# Joker (2019) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 29, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joker-2019/839443 "2019-08-29T22:34:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joker-2019/839443/1 "2019-08-29T22:34:45Z")
[The trailer dropped yesterday](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pk-qMdR9Lo) and has racked up nearly 6.5M views on YouTube in about 24 hours, so clearly there is interest in this movie. The trailer looks bad, to me. Like, truly awful. An unnecessary backstory for a villian, for one & a poorly conceived and written backstory, for two. And really, really bad casting for three. I suppose there’s a small element of “haha Rupert Pupkin is now the dickish King of Comedy” to it all, but IMO the story and casting of DeNiro is just really, really bad. Also, he’s _the_Joker, not just “Joker”. I’m not looking forward to watching this film, but I guess I am looking forward to seeing another failed DC movie, if just for the lulz thinking of all the studio execs wondering “why don’t people want to see DC comics movies?” and then still not getting it. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joker-2019/839443/2 "2019-08-29T22:57:00Z")
Previous thread [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=873470). And I think it shows potential. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joker-2019/839443/3 "2019-08-29T23:18:29Z")
Thanks for the link; I’ve told the mods this can be closed and/or merged with that thread. I didn’t realize one existed already.