Terrible. Horrendous.
"The Dark Knight" has had amazing viral marketing so far. The Harvey Dent site and the Joker reveal were fantastic, as were the Joker cards strewn about California and Chicago. But this teaser, ugh, it makes my heart sad. It had the potential to be something so great, something that made everyone stand up and freak out in theatres, but nope. It's just meaningless, and it doesn't even "tease."
Heath sounds great I guess, but really, it's not enough for me to get excited. "Iron Man" has a full trailer put together and it's coming out only a month or so before Dark Knight. This was clearly just a scramble from WB to make up for the backlash on ignoring the Con this year, and honestly, they shouldn't have cared. Pissy geeks will forget everything about not getting a comic-con panel when the undoubtedly amazing trailer comes in December, as the Joker first promised.
Honestly, Kris, I think people are so jacked for this movie that they can afford a slow-burn campaign. You get (I think) the Joker's voice in this trailer.
And I have to say, he sounds like Benecio's Jackie Boy from Sin City. Not that that's a good or bad thing. Just an observation.
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| July 27, 2007 12:38 PM
The first teaser for Begins wasn't that great either, though it did have actual footage from the film.
This one is mezzo-mezzo, I liked the dialogue but the visuals effects are kinda lame. I liked Heath's laugh but his voice sounded over the top, but maybe that's the point.
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| July 27, 2007 12:50 PM
I think if you're going to pick one role to go "over the top" with, you're probably safe if you do it with The Joker.
Although "over the top" isn't enough if it's going to be silly. It has to be sadistic.
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| July 27, 2007 01:06 PM
You're right, the voice sounds silly to me, though the laugh sounds great.
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| July 27, 2007 01:52 PM
Call me a "pissy geek," then, because it's flat out ignorant to not have a presence at Comic Con.
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| July 27, 2007 02:18 PM
Also, Brian posted this, guys. Be sure you're checking who posts what as Gerard, Brian and I are all posting on The Blog.
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| July 27, 2007 02:43 PM
Oops sorry, Kris and Brian!
For the record I don't think Ledger's voice is silly. I just meant that the Joker can't be silly, not saying Ledger is.
Jack's performance in Nolan's universe would be silly.
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| July 27, 2007 04:18 PM
Here's the teaser
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnT58aigYSg
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| July 27, 2007 07:05 PM