tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post2774693885146100334..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: DCAU #188: Joker's MillionsSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-42342499688956658152016-11-03T19:05:23.623-03:002016-11-03T19:05:23.623-03:00Up to this point, the series has done a good job o...Up to this point, the series has done a good job of balancing the various facets of the Joker. He can be funny. He can be murderous. He can be petty. He can have obvious wants and desires. He can be chaos. It was always my favourite take on the Joker (one that I imagine is similar to how he was treated in the 70s). There are several stories in BTAS that you couldn't do with the 21st century comics Joker, as that version has basically been turned into a God of Chaos, who'll do anything and everything without rhyme or reason. Compare Heath Ledger burning a massive pile of money because it doesn't mean anything to him with the BTAS Joker who may commit wacky crimes, but definitely wants to get some cash out of most of them.<br /><br />In this episode, the balancing act falls apart. If the Joker really wanted money and was willing to come up with a plan just for that purpose (in other words, he honestly DIDN'T want to bait or challenge Batman) then I'm sure he could. If the episode played it as a compulsion that he had to constantly get the Bat's attention, then it might have worked (although possibly veering a little bit too much towards Riddler territory.) It doesn't though. The Joker goes out of his way to do a robbery without alerting Batman, and is just outsmarted. It makes the Joker out to be a fool, and a very non-threatening fool at that. And the Joker should always be threatening, even when he's being wacky clown Joker.<br /><br />It's very tonally weird. TNBA is more grown-up in some ways (I like the scene where the Joker tells Harley she should have just shot the gas station attendent), but in others its more childish, and that really affects this episode. I wonder if that's part of the reason the Joker personality swing gets shoved back in the other direction for his appearances in the later shows.LiamKavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01996095233681105682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-13542931941414555632016-07-23T09:31:09.071-03:002016-07-23T09:31:09.071-03:00The OJ trial bit is pretty clever for adults, at l...The OJ trial bit is pretty clever for adults, at least.<br /><br />I *much* prefer this look for the Penguin!Andrew Gilbertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604304361825660940noreply@blogger.com