Deciding who the best Joker was in various comic based films and television shows is no easy task. We recently posted the “Top Five Joker Quotes From ‘Batman: The Dark Knight’” which included the debate of Nicholson vs. Ledger in the comments. This time we want to make it official and poll the readers with the question “who was the best Joker?”

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Cesar Romero

Cesar Romero was the Joker of the 1960s, playing the role in 18 episodes of the television series. He also reprised the role in the 1966 film.

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Regardless of what people might say, Banjo-Kazooie has been a good series that, while definitely inferior to the Mario franchise (but which isn’t?), showed off what a great developer Rare was. They’ve had their fair share of duds (i.e. Perfect Dark Zero and Kameo), but this year might be good for the British team.

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts is due November 18 to the tune of a surprisingly cheap $39.99. As an incentive for pre-ordering the game, buyers will get a code to download the original N64 Banjo-Kazooie two weeks prior to the release of the XBLA re-release…for free.

We kind of like the idea of getting free stuff when we pre-order games around here, especially when the full game is $20 cheaper than the bloated regular price of other titles.

You guys plan on taking Rare up on their pre-order offer? Here’s a video of what you can look forward to if you do:

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The following are some of the chart-topping movies of the summer. Most are good, one is bad (we’re looking at you, “Hancock!”), but we’re glad its been a good year for summer movie watching and hope Hollywood entertains just as well next year.

#1 The Dark Knight - $471.1 Million

Heath Ledger’s swan song performance and serving to elevate Christian Bale’s popularity — apparently, the movie industry had yet to see his acting in “Empire of the Sun” and “Henry V” — “The Dark Knight” has been blowing up the box office this summer. Viewers have taken so much to the film that many are speculating it will break 1997’s “Titanic” $600 Million U.S. lifetime earnings (the highest grossing film of all time).

#2 Iron Man - $317.1 Million

Re-energizing Robert Downey Jr.’s career might be “Iron Man”’s biggest accomplishment, but it hasn’t done too shabby considering its earnings this summer. It’s easily one of the better comic book adaptations out there and if you haven’t watched it yet, shame on you.

#3 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - $315.1 Million

Proving that 80s franchises are still all the rage (and that Hollywood is still fresh out of ideas) has put “Indiana Jones” at #3, just narrowly missing to top “Iron Man” by a couple of million dollars. Actually…once written, that’s a LOT of money.

#4 Hancock - $225 Million

Wow. Sure, Will Smith’s latest might have provided a few chuckles and light entertainment for some but it easily beats all the other movies on this list to the “summer fluff and crap” title. Poor “WALL-E.” “Hancock” didn’t deserve to make more money than you.

#5 WALL-E - $214.1 Million

It’s a little surprising that “WALL-E” didn’t top a couple of the movies on this list (it should have taken down “Hancock,” at least!), but it was still hugely successful. The film showed a great maturation for Pixar as they took on touchy subjects while maintaining that high level of movie magic the studio is known for. One of the few movies this summer that entertained both kids and adults, alike.

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Codemasters^® announces blockbuster Overlord sequel for the PLAYSTATION^®3, Xbox 360, PC, plus exclusive extensions for Wii and Nintendo DS

The sequel to Overlord, Overlord II comes to the Wii, DS, and PS3 & X360.  Notice the ampersand?  That’s because the PS3 & X360 will be the same version of Overlord II.  While the Wii will be called Overlord Dark Legion, featuring minion control through Wii Remote movement.  And the DS version will be called Overlord Minions, a dedicated puzzle action title, for Nintendo DS.

“Epic battles, all new Minion play mechanics, a stunningly detailed new visuals and a fresh theme – Overlord II’s really packing a punch,” says Lennart Sas, director and Overlord lead at Triumph Studios. “We’re really excited about shifting the world to a new era where a Roman-inspired Empire rises as the arch-enemy of the Overlord, which leads to an epic clash between the regimented forces of a sprawling state and the faster, harder, more manic minion horde. It’s also great to see the series reaching new formats. The creativity being packed into the design for Overlord Dark Legend on Wii and Overlord Minions on Nintendo DS make great use of the platforms’ unique features and are perfect extensions to the Overlord series.”

Via PressRelease

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I’ve been talking about how terrible Batman’s voice was in the Dark Knight for a while now and I’m glad to see that people out there are finally making parody clips about it. The following YouTube video is actually one guy playing 2 roles. He’s basically making a parody of the interrogation scene from the Dark Knight. It’s wonderful that others are seeing how moronic Bale’s gravelly voice was. Some may claim it was clever and realistic, but was the lisp and growl filled voice really necessary? Check out the following clip if you want a good laugh…

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‘Dark Horizon’ keeps looking better and better with each new trailer. Some have compared the space combat simulation to Wing Commander and Freelancer. With a rich plot and 22 missions, this game may actually end up being one of the best space combat games we have ever seen. We expect to see the title on shelves at the end of this month for the PC.

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If you haven’t seen ‘The Dark Knight’ yet I assume you are living under a rock.  While checking out Comcast’s site, I discovered a wealth of information and exclusives on the film.  If you like free web games, the ‘Dark Knight’ videogame on Comcast is worth a play.  ’The Dark Knight’ has been a great film for debate on our site, as some people feel it was one of the greatest movies ever made, while others didn’t share the same enthusiasm.  Regardless, the film is certainly a fascinating story worth looking into.

Just visit http://www.comcast.net/thedarkknightmovie/#/videos/exclusives for 6 exclusive videos including cast interviews with Christian Bale, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal and more that you won’t be able to find anywhere else!

Exclusive videogame: http://www.comcast.net/thedarkknightmovie/game/

Check out the following posts on our site concerning the film:

The Dark Knight Review: Fantastic Realism

Relax Already, The Dark Knight is NOT The Best Movie of All Time!

Top Five Joker Quotes From ‘Batman: The Dark Knight’

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Batman’s New arch-LEGO-nemesis makes his way into LEGO Batman coming this Fall 2008.

PLATFORMS: Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the Wii™ and Nintendo DS™, PlayStation®2 and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment systems, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system and Windows PC.
RELEASE DATE: Fall 2008
PUBLISHER: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
DEVELOPER: Traveller’s Tales
ESRB RATING: Expected - Everyone 10+
GENRE: Action-Adventure

Although many characters are appearing in the game, expect to see ‘The Dark Knight’s Batmobile to make an appearance in LEGO Batman: The Video Game.  You’ll also see Batman is his old school light grey suit, same goes for Robin’s suit.  The Dark Knight’s release will help the popularity of the LEGO series, but at this point the LEGO Series has done quite well making games after very succesful movies.

List of Characters

Heroes

• Batman
• Bruce Wayne
• Robin
• Nightwing
• Alfred Pennyworth
• Commissioner James Gordon
• Nighthawk

Villains

• The Joker
• Catwoman
• The Penguin
• The Riddler
• Two-Face
• Mr. Freeze
• Harley Quinn
• The Scarecrow
• Poison Ivy
• Bane
• Killer Croc
• The Mad Hatter
• Clayface
• Man-Bat
• Killer Moth

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I was one of the millions who went to watch the slightly above mediocrity which is “The Dark Knight” this past weekend.  I’m not here to bash the movie, or claim it’s the worst but people out there HAVE to come to their senses. The Dark Knight (TDK) is NOT the best movie of all time, and that’s the truth!!!

Heath Ledger had his best performance on the silver screen, with his portrayal of ‘The Joker’   Everyone loved his performance, which I thought any other actor acting like a psycho would have done.  Not that difficult, you put some make-up on and read lines which professional writers give you - done!

Now the real talent was with Harvey Dent / Two-Face played by Aaron Eckhart.  His performance as the District Attorney was stellar and when he transformed into Two-Face he was that much better.  There is no doubt Eckhart’s performance out did Tommy Lee Joness’, but I’m also going out on the limb here to say he was the best actor on screen.

I actually forgot the plot of the movie was supposed to be around this guy, umm… Batman.  Christian Bale was really trying to throw more than his voice, his “angry” Batman lines were actually amusing.  A better movie would have been ‘Two-Faced Joker’, and skip this nippleless suit crime fighter.

Onto the IMDB debate

When I looked to see where “The Dark Knight” matched up against other Action movies, I was stunned.  Comparing TDK to other great titles is just plain and simply idiotic.  Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, and Star Wars: Empire Strikes back are fantastic films.  I see TDK in the upper crust, but more of a 7 than a 9.4.  Here are my pro’s and cons on TDK.

Pros:

• Harvey Dent / Two Face
• The Joker’s quotes
• Batman’s motorcycle

Cons:

• Batman’s voice
• Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes
• 152 minute run-time

Tell me who you think was the best actor on screen.

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The Dark Knight exceeded most of my expectations and that’s primarily due to the awesome performance by Heath Ledger as “The Joker”.  The rest of the cast was “so-so” in my opinion, but it was certainly a much better film than “Begins” was.  Was Ledger a better Joker than Jack Nicholson?  I’d still say “no” but he was certainly creepier.  Nicholson was more realistic, yet Ledger was certainly crazier and more diabolical.  In the end, I’d have to say both performances were awesome.  Without Ledger as the Joker, ‘The Dark Knight’ would have been a boring film to watch.  Did anyone happen to notice Batman had a lisp while in costume, but no lisp when he was parading around as Bruce Wayne?  I’m not sure what difference it makes, but Christian Bale’s performance was total rubbish.  I’d probably rate his performances as Batman somewhere in the George Clooney category.  Fortunately we saw an incredible performance by Ledger that saved the film. He will certainly be missed.

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