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The Dark Knight (SPOILERS START ON PAGE 3)
Bayley:
--- Quote from: Whipstitch on 08 Sep 2008, 23:19 ---Could be worse. My local newspaper once accidentally cut the word "victims" out of a story so the end of a sentence read something like "long history of supporting rape."
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i lol'ed.
Betagold:
I say we cast Jim Carrey as the riddler again. Just for kicks.
Seriously, I really hope they don't cast Johnny Depp.
TheFuriousWombat:
Depp as the Riddler is just so.....easy. It would be a bad choice because it would be blatant type-casting and therefore blatantly unoriginal and uninteresting. Depp's interpretation will surely be something we've seen a million times before from Johnny Depp. The great thing about Ledger's performance was that it was totally out of left field for him, which is part of the reason why it was so frightening/unsettling and compelling. Depp as the Riddler would lack that element completely and the whole time we'd be like, "oh look, it's Johnny Depp." As for Ledger, I was consistently like, "holy shit the Joker is terrifying and psychotic and really pretty mesmerizing." Topping Ledger is going to be nigh impossible and type casting someone for the next role is not the way to do it. Even if there wasn't some sort of pressure to top Ledger, Depp would still be a bad choice. I know you were joking, but I honestly think Jim Carey would be a better choice for the Riddler than Depp at this point. Carey at least has come into his own somewhat and made some very good movies and played something of a variety of roles. I'd pick him over Depp any day and if Nolan really does go with Depp, and I find it hard to believe he actually will, I'll be severally disappointed.
carrotosaurus:
I completely agree. Depp is the same character in everything. Also, I think the Riddler would be a mediocre villain choice.
Alex C:
Um, what? I mean, I know this is all mostly in jest, but damn. Johnny Depp would be too big of a distraction for you because he's too distinctively Johnny Depp but this would be less of a problem with Jim Carrey? The same Jim Carrey who is mostly tly good at mugging, physical comedy and a schizoid send up of golly gee whiz innocence? That's not to rip on Carrey, by the way; he's excellent at choosing parts that play to his strengths, but I just find the idea that'd he'd be less distracting than Depp to be a bit of a stretch-- the guy's not exactly a chameleon. Eternal Sunshine was good and all, but it wasn't that big of a stretch for him either. Same with the Majestic, which was essentially a Capra homage. At least Depp has Gilbert Grape, Donnie Brasco (decent movie) and Blow (boring movie but not really Depp's fault) to give him a little breathing room from the kinds of parts he normally plays. Jim Carrey has, god help him, the Number 23, a movie I've never seen people enjoy without the MST3K treatment.
Anyway, neither Depp nor the Riddler would be my first choice, but if they went that route I could easily see it being a non-apocalyptic scenario depending on how they handled it.
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