the killing joke

The Change That is Going to Make KILLING JOKE Better?

Apr 162016

BTASKillingJOKE In the original KILLING JOKE written by Alan Moore, characters like Barbara Gordon were relegated to a background that left many questions laying on the table and left a strong woman just a toy for the Clown Prince to play with.

Don’t take me wrong. In the time when KILLING JOKE was written (almost 30 years ago…GOD I’M OLD!), the story was wonderfully crafted to enhance the main theme of the story: a deep dive into the Joker’s twisted psyche viewed on the shadow of his relationship with the Batman. That is all cool, but it is also true that because of the media limitations, exploring other characters and other emotions than those of the main characters was extremely difficult if not impossible then.

Now, the new generation wants to know more, want to explore more of who Barbara Gordon is, and related more to her to understand the tragedy of her assault. The animation media, allows just for that and DC is adding a specials 15 minute prologue to explore Barbara Gordon before her painful encounter with the Joker.

“Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has accepted the MPAA’s “R” rating for its upcoming animated film, Batman: The Killing Joke, choosing to remain true to the landmark DC Comics graphic novel’s violent, controversial story, and making the film the first non-PG/PG-13 rated movie in the nine-year history of the DC Universe Original Movie franchise. At this time, there are no plans for an edited, PG-13 version of the film. The animated adaptation of Batman: The Killing Joke is executive produced by Bruce Timm and will retell this classic tale in an exciting new way. It’ll also feature an original 15-minute prologue that helps set up the story, giving even longtime fans of the story something new to look forward to.”

I don’t know you guys, but this is just pure genius.

I think that this addition will allow a little more dimension to her character and enrich an already loaded drama. That, added to the fact that the movie is going to be R-rated, gives hopes that the story can follow on the original steps for what was intended: To EXPLORE THE PERVERSE MIND OF GOTHAM’S MOST DANGEROUS CRIMINAL.

Hope DC has a chance to “explore” a little more of the other supporting characters through dialogue and animation as well….

Can’t hardly hold my enthusiasm and hope Summer is soon here…

(Read the complete MOVIEWEB article HERE)

Batman: THE KILLING JOKE Gets Official R-rating

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Apr 162016

Entertainment Weekly has reported on their site that the Animation studio has rated their Direct to Video animated film THE KILLING JOKE R…which sets a precedent for the DC Animated Universe.

Batman: The Killing Joke isn’t kidding around. Warner Bros’. direct-to-video animated film based on the notorious Alan Moore comic has been rated R, the studio’s home entertainment division tells EW exclusively.

The Killing Joke marks the first film in the DC Universe Original Movie franchise to receive an R rating, and the second Batman movie to do so. (The extended home-video version of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was the first.)

And for me this is encouraging. Means that DC is sticking to the original spirit of the novel written by Alan Moore and not “watering” the material for a younger audience. This was not a graphic novel for children when it was first published, and it is DEFINITELY NOT A FILM FOR CHILDREN even now. I can’t wait to see the movie.

(For the complete ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY article, please go HERE)

Batman The Killing Joke Sneak Preview

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Apr 032016

killingjoke_ani_bypha My favorite Joker story of all time, and I can’t just way to see it…so to tease the fans DC Has released a preview of the animated film…full 10 minutes of insights of what promises to be one of the best Batman animated films in a long time. Please sit back and enjoy this nice preview with me…

I can’t wait for this film to come out….

DC Signs off on R-rated ‘TheKilling Joke’ Movie

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Oct 122015

OK, it is not official, but at least they are willing to consider the idea of a movie based on the graphic novel…that is a tremendous first step.

Now the thing will be to see if Mr. Tucker can follow up and get a good script and accomplish the task. We are in a Comic-book based movie boom and I would not see why one of the most iconic Joker stories of all times can’t be translated into the big screen, but it is a matter of timing and scripting magic.

About the rating…I don’t thing that a movie with such the violent content derived from the graphic novel could get a more audience friendly rating. I think R is a good rating, but maybe they can manage to barely make a PG-13. One word of caution…if an adaptation of this graphic novel is to be made, please be respectful to the original story and don’t “chop the plot” just to get a rating.

Get the substance of what made THE KILLING JOKE a great and classic story and then work on what you need to do to translate that to the big screen.

(Please read all about it in the full report here in BATMAN-NEWS HERE)

Petition to get Mark Hamill voice Joker for the Killing Joke

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May 072012

I had proposed this before, Mark Hamill himself said he would gladly voice his Joker one more time for such a monumental project, fans are begging to DC to do a movie based on the graphic novel the KILLING JOKE and have Hamill voice the Joker, and one group of avid fans, have started a campaign on FACEBOOK, a Petition to have Hamill voice the Joker if DC ever decides to go on with the project.

What’s left? For DC to listen to the fans.

Please, visit them and join the petition. Click on the link below.

Killing Joke Re-enactments Galore

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Oct 202011

Last month I had posted an amazing voice over job of the KILLING JOKE by LORDJAZOR, a friend of mine who has an incredible talent to voice over Joker stories that are both enjoyable and creepy (Joker should entertain you and make you very scared at the same time). Now I find that our friends at Comic Vine have made their own copilation as well, and had found a few gems out there. First, I’ll recommend you check you the link I provided above to Lorjazor’s voice over. It’s going to blow your mind away. Now see what the guys at Comic Vine found and an excerpt of the article:

The first video depicts the Joker’s monologue in ‘The Killing Joke’ in which he dissects Batman, questioning whether or not Batman had some tragic experience that led him to lead the life he lives. The monologue is presented by voice actor Patrick Girtz, whose Joker voice is spot on. He’s so good that he could probably replace Mark Hamill as the voice of the Joker now that the actor has stated he’s officially retired from performing the role.

THE KILLING JOKE MONOLOGUE (Joker voiced by Patrick Girts)

The second reenactment of ‘The Killing Joke’ is in Spanish, so for those of you that don’t speak the language it may be difficult to understand. However, even though you may not understand espanol, you can still appreciate the beautiful puppetry efforts of the ‘Teatro de Sombras.’ Below is the graphic novel adaptation of ‘The Killing Joke’ for you to enjoy.

THE KILLING JOKE SHADOW PUPPET RE-ENACTING (This is a Spanish version only)

ORIGINAL COMIC VINE ARTICLE by Sara Lima HERE!

OK, now that you’ve all enjoyed this. Isn’t it time we have a reboot or a remake of the Killing Joke in the visual media as well? I mean, if DC can remake Miller’s BATMAN YEAR ONE with a ‘twist’ I’m sure that the KILLING JOKE would lend itself to a readaptation in the video format too (come on, it’s almost a quarter of a century old). In the meantime….a plea to the people at GRAPHIC AUDIO: since you have a DC licence, why not make an audiobook on the KILLING JOKE…maybe for the 25 year anniversary of the book? We’ll love you all if you did, you know? For ever!