Current Events > Were people actually excited about Jared Leto as the Joker?

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Cotton_Eye_Joe 10/29/25 3:41:16 PM #1:	He was OK --- Starfield is a 7/10. Get over it. <cite>Cotton_Eye_Joe posted [p:986877490] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>He was OK</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WingsOfGood 10/29/25 3:42:03 PM #2:	unfortunately <cite>WingsOfGood posted [p:986877500] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>unfortunately</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raikuro 10/29/25 3:50:21 PM #3:	His tattoos and teeth were mocked from the reveal <cite>Raikuro posted [p:986877598] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>His tattoos and teeth were mocked from the reveal</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HighSeraph 10/29/25 3:51:09 PM #4:	Damaged --- The shadows I live with are numberless <cite>HighSeraph posted [p:986877603] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>Damaged</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hayame_Zero 10/29/25 3:53:00 PM #5:	No, there was more apathy for the casting than when Heath Ledger was announced for TDK. --- ...I think I'm done here... <cite>Hayame_Zero posted [p:986877634] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>No, there was more apathy for the casting than when Heath Ledger was announced for TDK.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
s0nicfan 10/29/25 3:55:50 PM #6:	https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/e917b763.jpg --- "History Is Much Like An Endless Waltz. The Three Beats Of War, Peace And Revolution Continue On Forever." - Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz <cite>s0nicfan posted [p:986877668] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/e917b763.jpg</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
rexcrk 10/29/25 4:18:44 PM #7:	I wasnt familiar with his work before that, so I didnt really have an opinion one way or the other. His Joker is a bit over-hated though. --- Tell my tale to those who ask. Tell it truly, the ill deeds, along with the good, and let me be judged accordingly. The rest.. is silence. <cite>rexcrk posted [p:986877937] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>I wasnt familiar with his work before that, so I didnt really have an opinion one way or the other. His Joker is a bit over-hated though. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Evolician 10/29/25 4:21:28 PM #8:	pretty much the right from the first reveal people knew it was gonna be garbo --- http://steamcommunity.com/id/Lavidon/ https://www.twitch.tv/Lavidon <cite>Evolician posted [p:986877967] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>pretty much the right from the first reveal people knew it was gonna be garbo</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PeteyParker 10/29/25 4:21:44 PM #9:	Not once the picture came out. People thought it was fake at first but sadly it wasn't. --- "How can.. the Prime minister.. support a law.. that makes it illegal for people.. who....What I'm trying to say is.. Oasis rules!" <cite>PeteyParker posted [p:986877972] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>Not once the picture came out. People thought it was fake at first but sadly it wasn't.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Kurt_Russel 10/29/25 4:23:39 PM #11:	Ill admit, I thought he could pull it off. He kinda has the facial shape of the joker and I was like, OK, sure. Then the pics came out and I was all lolno --- You gonna do somethin' or just stand there and bleed? <cite>Kurt_Russel posted [p:986877991] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>Ill admit, I thought he could pull it off. He kinda has the facial shape of the joker and I was like, OK, sure.Then the pics came out and I was all lolno</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Error1355 10/29/25 4:31:48 PM #12:	I don't remember anyone caring until the first terrible photo came out, then it was all negative. --- Up to no good searching for tomorrow Misunderstood when you're headed straight into the flames <cite>Error1355 posted [p:986878079] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>I don't remember anyone caring until the first terrible photo came out, then it was all negative.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hayame_Zero 10/29/25 4:40:27 PM #13:	[LFAQs-redacted-quote] He was coming off of Brokeback Mountain at the time. Part of it was due to homophobia, and the other part was due to him still being considered an actor appealing to teen girls to out of touch dudes. Kind of like when Robert Pattinson was cast as Batman and people still viewed him as "the Twilight guy". --- ...I think I'm done here... <cite>Hayame_Zero posted [p:986878168] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote><cite>[LFAQs-redacted-quote]</cite> He was coming off of Brokeback Mountain at the time. Part of it was due to homophobia, and the other part was due to him still being considered an actor appealing to teen girls to out of touch dudes. Kind of like when Robert Pattinson was cast as Batman and people still viewed him as "the Twilight guy".</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Rantman 10/29/25 4:48:57 PM #14:	Error1355 posted... I don't remember anyone caring until the first terrible photo came out, then it was all negative. yeah this is what I remember the only immediate casting reaction in the DCEU I remember was Ben Affleck Batman. That was immediately extremely controversial. --- Born to lose, live to win! <cite>Rantman posted [p:986878250] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>Error1355 posted... </cite><quote>I don't remember anyone caring until the first terrible photo came out, then it was all negative.</quote>yeah this is what I rememberthe only immediate casting reaction in the DCEU I remember was Ben Affleck Batman. That was immediately extremely controversial.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AsucaHayashi 10/29/25 4:53:51 PM #15:	imagine being the edgelord writer who thought that tattooing "damaged" on his forehead would go over well --- http://abload.de/img/pcgamingxtuvt.jpg http://i.imgur.com/9Yv0R2Z.jpg <cite>AsucaHayashi posted [p:986878303] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>imagine being the edgelord writer who thought that tattooing "damaged" on his forehead would go over well</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
garan 10/29/25 4:55:24 PM #16:	Nobody is ever excited to hear about Leto being cast in a movie because he's an overrated pedophile. <cite>garan posted [p:986878312] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>Nobody is ever excited to hear about Leto being cast in a movie because he's an overrated pedophile.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GeminiDeus 10/29/25 5:42:40 PM #17:	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPJ8b7zwa98 --- Without truth, there is nothing. <cite>GeminiDeus posted [p:986878799] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPJ8b7zwa98</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LinkDaLunatic 10/29/25 5:50:58 PM #18:	AsucaHayashi posted... imagine being the edgelord writer who thought that tattooing "damaged" on his forehead would go over well "Hey, that tattoo is steeped in two layers of irony!" - that guy probably (actually hopefully) --- There's a time and place for everything... but not now. <cite>LinkDaLunatic posted [p:986878887] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>AsucaHayashi posted... </cite><quote>imagine being the edgelord writer who thought that tattooing "damaged" on his forehead would go over well</quote>"Hey, that tattoo is steeped in two layers of irony!" - that guy probably (actually hopefully)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ReturnOfDevsman 10/29/25 5:52:32 PM #19:	Well, I dunno if you can really consider CE "people" but on CE at least, there were a handful of "well ya never know; let's wait and see" opinions amid a sea of "what the hell is this"es. --- Arguing on CE be all like: https://youtu.be/JpRKrs67lOs?si=kPGA2RCKVHTdbVrJ <cite>ReturnOfDevsman posted [p:986878907] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>Well, I dunno if you can really consider CE "people" but on CE at least, there were a handful of "well ya never know; let's wait and see" opinions amid a sea of "what the hell is this"es.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mercurydude 10/29/25 5:55:57 PM #20:	PeteyParker posted... Not once the picture came out. People thought it was fake at first but sadly it wasn't. Yep, even the people who were somewhat optimistic stopped being so when they saw the pic. --- God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes, 'cause then you really might know what it's like to have to choose. - Everlast <cite>mercurydude posted [p:986878938] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>PeteyParker posted... </cite><quote>Not once the picture came out. People thought it was fake at first but sadly it wasn't.</quote>Yep, even the people who were somewhat optimistic stopped being so when they saw the pic.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NoxObscuras 10/29/25 6:05:13 PM #21:	I actually liked him in a sense. He played a good unhinged crime lord. Maybe not "The Joker" but a good villain. --- Steam/Xbox/PSN = NoxObscuras <cite>NoxObscuras posted [p:986879007] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>I actually liked him in a sense. He played a good unhinged crime lord. Maybe not "The Joker" but a good villain.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CountCorvinus 10/29/25 6:16:34 PM #22:	I wouldn't say I was "excited", but I'm always interested in seeing new takes on the character, and I think they made the right decision by not having Jared Leto try to copy Heath Ledger's performance. Now Leto as Morbius. That one I was excited for, and actually think he did a great job. --- The moon eats the sun / The night swallows day / An evil is hunting / And you are its prey (THEY/THEM) <cite>CountCorvinus posted [p:986879097] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>I wouldn't say I was "excited", but I'm always interested in seeing new takes on the character, and I think they made the right decision by not having Jared Leto try to copy Heath Ledger's performance. Now Leto as Morbius. That one I was excited for, and actually think he did a great job. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
K181 10/29/25 6:20:00 PM #23:	PeteyParker posted... Not once the picture came out. People thought it was fake at first but sadly it wasn't. This. People were willing to give the casting the benefit of the doubt, as almost everyone remembered wtfing at Ledger's casting, but the reveal of his look was so bafflingly awful that all you could do was laugh. --- Irregardless, for all intensive purposes, I could care less. https://youtu.be/lMss1CeHOiM <cite>K181 posted [p:986879125] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>PeteyParker posted... </cite><quote>Not once the picture came out. People thought it was fake at first but sadly it wasn't.</quote>This.People were willing to give the casting the benefit of the doubt, as almost everyone remembered wtfing at Ledger's casting, but the reveal of his look was so bafflingly awful that all you could do was laugh.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
JohnEtrav 10/29/25 6:21:40 PM #24:	The little bit we saw him at the end of the Snyder Cut was much better than what Squad gave us --- Let's get down to brass tacks. How much for the ape? <cite>JohnEtrav posted [p:986879147] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>The little bit we saw him at the end of the Snyder Cut was much better than what Squad gave us </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Evolician 10/29/25 6:43:55 PM #25:	JohnEtrav posted... The little bit we saw him at the end of the Snyder Cut was much better than what Squad gave us You mean the scene where he offers to give Batman a reach-around --- http://steamcommunity.com/id/Lavidon/ https://www.twitch.tv/Lavidon <cite>Evolician posted [p:986879369] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>JohnEtrav posted... </cite><quote>The little bit we saw him at the end of the Snyder Cut was much better than what Squad gave us</quote>You mean the scene where he offers to give Batman a reach-around </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
_MorningStar 10/29/25 6:45:35 PM #26:	I was a little honestly. Just because I thought he was fantastic in Dallas Buys Club. Little did I know that was lightning in a bottle. --- http://i.imgur.com/UM1VO2V.jpg http://i.imgur.com/fd6WS3f.jpg <cite>_MorningStar posted [p:986879382] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>I was a little honestly. Just because I thought he was fantastic in Dallas Buys Club. Little did I know that was lightning in a bottle. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AgentCoulson 10/29/25 6:47:44 PM #27:	s0nicfan posted... https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/e917b763.jpg lmfao --- I haven't set a signature for the message boards yet <cite>AgentCoulson posted [p:986879399] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>s0nicfan posted... </cite><quote>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/e917b763.jpg</quote>lmfao</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DuuuDe14 10/29/25 6:48:18 PM #28:	David Howard Thornton would be an amazing Joker --- The Official Sons of Sparda of all GameFAQS boards. June 10, 2018. The day Dante returned to us. Do what you want, just don't expect to get paid. <cite>DuuuDe14 posted [p:986879403] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>David Howard Thornton would be an amazing Joker</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tyranthraxus 10/29/25 6:54:27 PM #29:	They cut all his scenes. The "I can't wait to show you all of my pretty toys" was in like every commercial but not in the movie. But regardless of the performance, his costume was atrocious. I actually thought he was decent for the 2 minutes he was in ~~ZSJL~~ --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://i.imgur.com/dQgC4kv.jpg <cite>Tyranthraxus posted [p:986879448] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>They cut all his scenes. The "I can't wait to show you all of my pretty toys" was in like every commercial but not in the movie. But regardless of the performance, his costume was atrocious. I actually thought he was decent for the 2 minutes he was in ZSJL</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WingsOfGood 10/30/25 1:04:44 AM #30:	NoxObscuras posted... I actually liked him in a sense. He played a good unhinged crime lord. Maybe not "The Joker" but a good villain. He should play morbillians then <cite>WingsOfGood posted [p:986882526] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>NoxObscuras posted... </cite><quote>I actually liked him in a sense. He played a good unhinged crime lord. Maybe not "The Joker" but a good villain.</quote>He should play morbillians then</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tyranthraxus 10/30/25 1:14:25 AM #31:	WingsOfGood posted... He should play morbillians then Thinking back on things, Jared Leto could have been an awesome Zsasz. --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://i.imgur.com/dQgC4kv.jpg <cite>Tyranthraxus posted [p:986882583] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>WingsOfGood posted... </cite><quote>He should play morbillians then</quote>Thinking back on things, Jared Leto could have been an awesome Zsasz.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
buddah86 10/30/25 1:21:53 AM #32:	He's my favourite! He said the line! "We live in a society!!" Kidding. It was bad and he should feel bad...especially with what he put his co-stars through. Totally uncalled for and not "method" acting in the slightest --- Stand out, fit in <cite>buddah86 posted [p:986882621] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>He's my favourite! He said the line! "We live in a society!!"Kidding. It was bad and he should feel bad...especially with what he put his co-stars through. Totally uncalled for and not "method" acting in the slightest</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tyranthraxus 10/30/25 1:23:24 AM #33:	buddah86 posted... He's my favourite! He said the line! "We live in a society!!" It's kinda funny because he never actually said that ~~until ZSJL added it in post hoc.~~ --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://i.imgur.com/dQgC4kv.jpg <cite>Tyranthraxus posted [p:986882627] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>buddah86 posted... </cite><quote>He's my favourite! He said the line! "We live in a society!!"</quote>It's kinda funny because he never actually said that until ZSJL added it in post hoc.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MC_BatCommander 10/30/25 1:31:18 AM #34:	No, everyone was baffled by how stupid he looked. Then the film came out and everyone was baffled by his awful performance --- The Legend is True! <cite>MC_BatCommander posted [p:986882669] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>No, everyone was baffled by how stupid he looked. Then the film came out and everyone was baffled by his awful performance </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pegusus123456 10/30/25 2:29:55 AM #35:	Rantman posted... yeah this is what I remember the only immediate casting reaction in the DCEU I remember was Ben Affleck Batman. That was immediately extremely controversial. You're forgetting their baffling interpretation of Lex. --- https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif So? I deeded to some gay porn. It doesn't mean anything. - Patty_Fleur <cite>pegusus123456 posted [p:986882886] in Were peopl... [t:81062509]...</cite> <quote>Rantman posted... </cite><quote>yeah this is what I rememberthe only immediate casting reaction in the DCEU I remember was Ben Affleck Batman. That was immediately extremely controversial.</quote>You're forgetting their baffling interpretation of Lex.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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