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Who was your favorite Joker?

Mark Hammill
3 (6.1%)
Heath Ledger
35 (71.4%)
Jared Leto
1 (2%)
Jack Nicholson
7 (14.3%)
Cesar Romero
2 (4.1%)
other (please explain)
1 (2%)

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Offline bosk1

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Who was your favorite Joker?
« on: June 13, 2018, 09:59:17 AM »
Pretty straightforward question.  Who is your favorite?  Personally, I think they all did good jobs within the context of their respective media.  For me, I have to go with Ledger.  His performance was legendary and gave a lot of depth, complexity, and layering to the character.  Second would be Hammill.  He did so much with just his voice.  I also have to give an honorable mention to Nicholson.  It's easy to write off his performance because of the film itself.  But he actually did justice to the character.  Another honorable mention to Zach Galifianakis' Joker in the Lego Batman Movie.
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Re: Who was your favorite Joker?
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2018, 10:04:15 AM »
Ledger for me. Just an incredible performance. Loved Nicholson’s Joker as well but Ledger took it to a whole other level.
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Re: Who was your favorite Joker?
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2018, 10:17:32 AM »
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Re: Who was your favorite Joker?
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2018, 10:24:33 AM »
Hammil was perfect for that context; a cartoon. He is probably the best cartoon joker ever. But Ledger is just something else.
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Re: Who was your favorite Joker?
« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2018, 10:34:26 AM »
Not counting the cartoons because I just don't like the Batman cartoons: Heath Ledger. And not only was the best (real life) Joker, he's the only good one.
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Re: Who was your favorite Joker?
« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2018, 10:50:40 AM »
They were all good to great, but Ledger was the best by far.

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Re: Who was your favorite Joker?
« Reply #6 on: June 13, 2018, 11:53:02 AM »
Heath Ledger.

Jack Nickolson was great, but he was Jack Nickolson playing the Joker. Heath Ledger WAS the Joker.
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Re: Who was your favorite Joker?
« Reply #7 on: June 13, 2018, 12:40:42 PM »
Ledger, no doubt.

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Re: Who was your favorite Joker?
« Reply #8 on: June 13, 2018, 12:44:42 PM »
Ledger easily, though I gotta give a nod to the kid playing him on Gotham he's quite good.

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Re: Who was your favorite Joker?
« Reply #9 on: June 13, 2018, 01:05:42 PM »
Sometimes I think its Sal... but then I remember Q and that man is hilarious. Murray has his moments and Joe is definitely the leader of the group.  ;)

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Re: Who was your favorite Joker?
« Reply #10 on: June 13, 2018, 01:18:16 PM »
Jack Nickolson was great, but he was Jack Nickolson playing the Joker.

In some ways that made it even cooler, like when Jerry Hall tells him (pre-transformation) "You like fine" and he replies with "I didn't ask." And then you see some of his thugs and you think "Hey, I think I saw that guy sitting with Jack at a Laker game."
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Re: Who was your favorite Joker?
« Reply #11 on: June 13, 2018, 01:59:43 PM »
Sometimes I think its Sal... but then I remember Q and that man is hilarious. Murray has his moments and Joe is definitely the leader of the group.  ;)

 :lol   I go back and forth but if I had to pick right now I'd go with 'Q'.
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Re: Who was your favorite Joker?
« Reply #12 on: June 13, 2018, 04:55:42 PM »
Also, Matthew Modine. Or the guy who pilots the SSV Normandy.
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Re: Who was your favorite Joker?
« Reply #13 on: June 14, 2018, 04:42:38 AM »
Ledger or Hamill

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Re: Who was your favorite Joker?
« Reply #14 on: June 14, 2018, 06:40:04 AM »
Ledger easily, though I gotta give a nod to the kid playing him on Gotham he's quite good.

This.  That kid on Gotham is a damn good actor.
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Re: Who was your favorite Joker?
« Reply #15 on: June 14, 2018, 07:33:45 AM »
Sometimes I think its Sal... but then I remember Q and that man is hilarious. Murray has his moments and Joe is definitely the leader of the group.  ;)

 :lol   I go back and forth but if I had to pick right now I'd go with 'Q'.


Joe far and away is my favorite. He'll say/do nearly anything.  Do love see Sal getting all nervous though.

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Re: Who was your favorite Joker?
« Reply #16 on: June 14, 2018, 05:26:21 PM »
I voted for Hamill, but if it was strictly live action, It would be Ledger.

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Re: Who was your favorite Joker?
« Reply #17 on: June 15, 2018, 06:43:33 AM »
Sometimes I think its Sal... but then I remember Q and that man is hilarious. Murray has his moments and Joe is definitely the leader of the group.  ;)

 :lol   I go back and forth but if I had to pick right now I'd go with 'Q'.


Joe far and away is my favorite. He'll say/do nearly anything.  Do love see Sal getting all nervous though.

For sure Joe will do anything, that’s why I lean towards Q. Joe rarely gets that nervous/anxious uncertainty going which is half the funniness of it. Q gets SO uncomfortable sometimes it’s hilarious

They’re all freaking great though. Very entertaining show
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Re: Who was your favorite Joker?
« Reply #18 on: June 20, 2018, 08:53:48 AM »
No love for Cesar Romero? I had to vote Ledger but Cesar is a close #2. He was so over the top on the old Batman show.

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Re: Who was your favorite Joker?
« Reply #19 on: June 20, 2018, 09:44:31 AM »
Hamill!

Ledger was really great in the Dark Knight though..

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Re: Who was your favorite Joker?
« Reply #20 on: June 24, 2018, 06:58:20 PM »
All were great IMO but Ledger took it to another level. I was one of those people who upon hearing that Ledger is going to be the Joker I was skeptical but I was proven wrong.

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Re: Who was your favorite Joker?
« Reply #21 on: August 03, 2018, 07:16:12 AM »
Guess I'm the odd man out.  I really like Leto.

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Re: Who was your favorite Joker?
« Reply #22 on: August 03, 2018, 10:37:45 AM »
Joe