Thank you for posting Clark.

- RL

Anyway, I think we’re all in agreement that Christopher Reeve (not Reeves as everyone wants to say, where they confuse George Reeves the first Superman on TV) did the best portrayal of Superman. Having said that, your, “When you’ve had the best, it’s hard to settle for anything short of perfect, which won’t happen in any subsequent Nolan Batman films.” statement kind of falls apart.

Just because Reeve’s had an unfortunate accident, and then death, doesn’t mean that we still can’t have our Superman movies. No, Nolan and gang just realize that there are too many weeping hearts out there that are too attached to Heath Ledger’s portrayal (which again, we are all in agreement, was by far the best Joker ever to hit film) to even remotely consider anyone else following in his footsteps.

It’s this very mentality which dissuades film makers from making superhero movies because geeks are too attached to the comic format (in this case Ledger) to accept a transition into a new medium.

I was there! I remember! I saw it with my own friggin’ eyes! I even signed the petition. Peter had organic web-shooters! *shivers in disgust.* Why not have them shoot out his butt? And the stupid finger and toe talons? *belch, barf!*

Come on Boba, give it a rest. Heath is dead! D-E-A-D! DEAD! He was the best Joker, but his unfortunate demise does not, and should not, trump the Batman movie franchise. Not when I have $10 riding on another ticket.

The Joker lives my friend. It is only for Magog to kill him. Not Nolan, not Batman, and definitely not Heath Ledger.

Author’s note: Please do not confuse my negative opinion on the choice of not including Joker in the next, or future subsequent films, as anything remotely similar to my opinion of Heath’s performance as the Joker. The guy was genius. He took us, willingly and with no complaints, all of us, to a new realm. … we can’t go back. We can only go forward with a new bar to continually strive towards. For, if we don’t, we are doing ourselves and the entire story line an injustice. We’re taking the coward’s way out by being intimidated by our own prejudices and judgments.

… but imagine, just friggin’ imagine for a second, what the world would be like if we did find a Joker who could meet Heath’s (and our own) standards. The guy wouldn’t be replacing Heath… no, remember all of us still love Christopher Reeve, no, instead, we are all taking part in a journey where we continue to remember and experience Heath’s portrayal and very memory.

Thanks for posting Boba.

- RL

So, having said that. … Joker is IT! Who was it that Magog killed? Joker! Who killed Lois? Joker! Who strangled a woman with his bare hands after having sex with her and hangs out with a triple D breasted freak with swastikas tattooed on her boobs? Joker. Joker, Joker, Joker.

Why don’t they kill the Joker? Simply because there would be so little to write about once he’s gone. And regarding Zsasz?!?! Are you serious? He kills women and marks his own body with a knife? Is that it? That’s his schtick? Yuppers, that’s it. Not good writing, no depth of character. No, more better to throw Dexter at Batman. Now THAT is a blade wielder worthy of filling the Joker’s shoes.

“Whine” you say? Damn straight I’ll whine. Where were you when they gave Peter organic web-shooters? (vomits on floor) Where were you when Dardevil was doing a stupid fight on a teeter-totter and jumping on a ceiling fan during a bar fight? Where were you when Punisher hung upside down from the chandelier and opened fire with his twin 9 mm?

Where were you when Castle (Thomas Jane) is presumed dead (which is a HUGE advantage when going after the mob) and then, he freakin’ just walks up to a newscaster and basically makes it public knowledge that he’s back, They call him his real name and everything. Ugh!! The Blob is a freakin’ mutant and he’s the blob because he’s freakin’ huge and can’t be moved. So, where where you when they made him just an overweight GUT in the Wolverine film??

Where were you when they gave GL a gayer than gay suit and gave Wonder Woman a makeover in a Michael Jackson/Superboy leather jacket, ala 1980s Miami Vice style with rolled up sleeves?? MY GOD MAN!

Nay, young comic geek. It is OUR JOB to b!tch and moan, B!tch and MOAN when we see something amiss in the DC/Marvel screen universe (and in print as well.) You’re saying, “shut up and eat your cream of mushroom soup!” And I say, NEVAH!

As one of our warehouse manager succinctly said it, “the Joker is a necessary member of the Batman universe. He’s still alive and somewhat active. Not returning to him would be like kicking the Batman mythos on the shin!”

Nolan is just being a pussy and everyone is too much in love with Ledger (myself included) to bother to venture into a post-Ledger Joker. Floyd Lawton? Pffft, pulease. HUSH? Oh come on, as if they can put that in a movie that will make sense to the average NON comic reading “fan.” Pu-LEASE!