The Dark Knight

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Robert Downy Jr. speaks about TDK

http://www.darkhorizons.com/interviews/downeyim.php

Well, f*ck him. Anyone with common sense can understand Dark Knight for its varying plots. Douchebag is probably jealous because he didn't get to be in it. HAHA.

[Antaris Veteran]

I never said THE greatest, I said one OF the greatest. Top 20, maybe top 10. Sure as hell is better than star wars!

Blasphemy! :ninja:

[Rappy Veteran]

Can't see why he can bitch seeing as he had a big film in ironman.

[Hurmoth]

I have no idea what he just said :| .

Scirwode

That's what I was thinking. I think he is dumb if he didn't understand TDK. What's to understand? It is a mob film. A great crime drama. What's so hard to understand?

If he is talking about Harvey Dent becoming Two-Face, that's pretty easy to understand. Dent was upset because Batman saved him instead of Rachel. He wanted revenge for what happened to him.

We don't really need to know what the tipping point was for the Joker. We know that he has had a pretty screwed up life, probably starting with his childhood. It seems pretty clear to me that he and his father had issues. And he eventually went mad, if he wasn't truly born that way to begin with. Maybe his mother was addicted to drugs while she was pregnant and that helped screw him up? I don't know want to know what happened. I'm happy not knowing.

[IceBreakerG]

I thought what he said was funny as hell. Especially when you consider Batman is DC Comics and Iron Man is Marvel comics. Looks like he's a Marvel fan :) (I am too, Batman is one of the very few DC characters I like).

Also, maybe it's just me, but I didn't take what he said about the movie seriously. It seems more like he was mocking it because of the rival comic companies. So maybe you guys shouldn't take what he said so seriously either?

[Mathachew Veteran]

That's what I was thinking. I think he is dumb if he didn't understand TDK. What's to understand? It is a mob film. A great crime drama. What's so hard to understand?

If he is talking about Harvey Dent becoming Two-Face, that's pretty easy to understand. Dent was upset because Batman saved him instead of Rachel. He wanted revenge for what happened to him.

We don't really need to know what the tipping point was for the Joker. We know that he has had a pretty screwed up life, probably starting with his childhood. It seems pretty clear to me that he and his father had issues. And he eventually went mad, if he wasn't truly born that way to begin with. Maybe his mother was addicted to drugs while she was pregnant and that helped screw him up? I don't know want to know what happened. I'm happy not knowing.

Joker's origin is unknown, and by his telling different versions of his scars tells me that none of the ones he told were true and the he probably doesn't really remember himself due to his psychotic state.

To me it seemed that Downy Jr.'s comments on the TDK came across as trying to brush off a far superior movie in comparison to his. I thoroughly enjoyed Iron Man, but it wasn't as smart, clever, and gripping as TDK.

[Hurmoth]

Joker's origin is unknown, and by his telling different versions of his scars tells me that none of the ones he told were true and the he probably doesn't really remember himself due to his psychotic state.

To me it seemed that Downy Jr.'s comments on the TDK came across as trying to brush off a far superior movie in comparison to his. I thoroughly enjoyed Iron Man, but it wasn't as smart, clever, and gripping as TDK.

I'm not even talking about when he mentioned where the scars came from. In the scene where he crashes Bruce's party for Dent, he tells an older man, "I hated my father." No mention of the scars there, yet he mentions his father again. We may never know where the scars really came from, but I think that statement clearly showed he had issues with his father.

Just my opinion though :)

[*RedBull*]

I never said THE greatest, I said one OF the greatest. Top 20, maybe top 10. Sure as hell is better than star wars!

OK, OK

I give you that, it was a quality film unlike the last three starwars (or first three depending on how you look at it).

Also, I was joking about the 6/10 thing.

It's not possible. :p

[faraway.]

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[Draconian Guppy]

whoa! if that is real :|

[Rappy Veteran]

That has to be fan made considering theres been no official word about the third movie.

[faraway.]

Yes it's fan made :p

Just wanted to stir some conversation by posting it. This guy's photobucket has other cool pictures as well. Very well done.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n456/chisp85/

[Rappy Veteran]

Kudos to the guy his work is pretty epic.

[Mathachew Veteran]

I'm not even talking about when he mentioned where the scars came from. In the scene where he crashes Bruce's party for Dent, he tells an older man, "I hated my father." No mention of the scars there, yet he mentions his father again. We may never know where the scars really came from, but I think that statement clearly showed he had issues with his father.

Just my opinion though :)

True, and about his origin, I meant the character Joker, not just TDK's version.

[faraway.]

Yes it's definitely epic. I'm dying to see a dark new twist on The Riddler if he is in the next movie. I've always been intrigued by that character.

Edward Norton or Jude Law for The Riddler anyone?

[Draconian Guppy]

Casey affleck!!! ftw... but Johnny Depp has been mentioned throughout the rumors for the paper. Just imagine a f'ed up willy wonka and presto!

[Antaris Veteran]

i doubt they'd use the Riddler, but I think Ralph Fiennes could pull it off, he can do any character well

[Guest]

Casey Affleck and Johnny Depp are the two names that keep coming to mind when I imagine Nolan's Riddler.

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Also, maybe it's just me, but I didn't take what he said about the movie seriously. It seems more like he was mocking it because of the rival comic companies. So maybe you guys shouldn't take what he said so seriously either?

Knowing RDJ's attitude - I think exactly the same!

As for Riddler? I found the character to be too close to the Joker in theme (a LOT lighter though). Nolan has said he doesn't want the "campy" characters. He has also said that he doesn't want to do another Joker (he considers the character a one-shot deal - nowhere else to take him - an icon but not with staying power).

I'd like to see some of the more undevelopped characters, the less "gimmicky" ones. Turn the Batman franchise into a mob/crime one, not a comic book again.

[Kushan]

I'd quite like to see Mr Freeze be TDKified, he's a genuinely cold character and could be very disturbing if given half a chance. The character definitely deserves more than the camp offering Arnie gave us.

[Scirwode]

I'd quite like to see Mr Freeze be TDKified, he's a genuinely cold character and could be very disturbing if given half a chance. The character definitely deserves more than the camp offering Arnie gave us.

I would really like to see what Nolan makes of Mr. Freeze (Y) .

Scirwode

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I'd like to see Depp as the riddler but since he's so closely tied with Tim Burton I doubt he'd do it.

If they do Mr Freeze, Timothy Olyphant would be a good shout for him I reckon.

So many villains, so little time :(

[acies]

That's a very good fan made poster! But there's no way they would call it The Dark Knight Returns.

As for Riddler? I found the character to be too close to the Joker in theme (a LOT lighter though). Nolan has said he doesn't want the "campy" characters. He has also said that he doesn't want to do another Joker (he considers the character a one-shot deal - nowhere else to take him - an icon but not with staying power).

Yea, I very much agree. Riddler has always been very similar to Joker. I mean Jim Carrey could have easily been the Joker with the exact same performance. But I still think Nolan and co. could rebuild him into a very interesting character, without appearing like a gimmicky comic book character.

I'd defiantly like to see Casey Affleck in the role.

[Lqv2015]

Fan made of course.

[Rappy Veteran]

Love that second picture