The Joker's Scars

Originally posted by LousyBoy
Did anyone else appreciate how he was always tonguing and licking his scars. Just like when you have a mouth sore or somethin, you cant help but keep touching it with your tongue. I really liked how Heath didn't just act like the scars weren't even there, he made the character conscience of them.

I love the licking of the lips and so forth thing. Great.

Yeah Ledger really got into it. He captured everything

Indeed an excellent part of it.

But it wasn't just that (not that you're saying it is) When he asks "Where is Harvey Dent?" is a clear example of how deep he got into it. And not just that, but him freaking out in joy when Batman tossed him off the ledge was terrific.

The more I think of Heath's Joker, the more I want to cry. Dammit...why couldn't someone like Lohan or Duff die?

But yes, his Joker was perfect. I liked how he was never particularly in a bad mood, and how nothing truly scared or worried him. It was like he was supernatural.

Okay, is anyone here besides me seriously considering going out & acting like the Joker only to be tossed away in a psyche ward for the rest of their lives?

So many damn threads being made

Yes, I like it.

It's never really said since even Bob Kane didn't come up with the whole scar thing. He didn't do it for his wife, since she was killed in a freakish accident while she was pregnant with his baby in the first Batman comic Book. Those drawings show no scars. I'm not sure about his father, I doubt he did it though. He probably gave himself the Chelsea Smile since he went insane.

Well, we'll never know but I'm sure that it had something to do with his past. It was probably a combination of the wife & father story. He had an abusive father, grew up and had a wife, and then chewed on a razor.

Originally posted by Quinzel
It's never really said since even Bob Kane didn't come up with the whole scar thing. He didn't do it for his wife, since she was killed in a freakish accident while she was pregnant with his baby in the first Batman comic Book.

It's best he doesn't have an origin no matter what story they give him it would be a let down.

Actually, most comic stories are meant to be canon...unless they are some sort of "What If" story or something that's just for fun.

http://xid.gfxartist.com/artworks/169537?continue=true

I personally like this "origins" story the artist conjured up.

"A freak accident during one of his earlier crimes. The Joker (prior to scars) was an organized thief. Something went wrong at one of his heists. A cable snapped and tore across his cheek. Being left with a half grin, with his sense of humor he saw it only fitting to complete the smile on his own. So this picture portrays him after escaping the scene, in the back of a warehouse, tending to his wounds."

It sounds and seems realistic enough to have happened.

The picture the artist Xid has drawn from scratch is pretty damn awesome too.

I remember a lot of people thought they'd do the Joker's origins in this movie and have a cable or something slash right across his mouth. I thought that sounded cool but I'm actually glad that didn't happen. No origin for the Joker is what's best.

Originally posted by Da Joker
I remember a lot of people thought they'd do the Joker's origins in this movie and have a cable or something slash right across his mouth. I thought that sounded cool but I'm actually glad that didn't happen. No origin for the Joker is what's best.

Yeah definitely. They didn't waste precious screen time and just jumped straight into the bank job. Brilliantly done.

The cable origins sounds pretty cool though, nonetheless.

I totally agree.

And it may sound like I'm lying, but I always accepted the idea of him applying make-up instead of being permawhite. Both are cool in their own way, but him applying it catches me more, y'know?

I still hate the applying the make up like it's war paint. I think that's kind of stupid, lmao. But I got over it for the sake of the movie. But I would hate if they changed it in the comics or something to where he was like that.

Why is it stupid? I've kind of always disliked the acid bath, anyway. It's not canon anyway.

I like the make-up idea way better than being acid-bleached, cuz that would just seem quite unrealistic in Nolan's take on a more realistic Batman universe.

I loved how his make-up deteriorated over the course of the movie too lol.

Yes, due to him basically going to war with Batman. And I hate how these guys lied to me a long while back and said he never reapplies it, in which he did so at least five times.

Originally posted by Da Joker
Why is it stupid? I've kind of always disliked the acid bath, anyway. It's not canon anyway.