Support NeoGAF

[inm8num2]

"Sir, we have rounded up initial reactions to the picture of Leto as Joker."
"What are people saying?"
"They're split. Some love it, others hate it. Now they're making photoshops and mocking the character design, especially the tattoos."
"Everything is proceeding as planned, then."

 

[nictron]

Has this been posted yet?

I'm dying

 

[MattyG]

"Sir, we have rounded up initial reactions to the picture of Leto as Joker."
"What are people saying?"
"They're split. Some love it, others hate it. Now they're making photoshops and mocking the character design, especially the tattoos."
"Everything is proceeding as planned, then."

 

[arevin01]

I'm not sure what to think. At first I wanna say terrible, but so was my initial thought when Heath Ledger was cast.

 

[Mike M]

Nah.

That is some fucking rose-tinted glasses right there. There was huge backlash to TDK's portrayal of Joker until the movie actually came out.

I'm completely baffled at how completely lacking in self-awareness the internet is. We did this exact same thing with Ledger.

 

[blame space]

yeah no this sucks

 

[Black_Stride]

I had no problem with that pic at the time. I didn't see many people complain about it, but I guess some did.

Some?
Quite alot of people complained.
It didnt look like any joker people had seen before....there was quite alot of hate.

 

[Discotheque]

if they do remove the tats I hope they don't go overboard, the only ones that are wrong are the damaged and hahaaaaas.

everything else makes him look like a psycho punk.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

I'll go with it 'cause it works for SS... but this is the in-universe Joker they want?

 

[Spinluck]

Trying too hard.

Leto gonna kill it though.

 

[Saya]

It's alright. Looks much better without tattoos. Hopefully he'll be covered up most of the time. The forehead tattoo is too much though...

 

[arevin01]

His tats are just too clean looking and fake. Anybody getting tats in the streets would know they would not look like that.

 

[Beefy]

Some?
Quite alot of people complained.
It didnt look like any joker people had seen before....there was quite alot of hate.

That's why I said some. I haven't a clue how many people disliked it.

 

[cj_iwakura]

It's different, I'll give it that.

 

[Hydrargyrus]

Bastante malo

 

[LyleLanley]

Some?
Quite alot of people complained.
It didnt look like any joker people had seen before....there was quite alot of hate.

I honestly don't remember that much hate for the look of the Ledger Joker.

 

[SpaceHorror]

Lame as hell.

 

[Toxi]

I'm looking at the design again and wondering what I liked about it before. :-\

 

[N7Commander95]

I honestly don't remember that much hate for the look of the Ledger Joker.

Like, there was so much. I'm pretty sure there were death threats

 

[xXCrazyCostaXX]

Like, there was so much. I'm pretty sure there were death threats

You are right, I remember everyone talking so much shit before that movie came out

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Trying too hard.

Leto gonna kill it though.

Yup.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Maybe it's Maybelline was a one-liner I remember getting tossed around during Ledger days.

 

[LyleLanley]

Like, there was so much. I'm pretty sure there were death threats

I can't tell if this is sarcasm. Maybe I'm completely misremembering things but I feel pretty confident in saying that the average opinion of Ledger Joker started turning positive once we saw his face.

 

[thepotatoman]

I'll never get how fans can accept hundreds of reinterpretations and alternate universes and such in the comics but expect film/tv to be sacrosanct and make little to no changes.

You don't know comic book fans then. There's arguments about changes of comic book characters every time there's a switch of authors, none the less a switch of universes.

It's not because comic book fans hate change, it's just that there's going to be varying opinions about everything because that's how opinions work.

If this was the first time the Joker ever made an appearance in the history of the world, I can guarantee you there'd still be people saying he looks like angsty hot topic teen, and some people saying he looks cool and menacing. It's just insulting to assume every criticism comes from people afraid of change.

 

[Beefy]

What if the tat on his ribs says suicide...

 

[Citizen_Insane]

His tats are just too clean looking and fake. Anybody getting tats in the streets would know they would not look like that.

The whole thing would look a lot better if the tattoos were sloppier and had scars to look like they were cut into him. Can't imagine the Joker just calmy going to a tattoo artist and saying "HA ME UP."

 

[Angel_DvA]

Looks terrible, I'm not loving the design at all.

 

[SnowFlakeCake]

This could easily be an album cover.

 

[Kyou]

The whole thing would look a lot better if the tattoos were sloppier and had scars to look like they were cut into him. Can't imagine the Joker just calmy going to a tattoo artist and saying "HA ME UP."

"Just start writing HAs, I'll tell you when to stop"

 

[LyleLanley]

The whole thing would look a lot better if the tattoos were sloppier and had scars to look like they were cut into him. Can't imagine the Joker just calmy going to a tattoo artist and saying "HA ME UP."

Maybe Harley is an accomplished tattoo artist in this world.

 

[Citizen_Insane]

Maybe Harley is an accomplished tattoo artist in this world.

Tbh they would actually do that.

 

[BadMediaKarma]

Ledgers best quality about his Joker was the acting. Other wise the make up and the hair was trash

 

[Sojgat]

His tats are just too clean looking and fake. Anybody getting tats in the streets would know they would not look like that.

I picture him crashing tattoo parlours with a massive entourage of thugs, killing all the other customers, and holding the tattoo artist at gunpoint. He'd make a show of it. When Joker decides to get ink it's an event for the entire family.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

i dont see a problem with it

but im not an expert so idk

 

[nictron]

That is some fucking rose-tinted glasses right there. There was huge backlash to TDK's portrayal of Joker until the movie actually came out.

I'm completely baffled at how completely lacking in self-awareness the internet is. We did this exact same thing with Ledger.

I was skeptical of Ledger but I always dug the look. I remember the backlash, just sharing my thoughts.

This feels the other way around for me.

 

[Discotheque]

Ledgers best quality about his Joker was the acting. Other wise the make up and the hair was trash

nah the makeup was really cool too. especially in that one scene in jail in the reveal trailer.

and this one looks great too, aside from a few suspect tattoos. i like the grill and some of the ink.

 

[LyleLanley]

Ledgers best quality about his Joker was the acting. Other wise the make up and the hair was trash

Nah.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

I picture him crashing tattoo parlours with a massive entourage of thugs, killing all the other customers, and holding the tattoo artist at gunpoint. He'd make a show of it. When Joker decides to get ink it's an event for the entire family.

Don't think the artist would be working with steady hands if that was the case

 

[Father_Brain]

I can't tell if this is sarcasm. Maybe I'm completely misremembering things but I feel pretty confident in saying that the average opinion of Ledger Joker started turning positive once we saw his face.

Same here.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

I'm kind of digging just how odd and out of left field it is.

 

[N7Commander95]

I can't tell if this is sarcasm. Maybe I'm completely misremembering things but I feel pretty confident in saying that the average opinion of Ledger Joker started turning positive once we saw his face.

Completely misremembering. The reaction was way more negative than this. The picture made it worse for some. Hell I wasnt even on GAF then but the sites I was on did not get better with the image. I think it only really got better after the news about his suicide broke tbh, which is kind of shit.

 

[arevin01]

The whole thing would look a lot better if the tattoos were sloppier and had scars to look like they were cut into him. Can't imagine the Joker just calmy going to a tattoo artist and saying "HA ME UP."

Also needs more battle scars as well for the supposed batman rival who would take many a beating.

 

[KissVibes]

Moving away from this for a few, I propose a possibility. A slim one, but still.

What if he isn't the real Joker?

 

[Lebron]

Ledgers best quality about his Joker was the acting. Other wise the make up and the hair was trash

Nope

 

[CaptainofIndustry]

Looks more like Joker's rebellious son than the character himself.

 

[thepotatoman]

His tats are just too clean looking and fake. Anybody getting tats in the streets would know they would not look like that.

Whenever I see that "Damaged" tattoo, I can't stop thinking of the Joker looking through a catalog in the tattoo parlor to find the perfect font for it.

 

[Mike M]

I can't tell if this is sarcasm. Maybe I'm completely misremembering things but I feel pretty confident in saying that the average opinion of Ledger Joker started turning positive once we saw his face.

You are misremembering.

I seriously feel like I'm taking crazy pills, why do so many people not remember the reaction to Ledger's joker reveal? It wasn't that long ago!

 

[Fancy Clown]

I'm not entirely opposed to Joker havin tattoos...but not those tattoos. It's like they're trying too hard to be Joker-y.

 

[Avixph]

Not mine, but still a notable aesthetic improvement.

Could somebody die his skin white?

 

[Beefy]

Could somebody die his skin white?

MJ did.