The Dark Knight What Tricks Will Joker Have Up His Sleeve???

[BurtonBegan]

Razor Cards are always good!

I hate the idea of dawes getting captured, really lazy writing

 

[ChocheTheHero]

Lol,
whoever made that is a genious,
almost as good as the Vader Sessions.

Hahahahha! Then i´m the "genious", i made that video
I´m jmariamellinas Glad you all like the video!

 

[Bright Knight]

SO Joker's tricks involve putting a bomb inside some fat guy,
Blowing up a mall
Killing lots of cops in the chase,
Doing the announcing the deaths thing a la batman #1
And he does something with the barges...

 

[jtfaria]

This thread is totally reasonable!

That can be fixed in short order.

 

[Bright Knight]

That can be fixed in short order.

Alite guv, a propa geeza.

 

[jtfaria]

throwing marbles (exploding) while batman is chasing him

Flower squirting out acid

Electric handshake

Joker's get away vehicle is a pogey stick

I think we can safely eliminate the idea of an acid-filled squirt flower in this film. Joy buzzer (what, is Batman going to shake his hand?) and pogo stick are out, too. This be not the animated series.

Marbles (exploding or not) are possible I guess, but unlikely. I think you miss the point of the 'jokes' in Nolan's universe. This isn't the stuff from Cheap John's Joke Shop made lethal, like the Burton film or the TV series. These 'jokes' are to be the expressions of a quick but extremely troubled mind. (I'm sure some of this site's more prolific posters can relate.)

 

[SodaPop]

I think we can safely eliminate the idea of an acid-filled squirt flower in this film. Joy buzzer (what, is Batman going to shake his hand?) and pogo stick are out, too. This be not the animated series.

Marbles (exploding or not) are possible I guess, but unlikely. I think you miss the point of the 'jokes' in Nolan's universe. This isn't the stuff from Cheap John's Joke Shop made lethal, like the Burton film or the TV series. These 'jokes' are to be the expressions of a quick but extremely troubled mind. (I'm sure some of this site's more prolific posters can relate.)

yeah, these arent going to be your classic/crappy april fools kinda jokes. these ones are gonna be twisted and dark, all while being awesome.

 

[jtfaria]

SO Joker's tricks involve putting a bomb inside some fat guy,
Blowing up a mall
Killing lots of cops in the chase,
Doing the announcing the deaths thing a la batman #1
And he does something with the barges...

The barges are full of people. One barge contains the incarcerated, the other non-criminals (or at least people who have not been caught and convicted at anything). Each barge has a trigger to set off a bomb on the other. The joke is that each barge is told that if they do not blow up the other, they BOTH may be set off. (Actually, I do not even know for sure that BOTH barges get this same instruction. I don't know if the movie makes this clear either. That may be part of the dilemna they face.)

The 'announcing the deaths' scene involves a party at Wayne's new penthouse, which I believe is some sort of fundraising event for Harvey Dent. We've heard that he kills some people on the spot to reinforce his point. Here Batman crashes through a skylight or window.

Don't forget that the Joker (probably) kills a 'major' (depending on your definition I guess) character. Most have assumed it will be Rachel.

Joker MAY also destroy the Bat-signal. (Or. someone else may do it.)

Joker MAY scar Dent. (Or. a Maroni henchman may do it.)

Joker almost certainly blows up the Tumbler.

Joker battles Batman in a police interrogation room.

Joker tortures a Batman-wannabe in his own interrogation room.

Joker makes his own gang members fear him. (He is an equal-opportunity terrorist.)

Joker fires a machine gun in the city streets.

Joker probably does a fair amount of damage from the cab of that 'slaughter' semi. (What's the point of a truck like that if not for carnage?) Or maybe this is covered in your 'cop chase' remark...

Joker drives a school bus into a bank and robs it.

That's all I can think of, but it ceratinly constitutes a busy couple of hours in the theater.

 

[jtfaria]

Being a teenager is like owning a car that doesn't work. You may think you're cool, but you're actually quite lame.

Lots of people are lame and never realize it. Acknowledging one's own lameness is the first step to wisdom. Take these pebbles from my hand, grasshopper.

 

[Yurka]

Hahahahha! Then i´m the "genious", i made that video
I´m jmariamellinas Glad you all like the video!

Its an honor to meet you then, that video has been responsible for cheering me up on many a cloudy day.


nice work.

 

[Mr. Socko]

I think we can safely eliminate the idea of an acid-filled squirt flower in this film. Joy buzzer (what, is Batman going to shake his hand?) and pogo stick are out, too. This be not the animated series.

Marbles (exploding or not) are possible I guess, but unlikely. I think you miss the point of the 'jokes' in Nolan's universe. This isn't the stuff from Cheap John's Joke Shop made lethal, like the Burton film or the TV series. These 'jokes' are to be the expressions of a quick but extremely troubled mind. (I'm sure some of this site's more prolific posters can relate.)

Why exactly? Why can't Nolan have jokes? And why shouldn't Joker have a little fun? Have you ever thought that maybe they were in the TV series and in Burton's films for a reason... Cheap but lethal jokes that seem like they're from a joke shop is exactly what the Joker is all about.

These things are taken directly from the comics. Joker uses the acid flower in the hush series and have you ever read "The Killing Joke", it is considered one of the greatest Joker stories ever told and it contains the Joker using a joy buzzer that he has in his hand as well as things like pop guns with flags.

Some of you just completely miss the point. A homicidal nut is not the Joker. A homicidal nut who dresses flamboyantly and pulls cheap but deadly tricks is the Joker.

 

[SodaPop]

Lots of people are lame and never realize it. Acknowledging one's own lameness is the first step to wisdom. Take these pebbles from my hand, grasshopper.

oh boy! are they fruity pebbles? i'm not allowed to have the cocoa pebbles anymore.

 

[Untilteld]

that 10 things I hate about you TDK trailer is hilarious.

 

[SuperBatman]

Doesn't Batman also fight Joker in a Fun House? or Amusement Park or was that just a big rumor?

 

[Capt Throbberson]

Doesn't Batman also fight Joker in a Fun House? or Amusement Park or was that just a big rumor?

Well he does have a big circus truck so it's not out of the question

 

[jtfaria]

A homicidal nut is not the Joker. A homicidal nut who dresses flamboyantly and pulls cheap but deadly tricks is the Joker.

You make a valid point. But, I think Nolan feels that Joy Buzzers of Death and Acid-Squirting Flowers have (a) been done (and done, and done) with this character, and (b) undercut his (Nolan's) dramatic narrative (i.e., the prevailing sense that this guy is a menace).

A lot of the Joker in this film, according to Nolan, is based on the Joker's first appearance. According to Wikipedia:

In his initial dozen or so appearances, starting with Batman #1 (1940), the Joker was a straightforward mass murderer, with a bizarre appearance modeled after the symbol of the Joker known from playing cards. In his second appearance, he was slated to be killed off. DC editor Whitney Ellsworth thought the Joker was too good a character to kill off, however, and suggested that he be spared. A hastily drawn panel, calculated to imply that the Joker was still alive, was subsequently added to the comic.
For the next several appearances, the Joker often escaped capture but suffered an apparent death (falling off a cliff, being caught in a burning building, etc.), from which his body was not recovered. In these first dozen adventures, the Joker killed close to three dozen people...

While the Joker was back, he was decidedly less deadly than previous engagements. At this point, the editors decided that only one-shot villains should commit murder, so as to not make Batman look impotent in his inability to punish recurring foes. As the Batman comics softened their tone in the 1950s and 1960s, the Joker shifted towards a harmless, cackling nuisance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_(comics)#Publication_history

In other words, the cutesy pranks started later on. But Nolan (according to published reports) is basing this Joker on the early, mysterious, deadly, joy-buzzer-free Joker. Back to basics, as it were.

In other words: "Joker Begins"

 

[Bright Knight]

You make a valid point. But, I think Nolan feels that Joy Buzzers of Death and Acid-Squirting Flowers have (a) been done (and done, and done) with this character, and (b) undercut his (Nolan's) dramatic narrative (i.e., the prevailing sense that this guy is a menace).

I'm inclined to agree... What I LOVE about Nolan's interpretation of the Joker (who happens to be my all time favourite villain, comic or otherwise), is that he is a sadistic bastard.

He just LOVES killing people for the laugh! Because he ENJOYS it. He is so mental and so dangerous that he is they type of guy that you almost would need this mythological figure in a bat suit to take care of! (I know, ending a sentence with a preposition.)

Joker has no remorse, no nothing. This Joker will just walk past you and while he does put a gun in your face and pull the trigger.

I want the deaths to MEAN something though. I want us to HATE him. I don't want the deaths to be statistics.

I cannot emphasise (non American spelling) enough how much I LOVE this interpretation of the Joker.

 

[darknight7]

Razor Cards are always good!

I hate the idea of dawes getting captured, really lazy writing

Sounds lazy...but let's just see how it plays out.

Those Nolan brothers always have an ace up their sleeve.

--dk7

 

[CaptainClown]

David Bowie is going to come out of electricity and reveal he is actually playing the Goblin King

 

[rory_bat]

Sounds lazy...but let's just see how it plays out.

Those Nolan brothers always have an ace up their sleeve.

--dk7

Oh come now... the word lazy should never be associated with Chris Nolan and Jonathan Nolan when it comes to writing. They have proven that with Memento and especially The Prestige: two films that are mind numbingly genuis and thematically complex on several levels.

 

[Boom]

Spoiler

the bomb in the guys stomach is his ticket out i'm guessing

Spoiler

As possible and likely as that scenario sounds, it sounds a bit too convenient to me. The bomb can't be too strong, otherwise it would obliterate the entire police station, killing The Joker along with everybody else. It'd have to be a bomb strong enough to just take down a few walls and such. Which means The Joker would have to be close to the bomb carrier (maybe a few cells down) in order to have a shot at escaping through the rubble.

 

[sasquatchs]

Perhaps it's a gas bomb with it exiting through his rectum

 

[Dvhyzs]

I'm thinking its either just joker mischief or a hit put out by the mob.

 

[Nepenthes]

At the penthouse party Joker should grab pieces of cake and throw them at people. They get cream all over their faces! Haw haw haw! then he picks up the cake knife and starts slashing

 

[Bright Knight]

At the penthouse party Joker should grab pieces of cake and throw them at people. They get cream all over their faces! Haw haw haw! then he picks up the cake knife and starts slashing

Aparently he just shoots people on the spot. One shot. Back of the head.

Bang Bang.

Dead.