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Who are you??!!
by LordPorkington
Dec 14th, 2007
01:21:31 PM
I'm Batman.
Thanks.
by Breadocide
Dec 14th, 2007
01:21:38 PM
Sweet.
DAAAAMN!
by hadez
Dec 14th, 2007
01:21:55 PM
I want it now!
cool
by MiserableRainGod
Dec 14th, 2007
01:22:29 PM
interesting way to release the trailer.
On a more serious note,
by hadez
Dec 14th, 2007
01:23:08 PM
The joker-ized web pages are the best viral marketing I've seen!
IMAX with I am Legend
by brycebishop
Dec 14th, 2007
01:24:20 PM
Is it ony going to be in front of the IMAX version this weekend, or will it stay for the duration of the run?
I AM LEDGER
by captainCAPSLOCK
Dec 14th, 2007
01:24:39 PM
Heath, that is. I'll be all up in your theaters as the Joker. Why so serious?
sigh...
by box
Dec 14th, 2007
01:24:53 PM
when i farted, i pushed out my penis that was tucked under.
"It" being the seven minute preview.
by brycebishop
Dec 14th, 2007
01:24:59 PM
I support the Snow-King Snowblowers on this one...aaaaaaahhh
by Pipple
Dec 14th, 2007
01:27:04 PM
Cuz I'm a preecha in a black churchaahhh.
Holy vascectomy with a rusty pair of pliers!
by BobPalpatine
Dec 14th, 2007
01:27:15 PM
This is going to be AWESOME!!!!
Ain't it Batman News.
by greenstyle92
Dec 14th, 2007
01:32:24 PM
I'm just waiting for the lengthy write up on the size of the various cod pieces the actors had on there costumes. Lord knows there were a lot of Cod piece stories for Batman and Robin in '97. (And that's actually, factually true. I saw the story in at least 3 places that Chris O'Donnell had a huge cod piece on his Robin suit, and an insulted and insecure Clooney insisted his had to be even bigger, even if it meant being stuffed with socks.)
It'll be a blast...
by Billy The Fish
Dec 14th, 2007
01:32:58 PM
...can't wait! Nolan has proven himself worthy in everything he's touched - I can't see him screwing this gig up, either. I still reckon David Bowie would've been a top Joker, though...
Like how they admit to the bootlegs
by Bean_
Dec 14th, 2007
01:33:58 PM
Can't wait to see it in high-def on Sunday!
The trailer was cool
by Mr Spork
Dec 14th, 2007
01:36:08 PM

by Mr Spork
Dec 14th, 2007
01:38:05 PM
I may or may not have unofficiallly seen it on teh internetwebs
Joker overexposure aside...
by greenstyle92
Dec 14th, 2007
01:39:37 PM
TDK is at least one of the very few sequels that keeps it's promises to fans. At the end of Batman Begins, Nolan practically steps onto the stage, looks straight into the camera, addresses each audience member by name, and says, "In the next one, I'm going to use the Joker and it's gonna be cool. Scout's honor." 2.5 years later, and what do we have? More Coolness and Joker-ness than we can handle. I didn't agree with everything Nolan did on Begins, but I gotta give him props for kept promises.
But...
by JokersTeeth
Dec 14th, 2007
01:44:08 PM
But I want to see the trailer and really like it. I can't believe I missed it. Silly Warner Brothers, pulling leaked trailers off of the internet, who do they think they are?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X IHEYsiu9W8
by nalapou
Dec 14th, 2007
01:45:18 PM
for about an hour, this is your new place.
Check out the Gotham Times
by bonzo1
Dec 14th, 2007
01:46:06 PM
Theres an addy in the correction under the letters in case no-one has spotted it....
Can't Friggin' Wait
by MrDagon
Dec 14th, 2007
01:47:31 PM
All Hail The Joker !! Got to see the Bank Heist, "no, I'm supposed to kill the bus driver" hahhahhahahhahahahah !!!
Holy Ziggy Stardust, Batman!
by ebonic_plague
Dec 14th, 2007
01:50:49 PM
Billy the Fish, you just blew my mind by suggesting Bowie as the Joker. Can you imagine a Dark Knight Returns movie with Powers Boothe as Bats and Bowie as the Clown Prince? Not that it would ever happen, but fun to imagine anyway.
Links to ....
by MrDagon
Dec 14th, 2007
01:51:06 PM
That page links to 4 pages of The Gotham Times, but no giveaway video .... hmmmmmmmmm
kudos to AICN for finally reporting this stuff
by zom-bot.com
Dec 14th, 2007
01:54:14 PM
and it's amazing to see how many positive converts there are in the talkbacks (only a few negative whiners, never happy with anything)...but like 6 threads today AICN? really?

ouhtta condense it down to one post. who cares if we lose all our talkback ranting.

Thanks nalapou, looks good!
by Abominable Snowcone
Dec 14th, 2007
01:54:43 PM
Has me wondering what it is about the plot that makes Bruce Wayne uncertain about what he's supposed to do? Um, didn't we learn that in the last movie? Stop the bad guy? What are all these qualms? I do like Nolan / Ledger's darker Joker. Rings truer than Nicholson's clown version. You couldn't repeat that in this day and age and expect to be taken seriously.
man that trailer site is witty
by zom-bot.com
Dec 14th, 2007
01:56:46 PM
good stuff. and we can download it it for our very own come sunday. classy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X IHEYsiu9W8
by DeCypher44
Dec 14th, 2007
01:57:00 PM
Bears repeating (remove space). Looks good. And Heath DOES NOT sound like Heath.
Ledger looks cool...but I still wish it was Crispin Glover
by Kirbymanly
Dec 14th, 2007
01:59:06 PM
That guy was BORN to play The Joker
FIN HIGH EDITION
by zom-bot.com
Dec 14th, 2007
01:59:20 PM
high definition...duh..an anagram...and an easy one...so many things about this viral campaign scream RIDDLER not joker, but whatever...
SINESTRO CORPS WAR = Greatest Comic Story Ever
by messi
Dec 14th, 2007
02:03:04 PM
FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
THE BLACKEST NIGHT - Coming 2009
by messi
Dec 14th, 2007
02:03:33 PM
Across the Universe....
Viral Campaigns = Douchebaggery
by Heckles
Dec 14th, 2007
02:04:58 PM
This is still just a movie, right?
I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH CHRISTOPHER NOLAN
by Turd Furgeson
Dec 14th, 2007
02:08:50 PM
He says "Thanks for all the free advertising AICN." He also said Harry was sexy but that's a whole nother discussion...
Download the trailer!
by Brendon
Dec 14th, 2007
02:08:55 PM
See it at: http://home.quicknet.nl/qn/pri ve/m.markus/ Download it at: http://home.quicknet.nl/qn/pri ve/m.markus/mike.mov Good ol' Mike Markus. My hero.
DeCypher44
by Turd Furgeson
Dec 14th, 2007
02:12:13 PM
Thanks dude for the new link.. That movie looks so fucking cool.. I'm real excited for Joker now.
How long will it be...
by loafroaster
Dec 14th, 2007
02:14:09 PM
...before Warner Brothers buy every available dot com there is? Seriously, they're REALLY overdoing to whole viral marketing thing, there's got to be a least fifteen different URLs for Dark Knight stuff now. Honestly guys, it'd be a lot more interesting if it was all in the one place.
Why So Serious?
by hadez
Dec 14th, 2007
02:15:43 PM
because there's no Imax footage online yet.
LOOKS FANTASTIC GO SEE I AM LEGEND RIGHT NOW
by wcoop893
Dec 14th, 2007
02:15:54 PM
and dont be late. AMAZING trailer. i was surprised and blown away
Yeah DeCypher
by nalapou
Dec 14th, 2007
02:16:06 PM
Thanks for taking the link i posted 4 posts before and reposting it. I dont think we all would've figured out how to remove a space without you buddy. Thumbs up.
www.wearetheanswer.org
by GrandMuffTarkin
Dec 14th, 2007
02:21:48 PM
These guys are doing alot of the viral web marketing stuff, with non-profit urls even.
Douchebaggery Reigns Supreme
by AlwaysThere
Dec 14th, 2007
02:29:42 PM
WB is going all out.
HOLY CRAP
by TiPPiDa
Dec 14th, 2007
02:30:27 PM
http://tinyurl.com/2r8jnu
actually..
by TiPPiDa
Dec 14th, 2007
02:32:30 PM
here's a better copy of that poster..

http://tinyurl.com/yomkcu

bats
by burne
Dec 14th, 2007
02:37:13 PM
i'll hold judgement until the movie, but i'm really not liking the idea that batman is seen by many people.in the trailer theres like a room full of people looking at this idiot w/ a bat costume on.. i always thought of the bt as an urban legend
Fuckin' Fooled Me Twice !!
by MrDagon
Dec 14th, 2007
02:40:17 PM
That YouDouche leads to .... NOTHING !!!! Hhahahahhahahah !!! The Joker Reigns !!!! Cesar Romero is laughing in his grave !! Hahhahhahahahhah Bats !!!!!!
And STILL no new JOHN RAMBO stuff....
by GibsonUSA
Dec 14th, 2007
02:40:34 PM
and Rambo is coming in Jan!!!!
GOTHAM TIMES
by Archive
Dec 14th, 2007
02:40:57 PM
in the corner of the newspaper page, it posted the following link: http://www.thegothamtimes.com/ - which leads to a deadline about Batman. Check it out.
Ohhh...
by TiPPiDa
Dec 14th, 2007
02:42:46 PM
its been posted already, sorry y'all, just woke up.. got a bit excited when I saw it.

- The Creepy Thin Man: Agree totally, 2008 will be a great year for a geek!, Sweeney Todd, Rambo, Cloverfield, The Dark Knight, Iron Man, Indy 4, Hulk 2, Hellboy 2, Indy 4, 2 Naria Films, Harry Potter 6, Speed Racer, Get Smart, Wall-E, Jumper, Horton, Babylon AD, Bond 22, New TREK.... its a great time to be alive.

Yeah, there have been too many TDK stories today
by abcdefz7
Dec 14th, 2007
02:44:46 PM
A few of these could've been rolled together with updates. But, damn, AICN usually almost ignores Nolan's Batman, so a little AICN love for TDK is nice to see.
nalapou
by DeCypher44
Dec 14th, 2007
02:50:19 PM
Dude, chill. I just did that becuase some people might not have known what you were linking to. There are a lot of times when people put up a link, I won't click becuase I'm at work and it may be a link to tubgirl, lemonparty, 2g1c, etc. Take all the props for posting it first becuase I really couldn't care less. I'm not like that.
Is anyone else tired of the term "viral"?
by I Dunno
Dec 14th, 2007
02:50:46 PM
As referring to marketing? When exactly did this term come about in this context and how do we stop it? I guess we can't, it's like a virus.
sorry buddy didn't realize i wasn't "chilled"
by nalapou
Dec 14th, 2007
02:55:43 PM
lol, www.youtubetubgirl.com... your comment doesn't even make any sense. You won't click it... yet you reposted the exact same URL so i guess you DID click it... regardless MrDagon, if you still haven't seen it the link that Brendon posted still works.
Found Something Hidden
by zoothorn21
Dec 14th, 2007
03:07:28 PM
Have you all seen the Ha Ha Ha Times hidden beneath the Gotham Times? 'Tear' away the bit of paper (top left corner) to reveal a link - there's all kinds of stuff.
Vaginal Marketing Vs Viral
by ThePilgrim
Dec 14th, 2007
03:10:34 PM
MMMmmmmmm Chocolate............
Is aintitcool done
by GMONEY1130
Dec 14th, 2007
03:17:34 PM
this site has not changed in how many years! it seems they get their news from other websites anyway. butt-numb-a-thon sounded like a huge waste of time.
next link please?
by arrangedletters
Dec 14th, 2007
03:23:59 PM
?
remove space
by Reynard Muldrake
Dec 14th, 2007
03:39:32 PM
http://home.quicknet.nl/qn/pri v e/m.markus/mike.mov
I like this version of the paper better.
by Turd Furgusen
Dec 14th, 2007
04:04:03 PM
http://www.thehahahatimes.com/
You know where this is all headed...
by James Westfall
Dec 14th, 2007
04:07:57 PM
WB will be doing "customized phone calls" with the Joker the way they did with Snakes on a Plane. And "Why So Serious?" is about as stupid as "Ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?"
He just called me!!!!
by godhatesyou
Dec 14th, 2007
04:14:36 PM
He said I was his "Number One Guy!!"
www.gothamcitytimes.com
by finky089
Dec 14th, 2007
04:21:33 PM
maybe I'm just way behind the times.

I haven't really stayed on top of the viral marketing game for this film.

skywalkerfamily, the dark knight drops july 18th.
by jig98
Dec 14th, 2007
04:24:45 PM
and this fucking trailer rules!!!
oh - I AM slow
by finky089
Dec 14th, 2007
04:25:08 PM
I just saw the official trailer
by Orionsangels
Dec 14th, 2007
04:27:00 PM
I received a cake in the mail from the Joker. When I opened it a Watchman TV sprung out of it and the trailer started. Then the cake started laughing and a gun came out of the cake and shot my house up. I got shot too. I called 911 and was rushed to a hospital. When the surgeon pulled his mask down it was the Joker. He said go see Dark Knight July 18, 2008! bahahaha! Great viral marketing. Besides that amazing trailer!
I'M ALREADY THERE
by BurgerTime
Dec 14th, 2007
04:31:34 PM
Seriously...my chair is bolted down in front of my PC, I'm all strapped in, my eyes are taped open and when the trailer hits - I'll see it first. It's a lock.
guys? http://digg.com/movies/Dark_Knig ht_Trailer_OFFICIALLY_LE
by Buckys_Kick_Ass_Arm
Dec 14th, 2007
04:33:26 PM
you are going to bleed cum
Buckys, put the whole link in the body
by finky089
Dec 14th, 2007
04:37:28 PM
you'll find it... don't worry.
by Buckys_Kick_Ass_Arm
Dec 14th, 2007
04:41:27 PM
I'm still shaking
dark knight bootleg trailer on Digg
by finky089
Dec 14th, 2007
04:45:16 PM
http://dark-knight-trailer.blo gspot.com/2007/12/dark-knight- bootleg-trailer.html
TDKR by Robert Rodriguez =
by wilsonfisk89
Dec 14th, 2007
04:46:33 PM
Batman fanboys ultimate dream. How amazing would that be!? It must be done.....
115th!!!
by colinjbooth
Dec 14th, 2007
04:57:56 PM
Dang.
Two-Face
by jimmyzdc
Dec 14th, 2007
05:05:05 PM
Check these out...never seen them before http://img147.imageshack.us/im g 147/5422/dktwoface1zj6.jpg http://img84.imageshack.us/img 84/9011/dkt woface2tm1.jpg

by Sovikos
Dec 14th, 2007
05:18:49 PM
Interesting Two-Face pics. I wonder if they're legit.
man, thats some shitty photoshop
by ironic_name
Dec 14th, 2007
05:21:33 PM
That trailer is TITS!
by Aznbuddy
Dec 14th, 2007
05:25:27 PM
Can't wait to see it FIN HIGH EDITION!

Howard Shore's score is the best Batman score ever. Danny Elfman's is catchier, but it all sounds alike and way too cartoony, just like the movies of his buddy Tim.

If The Dark Knight is a Fight Club Batman, will the 3rd movie be a Se7en Batman?

That would be awesome.
twofake
by ironic_name
Dec 14th, 2007
05:26:45 PM
12 Monkeys?
by Sovikos
Dec 14th, 2007
05:28:35 PM
"If The Dark Knight is a Fight Club Batman, will the 3rd movie be a Se7en Batman?" What was the 1st one then?
"What was the first one then?"
by Sad_Lieutenant
Dec 14th, 2007
05:35:10 PM
Regarding Henry
Ahh, I can't find the trailer
by calnorso
Dec 14th, 2007
05:38:23 PM
Where are you guys going to see TDK trailer?
I new Heath would do a good job...
by Buckys_Kick_Ass_Arm
Dec 14th, 2007
05:44:21 PM
But he's freaking me out now
calnorso
by thebearovingian
Dec 14th, 2007
05:47:30 PM
go to dailymotion
Howard Shore didn't do the score
by Bob of the Shire
Dec 14th, 2007
05:54:51 PM
Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard did. But I agree, their score for Batman Begins is f'ing amazing, and it sounds like they're getting even better judging from the trailer music.
Howard Shore didn't do the score
by Bob of the Shire
Dec 14th, 2007
05:54:52 PM
Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard did. But I agree, their score for Batman Begins is f'ing amazing, and it sounds like they're getting even better judging from the trailer music.
How can I find the Fight Club Batman poster
by I Dunno
Dec 14th, 2007
06:04:04 PM
You just posted it yesterday. This is the worst fucking website ever designed, I swear to Christ.
that's not two-face
by nooneimportant
Dec 14th, 2007
06:05:40 PM
it's just a manip going around
Looks ok..The brokeback "Joker Laugh" is dead on
by conspiracy
Dec 14th, 2007
06:05:56 PM
but a short trailer does not a Movie make...I'm reserving judgement until the end credits roll. Still not convinced about them screwing with DC canon.
Fight Club poster link
by MickXII
Dec 14th, 2007
06:10:37 PM
For those that missed it, here's the HQ Fight Club style poster: http://img209.imageshack.us/im g209/934/darkknightintbigco8.j pg
Joker poster link
by MickXII
Dec 14th, 2007
06:13:50 PM
HQ Joker poster link (him facing the city, back to the camera) to go along with the HQ Batman. Now all we need is the new Why So Serious poster in HQ: http://img150.imageshack.us/im g150/6658/18876306ku7.jpg
and where! and where! and where! is the Batman!
by Orionsangels
Dec 14th, 2007
06:20:46 PM
Dark Legend?
by mookgnar
Dec 14th, 2007
06:29:15 PM
So one would assume this trailer premiered today on I Am Legend...no? Can anyone confirm?
This new Golden Age of Blockbusters....
by dauphin534
Dec 14th, 2007
06:31:06 PM
is definitely coming to an end soon. I'd bet that after this big slate of 2008 movies, followed by the few that are already in production for 2009, we won't see many more blockbusters like this. The market is oversaturated, and there's no way they can all be successful. Week after week these big movies are tanking at the box office. There's no way the studios will keep investing in such expensive flicks.
DC canon, Schmee Cee canon! Who gives a fuck?
by performingmonkey
Dec 14th, 2007
06:42:09 PM
This is Nolan and Ledger's Joker, not fucking DC. It's not as though the canon is so legendary it can't be touched. He fell into some chemicals ffs and suddenly he looks like The Joker. Hmmm, I'd take what Nolan is doing over that ANY friggin day. Just think yourselves damned lucky he isn't having The Joker being responsible for Bruce's parents' deaths.
Awesome...
by That 70s Venom
Dec 14th, 2007
07:10:02 PM
... this movie is going to be more badass than I ever thought it could be.
Joker is the closest Bats will ever get to an imbittered
by ThePilgrim
Dec 14th, 2007
07:16:36 PM
Wife who want revenge. Fear the Chocolate Flow....
Had to see it again...
by snakecharmer
Dec 14th, 2007
07:30:03 PM
and it was better. I saw it with I Am Legend (okay movie. Will Smith saves it.) I walked into another showing of I Am Legend just before the trailers began to play. Nolan is done one thing really well... tone. TDK should hold me over until Avatar comes out in DEC 09. Got pushed back again. lates.
Ain
by Kai_Mah'gra
Dec 14th, 2007
08:12:50 PM
It's not the hi-def we're wating for, but at least it
by Frijole
Dec 14th, 2007
08:14:08 PM
is a decent new (non camera-phone) version... http://tinyurl.com/2f7ohc
Aint it Batman News......
by Kai_Mah'gra
Dec 14th, 2007
08:18:39 PM
....all day, every day, by the hour, on the hour. Let the fellating begin. Oh wait,.......... it already did. AICN's oncoming Dark Night blowjob onslaught for this movie does not portend well for its fortunes at the Box office. History has shown as that whenever Harry and Co, start fellating a movie like this, it usually underperforms like saggy bitch. Exhibit A, B and C.........Golden Compass, King Kong, Superstalker Returns, Domino,........should I go on?
NOW THAT IS A FUCKING TRAILER
by The Ender Smites Foes
Dec 14th, 2007
08:30:19 PM
FUCK MY ASS AND CALL ME GOSPEL JOHN, THAT WAS SOME BAD ASS MOTHERFUCKING FUCKING SHIT! THE JOKER IS THE BALLS WALLS! BRING THAT SHIT FUCK YEAH! AMERICA, FUCK YEAH!
Ender Smites said it best.
by Buckys_Kick_Ass_Arm
Dec 14th, 2007
08:37:40 PM
Joker IS "balls walls"
Balls Deep in Da Pussy Guice
by ThePilgrim
Dec 14th, 2007
08:44:23 PM
Kicks you in the nuts and eats out your Girlfriend!
Kai, only difference is...
by leobloom
Dec 14th, 2007
09:05:02 PM
unlike Golden Compass it's not just Harry and Co and a few geeks who are excited as fuck about this movie. Many of the people visiting this site are looking forward to this movie. And in case you hadn't noticed, up until a couple of weeks ago, AICN was avoiding TDK news like the plague. And whenever they ran a story on it, they were very unenthusiastic. Fortunately all that's changed...of course a trailer like this goes a long way.
why do you fuckin nerds
by jivatmax
Dec 14th, 2007
09:19:31 PM
like comic book crap so much>?
Because that's what "nerd" means.
by Bubba Gillman
Dec 14th, 2007
09:30:03 PM
Dope.
NOW!
by Refuge5
Dec 14th, 2007
09:52:24 PM
I need this movie NOW!!! TDK will be the best movie of 08... I can't wait for Indy, Iron Man, Star Trek - HELL Hulk... but Batman will own!! that trailer has me so wet right now... I cannot imagine how damn good that movie is going to be...
Yeah saw the Dark Night trailer today...
by TheRealSeveren
Dec 14th, 2007
10:14:06 PM
attached to I Am Legend. Sooo good but its a sad state of affairs when Welcome home Roscoe Jenkins gets a better response. No indication of quality though.
Joker turns himself in
by ThePilgrim
Dec 14th, 2007
10:50:26 PM
That's what I'm thinking. He wanted to be caught to get close to someone or something. So his escape was preplaned, cause he sent himself in.
ThePilgrim
by ironic_name
Dec 14th, 2007
10:54:00 PM
then he puts rachel dawes' head in box..

HAHAHAAHAAA!

but yeah, either he wants batman to find him, or maybe to kill gordon or crane.

Roscoooooooooe Jenkins!!!!!!!!!!!
by ironic_name
Dec 14th, 2007
10:55:02 PM
sorry.
I wan't the Joker too win
by ThePilgrim
Dec 14th, 2007
11:02:55 PM
You can't end this one with Batman defeating the joker. Make everyone leave knowing Batman is dead. Cause more shock then Empire Strikes Back did. Show some balls.
Ok, I've watched the trailer about 20 times now...
by Reynard Muldrake
Dec 14th, 2007
11:40:27 PM
and I have to give major props to Ledger - I could get into all the little details about the slight inflections, the body language (there are definitely some small reminders of Nicholson, but nothing like THAT), the straight sinister seriousness of what he's about...but I won't , even though I just did. I think he's got something VERY 'real' about the 'real' Joker going on , if you know what I mean - the "who gives a fuck" serial killer made all the more fucknuts by the fact that he's the only one laughing - the way the Joker SHOULD be represented. And yeah, what Mirajeff said about them needing to focus on The actual DARK KNIGHT for 'The Dark Knight'...I trust Nolan...but seriously - this is part of a larger opus, and a trailer is a trailer in the end, let the product end up speaking for itself. End patronizing talkback post.
Where have u watched it Reynard?
by wilsonfisk89
Dec 15th, 2007
12:40:44 AM
link plz??
Who saw the Worlds Finest Poster In I AM LEGEND
by Phategod1
Dec 15th, 2007
12:55:09 AM
I called it World Finest But its Batman Symbol Overlaying the Superman Symbol in Times Square that would have posted in the year 2010.
That first shot of Heath as Joker looks alittle like....
by chrisd
Dec 15th, 2007
01:15:57 AM
Gene Simmons after his facelift. Seriously, >;>} Heath appears to be doing a pretty good job in this. I hope he does not overshadow >8>{ Christian Bale as Batman. And we can lose the doubt ridden hand wringing Batman: that is out of character. Batman needs to out badass Joker, break his jaw in several places and most major bones, especially after what happens to Harvey and Rachel and...
Chrisd
by Dreadlock Holmes
Dec 15th, 2007
01:27:19 AM
WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU POST A SPOILER LIKE THAT YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE?! SERIOUSLY, That shit ain't funny!!
I can't really tell it's Heath Ledger
by Guy Who Got A Headache And Accidentally Saves The World
Dec 15th, 2007
01:31:04 AM
No matter how much I squint or tilt it or whatever I just can't see any of these joker pictures as Mel Gibsons son in The Patriot. I can't hear him in his voice either, so I think about all the people who have been saying, "I don't see Joker I just see Heath Ledger" and I wonder if something is wrong with me or maybe I just haven't seen enough Heath Ledger movies or maybe their just idiots for thinking Crispin Glover would have been better or whatever. You'd think Crispin Glover would be a guy who'd you see more as Crispin Glover instead of Joker, no matter how much make up they put on him.
conspiracy: Who cares about DC canon?
by Guy Who Got A Headache And Accidentally Saves The World
Dec 15th, 2007
01:33:49 AM
You really want bullshit like aliens and parallel universes in these movies? 50 different Robins and Batgirls and ace the bathound? The less stupid comic book shit the better if you ask me. Let's just worry about the Nolan canon, he seems to be doing fine so far, don't know about a batcycle but we'll see.
They should've released it online...TODAY
by Space Disc Jockey
Dec 15th, 2007
01:41:14 AM
I don't know why they are waiting, until Sunday to release it online...Anyway, seeing "I am Legend" tomorrow, so it will be nice seeing the trailer on the big screen. Wonder if the IMAX 6 minute clip will EVER make it online...in some form...
Orionsangels
by montessaurus
Dec 15th, 2007
02:55:22 AM
sounds like the most fun I'll never have, stop lying you bragging bitch.
Guy Who Got A Headache And Accidentally Saves The World
by montessaurus
Dec 15th, 2007
03:00:23 AM
Right fucking on. I respect Crispin Glover as much as the next Back to the Future fan, but to keep pushing him as some kind of Batman movie savior (especially to this point..) is just pointless and lame. Firstly, they've already cast Heath Ledger as the Joker and secondly, Heath Ledger IS the Joker, I mean...c'mon!!!
They need to cast Giada De Laurentiis as Catwoman in part3
by Orionsangels
Dec 15th, 2007
03:03:24 AM
http://tinyurl.com/3ak6w6
They need to cast Giada De Laurentiis as Catwoman in part3
by Orionsangels
Dec 15th, 2007
03:03:26 AM
http://tinyurl.com/3ak6w6
i am legend
by drave117
Dec 15th, 2007
03:11:31 AM
Did anybody see it today? What I want to know is if the trailer is playing before the regular showings, or just the imax ones.
PROLOGUE LEAKED
by zikade zarathos
Dec 15th, 2007
03:29:02 AM
Horrible quality but whatever. http://www.sendspace.com/file/ ce5hn3
yes saw IAL at regular showing and TDK trlr was attached...
by TheRealSeveren
Dec 15th, 2007
03:41:03 AM
for the 17th time.
uhh...thats beyond bad quality...
by TheRealSeveren
Dec 15th, 2007
03:51:43 AM
still Im watching it right now regardless. THX for the link, sir.
bad quality as in virus
by griffithstrife
Dec 15th, 2007
04:10:17 AM
at least its a virus to me
huh...worked fine for me...
by TheRealSeveren
Dec 15th, 2007
04:15:10 AM
that sux man. Do you have a mac or PC? Video was half screen half chair anyways...
no virus for me
by ironic_name
Dec 15th, 2007
06:31:10 AM
Looks like a Fincher film
by johnnyg korrupt
Dec 15th, 2007
08:29:27 AM
It looks like a Fincher movie a la Fight Club and the Game and the Joker comes off as very Se7en John Doeish. How did Gotham go from looking the way it did in Begins to this though? Good trailer....yet i still woulda preferred a Killing Joke looking Joker and storyline. You could have made him psychopathic and it still would have worked in a Killing Joke setting
wow, i've never seen so much excitement for a film...
by jig98
Dec 15th, 2007
08:35:44 AM
i guess now mariah carey should've wished that for glitter, huh?
I am Legend sucked...
by Lucasblows
Dec 15th, 2007
09:14:50 AM
...but this trailer was worth the ticket price.
you guys seen this?
by John L Raiser
Dec 15th, 2007
09:47:44 AM
http://atasteforthetheatrical. com/ If you click on the "gotham times" web site addie in the upper right, it goes to a four page Gotham Newspaper--filled with articles "setting the scene" as it were. If you click on the upper left, the paper "tears" and you get a "hahahahah" link, which goes to a "jokerfied" version of the same 4 page paper.
lucas is half right
by Happy Boy
Dec 15th, 2007
09:49:23 AM
I was impressed with the trailer but hate to have explain to my future kids why I stood by whilst Will Smith kept making movies in 2007. I AM AN ENABLER!
WILSONFISK89
by Reynard Muldrake
Dec 15th, 2007
10:07:09 AM
the 'trailer' - just remove the spaces: http://home.quicknet.nl/qn/pri v e/m.markus/mike.mov
skywalkerfamily do you cease to talk shit
by messi
Dec 15th, 2007
10:14:58 AM
read Sinestro Corps War and come back to me dumb cunt.
Ace the Bathound-?! was there such an animal?
by TomBodet
Dec 15th, 2007
11:16:50 AM
Really? Sounds like DC from the sixties or '70's. That's funny. Killer MOTH! we want Killer MOTH etc etc.
For all the explosions and stunts...
by hypnotron
Dec 15th, 2007
11:24:50 AM
Batman is still a character who dresses up as a rubber bat, takes in an orphaned boy, dresses him up in a pair of hot pants and called him Robin! There will never be a great Batman movie, simply because the whole subject matter is so ridiculous to start with! Man dressed in a rubber suit. That said, I will go an watch this film for the special fx... Batman Begins was as silly as all the other Batman films, the truest vision of Batman was the 60's tv show, that one was honest!
hypnotron
by Wonderboys
Dec 15th, 2007
11:30:22 AM
Dumbass, go read the New York Times,let us geeks alone.
If this is called THE DARK KNIGHT
by zooch
Dec 15th, 2007
11:44:36 AM
Does that mean sequel will be THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS?
Tim Burton made all of this possible
by joeelliott
Dec 15th, 2007
11:52:47 AM
the trailer directly takes (what looks like) moments from the Burton film. The Joker doing the whole "Bring it on" line is the same as when Nicholson did it when Batman was in the Batwing. This is a movie that has the Burton film to look at in order to take elements from and still try it's best not to be it. I'll take the toys r us Burton version over these Abercrombie and Fitch films.
Anyone else think Ledger's Joker sounds a bit like
by Frijole
Dec 15th, 2007
12:30:31 PM
Benicio de Toro's Jackie-Boy from Sin City?
hypnotron you idiot
by messi
Dec 15th, 2007
12:42:37 PM
the only reason you think it's silly is because you see it from the point of view of a guy that lives in a world where comics exist and you know that batman is a superhero. put yourself in the Begins world. No superhero comic books. Criminals being assaulted by a guy dressed like a Bat who can fight, he swarms from the shadows and they don't know if he's myth or not, just that he can take anyone on, he's unstoppable and he scares them when they see him. That's not silly. That's wholy possible given the circumstances were different. I say you are not very intelligent.
Mr. Saxon's on FIRE!!!
by WhoDis
Dec 15th, 2007
12:53:13 PM
Well done, sir.
hypnotron is right
by systemsbroom
Dec 15th, 2007
01:34:30 PM
Batman is generally pretty silly. Just like the majority of comic books and other *graphic novels*. I think the point is that the concept can/could be done in a serious, more sophisticated way. I didn't bother seeing Batman Begins, so I can't comment on whether that's the case in that movie, but there's no denying that a non-ridiculous batman movie would have to be selective and probably innovative about what aspects of the batman property were used.
Mr. Saxon you forgot to credit...
by rbatty024
Dec 15th, 2007
01:42:10 PM
Dennis O'Neil for getting rid of the Adam West Batman. He paved the way for Miller. Anyway, Burton had a larger role in changing the general public's view of Batman, you know the non-comic book reading populace. Remember, there was actually a petition before the Batman movie came out to cast Adam West as Batman again.

I'm actually think the old Adam West movie, in its time and place, was pretty funny. The problem was it was making fun of Batman, which is fine, but the Batman as buffoon shouldn't be the ideal character in the general consciousness.

Denny O'Neil and...
by mrfan
Dec 15th, 2007
02:01:28 PM
Neal Adams' work on Batman is some of the greatest stuff in comics.
1-866-237-6480
by wackybantha
Dec 15th, 2007
02:28:50 PM
DID YOU ALL SUBSCRIBE TO THE GOTHAM TIMES YET???
Some days, you just can't get rid of a bomb.
by The-Duke-of-New-York
Dec 15th, 2007
02:59:04 PM
It's too bad I found out about all of this marketing game stuff weeks after it was completed...and that I live in BFE and would have had to drive nine hours to get a phone cake. But, whatever. Looks neat.
I thought Ledger sounded a bit like
by WYLD STALLYNS RULES
Dec 15th, 2007
03:35:42 PM
Nicholson. Meh. Love the laugh, though.
Hypnotron
by MattmanReturns
Dec 15th, 2007
03:39:14 PM
Tim Burton's Batman was a critical and box office success, and remains a classic to this day. Batman Begins was as well. Whether you like those movies or not, they are widely considered "great" movies. As for the TV show... that's a camp classic, but very few people on this earth would say it's better than Burton's first movie or Begins. At least you're original, I guess. Tasteless, but original.
Liam Neeson's role in DARK KNIGHT
by I am Batman
Dec 15th, 2007
03:58:20 PM
You heard it here first...

Twenty minutes from the end of DARK KNIGHT (direct from the script):

The Joker (as "played" by Heath Ledger, facing the door of his cell at Arkham): You think you're the punchline?

Batman: Don't push me , clown. I won't kill you, but I don't have to save you.

Dr. Arkham: I must insist Bruce, there will be no stupid comic-book taunting of my patients here. This is a home of healing.

Batman: How, how d-do you know my name?

Arkham (pulling his rubber mask off which has disguised his true identity, revealing the face of Ra's Al Ducard, only deformed, post-monorail accident, ashen and with a large scar across the lips in the shape of an exagerated smile): You impotent dope! Did you think an actor of my middling-rate stature could be dispensed so easily in the era of realistigorical sagas? You know I had to make a dramatic entrance to entice the bobbleheads for the third act of this trilogy! I am The True Joker! Bwa-ha-ha!

Dumb.
by MattmanReturns
Dec 15th, 2007
04:00:14 PM
Thank you Tim Burton even Saxon agrees
by joeelliott
Dec 15th, 2007
04:43:02 PM
he wrote me a private e-mail offline telling me it's not cool to like Burton on this thread, but that he agrees with me. Thanks for the pic too - (of him in 89 dressed like Jack's joker).
Ace the Bathound
by Guy Who Got A Headache And Accidentally Saves The World
Dec 15th, 2007
05:00:38 PM
Yeah it was from the 70s and of course this being the soulless 21st century, where culture is at it's lowest point of course they brought it back to be "ironic", because everything's ironic and an inside joke or whatever these days.
systemsbroom
by messi
Dec 15th, 2007
05:06:20 PM
"I didn't bother seeing Batman Begins, so I can't comment on whether that's the case in that movie". Fucking hell. Why don't you just say "I'm a fucking dumb cunt because I decide to weigh in on something that I haven't even seen". Fucking Idiot.
good deal!
by joeelliott
Dec 15th, 2007
05:33:04 PM
It's hard for me to find dates for her after the crash. this will be her first time since then and yours since the confessional.
Lines taken and scenes matched
by joeelliott
Dec 15th, 2007
05:36:16 PM
is all I'm talking about. these movies (this one by the way the trailer looks) seem like superman returns in a way. They know they can't ignore the ones before so they toss in mimic scenes
BATMAN BEGINS is NOT considered "great"
by I am Batman
Dec 15th, 2007
06:35:16 PM
Stupid shit. GODFATHER is "great." BEGINS is average. If you don't know the difference, you're an idiot,
Go see the trailer on the big-screen!!!
by Space Disc Jockey
Dec 15th, 2007
06:37:01 PM
The trailer is really fucking great! Ledger is fucking perfect, as the Joker!
yeesh, messi
by systemsbroom
Dec 15th, 2007
06:41:07 PM
Ahem. The reason that I don't, as you suggest, say "I'm a fucking dumb cunt because I decide to weigh in on something that I haven't even seen" is because I *didn't actually weigh in on the something that I haven't even seen.*

This is, in fact, obvious from the bit you quote from my previous post. In case you didn't notice during your copying, pasting, and profanity-laced pontificating, I said essentially that since I had not seen Batman Begins, I couldn't comment on it.

The actual point of my post was something different: that if you look at the corpus of batman material out there (of which, take notice, I'll happily admit I've only sampled a small amount), there is a lot that is silly, trite, and ridiculous, along with the stuff that is or could be serious, complex, and meaningful, and as such, any film adaptation that aims to be serious, complex, and/or meaningful will have to ignore/junk a lot of the batman material out there.

I didn't think that I was being particularly controversial, but having now read a bit more of this thread (and others), and seeing the disturbing number of posts that describe their reactions to the marketing of this film in terms of either orgasm or defecation (sometimes both), I can see I'm going to have to pick my words a bit more carefully. Apologies, messi. I did not intend to hurt your (or batman's) feelings.

all you nerds need to realize
by jivatmax
Dec 15th, 2007
06:45:00 PM
facts aren't determined by consensus. no art will ever be objective. so please stop trying to make films into religions.
If the Farrelly Brothers made THE DARK KNIGHT ...
by Boris Baddenov
Dec 15th, 2007
06:49:22 PM
They'd probably have the Joker release that fatal grin-inducing gas by blasting it out of his chalk-white anus, eh?
Ace the Bathound
by vintagecrow
Dec 15th, 2007
06:56:55 PM
Was not from the 70's but the '50's. The '70's were under the domain of Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams. Together they brought back the Dark Knight. Then Miller, with his "Dark Knight Returns" popularity, it got news coverage" was instrumental in getting Warner Bros. to produce a Batman movie. Burton's first film was great, though I prefer Begins, but sadly "Returns" was pretty to look at but junky story. I have high hopes for "The Dark Knight". Oh the silly period was during the '50's when the Comics Approval Code was enforced. They lightened up Batman who in the beginning was dark.
I GOT SHOTS FROM THE PROLOGUE!!!!
by Warrior Angel
Dec 15th, 2007
06:59:54 PM
http://blog.myspace.com/index. cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&frien dID=269632409&blogID=322634577
" I am Batman" is NOT considered "elite"
by Ashok0
Dec 15th, 2007
07:17:14 PM
Please go troll elsewhere. I don't recall anyone ever claiming "Batman Begins" to be the next "Godfather" saga. However, "Batman Begins" is a GREAT comic book film. It is the de facto standard that other films such as "Spider0man 3" and "X-Men 3" have attempted to mimic, and yet have failed.
Ace the Bathound should have been in...
by mrfan
Dec 15th, 2007
07:25:54 PM
I Am Legend. He might have fared better than Will's dog.
I'm not the one who invoked "great"
by I am Batman
Dec 15th, 2007
08:01:07 PM
But, whatever.

Wah-wah-wah

Kurt Cobain got into Courtney's make-up box before he died and crapped out your generation's Joker.

You bobbleheads.

Now call me names, douchebags.

Ashok0 claims BEGINS is a great comic book movie
by I am Batman
Dec 15th, 2007
08:07:05 PM
And I'm the dumbass. No matter how many of you dorks protest, BEGINS isn't even the caliber of the first FANTASTIC FOUR movie-stain.

You're all going to regret your bullshit when you grow up.

Jake Gyllenhaal for Harley Quinn.

You heard it here first.

Tastes great, less filling.
by 5-15-9
Dec 15th, 2007
08:44:00 PM
No, I Am Bratwurst, you're wrong. Begins is a great movie. It's a great "Batman" movie. It is, in fact, bat-tacular. The Godfather is great, seeing as it's THE archetype example of a "gangster/drama" film. 12 Angry Men is a great "courtroom drama." Face/Off is a great waste of time. These things become more evident when you think about them and then talk them out. Logic rocks.
I am Batman
by MattmanReturns
Dec 15th, 2007
09:07:03 PM
The Godfather is a brilliant movie. "Great" is a step down from brilliant. When did I compare it to the Godfather? I never made that comparison, so stop putting words in my mouth you fucking fuck.
I saw the trailer last night
by EightiesBaby
Dec 15th, 2007
09:07:08 PM
It looks ok. I'm not sure about the joker though. The voice is good but the make up -not so sure.
This site is getting lamer by the week...
by jojo-pimp
Dec 15th, 2007
09:28:12 PM
its just like Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back...i'm expecting to see a bunch of 12 year old fat kids with zits writing half the shit on here. Notice i only said half the shit..cause the other half i do believe to be people with some level of maturity who are actually interested in talking intelligently about these films...but i swear, some of the people, like "I am Batman"...i guarantee they are dying to see this movie and actually excited about it, but are just writing bullshit to try and piss people off. You know damn well he is probably at home jerking off to his hi-res images of heath ledger as the joker. Snoogins!
Adam West
by Prossor
Dec 15th, 2007
09:37:00 PM
Does anyone think Adam West would have played a great non-campy Batman?
Brokeback Batman
by Trik_Ster
Dec 15th, 2007
09:42:59 PM
This movie is pierced bat-nipples
I Am Batman
by Ashok0
Dec 15th, 2007
09:44:10 PM
Do you have anything useful to say other than attempt to flame Batman fans on a Batman forum? Seriously, if you hate Batman so much, make yourself useful and go bother the people on the Katie Holmes fan sites.
batman gave his dog a mask
by ironic_name
Dec 15th, 2007
09:58:31 PM
ace, you woof the good fight.
Ace=good bat-dog.
by 5-15-9
Dec 15th, 2007
10:32:05 PM
Return of the Joker, anyone?
PEOPLE
by Zozma
Dec 15th, 2007
10:45:20 PM
Mask Of the Phantasm is THE definitive batman movie. I mean REALLY!...
BATMAN BEGINS
by Zozma
Dec 15th, 2007
11:10:00 PM
uh huh, fo sho
bboybegins
by Zozma
Dec 15th, 2007
11:13:51 PM
what i meant to say was batman begins gets shitted (shat)? on compared to the masterpiece that is mask of the phantasm
Not available at midnight East coast time...
by George Newman
Dec 15th, 2007
11:14:41 PM
Okay guys...Know what?
by tHeGRinGoGenTiLE
Dec 15th, 2007
11:29:13 PM
I'm officially getting super fucking psyched about this. That newspaper thing was just too funny. I think THIS is the Joker we've been needing. Mark Hamill's Joker RULES but you can only go so far with a cartoon. THIS is surreal. can't freakin' wait.
That sucks...
by HExTeXly
Dec 15th, 2007
11:35:12 PM
I was really hoping it would be available at midnight! The "bootleg" video of the trailer really got me excited, it was so fantastic! Oh well, I guess I can wait a few hours.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/dc jkdl
by IAmJack'sUserID
Dec 15th, 2007
11:41:13 PM
Prologue!
RE: Sendspace.com
by wackybantha
Dec 16th, 2007
12:02:44 AM
What program do you need to play that PROLOGUE. I downloaded it and I can't play it 'cause I don't have the right software. Anyone?
RE: RE: Sendspace.com
by quadfather09
Dec 16th, 2007
12:06:22 AM
Hey, you need a DivX codec for Windows Media Player. . . just Google it!
ok so how freaking long do we have to wait????
by DURANGO66
Dec 16th, 2007
12:11:57 AM
shouldn't it play by now since its past midnight in the east coast?
I KNOW, RIGHT?
by quadfather09
Dec 16th, 2007
12:15:13 AM
It is past midnight Central time now as well. I'm starting to get mad. I live in Illinois, so I've been watching my clock for it to hit 12 central time, and BOOM. . . nothing.
Waiting.....
by MJDeViant
Dec 16th, 2007
12:21:22 AM
It'll probably pull some 8:28AM bullshit from the numbers in the ad. That or wait until evening. Bastards.
Damn...
by MJDeViant
Dec 16th, 2007
12:35:21 AM
That prologue posted earlier was great. I thought it would be a joke or something. Too bad the IMAX screen is so big...
!!GOTHAM!!
by Sovikos
Dec 16th, 2007
12:49:57 AM
Yes that's right you heard it here first folks! GOTHAM will be the name of the 3rd Film in the new Nolan relaunch of the Batman film Franchise.
you're an idiot Sovikos
by Buckys_Kick_Ass_Arm
Dec 16th, 2007
12:51:39 AM
oh well
by DURANGO66
Dec 16th, 2007
12:54:06 AM
screw it i will just go watch I am legend right now at the bridge for the midnight showing...
8:28 jackasses...
by jfp2007
Dec 16th, 2007
01:03:19 AM
It has a big 8 and 28, so expect it at 8:28, Sunday. It's the same thing as Joker's bus, in the bank robbery scene having District 22 on the side. It's a nod to Two-Face and his vendetta against Harvey Dent.
Wait & see...
by Sovikos
Dec 16th, 2007
01:05:12 AM
Harley Quinn
by toro004
Dec 16th, 2007
01:07:21 AM
Any thoughts on who'd be good as Harley? I propose Amy Lee from evanescence... check her out in the "everybody's fool" vid... has that twisted crazy sexy psycho look
H-Quinn
by Sovikos
Dec 16th, 2007
01:10:00 AM
Michelle Ryan from Bionic Woman.
thanks for the footage
by George Newman
Dec 16th, 2007
01:33:12 AM
i've been waiting for this
The Joker's end
by jdl82
Dec 16th, 2007
01:36:57 AM
Oh I definetely expect the Joker to end up in Arkham at the end of this film. Personally, I found it quite arrogant of Burton to kill off two-thirds of the villains his films featured (Catwoman alone survived Burton's pen). Likewise, I was none-too-pleased that Shumaker killed Two-Face like he did. While it is, indeed, unfortunate that Harry Osborn died, I think that we can all agree that his death -- while contrary in many ways to comic canon -- was dealt with respectfully. And let's not forget that unlike Venom, his character was allowed to develop and mature over the course of not one or two but three entire films.

As for Raz'al Ghul, I, too, was disappointed that he died. And then I remembered that he is immortal in comic canon, and all became well.

My personal expectations for TDK, with regard to the way that it will deal with the Joker, are as follows: the Joker will kill someone dear to either Batman, Gordon, or Dent, in an effort to compell Batman to kill him. Batman will beat him to a bloody pulp, but will stop short of taking his life. Then the Joker will be thrown into Arkham, where the very best and brightest expert in abnormal psychology and criminal insanity, Dr. Harleen Quinby, will be assigned to rehabilitate him back to sanity.

My only fear is that, just like Burton's Joker, Burton's Catwoman, Schumacker's Riddler, and Shumacher's Two-Face, Nolan's Joker will succeed in his very first movie in learning Batman's true identity. That is such an old and used and -- to be honest -- shallow plot device, in my opinion. I truly hope that they decide against using it.

Ouaouh, it looks like a man in a black suit that looks a bit lik
by FlorenZO
Dec 16th, 2007
01:42:09 AM
Is this what you're looking for ? http://www.dailymotion.com/vid eo/x222yj_the-dark-knight-teas er Crap res though...
And remove the spaces
by FlorenZO
Dec 16th, 2007
01:42:51 AM
Mask of the Phantasm
by jdl82
Dec 16th, 2007
01:44:38 AM
I agree. It was the truest depiction of Batman on film yet. And, yes, of course Batman did a lot of crying. Big biceps are often filled not with muscles, but hardened tears. Batman is who he is because of the deep anguish concealed within him, not because of his finances. It's his pain that drives him to do what he does. He is a creature of darkness, angst and a rage so dense that there were only two ways to manifest it: destroy the world, or change it. He chose the latter. Had he chose the former, he would have become a menace to the world unlike any before him. In the end, what makes him so appealing as a character is that he is such an anti-hero: he is a terrorist who fights criminals, and a good-guy who dresses and acts like a villain.
...
by FlorenZO
Dec 16th, 2007
01:44:53 AM
I know that's very disappointing...
cont.
by jdl82
Dec 16th, 2007
01:50:41 AM
If he had chosen to filter his rage in a destructive way, he would have become the very person the Joker would have nightmares about. Gotham would not have been merely his ward, but his playground. Nobody would have been safe from an evil Batman. He would be capable of raping, killing, stealing, and never getting caught. And lest you think that he surely would have met his end at the hands of the Justice League, remember that they keep him around because they know that he might be the only person in existence who could take each and every one of them down. He is a threat to society. He is darkness embodied. He is rage manifested. But he is good. And that alone is separates him from villainy.
cont.
by jdl82
Dec 16th, 2007
01:52:53 AM
I got another: He is a man who became a demon who became a savior.
I am Batman always makes me laugh
by messi
Dec 16th, 2007
02:04:12 AM
some of the shit he says is hilarious. The only reason I don't tell him to kill himself is because his opinions make for a good laugh. Retarded people sometimes do that.
Finally....
by FlorenZO
Dec 16th, 2007
02:04:24 AM
http://saucisse2000.free.fr/Pa ges/BTBa.html
Identity
by Sovikos
Dec 16th, 2007
02:06:29 AM
Yeah learning of one's Identity is in most cases a killer in movies. I've rarely seen it done properly. The build up for Harry finding out who Spider-man was huge, but when the moment came it lacked almost everything. Actually Lois & Clark seemed to do it perfect. The build up was great, and I think it went over 2 seasons before it was revealed to her.
And as for Adam West...
by jdl82
Dec 16th, 2007
02:06:35 AM
I would have to say that, no, I don't think he could play a dark or emo Batman. His voice is simply too campy and comicly serious.
Finally = Shit!
by Sovikos
Dec 16th, 2007
02:13:32 AM
WTF is that crap?
Green Lantern - The Blackest Night - 2009
by messi
Dec 16th, 2007
02:15:40 AM
Going to destroy all of you.
The Blackest Night
by messi
Dec 16th, 2007
02:16:31 AM
Seven Corps will be born.

Seven Corps will shine their Light brightly.

Seven Corps will be at War.

But "realism" demands
by HornOrSilk
Dec 16th, 2007
02:38:24 AM
It wouldn't be difficult to figure out who is Batman. You figure he has a huge funding for all his toys. Then you think Bruce must be involved. Then you see Batman and he is, more or less, the same body as Bruce. Look into eye. Look into Bruce's eyes. See and watch. Secret identities are one of many things which makes comics unrealistic. And it's one of the reasons why "realistic" Batman is absurd -- and with it, a "realistic" Joker WHO IS NOT realistic (he would be dead meat early on, quickly, for what he is shown to be like here).
True in a way
by Sovikos
Dec 16th, 2007
02:43:39 AM
People like Supes and his stupid identity change is just ridiculous. But Batman is still some what plausible. Spider-man aswell. Of course their are always going to be, the "Hey he sounds the same" or "DUH, who else could afford all them toys?" but besides Superman most of them seem to be plausible.
jdl82 do you know ANYTHING about batman?
by W3bzpinn3r
Dec 16th, 2007
02:51:21 AM
How does he dress and act like a criminal? He dresses like a bat, sure, but criminal? um... no. Batman also does not act like a criminal. He doesn't kill. He uses only enough violence to get the job done. He uses brains and DETECTIVE skills as sharp as Sherlock Holmes (something no other hero in existence in Marvel or DC come close to). Batman actually has to study and FIND his foes, they don't just convienently show up on his doorstep like Spider-Man's. The reason The Justice League keeps him around isn't coz he singlehandedly hands them their asses on a regular basis, but because he is so damn smart and resourceful that it'd be insane NOT to have him nearby. Sure he may not be Mr Personality, but if you put together the sum of the entire JLA members' IQs, it would still be less than Batman's.
Superman's "secret identity" is lame.
by W3bzpinn3r
Dec 16th, 2007
02:59:29 AM
glasses? c'mon. Batman, Spider-Man, Ironman, etc all change their voice when parading around in their costumes. Batman talks in a raspy whisper. Spider-man is semi-muffled. Ironman has synthesizers that alter his voice pattern. Masks work very well in real life to make positive IDs difficult... As for Joker being a super deformed freak show.... where/how does he live and eat, looking like that, and not attract attention? Can't exactly walk into Starbucks with a scar like that and not draw some attention to oneself... ah well, that's why this is FRICKIN MAKE BELIEVE! If Harrison Ford can make us believe a 60+ old fart can still pull off Indy maneuvers, then I'm more than willing to give Heath Ledger a chance.
Re:W3...
by jdl82
Dec 16th, 2007
03:05:37 AM
You're looking at Batman from a young pair of eyes, I suspect. When the modern Batman was introduced late last century, he was an astoundingly dark character compared to other superheroes. He broke people's bones just to get them to talk; he snuck into people's homes and spied on them without their knowledge; he forewent bright colors and dressed in dark ones; his war on crime was not one of justice, like others', but vengeance. He trusted nobody. He had no romantic interests. He rarely smiled. The very people he tried to protect were terrified of him, and that was by his own design.

Nowadays, antiheroes are commonplace in the comics. But that's thanks to the likes of the original righteous bad-cops, such as Wolverine and Batman. They'll break you long, long before they read you your rights. So again, he's a villain who fights crime, a terrorist who fights criminals.

As for the Justice League, what I said really is true. None of them trust him completely, and it's mutual. He even carries an arsenal of kryptonite with him, just in case.

Batman year one they do find out
by stamper
Dec 16th, 2007
03:06:12 AM
His identity, if i'm correct, in Miller's Batman Y1, a scene where Gordon finds out easy that Bruce is Batman, as pointed in the above post, so that makes it realistic. Just like BB
re:stamper
by jdl82
Dec 16th, 2007
03:12:23 AM
Batman actually decided to reveal to Gordon who he actually was a few years ago at the end of the No Man's Land arc. Gordon turned his back, though, saying it wasn't necessary, and that he might already know his identity, thanks to his being a professional investigator and such. So perhaps he does know. It has been firmly established, though, that he knew Batgirl's identity the entire time his daughter wore tha cowl, prior to the Joker shooting her in the back and photographing himself raping her.
PROLOGUE!
by Negator76
Dec 16th, 2007
03:18:41 AM
Oh yeah. That prologue has absolutely floored me. Nolan has payed close attention to what makes the joker compelling... His madness has a METHOD. I love how the clip showcases how he brilliantly flauts the 'rules' of the game. He's funny, strange, brutal, and smart.... and that's only the first three minutes of the fucking movie! Anybody can write 'funny one-liners' for the Joker. But it takes talent and brains to show how deadly intelligent he is... Color me motherfuckin impressed.
Jdl82... ummmm......
by W3bzpinn3r
Dec 16th, 2007
03:31:15 AM
Actually, I've been reading batman comics for well over 25 years, and have read many of the comics before that.... And I wouldn't in a million years call Batman a villain. Cops spy on people all the time... it's called a stakeout. Also,the bat doesn't kill, rarely uses guns, and is far more cerebral than most other heroes. I would honestly say Batman is James Bond in tights without the Bond Girls. Even in the 80's with some of the darkest Batman comics to date, Batman still operated within his moral code. Oh, and don't bring Wolverine into this. Wolverine is one of the most oversaturated unrefined characters in literary history.
A villain??
by MattmanReturns
Dec 16th, 2007
03:37:30 AM
Batman is constantly dealing with a corrupt police department and has allied himself with the one policeman who isn't corrupt. He strictly abides by his "no killing" rule. And I'm obviously not talking about the Burton Batman, who likes to blow people up or set them on fire... a clear departure from the comic book Batman. Batman refuses even to kill his arch nemesis. If you think Batman is even remotely a villain, you don't know the character.
humanresources@whysoserious.com
by Mrs. Harry Knowles
Dec 16th, 2007
04:37:54 AM
See you found my little message. So, do you think you have what it takes to be a part of my circle of friends? Are you a backstabbing, self-promoting, ambitious clown who will do anything to prove yourself to me? If so, the first step of your application process awaits…if you know where to look.
"Be Sure To Drink Your Ovaltine"
by Mrs. Harry Knowles
Dec 16th, 2007
04:42:53 AM
I assume that if you write-out all the red-circled statements in the "Ha Ha Ha Times," you learn something (that better be) cool. Um...anyone wanna bother?: http://www.thehahahatimes.com
Batman Begins music was fucking awful..
by quantize
Dec 16th, 2007
05:00:48 AM
and the music never let up for at least the first 30 minutes...SHUT the fucking Hollywood overblown SCORE up for fucks sake. It's irritating and distracting and KILLS drama (and often action) COMPLETELY. It's also another reason why the film completely failed to evoke a true re-invention of Batman. It's SO SO fucking cliched and is the kind of music that is killing films...its so wall to wall in movies like Pirates that its almost unwatchable because the sound is so fucking unlistenable with wailing choirs and every corny as hell cliche/melodic theme being dragged out for the infinite time. Go see 30 days of night and see how you can do this shit without getting an orchestra to bore the tits off everyone.
HARLEY QUINN = Fairuza Balk
by DURANGO66
Dec 16th, 2007
05:03:19 AM
http://us.movies1.yimg.com/mov ies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/ movie_pix/mgm/personal_velocit y/fairuza_balk/velocity.jpg
PROLOGUE ON YOUTUBE!!! WATCH BEFORE IT'S DELETED!!!
by wackybantha
Dec 16th, 2007
05:03:39 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =pS-t3sYvLuU
I AM LEGEND = 28 days later + "human project"
by DURANGO66
Dec 16th, 2007
05:08:39 AM
saw the 6-7 minutes of tdk heart was pounding and I got a semi boner :)
Prologue good, bootleg quality bad.
by wackybantha
Dec 16th, 2007
05:12:42 AM
This Joker is, well....pretty friggin' evil.
I've lost my errection
by Spazatronic 2000
Dec 16th, 2007
05:15:14 AM
I no longer think this will be a mega-fantastic event movie. It will merely be like chocolate covered pussy juice.
I can confirm who H Quinn is...
by judgemuffin@mac.com
Dec 16th, 2007
05:16:48 AM
Morning all, I was fortunate enough recently to work closely with a certain lady who confirmed to me that she is indeed playing Harley. Sarah Jane Dunn, It was rumoured, so I just went to the horses mouth ad asked....(PS: She's no horse!)
Judgemuffin STOP LYING and aknowledge Fairuza Balk is HARLEY QUI
by DURANGO66
Dec 16th, 2007
05:24:04 AM
harley quinn is
by ironic_name
Dec 16th, 2007
05:28:48 AM
not in the movie.
YES ^^^ WE KNOW
by DURANGO66
Dec 16th, 2007
05:29:29 AM
hornorsilk [nerd stuff part1]
by ironic_name
Dec 16th, 2007
05:35:05 AM
he steals from himself in the comics

in the movie, he orders crap though shell companies.

lucius was onto him and gave him the tumbler, when he saw the tumbler [which he built - and was scrapped by rutger hauer sight unseen] as the batmobile he knew, obviously.

The whole "realism" thing...
by Prof. Pop-Cult
Dec 16th, 2007
05:35:30 AM
I appreciate the way Nolan tries to make his version of Batman "realistic". But there are a few points where I think he misses the mark. For one, the Batman outfit still looks quite similar to the previous versions in the other movies. Maybe this was a concession he had to make with the studio execs, who probably wanted to keep it similar looking. I would have liked a more "realistic" Batman outfit modeled after a combination of SWAT, black ops, Ninja style armor. As for the Joker, I can accept that he wears white make-up and that it's not his natural complexion -- but then, why doesn't he just wear the white make-up evenly and not splattered about over his face? He's an evil clown, so why doesn't he do a cleaner, neater job with his make-up?
Im glad Begins' teflon veneer is finally slipping
by IndustryKiller!
Dec 16th, 2007
05:38:40 AM
and more and more people realize that is is nowhere near the definitive version of Batman on screen. Although it looks from the trailer alone like Nolan corrected alot of those wrongs in Dark Knight, consider me very excited. And I almost never get excited about a sequel to a film I didn't like.
webspinner [nerd stuff part2]
by ironic_name
Dec 16th, 2007
05:41:16 AM
is this brohawk?

[if you are, you understand, if not, don't bother]

anyways re superman - if the janitor where you work won the lottery and was on newscasts, would you recognize him?

clark kent is a nobody, noone cares about him..

people look the other way at him, but superman? when people can see him, they are overwhelmed.

If Batman Begins was "realistic"
by IndustryKiller!
Dec 16th, 2007
05:41:54 AM
Then Bruce Wayne would have been caught and arrested within hours of the Batmobile chase. Only a complete retard of a cop or Waynetech exec wouldn't have been able to put two and two together. That's part of the problem with Begins, Nolan works under the guise of realism, and then throws it out whenever he needs an exciting scene.
Prof. Pop-Cult [nerd stuff part3]
by ironic_name
Dec 16th, 2007
05:43:50 AM
he wears the makeup constantly, no bath, no shower, he sweats though, and bat fists leave scuffs.
IndustryKiller!
by ironic_name
Dec 16th, 2007
05:44:48 AM
go cry on superherohype.
Ok, I'll accept that explanation...
by Prof. Pop-Cult
Dec 16th, 2007
05:52:17 AM
Then we should see in later scenes in the movie where the Joker is redoing his make-up.
Prof. Pop-Cult
by ironic_name
Dec 16th, 2007
05:54:39 AM
i would imagine we will.
Imax Footage
by darrenspool
Dec 16th, 2007
06:10:12 AM
http://tinyurl.com/3449be
Prop. Pop-Cult
by DURANGO66
Dec 16th, 2007
06:14:22 AM
Relax........ Just because you think you know, does not mean you do... Just let your ego go and join the clueless masses about this movie alright. it's ok you aren't suposed to know stuff. it's meant that way :)
"IT's ALL,..... PART OF THE PLAN......" :)
by DURANGO66
Dec 16th, 2007
06:16:58 AM
Darren Spool
by MRJONZ72
Dec 16th, 2007
06:23:26 AM
I thought this was another joke! I had bet money on it. Boy was I wrong! Thanks for the heads up.
Harley Quinn-Marisa Tomei.
by TomBodet
Dec 16th, 2007
06:37:13 AM
You know Hollywood will do it.
CLICK ON IT! GOTHAM TIMES!
by DyceyDarko
Dec 16th, 2007
06:44:19 AM
if you click on the right place it takes you to a newspaper you can read! all about the city being at war. Looking for more links...
'70's Bats
by TomBodet
Dec 16th, 2007
06:52:16 AM
Is what/how I remember Bats first, besides goofy reruns of the Adam West stuff on TV and Superfriends(ack). So it was Neal Adams and some O'Neil guy then? those years were pretty good, actually.
denny o'neil
by ironic_name
Dec 16th, 2007
07:02:16 AM
ironic name i hate you
by DURANGO66
Dec 16th, 2007
07:05:56 AM
how about some fake ads in newspapers?
by ironic_name
Dec 16th, 2007
07:06:33 AM
or in "time" at least, with ads for, say a fake water filtration system, jokerized? maybe "do you know how easy it is to to kill someone in a printing press, with these load machines?" scrawled in red on the back.
DURANGO66 I thought you loved me
by ironic_name
Dec 16th, 2007
07:07:46 AM
you jes' love me fo' my doggy style.
wigger^^^^^^
by DURANGO66
Dec 16th, 2007
07:11:04 AM
no shit!
by ironic_name
Dec 16th, 2007
07:14:03 AM
now drop 'em!

heehehahahahaa!!!

loud machines
by ironic_name
Dec 16th, 2007
07:15:13 AM
obviously.
yerrrr motherrrr!!!!!
by DURANGO66
Dec 16th, 2007
07:16:19 AM
balls in your mouth! :O
ironic name = :(8) balls in mouth
by DURANGO66
Dec 16th, 2007
07:17:55 AM
For those of you new to "I am Batman"...
by DocPazuzu
Dec 16th, 2007
07:18:26 AM
...he used to be known as "moviemack". Prior to Batman Begins' release, he spent a truly hilarious amount of time and energy telling everyone how much it was going to suck. After it opened to almost universal talkbacker praise, he more or less vanished for a very long time, undoubtedly hanging his head in shame and humiliation.

I'm not sure what it was that got him banned in the end, but he apparently thinks enough time has gone by that people have forgotten him and his zany antics and decided to resurface big time.

I am Batman/moviemack is one of the last true, red-blooded haters of AICN talkback. The guy is either utterly incapable of liking anything or unwilling to admit what he likes. I seen him being asked numerous times to explain exactly what it is he likes as opposed to what he hates and he fails to meet this challenge every. single. time. Oh sure, he'll throw a title like The Godfather out there but only as an example of a "classic", and how fucking safe is that?

Not only is he a hater troll par excellence, he's also an obnoxious tool on a gargantuan scale.

12 year old americans are so quaint...
by ironic_name
Dec 16th, 2007
07:20:22 AM
..not very bright when attempting to troll, though.

either that or WB's marketing is getting rather aggressive.

thanks for asking if you could suck my balls, by the way
by ironic_name
Dec 16th, 2007
07:25:22 AM
but no thanks.
DocPazuzu is a closet homosexual
by DURANGO66
Dec 16th, 2007
07:27:38 AM
you sure reference gay sex a lot..
by ironic_name
Dec 16th, 2007
07:29:59 AM
?
cuz i am the joker my lipstick gets smeered after i give head
by DURANGO66
Dec 16th, 2007
07:31:30 AM
Alright Messi, I'll bite...
by Boober
Dec 16th, 2007
07:52:48 AM
I grew up on the Hal Jordan GL and then, for whatever reason, that version got totally f-d over by DC. They went retro in Kingdom Come and then Ethnic and then EMO in the continuity of the DC universe but alas, HAL got hit with the big F-k You stick and was made to go all crazy after losing loved ones and then they made him into the Spectre and I was just like, F-k you, DC. You lost this reader because I'm tired of you sending Hal Jordan to the land of sh-tty revisionist, new-age pseudo-writing. Make me a believer and bring on Hal Jordan vs. Sinestro. Oh and this new Viscious Joker scores very high on the ass-kickery scale of normally failed hope against hopes.
Has anyone tried calling the number...
by Francis Begbie
Dec 16th, 2007
08:26:22 AM
on the left hand of the newspaper where it says "subscription info?" It's sunday too, so why no trailer?
Regarding Green Lantern.
by rbatty024
Dec 16th, 2007
08:28:55 AM
Apparently the Sinestro Corp story line is pretty good, although I haven't gotten around to reading it. The Green Lantern: Rebirth, when they finally brought back Hal, was a damn good story and a fine way of bringing Hal to his rightful place.

Anyways, with all of these superhero movies based firmly on Earth I'm really hoping they go for an epic space story. Harken back to the old Flash Gordon serials like Star Wars. DC has such a rich space mythology its a shame if it never makes it to the big screen.

Oops...
by Francis Begbie
Dec 16th, 2007
08:29:04 AM
I see someone else already mentioned. Sorry. But still, where's the official trailer, I mean the good quality one.
1:42 p.m. Trailer hits. That's my guess.
by Buckys_Kick_Ass_Arm
Dec 16th, 2007
09:36:22 AM
Then again it's probably just a number
WTF
by Turd Furgeson
Dec 16th, 2007
09:37:23 AM
I was all excited to wake up and find the trailer up.... Is it gonna be tonight?
DocPazuzu
by mrbong
Dec 16th, 2007
10:25:37 AM
thanks for the rundown on this I am Batman/moviemack fellow, he sounds most unagreeable. on that note, does anyone know what ever happened to that complete arse head, i think he was called "SuperShadow" - you know, the "personal friend" of George Lucas who gave some laughably bad rundowns on what would happen in the SW prequels? meanwhile, bring on the trailer, i grow tired of constantly trying that site!
mrbong
by DocPazuzu
Dec 16th, 2007
10:29:39 AM
Oh, he's still around:

www.supershadow.com

Can't decide whether he's taking the piss or is simply a very, very disturbed individual.

Yo, W3bzpinn3r...
by SkinJob69
Dec 16th, 2007
10:35:09 AM
Do you look like Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons? Just curious. 'Cause when I read your posts that's the voice I like to use for you
Best observation ever, Skinjob69.
by 5-15-9
Dec 16th, 2007
10:41:28 AM
Or, if not that, still pretty close. "W3bzpinn3r, can I look at your secret comic book stash?" "No you may not!"
Bart: It's valuable, huh?!
by SkinJob69
Dec 16th, 2007
10:52:24 AM