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Why is the new Batman movie (The Dark Knight) featuring the Joker as the villian? Joker was in the orginal?

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Ross V asked:


I'm excited about a the new Batman movie. And while I wish that Michael Keaton could play Batman for the rest of time, I don't get why we're going to be seeing the Joker yet again in the latest Batman movie.

How about coming up with a new villian or using a villian from the old Batman TV show that the Batman movies haven't yet featured (False Face, Mad Hatter, The Puzzler)? And is Heath Ledger playing the Joker?

7 Comments

  1. Joker is arguably the most well-known Batman villain. Why not have him in it? It’s a new start to the franchise, so, I think it’s appropriate to feature The Joker. They’re also introducing Harvey Dent in this film, which means Two Face will be a major character soon, not to mention Scarecrow is supposed to be in this movie again. I welcome it and am looking forward to seeing a less campy version of Joker (no offense to Nicholson).

    And yes, Heath Ledger is playing Joker.

    markwill: The Riddler was in “Batman Forever”. The Puzzler is a villain from the Superman mythology.

    Comment by museofsatie — November 29, 2009 @ 5:16 pm

  2. we’ve seen the puzzler or did you miss Batman forever.

    and its not a sequel its a remake. DUH

    Comment by markwillstar — November 30, 2009 @ 4:44 am

  3. Batman has such a large rogue’s gallery, why come up with a new villain? I’m all for using less well known villains, but since this is a reboot of the franchise, why not the Joker? Batman’s arch-foe. They didn’t use Joker in the first movie as he would have to play second fiddle to Ghul, and the Joker never plays second fiddle to anyone.

    Comment by S P — November 30, 2009 @ 4:53 pm

  4. these are batmans redone they have nothing to do with the past batman movies a real killer batman would be to do a remake of the awesome comic when baine broke batmans back that would be the best batman there could be

    Comment by mike d — December 2, 2009 @ 8:15 am

  5. The Joker is Batman’s arch -enemy so it only makes sense to include him. Yes Heath Ledger is the Joker and it will be much darker than J. Nickelsons version.

    Comment by jagar — December 3, 2009 @ 4:45 pm

  6. 1 is a different Franchise, that means that it is not the same Batman as the first one.

    2. The Old TV show is despised by many Batman Fans

    3. False Face and the puzzler were made so a guest star could appear and are way to campy, and the Mad Hatter was actually in the List of the most ridiculous Villains. (5 or 4, I think)

    5. The Joker is Batman’s nemesis, He will be portrayed as a Murder and a true psychopath, Not as a dancing clown like in the TV show (Nicholson however did a great job). And Yes Heath Ledger is playing The Joker, I had my concerns about him too, but I after seeing the trailer, all those concerns worn off.

    Here see what I’m talking about

    Comment by Vidocq — December 7, 2009 @ 3:29 am

  7. The movie Batman Begins started a new series that is seperate from the first batman movie where the Joker was played by Jack Nicholson. The Dark Night will be the first time that the Joker is featured in this new series.

    Comment by Steelerskid — December 7, 2009 @ 6:47 pm

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