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The Good And The Bad About Jared Leto’s Joker In Suicide Squad

There you have it, folks. The new look of the Joker for Suicide Squad. Ever since it was revealed over the weekend, opinions on it have been divided right down the middle. Some people think he looks psychotic and interesting, and dig how the shot is clearly an homage to the iconic Killing Joke Joker illustration. On the other hand, though, some people think he looks like he is squarely aimed at the Hot Topic target demo and that he too closely resembles Marilyn Manson than the Joker we all know and love and fear.
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When look at the above pic of The Joker taken from some recent Batman comics, you can totally see Leto’s new Joker in it. He’s skinny, psychotic looking, hell, even the shaved sides and the suspenders almost give him a neo-Nazi look (which is pretty fucking scary). If this is the Joker they plan to use, or that Leto plans to channel, we really could be in for a treat. Nicholson’s Joker was nutty but zany, and Ledger’s was drugged-up and psychotic. So, what if we got a Joker that was more like Alex from A Clockwork Orange?

That kind of feels like it might be where they are going here, and if they can pull it off, it may work a lot better than that first photo is leading us to believe. Leto’s Joker looks like he is capable of some twisted shit, and that is all I really want out of the Joker. I want the filmmakers to scare me and unsettle me and I want the Joker to look like insanity feels.

As I mentioned above, we’re going to have to see some footage of the character in action before making any definite conclusions, but so far, I think that they may be onto something really insane here.


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