Ledger Fans Demand That The Joker Retires

I can see retiring him from the new batman movies but not forever that would just be stupid

Pfft, what about when Gretsky retired? But on topic...
 
That's stupid. You can't ban the Joker. He's the main Batman villain, it just isn't Batman without Mr. J.

I would be pissed if Heath portrayed Joker a second time, not necessarily because he did a bad job but because anyone who knows the Joker knows that no one man can play the Joker twice. His Super Sanity forces him to reinvent himself every so often, sometimes daily. Heck, he has had plastic surgery multiple times to go with his new personas. To think that one person could encapsulate a man who is completely unpredictable is ridiculous. The only reason why Mark Hamill works as the Joker is because you never have to see him. True Joker fans will recognize that the Joker is too big for one man to play.
 
That said, I did quite enjoy Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker.
 
Also, that Website is horrendously un-Joker.

To me heath played the best joker ever but thats no reason to not allow another joker. always loved heath, u cant lie and say he did not play a sick joker

No offense to Heath (may he Rest in Peace) but...HE DID ONE GOOD ROLE!!!!!
 
His portrayal of The Joker was amazing but besides that.... what else did he do that was amazing and memorable? I can't think of anything.... he was a B List actor going into this movie, this was the movie that was going to make him an A list actor but sadly he died before he could bask in that glory. He was great in The Dark Knight but he wasn't that great of an actor and he certainly isn't good enough to eliminate all other portrayals if the Joker in the future.  Micheal Keaton was a great Batman, but just because he was great does that mean no other actor should have portrayed Batman because if that was the case we would have never gotten Christan Bale.

" This is just stupid. Yes Heath did a great job, yes it was super unexpected and it is tragic that he died......but he is NOT the joker. It was a part he played. If Christian Bale died would we cry no more Batman. Chris Reeves is dead......but yet Superman goes on. Gene Wilder IS the best Willy Wonka ever yet we let Johnny Deep have a shot. So they are telling me that if Johnny "Creepy ass" Deep wanted to play the Joker....they wouldn't be for that? Heath has had two good roles in his whole career, I don't see them saying no one else should play a gay cowboy.  "

Just because he played him, doesn't mean he has full rights of him. I don't expect him to be in any more Chris Nolan movies, but I belive he should still be in everything else including the next Batman movie series.

" @IrishX said:

" Not a fan of the new Batman movies or Heath's role.  Nicholson was better. "

Agreed, he made the Joker look a little more clown like, than Heath, even though Heath was a better "mad man". As for the Joker retiring, no way. "

" Not a fan of the new Batman movies or Heath's role.  Nicholson was better. "

This is absolutely ridiculous! Heath Ledger was great as the Joker, but if they can find another actor to do it just as well as he did, go ahead.

this is just further proof that South Park was right, at least one fourth of the human population is composed of idiots.

i love legers jokers and i admit he is one of the best jokers ever but there could be a other acter who is better and they got to give people a shot 

Please (as in they can not be serious)

joker's to important to the batman universe to ban

Heath's performance was phenomenal and aside from perhaps Mark Hamill, he's definitely the best Joker thus far, but "retiring" the Joker forever is absurd. 
 
And no, I don't care that this is about a year old.

Wow. He played the freakin' Joker! Not some wonderful tear-yanking role but the villain of a comic-book movie! I mean, he was good and the joker is cool but, seriously? Wtf, get off his dead...rooster.

Fanboi's have always been kinda pathetic to a varying degree. This is a special kind of pathetic though. Well perhaps not pathetic but a little over-emotional perhaps.
 
Heath did a good job, you can attest that to the success of the movie. I'd agree that perhaps more people went to see it originally because of his tragic death. But if the movie was bad the audience numbers would have tanked in the following weeks. Besides all this stuff about their never being a better Joker blah blah, big shoes to fill etc is exactly what Heath went through when they compared him to Jack Nicolson. 
 
And if you really look at Heath's performance you can see the influence from previous Jokers in it. Especially Mark Hamil's voice acting. The Joker is still an evolving character in the movie medium imo, to shut him out now will rob a lot more input. Everyone has their favorite Joker version, from different writers, artists, actors.
 
I do agree they shouldn't use him again in this particular franchise, and in all honesty, they don't need to, The Dark Knight summed up the Batman/Joker relationship very well imo. Especially Joker's speech at the end.
 
PS: never thought Christopher Reeves was all that great of an actor either, but he was still a good superman. I mean his Clark Kent is a point of reference.

Ban the Joker?
PFFFT!!! Yeah right!

no that's too much and not possible

yes, he'd better

Heheh, I remember an 80s commercial for Tim Burton's Batman in which they either CGed or masked some guy in a car. He was supposed to look like the Joker, but ended up looking like Jay Leno.

I agree that it's silly to put a stop to all movie-Joker roles, or any Joker roles in any media, because Heatho had passed away; but I wholeheartedly agree on the side note that his Joker should not be replaced with CGI or another actor in Nolan's batcanon. I will refuse to watch any more of Nolan's Batman films if he replaces his Joker.

Otherwise, I don't think a death should stop someone else giving The Joker their voice or acting abilities; just not in Nolan's trilogy.

Yayaoi & I really disliked Heath as the Joker. The lipsmacking, the Beetlejuice costume & makeup, the unkempt appearance, the lack of bad humor & laughing, he was like some kind of Marty-Stew fanfic.

"Edit your post Croaker."

"inferiorego said:

"Vance Astro said:

"inferiorego said:

"HOLD ON A SECOND:
Go to the stupid anti-joker site.
There is a poll going on whether or not the public wants Joker to continue in the franchise.
Now, this holds no bearing over what WB does with the character, but the "yes"s are winning, by about 300 votes. I saw get the rest of the viners on there and just vote no.

JUST DO IT
"

So mad off this.HEATH LEDGER WASN'T THAT GOOD!"

I thought his performance was great, but I really don't think anyone would have given two sh!ts if he hadn't died.
I hate that site so much..... I wish I could burn the intraweb
"

I thought his performance was good too but people are acting like it's the best possible performance in the history of movies."

"inferiorego said:

"HOLD ON A SECOND:
Go to the stupid anti-joker site.
There is a poll going on whether or not the public wants Joker to continue in the franchise.
Now, this holds no bearing over what WB does with the character, but the "yes"s are winning, by about 300 votes. I saw get the rest of the viners on there and just vote no.

JUST DO IT
"

So mad off this.HEATH LEDGER WASN'T THAT GOOD!"

HOLD ON A SECOND:
Go to the stupid anti-joker site.
There is a poll going on whether or not the public wants Joker to continue in the franchise.
Now, this holds no bearing over what WB does with the character, but the "yes"s are winning, by about 300 votes. I saw get the rest of the viners on there and just vote no.

JUST DO IT

Edit your post Croaker.

What a bunch of bullshit. So the character should now be permanently removed because an actor who portrayed him died?

All right. Let's do the same to James Bond after Sean Connery dies. I'm sure that'll work out well too.

Batman's no fun without the Joker. Plain and simple.

Yes this was a great production of our favorite psychopathic clown, but does he deserve to be retired from the films? Heck no, sure he was evil as sin, but Ledger just dipped his feet into the cup that is filled with the joker's madness. The Joker graphic novel that came out back in October really showed how horrible a character the Joker is, made me absolutely loathe the character while i was reading it, the story was kinda meh, but it captured his chaotic nature quiet well. I for one would like to someday see either this or the Killing Joke made into R Rated films as I believe they could 1 up The Dark Knight in joker performance

And people thought Xmen fans were stupid for complaining about the lack of storm's claustrophobia...

Besides, I still think Jim Carry would do the Joker justice.

Give me a break. Heath's joker was great- fine.

I  gotta say i agree with the whole "keep the Joker out of the movies" thing but really the show must go on

they should go and tell that to the olsen sisters.

No. 

What...... the...... hell? Morons.

"Vance Astro said:

"erik said:

"I do not have a problem with the Joker coming back in any Batman franchise. Even in Nolan's series. They replaced Katie Holmes. Why not the Joker? I thought Ledger did a wonderful job and I would have loved it if he was alive to reprise the role but he is not. The Joker is a wonderful villain and should not be missed out on simply because an actor died. They didn't refuse to make anymore Superman movies when Christopher Reeve died or even when he broke his neck. Someone out there could do just as good a job doing the Joker as Ledger. In fact, I am convinced someone out there could do a better job."

If DC decided not to make any more Superman movies because of Reeves I would have been pissed.Reeve's is a horrible actor."

Wow. That was daring. I always felt like he was not the greatest either. Especially when you watch his non-Superman movies. They are just so-so. I usually do not say it though because all the Reeve fans will swarm lol."

"It does seem a little extreme. But, if they ever find a new Joker for any more Batman sequels, than he'll definitely have some major shoes to fill. I don't know what to say about this really. Hmmm"

"erik said:

"I do not have a problem with the Joker coming back in any Batman franchise. Even in Nolan's series. They replaced Katie Holmes. Why not the Joker? I thought Ledger did a wonderful job and I would have loved it if he was alive to reprise the role but he is not. The Joker is a wonderful villain and should not be missed out on simply because an actor died. They didn't refuse to make anymore Superman movies when Christopher Reeve died or even when he broke his neck. Someone out there could do just as good a job doing the Joker as Ledger. In fact, I am convinced someone out there could do a better job."

If DC decided not to make any more Superman movies because of Reeves I would have been pissed.Reeve's is a horrible actor."

"I thought Heath Ledger's portrayal of the joker was the best acting I have ever seen in any comic book movie. Hands down.