Movie Joker Question
Kenneth M. Lin
lips are smudged. When he was wearing that cute nurse's outfit you could
see that his arms are normal skin color. So when he was at the police
station why couldn't they wash his face off and take his fingerprint? There
was a mystery of their not knowing his true identity but that didn't go
anywhere and I didn't see the significance of identifying him if he's
already arrested unless he dressed up someone else to take his place.
I am pretty sure Joker's skin was bleached during the chemical accident but
let me know if I am not remember this correctly.
plausible prose man
wrote:
> In the movie Heath Ledger Joker looks like he's wearing a make-up because
> lips are smudged.
Several times you see the makeup smudged or flaking off.
> When he was wearing that cute nurse's outfit you could
> see that his arms are normal skin color. So when he was at the police
> station why couldn't they wash his face off and take his fingerprint?
Who knows?
> There
> was a mystery of their not knowing his true identity but that didn't go
> anywhere and I didn't see the significance of identifying him if he's
> already arrested unless he dressed up someone else to take his place.
>
> I am pretty sure Joker's skin was bleached during the chemical accident but
> let me know if I am not remember this correctly.
That's the origin from the comics, yeah; the Joker has white skin and
green hair. In the movie, he likely has a different origin, as does,
for instance, two-face.
Bill Steele
<335ad25b-1a27-4d11...@s31g2000yqs.googlegroups.com>,
plausible prose man <George...@aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > I am pretty sure Joker's skin was bleached during the chemical accident but
> > let me know if I am not remember this correctly.
>
> That's the origin from the comics, yeah; the Joker has white skin and
> green hair. In the movie, he likely has a different origin, as does,
> for instance, two-face.
Was that actually in the comics before it happened in the first movie?
In the Golden Age it was never explained, and I always assumed it was
just a persona. I thought the movie introduced the idea to establish the
"I made you, you made me" cycle. And maybe to explain the grin.
Daibhid Ceanaideach
It's from the comics. First established in Detective #161, which also
introduced the idea he was originally known as the Red Hood, and
reiterated in The Killing Joke, the year before the movie.
--
Dave
People say nothing rhymes with orange, but it doesn't.
plausible prose man
> In article
> <335ad25b-1a27-4d11-b2c1-27e418305...@s31g2000yqs.googlegroups.com>,
> plausible prose man <Georgefha...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > > I am pretty sure Joker's skin was bleached during the chemical accident but
> > > let me know if I am not remember this correctly.
>
> > That's the origin from the comics, yeah; the Joker has white skin and
> > green hair. In the movie, he likely has a different origin, as does,
> > for instance, two-face.
>
> Was that actually in the comics before it happened in the first movie?
Yes, although it's a retcon.
> In the Golden Age it was never explained, and I always assumed it was
> just a persona. I thought the movie introduced the idea to establish the
> "I made you, you made me" cycle.
The movie's new idea was to replace Joe Chill with Jack Napier.