'The Dark Knight' Trailer, Chock Full O'Forshadowing

July 18th can't get here fast enough. It just can't.

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I think Nolan knows how to make batman [the character AND the franchise] a detective drama - as I believe it should be. Character and story is what he's all about. So I agree, I'm excited. If u need more cheese from a joker, watch jack work in the first batman.

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I was at Comic Con when they surprised us with the trailer. Everyone loved it. In the weeks since, I believe people who hadn't seen it were anticipating it as if it was going to be the best trailer ever. The TDK campaign made a big mistake by waiting so long to put it up. Had it gone live last Monday everyone would have loved it and there would be no division.

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It wasn't as good as the first trailer but it was defiantly good.
Plenty of odes to the Killing Joke and the first Batman movie.

This is the only movie I'm actually really physched for at the moment.

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I think Ledger did a good job from what I can tell. I thought this reboot was supposed to be grittier than the other movies. it seems to be ok to me. i agree with HugKennyLoggins.

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to be honest i think the whole joker portrayal is perfect. because the fact that nolan wanted to take a more realistic aproach to these films. the joker does look pretty creepy and will be a frightening character come july 17 and nolan said that although the joker is batmans greatest villian he wanted to show that at one time he was a regular guy or at least come from a real world, but simply lost his mind and is obsessed with killing batman and causes anrachy and as for harvey dent in the trailer/ perfect ammount. did any of you catch the burned suit and chard nose and chin while holding the gun. two face makes a simple appearance.

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Hopefully it's darker than this trailer. Way too bright and cheery. Why must all superhero movies lack darkness/complex characters/drama?

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Complaints of Ledger being 'too gritty and realistic'? I thought that's what we LOVED about the Nolan Batmans. How they are rooted in reality. That he's given real reasons behind the suit, and makeup, and brought these characters into the real world. Will watching the Joker make me uncomfortable? I still am skeptical about how dark a PG-13 film will get, but I hope it surpasses my expectations. I can distance myself from the fictioius character an actor is playing. I'm looking forward to "The DARK Knight".

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If people complain that the Joker is lacking the eerie, superhuman element, well they don't know the Joker. He's not superhuman, he's a lunatic with a jacked up face, and that's about it.
He has no powers, except maybe the power of persuasion. He's a man pushed to the edge, (and then over the edge into a vat of acid) who starts pushing back in his own lunatic way.
Ledger looks awesome as the Joker and this one's second on my list only to Indy.

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The new Indiana Jones trailer and now this does not really do much for me. I didnt expect much from Batman Begins and Iron Man but it blew me away. I have a feeling TDK might disappoint many and indeed cause a major divide among fans. There's already the existing rivals between the Nolanites and Burtonites and this one will only widen the gap.

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Is anybody who has a brain serious? The new trailer was amazing. Anybody who disagrees needs to realize that it was just a trailer and not that movie. The Dark Knight is running close to three hours and will probably be one of the greatest comic book movies ever released. Iron Man was sweet and The Hulk will probably be a good movie. But they lack the attention to detail that Mr. Nolan has provided us. Heath Ledgers performance as the joker will go down as one of the best portrayals of an iconic character that we have gotten so far.

The Dark Knight will be the best movie of 2008.

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If this is the same trailer I saw with Iron Man, then "understated" is definitely my feeling as well. Maybe it was because we sat thru at least 8-10 trailers before the feature, but both the Indiana Jones and the Batman trailers seemed very subdued, and off tempo. Neither generated much excitement or interest with the crowd I was with (who gave Iron Man an ovation at the end).

I think it showed too much of Dent, too much Maggie Gyllendal, and, too much of the Joker. We don't need to see the whole damn film in a trailer-leave some suspense. Dent sitting with half his face in gasoline? Wow..wonder what happens next?

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The man calls himself "The Joker" ... of course he'll have a sense of humor!

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I hope the Joker gets rid of Maggie Gyllenhaal. Its weird Im more excited to see The Hulk movie than TDK. Ledger feels like he's trying way toooooo hard and Bruce and Harvey battling over Maggie is one hilarious love story.
Those guys have lousy taste in women.

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I still say the most ill-fated Harvey Dent was the one played by Billy Dee Williams.

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Looks like we've finally got some visual confirmation of The Scarecrow's brief return as well... check out the driver of the white van that Batman crushes.

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Division? Not really. Most of the people I know are psyched to see Ledger's Joker. The gestures and voice are incredible.

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Come on, it's just perfect! You see action in the first one and characters here. The haters should stop whining and go se the actual movie (not like they are going to miss it anyway). Trailers, people! Geee

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