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[ssringo]

So does Batman exist in this universe?

No/not yet. Bruce was in the first one as a kid. So young Batman would be fighting a middle age/elderly (or completely different) Joker if they time skipped ahead.

 

[Romulus]

I was fine with the first one but this doesn't look appealing.

 

[YCoCg]

Lady Gaga is an ugly woman

No.

 

[Dr.D00p]

Yep, he's in the movie too.

....Fucking hate the pompous, pretentious lefty cunt.

 

[GymWolf]

It could be a porn movie with Janet Reno, as long as it's directed by Phillips it's gonna be interesting and more than technically sound

First one he descended into madness alone, this time he ascend to freedom (which in it's purest form is madness) having found what he was missing the whole time, a companion. I get some might think Philipps symbolism is too much on the nose, but dudes we live in an era of marvel movies, compared to which Joker is almost Moby Dick...

Yeah but i hate musicals so he can be directed by god itself and i'm still gonna give less than 2 fucks about.

 

[AgatonSax]

Brendan Gleeson in the trailer? Nice.

Coogan a bit jarring.

People here down on Gaga as Harley? Ticks my mad genius box.

Of course it’s jukebox songs. It’s a film about shared madness; of course that’s going to revolve about iconic pop culture.

 

[AJUMP23]

No.

It is an opinion. You can think she is great, and it does not hurt anyone.

 

[mitch1971]

 

[Slothbeing1209]

Looks good. I only watched Lady Gaga in "A star is born". Pretty good movie.

 

[ManaByte]

I’ll watch it once. Like the original. The original isn’t something you can watch over and over. This looks similar.

 

[DeafTourette]

So does Batman exist in this universe?

Bruce Wayne is still a little kid at this time.

 

[Big Baller]

So does Batman exist in this universe?

He got killed by Lada Gaga in Suicide Squad.

 

[Fbh]

Visually it looks great.
But it's giving me oscar bait vibes.

The first one was ok, I guess I'll watch this one when it comes to some streaming service down the line.

 

[Ammogeddon]

If you know, you know.

Took me right out as soon as I saw him.

 

[eerik9000]

How could they make a sequel when the first one caused so much incel violence and mass shootings? Oh, wait, no, that was just a modern satanic panic, nevermind.

 

[near]

Watched the trailer Lady Gaga is an ugly woman. Hard features and unattractive. Also it looks like she is a mental patient and not the therapist that the Joker broke. I really don't care for this version of the Joker, a pass for me.

I'm convinced that the patient Harley we see in the teaser is a manifestation of Arthur's imagination. The finger gun gesture to the head she makes might actually be a huge indicator.

 

[SJRB]

That last shot was pretty incredible.

 

[INC]

First one was a cool concept for a joker origin story, but what's the point of this....its not leading to a joker vs batman film, so I don't really get the concept or point, apart from milking the first films success.

But maybe I'm wrong, just seems kind of an weird idea

 

[Soodanim]

First one was a cool concept for a joker origin story, but what's the point of this....its not leading to a joker vs batman film, so I don't really get the concept or point, apart from milking the first films success.

But maybe I'm wrong, just seems kind of an weird idea

I get you, but off the strength of the first I think it's earned a shot. I'll see what it has to say.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

I love leaving a movie theater forlorn, depressed, and slightly more gay ("Not that there's anything wrong with that!") than when I entered.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Curious to see what this one is like, but I hope it's not a bunch of fantasy sequences. There are other more meaningful, less drawn-out ways to convey a character's mental state.

 

[Roufianos]

Loved the first, wish they'd just me a regular sequel instead of a musical with a dumbass, pretentious subtitle.

 

[Roufianos]

It is an opinion. You can think she is great, and it does not hurt anyone.

This is ugly? Come on

 

[Raven117]

Never saw the first one. I should probably get around to that.

 

[SJRB]

The internet is such a retarded place sometimes, lol.

 

[near]

Loved the first, wish they'd just me a regular sequel instead of a musical with a dumbass, pretentious subtitle.

"Folie à deux (French for "folly of two"), also known as shared psychosis or shared delusional disorder (SDD), is a rare psychiatric syndrome in which symptoms of a delusional belief, and sometimes hallucinations, are "transmitted" from one individual to another."

It's actually quite the fitting subtitle for a story about Joker and Harley.

 

[touchfuzzy]

I think it looks good.

But I'll still never understand who is running things at DC. They've been desperately trying to launch some sort of successful comic book movie universe for years with bad movies and diminishing box office. Then they have a super successful dark and gritty Joker movie, followed shortly by a super successful dark and gritty Batman movie. The obvious path would seem to be bring those two together and build from there? Yeah, Bruce Wayne is a kid in the first Joker movie, who cares, you can write around it. Throw some grey hair dye on Phoenix and say he escaped from Arkham 15 years later or something.

But no, those are just side stories or something, and let's get dumbass James Gunn to reboot everything with a bunch more dumb origin stories and goofy humor no one is interested in seeing.

 

[IntentionalPun]

 

[YCoCg]

Not exactly new, he's admitted in the past that actually loves batman, he's the only one who keeps his heart beating, etc, in a twisted live sorta way.

 

[Roufianos]

"Folie à deux (French for "folly of two"), also known as shared psychosis or shared delusional disorder (SDD), is a rare psychiatric syndrome in which symptoms of a delusional belief, and sometimes hallucinations, are "transmitted" from one individual to another."

It's actually quite the fitting subtitle for a story about Joker and Harley.

Oh I have zero doubts it's my own ignorance but boy does it get under my skin every time I see it.

 

[RoboFu]

That looked pretty dumb. Not sure how much they had to pay JP to do a sequel to completely whole one off movie, but I bet it was a lot.

 

[Hugare]

This is ugly? Come on

.... Yes

Tons of make up and plastic surgery and the end result is still mid

In the trailer Harley seemed just as important as Joker. And that would be fine, but she didnt get a movie to develop her character like Joker did.

Joker was a character driven movie. Seeing him sharing the spotlight with a newcomer character that didnt receive the same development will feel so forced. I just know that I'll hate her.

They'll try to make her at least as important as him, if not more.

 

[AJUMP23]

This is ugly? Come on

Attractiveness is a matter of taste. She does not suit mine. You can love her I do not think she is all that great.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

A demented, R-rated musical with graphic violence.

At least that's what I'm hoping for, because that's never really been done before.

Look up Repo: The Genetic Opera.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

In the modern entertainment industry, half of the population is gay. Is that a female protagonist? Oh she's definitely gay or lesbian. Can't have a female protagonist that's straight anymore obviously.

 

[John Bilbo]

 

[Trilobit]

I skimmed the trailer and it looked interesting. I like that they did something different with the sequel. Makes me wish that Marvel was as brave with their IP.

 

[Outlier]

I can understand use Lady Gaga for her singing, but...
Isn't Harley Quinn suppose embody the meaning of the Hot/Crazy scale?
LG is NOT a "hot" woman.

 

[Pegasus Actual]

Trailer was fine, gags is indeed mid. Can we get them to undo this bisexual joker shit? Like... why do they have to represent someone from the LGTBQIA+ community as mentally unstable? Should be a despicable cishet male. That'll show the patriarchy!

 

[trikster40]

The diallogue voiceover was so….flat? Felt like randoms doing a script reading. Hopefully that’s not in the movie….

 

[Toots]

"Folie à deux (French for "folly of two"), also known as shared psychosis or shared delusional disorder (SDD), is a rare psychiatric syndrome in which symptoms of a delusional belief, and sometimes hallucinations, are "transmitted" from one individual to another."

It's actually quite the fitting subtitle for a story about Joker and Harley.

It is extremely fitting indeed. Harley and Joker relationship is a textbook exemple of folie à deux, where each individual draw the other along as they both descend into shared madness.

 

[GymWolf]

.... Yes

Tons of make up and plastic surgery and the end result is still mid

In the trailer Harley seemed just as important as Joker. And that would be fine, but she didnt get a movie to develop her character like Joker did.

Joker was a character driven movie. Seeing him sharing the spotlight with a newcomer character that didnt receive the same development will feel so forced. I just know that I'll hate her.

They'll try to make her at least as important as him, if not more.

I remember when she tricked the entire world with the poker face video, she looked fabolous in that one.

 

[Ownage]

 

[Toots]

Lady Tatas*

 

[near]

New trailer drops tomorrow 6am PT, they started a stream that's counting down until it releases.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Ngl I thought this movie had come and gone already lol

 

[Big Baller]

I still dont know what a normal Gaga looks like

 

[near]

 

[EverydayBeast]

Joaquin Phoenix Is key to the joker and joker 2 and eliminates the narrative that there can’t be another joker other than heath ledger, and I think adding lady Gaga is exciting. As it purtains to the story how will they introduce Harley? She was jokers nurse and he turns her bad? I think being a movie makes this more challenging.

 

[Toots]

Todd Philips simply cannot miss.
This movie seems to be a character study of Harley Quinn the same way the first was of Arthur, so i suppose we'll see joker through his interactions with her.

I don't know if gaga has the acting chops to be the star of the movie, but i know phoenix elevates everyone working with him so im rather confident.

Goddamit october is still a long time from now...