerning tdk and making this place a nice escape from the confines of the real world.

Mundane ends here

Cheers
Eric

 

[titan101]

i remember all the epic battles between hulme fans , glover fans , bettany fans etc . over which would be casted as the joker .... lol , good times .

 

[DocOc]

When i first jumped into this madness...I was hooked by the second trailer thread. Was it coming out with 10000 B.C. or not?? I stayed up late following that thread in order to determine if i was going to see that horrible movie or not! After hearing there was no trailer...I chose (ultimately wisely) not to go to see that movie...

Many fond memories since...but I mostly enjoyed:

People taking every chance they could to fit in the Perma-white discussion in almost all of the threads.

I hate the suit/love the suit discussions

AMH's role in TDK....He couldn't possibly be JUST a reporter...

when's the next trailer coming out?

and recently...all the reviews and the validity of said reviews.

All in all it's been a fun (short) ride for me so far...and I look forward to checking in on these boards for the next movie! Batman fans FTW!

 

[YsoSerious]

Paul Bettany...forgot about that rumor.

 

[mrbrownie]

It never gets old, huh?
Nope.
It kinda makes you want to...
Break into song?
Yep.
I love the rumors,
I love the WB spies,
I love big threads,
I love the permawhite fights,
I love the whole hype!!
And all its sights and words!!

Boom-de-yadda, boom-de-yadda
Boom-de-yadda, boom-de-yadda

I love the leaked stuff,
I love real spoiled things,
I love (Rory) to go fast,
I love the fan art kings,
I love the whole hype,
And all its craziness!!

Boom-de-yadda, boom-de-yadda
Boom-de-yadda, boom-de-yadda

I love the Crisco kid,
I love the Joker pic,
I love those socks,
I love the mustache thread,
I love the whole hype,
And all its craziness!!

Boom-de-yadda, boom-de-yadda
Boom-de-yadda, boom-de-yadda

I love trolls,
I love lurkers,
I love hot rumors,
I love the giant (scavanger) hunts,
I love the whole hype, it's such a brilliant place!!

Boom-de-yadda, boom-de-yadda
Boom-de-yadda
Boom-de-yadda, boom-de-yadda
Boom-de-yadda, boom-de-yadda, boom-de-yadda, boom-de-yadda, boom-de-yadda, boom-de-yadda.

Thank you all!! Been a fun ride!! As I hope the next one will be!!

 

[Joker'sHenchman]

The TDK boards throughout the past year have been some of the best times of my life. Especially last summer I didn't have any problem sitting here for 4 or 5 hours on end, just reading set reports and contributing my own. That was also when my grandmother, whom I lived with passed away. The boards became a good way to keep my mind off of that. It is almost sad, that it is coming to an end. I will never forget SHH! TDK 2007-2008!

 

[DSET]

I think you guys forgot the infamous fake M-Bay script
LOOOOOOOL

 

[boydston_14]

Paul Bettany...forgot about that rumor.

Yeah I was talking to a friend of mine about that the other day. He just rolled his eyes at me.

 

[StillTheKing]

Crisco Kid!
Totally forgot about him

lulz

 

[Nepenthes]

I was interested in Batman Begins leading up to it, I bought "the official movie guide" and between Nolan and Goyer's comments, and the cast like Christian Bale, Liam Neeson, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, etc., who I all thought highly of, it seemed like it was gonna be different from the previous movies and actually more like how Batman was supposed to be. When I saw it in the theater, at first I had my doubts, because I was a little disoriented by all the flashbacks and chronological jumping around and the training in the Himalayas stuff, not knowing how it was all gonna come together, and I remembered being relieved when he went back to Gotham City and it settled into a more recognizable "Batman movie" (now that I know how the story goes, I love all the beginning stuff too). I had had my doubts about Caine as Alfred for some reason, love Caine just for some reason he didn't seem like an Alfred to me, but he won me over almost instantly when I saw the movie and he was one of my favorite supporting cast members. Other first theater impressions I remember were the chill I got when Falcone was trying to blackmail Crane, and Crane was just sitting there completely still and unblinking as the camera slowly closed in on him, and I actually initially thought Katie Holmes was perfectly fine. I think I was just happy and excited enough to not judge her harshly, because she has since gotten more irritating to me with each viewing.

I have followed every scrap of news about the sequel ever since. I remember all the speculation about what the name was going to be, than finding out it was The Dark Knight, I remember all the rumors, all the talk about Lachy Hulme for The Joker, Bob Hoskins or Philip Seymour Hoffman as Penguin, Karl Urban as Black Mask, Talia Al Ghul, Brad Dourif as Jeremiah Arkham, James Gandolfini as Maroni, Harley Quinn, I remember my dream choices for The Joker and Harvey Dent were Paul Bettany and Liev Schreiber and seeing a couple really great manips of Bettany as The Joker, than I remember I was actually depressed when I found out Heath Ledger was going to be cast. Like so many other people I had my "wtf" period where I was like "Heath Ledger??" and didn't see what was remotely the slightest bit Joker-ish about him. I was also pretty "meh" when I found out Eckhart was gonna be Dent, because I was all for Schreiber as Dent and didn't really know anything about Eckhart.

I remember all the "sources" saying The Joker would wear ragged, stitched-together clothing instead of the purple suit, and he would have gray skin with scarring, and I remember that fake manip of Heath Ledger with the scars all over his face and hoping that wasn't real.

I remember being so excited about the virals starting, with the website that gradually revealed the first picture of Heath Ledger as The Joker. I remember my first impression was that it was really creepy looking but looked too morbid and not Joker-ish, but I also remember arguing with people that it was just a test shot, he wasn't smiling or in character, or moving or talking, and it wasn't enough for us to jump to conclusions about. I remember all the rumors about Batman accidentally giving The Joker a cut smile, and there being a surprise twist about him turning out to be perma-white after all, and meeting Harley Quinn in the end.

Accepting Heath was a gradual process. I thought his comments about the character and Nolan's were pretty spot-on and it seemed like they got the jist of how The Joker was supposed to be, I liked all Nolan's comments about The Joker being a force of destruction who just tears through the movie. I also really liked all of Aaron Eckhart's comments about Harvey Dent/Two-Face and thought he seemed like he really "got it", and I was really glad his description of Two-Face sounded very close to The Long Halloween.

I remember the teaser trailer and finding it hard to believe that was actually Heath Ledger talking. Then I remember the first full trailer and being impressed with the first full-fledged Joker laugh I heard and finding it hard to wrap my mind around that it was actually Heath Ledger laughing like that. I remember being more excited than ever, practically obsessively, for the second trailer, watching crappy bootlegs on youtube over and over again every day until the official release. I loved it more than the first one, and was liking Heath in it. My last lingering doubts about Heath being too dark and serious and neglecting the flippant, humorous side of The Joker were pretty much eliminated in the TV spot where Batman says "let her go", and The Joker says "ooh, very poor choice of words, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!". The others where he says "never start with the head, the victim gets all fuzzy", and the "aggressive expansion" one, and the slow, drawn-out laugh, are the most pure Joker bits I have seen yet. I also remember one of the bits from the TV spots I was most excited about was when I found out there was going to be a rooftop meeting between Batman, Dent, and Gordon.

I remember coming home from work and hopping on the computer, and as soon as the default Yahoo homepage came up, there was the front news story: Heath Ledger Found Dead. My mom was the other person in the house at the time, and for a second I didn't even want to tell her, but then I called "Mom?" and when she said "what?", I just said "Heath Ledger died", and remember it was one of the most distinct times in my life I really really didn't want to have to say the words that came out of my mouth.

I'm glad you typed all this out I enjoyed reading it

it's been a journey that's for sure

 

[Superstarsbl]

3 words

Lun Lun Loo

 

[Hole Shot]

That's it. It's time to take a stand. We can not let this happen.

 

[CFE]

Jesus...it just hit me for out of nowhere...after 3 years.

WE'VE GOT A NEW OFFICIAL BATMAN MOVIE!!!!

Some vids to celebrate...

[YT]VcJzoB6HeY4[/YT]

[YT]5WsMpXtthbY[/YT]

[YT]Qc_5pKmFjU0[/YT]

CFE

 

[Yurka]

Someone may have posted this already:

I remember when this fake but very good looking teaser poster emerged:

And I actually was dumb enough to fall for it.

That is still one hell of a poster!

Indeed.

Even Al Roker passed it off as real on the today show

 

[Clerk]

You guys shoulda been around for Batman Begins, it was just like nine of us praying to God we would actually get a good Batman film. At least here it was a given everything would be good, we had to deal with rumors like Clock King and Ashton Kutcher.

 

[DSET]

You guys shoulda been around for Batman Begins, it was just like nine of us praying to God we would actually get a good Batman film. At least here it was a given everything would be good, we had to deal with rumors like Clock King and Ashton Kutcher.

LOOOL
ashton kutcher as the clock king
looool
im glad i wasnt around for that