I think so too, that picture is 100 times more interesting than that trailer, even
if it looks awesome in a graphical way.

Well, the trailer does give us one thing: a soundbite from the Joker. Heath Ledger is embracing his role fantastically. That laugh is insane.

man, talk about TEASER trailer. it shows even less than the 1-18-08 trailer!

but i still look forward to this

I screamed like a woman. Not a girl but a grown woman, and it was revealing. Anyway SOMEONE get that man some help he sounds CARAAAAAIZY! The pic is badass but whats with the tomato soup smile, It went from gnarly to delicious looking.

he looks like The Crow, but in purple. i'm not sure about this look, great actor to pull it off, we will have to see. maybe he should play a new version of The Crow?!

that joker card looks craaaazzzy....

Is it me or does Joker sound like Edward G Robinson from the old Gangster movies of the 40's

I love the Joker !

wow awesome!!! but is too little!

The trailer was done exactly how I said it would/should be done. It didn't show anything, but still gave us a little taste of what's to come. I wasn't impressed with the Jokers voice though. It sounds like Jack before he turned into the Joker. Too much gangster, not enough pranksters. The laugh was good, but nothing to get overly excited about. Actions speak louder than words anyway. As long as he's the most evil Joker we've ever seen, I will be happy with it. It looks and sounds like Ledger is at least trying his hardest to get the Joker down 100%. He’s showing great effort on embracing the role, I'm sure he will do just fine. As for the pictures, none of them have really impressed me so far. I’m still waiting for a close up, full body shot of Joker exactly how he’s going to appear in the film. Preferably one that isn’t blurry either, I want to see a good quality photo before I get too excited about the new look.

i honestly think the new look of the joker is grab alot more needs to be done but he dose look a bit better crazier than nicholsons joker but the laugh of the new joker is great but he needs to look more crazier than ever

I would have to say, after seeing and hearing the teaser, that Ledger sounds like Nicholson's Joker a little bit when he says his line, but the laugh is NOT there by any means! It's not maniacal(?) enough. The still photo shows the right clothing, but the "smile" was surgically crafted in the first film, not really painted on. One of the problems that always seem to happen when a character is re-introduced into a franchise: all the details are compromised in some way. I am interested to see how Ledger's Joker develops in the film.

I think Ledger will make a great Joker but the costume looks like a bad nightmare or drug induced version of Cesar Romero. If I wanted to see that I would would watch dvd copies of the Batman series.

Please someone fire the costume designer.

To anyone commenting on the Joker looking like the Crow:

You've got it backwards. The Crow looks like the Joker from the comic books. Precedence, people. It makes all the difference.

well that does not sound like heath ledgers usual block of woodness
holy crap he actually gave me chills
im exploding to see more

one thing about the picture is that, he's not realli a big character in the pic, just a thug in facepaint, i think theJoker should dress madly still, its part of the character!!
this is probaly just for one part of the film i suppose, also the white face appears to be painted on, i thought all of his skin was supposedlt bleached, so how does it jus look like facepaint!!????

i think the joker should resemble the comic book and cartton appearance, but with a more evil sadistic look, i also think the Joker should be alot more 'psycotic' (spelling) and less jokey than the Joker portrayed by Jack Nicholson

I really love the direction they are going with the joker with his smile being a scar from someone slicing his mouth. This is what must drive him over the edge. Him painting his face instead of being bleached is even more disturbing.

This will be the biggest movie ever

The marketing campaigns for this movie are freakin insane. This will be so much better and more disturbing than 1989's Batman, good people. Much, much, much.

the "new" Joker is a joke! Hope the movie turns out better than the makeup Ledger is wearing. Jack Nicholson will always be the greatest Joker, that role belonged to him.

The movie is going make a killing. Because of the director's and writer's ability to stick with specific comic books with essential storylines, they were finally able to get it right this time. My only concern is actually the third movie. I was personally dissapointed by movies like xmen 3, a little bit by spiderman 3 and blade 3 (mostly because of that retard "Drake"). Hopefully it wont suffer the 3rd movie curse, although I have enjoyed every one of Nolan's movies so far. Guess I will just have to wait. Joker rules!

I saw the second trailer this weekend at the opening of I AM A LEGEND. This sequel is on track. THE JOKER is Alive! War has been declared in Gotham

no characters from Tim Burton Batman movies please.
There is no way to beat Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer and most of all Jack Nicholson.

In general, Batman Begins was IMHO only perceived so well because the Joel Schumacher Batman Films had been so awful for anyone older than 12.

Batman Begins right after Batman Returns would've flopped.

Tim Burton is the mastermind of 'dark atmosphere movies' IMHO again.
The Burton Batman Films could only be topped in terms of raw violence, SFX, or with sex; but artistically, it's nearly impossible.

I'm also not too sure if it's a great idea to have the Joker use make-up and then let it wear off to show how little he cares for himself, bc after 3 days his growing beard would shine through. C'Mon, bleaching a guys' skin with a chemical accident is not as unrealistic as gaining superpowers from such an event. You can have an adult movie with a Joker who got his skin/hair/face changed like in the 1989 Tim Burton Batman. This Joker can be good, depending on how well (and graphically) they show how his faced was sliced and then sewed together by some underground doctor.

I am curious of how the film will be recieved now that Heath was found dead. I think its a very tragic situation. This will probably make the film a cult draw from the morbid draw people have to death and movie stars. I just hope that his daughter is thought of and the photo hounds give her and her mother the distance they need in this trying time.

Does anyone see the similarites between Heath Ledgers Character the Joker and Brandon Lee's Character the Crow......Both died at 28.

Google both characters and see how much alike they do look....it's creepy.

You need to watch the trailer playing on HDNET channel on Direct TV. It shows alot and the joker is very dark and dimented. Nothing like Jack's version. Of course these movies are nothing like those.