The Joker's Scars

So you're telling me this

looks better than this?

I have always maintained that I do not like what Heath Ledger's Joker looks like. Eve though I understand and accept it in the concept of the film I still think he looks horrible. So yes, I like almost all incarnations of the Joker better lookswise

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.

I like the idea of the cable slash, but yeah it wasn't necessary they show it. It's better than a bullet passing through two cheeks like in Burton's Batman.

And I like the idea of him using the makeup to cover up even more scarring than we realize. A bleaching accident should really mess you up; maybe the makeup is used to heighten his freakish look.

I never understood the "acid bath" because it would incinerate or horribly burn you, not give you white skin, so Ledger's Joker has the better origins.

Originally posted by Da Joker
I never understood the "acid bath" because it would incinerate or horribly burn you, not give you white skin, so Ledger's Joker has the better origins.

I know, hence the quotation marks. Still, it should've killed him, not given him white skin. Or if he did survive, he'd be missing a lot of skin.