Will Heath Ledger's Joker top Jack Nicholson's?

Originally posted by Quincy
So it's not based on Nicholson, it's based on Burton's vision.

Originally posted by SelinaAndBruce
Jack Nicholson played Burton's Joker...lol

I'm aware of this.

I'm saying that claiming Nicholson is responsible for The Joker in TAS doesn't seem right.

I didn't see he was responsible for him being in the show, just that he was partially responsible for the way they made him in the show.

Originally posted by Da Joker
I didn't see he was responsible for him being in the show, just that he was partially responsible for the way they made him in the show.

Oh alright. word.

Originally posted by Quincy
I'm aware of this.

I'm saying that claiming Nicholson is responsible for The Joker in TAS doesn't seem right.

However, looking at the show as it got older, they seemed to take a much darker tone with the Joker. He was even more vicious than Heath's Joker.

I would say he was about as vicious, but I think he definitely was more theatrical. One of my absolulte favorite animated series Joker moments is when he kidnapped Gordon and company and held them hostage and tortured them and put on that Christmas TV show just so he could lure Batman there to pie him in the face for Christmas. How over the top ridiculous and yet so typical of him, lol

Lol, odd of you to mention that...I have it on a VHS tape I bought a few years ago. And on the back it lists the Joker as 6'5, which means if he fought Heath's Joker he'd have a size advantage.

I was sceptical about Heath's performance as The Joker when I heard he had been cast for the role...

However after watching TDK, I personally think that he did a very good job and that his portrayal of The Joker did indeed top Jack Nicholson's portrayal of The Joker.

Nice to see you liked the performance. 🙂

I dont think Ledger had that great of a laugh.
I kinda of frown when Ledger walk in and said, not laugh.

Ha Ha Ha, He He He, Ho Ho ho. I was like what??? That was no laugh, that was him saying the words.

It wasn't meant to be a laugh, he was mocking the mobsters.

Still out of all the Jokers, he had the weakness laugh imo.

Mark had the number 1 spot.
Ceaser had number 2,
I have Jack number 3, and perhaps I consider Ledgers.

He didn't have the weakest laugh, he had the best laugh excluding Mark Hamil's Joker. We got enough laughs out of the new Joker, and all of his were better than that crappy Caesar Romero & Jack Nicholson's as well.

Originally posted by Da Joker
He didn't have the weakest laugh, he had the best laugh excluding Mark Hamil's Joker. We got enough laughs out of the new Joker, and all of his were better than that crappy Caesar Romero & Jack Nicholson's as well.

I concur

Caesar Romero's Joker sucks. Even the make-up was horrible. However, media Joker incarnations have gotten better as time has progressed.

Ledger's Joker definetely tops Nicholsons Jokers,thats a no brainer.Jack was just being Jack in his portrayel where Ledger WAS The Joker from the comics.

Ledger brought a new depth to the character. Jack was an awesome Joker, but he was only good for a Joker that played pranks.

Originally posted by Da Joker
Ledger brought a new depth to the character. Jack was an awesome Joker, but he was only good for a Joker that played pranks.

Well, he did kill about 15 people in that movie...

-Grissom
-Joybuzzer Scene
-Pen Scene
-Candy Walker
-Amanda Keeler
-the "3 mysterious deaths in a beauty parlor" reported by the anchorman
-the "6 new deaths" reported by the anchorwoman
-Bob

But Ledger's better... Even Jack himself admitted Ledger was better (I posted the quote somewhere around here)

I'm not trying to demean Jack or anything, but I'm saying Ledger's Joker had more depth. And Jack killed way more than 15 people...you have to include Bruce's parents, and all the people that died from the gas he released, so that's at least well over 40-50 people, and maybe more including Eckhart and everyone else he may have killed before then.