The Dark Knight The Dark Knight General Discussion Thread

[antsman41]

Anyone else have this shirt?

I bought this in mid-2007 at Hot Topic. Unless you were a Batman fan in the know, most didn't know what this was and I don't think this shirt sold too well, as a result. By the time the film was getting significant hype, this wasn't really on the shelves as new merch had replaced it.

I wore it quite a bit and it's now 15 years old - yet it hasn't faded, cracked, or shown wear.

Man, even t-shirts were better quality not too long ago! Can't imagine most shirts I buy now lasting that long.

I still have this shirt… my Harvey Dent tee from the pop-up campaigns stops… and my wonderful FCuk Joker shirt.

 

[BatsAndNights]

Was anyone else around in mid-November of 2007, when this trailer leaked on the Dark Knight IMDB message boards? It was a madhouse.

The film trailer was supposed to debut in mid-December, and the film it was attached to was screened for some theater staff a month early. One staff member recorded the Dark Knight trailer and started sharing it with fans who PM'd them.

Keep in mind, this was a 2007 cell phone video recording.

But I'll never forget watching this crappy quality trailer in November 2007. I was so excited by what I saw, my 14 or 15 year old self was doing karate-kicking and punching the air in glee.

I still have the grainy trailer on my hard drive. Watch it from time to time. I almost prefer it.

Memories.

I do remember watching the trailer itself on YouTube and it genuinely doesn't feel right watching it above 240p

 

[Gothamsknight]

It's funny to think of the alternate universe where Nolan made Begins, walked away and handed it off to another director to continue.

We were potentially spared Zack Snyder's "Dark Knight". *shudder*

Now I'm gonna have nightmares about that haha

 

[Gothamsknight]

I do remember the Harvey Dent campaign coming to my state. My friend managed to get a bunch of stuff.

 

[BatLobster]

My favorite memory of the TDK viral campaign was the Rory's Death Kiss site, where people uploaded pics of themselves in Joker makeup. I was able to convince two of my friends to do it with me who weren't even mega-fans and just thought it would be fun. Wish that site was still live. It stayed up for years after the film.

 

[FunkMiller]

It's funny to think of the alternate universe where Nolan made Begins, walked away and handed it off to another director to continue.

We were potentially spared Zack Snyder's "Dark Knight". *shudder*

I prefer to think about a much sadder, but more preferable what if? Which of course is what if Heath hadn’t died?

Would Rises have been a markedly different film? Would it have been better? Would Nolan still have stopped at three? Heath’s death affected everyone involved in those movies. Who’s to tell what different level of commitment they might have had, had he still been alive. Would the DCEU be very different from what it is? How would that have affected the MCU’s dominance?

A real butterfly effect kind of question.

RIP. Never forgotten.

 

[Gothamsknight]

We could think all day about what would have happened had Ledger lived and returned as the Joker. I think all of us would have loved to see him again in the role of course, but at the same time I feel like what he left us with is a contained capsule of greatness that will be looked at by future actors as an example of what a great talent Ledger was. It's a moment in time and a performance in time captured that we will be able to watch again and again forever. The biggest tragedy is that Ledger left us way too soon, and it's dawning in me now because I'm about a week way from turning 29, which means I'll officially be older than he was when he died. It's just so sad and tragic to think about, and yet I feel grateful he left us with one final gift.

I try not to think about what ifs too much. I'm one of the people who still thinks TDKR is one of the best summer blockbuster films of the last decade even if it doesn't quite reach the heights of TDK.

 

[Herofan]

What do you think of the idea of Mr. Reese being an adaptation of the Riddler who became a good guy?

 

[Brother Jack]

Christopher Nolan Originally Did Not Plan to Make The Dark Knight

I thought this was common knowledge. Nolan had to be convinced each time to come back; it wasn't a foregone thing that his vision for Batman would be a multi-film franchise.

 

[Gothamsknight]

I thought this was common knowledge. Nolan had to be convinced each time to come back; it wasn't a foregone thing that his vision for Batman would be a multi-film franchise.

It was, but figured I'd post since it's from Nolans new book.

 

[OnLeatherWings]

I have a lot of gratitude that he came back twice. And that the effort was made by those around him to make him do so.

 

[Brother Jack]

It was, but figured I'd post since it's from Nolans new book.

I'm glad it's making the rounds again because of the new book. I think there's been some revisionist history that's formed over the years that Nolan had always intended to make sequels to Begins, and hopefully this will help dispel that.

 

[Sawyer]

 

[Gothamsknight]

P Diddy rocked that look!

 

[BatLobster]

It is actually a little unnerving how legit Diddy looks as Heath's Joker.

"Happy f***in' Halloween" all.

 

[Sawyer]

P Diddy rocked that look!

Heath’s look, with Hamill’s voice and a little bit of Romero’s laugh.

Props to Diddy.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

The Dark Knight - TDK Casting Sides

Strolling through memory lane reading this old thread of the casting sides. First time we really got a feel for how epic this movie was going to be.

 

[BatLobster]

The Dark Knight - TDK Casting Sides

Strolling through memory lane reading this old thread of the casting sides. First time we really got a feel for how epic this movie was going to be.

Omg, this is massively nostalgic. I was just lurking the boards back then but I remember it like it was yesterday. Those sides were the first glimpse into just how much TDK was shaping up to be a totally different beast than BB and how it was going to feel more like a crime epic. I was devouring that stuff and sharing it with my roommate at the time who was also on the TDK hype train. It's so fun looking back on this and watching people lose their minds over stuff like the Batman impersonator plot, the ferries, the now legendary Joker/Stevens scene, the bank robbery, etc. Lots of accurate and totally off guesses on the plot. The speculation was all over the place so even though it was technically spoilers, I never felt like anything was spoiled bc you couldn't be totally sure. Man, such good times. Nothing tops TDK hype.

Shout outs to folks like Miranda Fox, Anjow, regwec...saw so many handles in those pages that were a total blast from the past.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[AndrewGilkison]

Its so cool hearing Kevin say those lines. I am going to miss him so much, man.

 

[Kane52630]

Got a fun question: What do you think his 3rd Joker scar story is before Batman threw him off the scaffolding?

 

[Gothamsknight]

I'm not crying, you're crying.

 

[Brother Jack]

Got a fun question: What do you think his 3rd Joker scar story is before Batman threw him off the scaffolding?

My head canon is that it would've been the real story.

 

[BatLobster]

My head canon is that it would've been the real story.

Same! What that would be though...I still prefer not to know, haha. But I always felt like he would've seen Batman as "worthy" of the true story or at least something closer to the truth, assuming Joker himself hadn't distorted the memory beyond recognition by that point.

 

[Gothamsknight]

Anybody feel somewhat sad when they think about how long ago this trilogy ended? It feels longer than 10 years, if I'm being honest. Life moves by and changes so quickly that it almost feels like it was all a dream.