The Joker's Age
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FriendlyPsychopath — 9 years ago(January 19, 2017 02:28 PM)
I don't get how people can have a problem with Jerome being older than Bruce, yet past Jokers have been older than Batman.
Jack Nicholson is 14 years older than Michael Keaton, and in flashbacks for Batman 1989 Jack Napier was a young man when Bruce Wayne was a boy.
Cesar Romero was 21 years older than Adam West.
Cameron Monaghan is 8 years older than David Mazous, although in the storyline Jerome is five years older than Bruce Wayne. -
tankitty — 9 years ago(January 20, 2017 04:37 PM)
So, let's say they unfreeze him, and he runs around as the Joker for a while to get the ratings up. Gordon and company can go up against him, and watch him get killed again and frozen a second time. Only the second time he's frozen, something goes awry and his hair and skin change color. But he stays frozen and traditionally Joker-like for a decade, and then gets unfrozen by his followers when Bruce is in his 20s. Then, the appearance and age would be right for the traditional Batman canon.
Frozen, unfrozen, frozen, unfrozenall this freezing has numbed my mind. Why not create a REAL Joker character, with a real motivation for BEING the Joker? Jerome is just insane; he's never shown any propensity for practical jokes, whatsoever. To me, he's not the Joker at all. -
Crown_22 — 9 years ago(January 22, 2017 07:59 AM)
"Why not create a REAL Joker character, with a real motivation for BEING the Joker? Jerome is just insane; he's never shown any propensity for practical jokes, whatsoever. To me, he's not the Joker at all."
Maybe he starts with the practical jokes down the line? None of the villains are fully developed yet because these are their beginning days. We're entitled to our own opinions though. I find Jerome way more like the Joker than the Jared Leto version in Suicide Squad. -
mattymattix — 9 years ago(January 21, 2017 05:42 PM)
I personally never cared for the comic origins of the Joker, and frankly preferred that it remained a mystery. That said, him being a copycat character who is influenced by Jerome is still INFINITELY dumber than Jerome becoming him. The Joker is not a follower. I can't believe so many people back this idea. It's also not cannon either, so what's the difference?
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Crown_22 — 9 years ago(January 22, 2017 08:04 AM)
Exactly, I'd actually like Jerome to be the Joker. Even if I didn't care for Jerome, I'd much rather him be the Joker than the Joker's inspiration. I feel like it's too late, Jerome is definitely the Joker and there's no changing their minds or making up a new theory. There are more people who likes him as the Joker than there are who thinks otherwise. If producers kill him again or try to twist it again, there will be lots of hate.
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Swissangel4616 — 9 years ago(January 27, 2017 12:34 PM)
No problem with having Jerome (possible or not as Joker) older than Bruce.
When Jerome would be the Joker (or even he wouldn't be it): Cesare Romero who played Joker in the 1966 Batman Serie was already older than Batman Actor Adam West.
So it works for me very well.
But I don't take it to serious. Its a comic book (somewhat between fantasy/sci-fi) based tv serie - so everything can happen. Even death people can coming back.