First pic of Jared Leto's Joker

[Raunalyn]

Shoddy writing is pretty harsh. From all the teaser photos and poses, this is clearly the Joker from The Killing Joke. What aspects of that version of the Joker do you feel they're making extreme changes from?

I haven't read The Killing Joke, so that may be where some of my ignorance of this version comes from. Shoddy writing may also be a bit harsh, but I lacked a proper metaphor at the time

 

[Morrus]

I haven't read The Killing Joke, so that may be where some of my ignorance of this version comes from. Shoddy writing may also be a bit harsh, but I lacked a proper metaphor at the time

You should! Like Dark Knight Returns, it's one of the important Batman books. And both of those clearly inspire the characters in this interpretation.

 

[Morrus]

Interestingly...

Spoiler

He doesn't have the tattoos in set photos.

 

[Tonguez]

I'm still more concerned about Will Smith as Deadshot than Leto's killing Joke

 

[Random Bystander]

I'm still more concerned about Will Smith as Deadshot than Leto's killing Joke

He's done action-comedy before, but I don't see a serious character as out of his repertoire.

 

[Hand of Evil]

the more I look at that pic, I think it is a mock up to be used for reaction, it looks like something I have seen for American Psycho or Fight Club.

 

[Ryujin]

Interestingly...

Spoiler

He doesn't have the tattoos in set photos.

Looks like that's no spoiler. People involved have stated that it was specifically for the 75th anniversary of the Joker character and has little to do with his appearance in the movie.

*EDIT* And I stumbled across this, while looking for that information:

http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2015/04/28/enter-win-grin-the-joker-75th-anniversary-giveaway

 

[Jhaelen]

You should! Like Dark Knight Returns, it's one of the important Batman books. And both of those clearly inspire the characters in this interpretation.

I had to look it up, but seeing as it's been written by Alan Moore, it pretty much has to be brilliant!

 

[Morrus]

The three influential graphic novels, all of which have clear tendrils right through this movie are:

(Spoilers, especially the first one):

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[Legatus Legionis]

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