# The Green Hornet (w/ Seth Rogan) - Trailer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 23, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-hornet-w-seth-rogan-trailer/544272 "2010-06-23T20:54:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-hornet-w-seth-rogan-trailer/544272/41 "2010-06-26T06:28:31Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > Nope, Nicholson fell in a vat of chemicals that turned his skin white and his hair green, he wore human makeup. Nicholson also had a “wanna see a magic trick?” scene. I think Ledger played a psychotic thug (with supernatural powers, apparently) that wore clown makeup. In an interview, Ledger said he based his performance on Nicholson’s. When I said clown makeup I was referring to the actor. And if you’ve even seen _The Dark Knight_ you’d know that the Joker in that film is not a mere thug. Almost every scene he’s in he’s masterminding something crazy and awesome. And if you have a problem with him being psychotic, well, I don’t know what to tell you. I think the Joker’s first ever appearance in comics he poisoned and killed an entire Boyscout troupe. That’s the Joker for you. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-hornet-w-seth-rogan-trailer/544272/42 "2010-06-26T06:40:51Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > In an interview, Ledger said he based his performance on Nicholson’s. What a remarkable thing for him to admit. Can you tell us where to find that interview? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-hornet-w-seth-rogan-trailer/544272/43 "2010-06-26T06:49:41Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > What a remarkable thing for him to admit. Can you tell us where to find that interview? Could be remembering just enough of [this interview](http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=90305) to be misled. > [@](#): > > DRE: Is doing the role of The Joker scary after Jack Nicholson did it so well? > > HL: I’m not going for the same thing he went for. That would be stupid. It is also two very different directors with different styles. Tim Burton did a more fantastical kind of thing and Chris Nolan is doing nitty gritty handheld realism. I love what [Jack] did and that is part of why I want to do that role. I remember seeing it and thinking how much fun it would be to put on that mask and attempt to do something along those lines. But it would obviously be murder if I tried to imitate what he did. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-hornet-w-seth-rogan-trailer/544272/44 "2010-06-26T07:05:55Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > > [@Superhal](#): > > > > Couple points: > > > > 1. They sucked too. Batman was not, never, ever, EVER a ninja, Heath Ledger copied Jack Nicholson, and Bruce was a genius who made his own gear…he wasn’t a thug who needed a team of scientists to help him, and the Batsuit wasn’t made in China. > > > > 2. Good luck trying to argue that Batman wasn’t a superhero, not some ordinary dude wearing a mask. > > There’s not one part of this post that’s correct. Miller Johnson is RIGHT! Well, mostly. Superhal was right about the gear from China thing, but I liked that change. I didn’t see how Wayne could have the time to be a super-sleuth, super scientist/inventor, highly-skilled hand-to-hand combatant, hero, and billionaire playboy. Makes sense to leverage his money and connections to take over the equipment part. And besides, Wayne designed some of the stuff he used to his own specs, like the batsuit. He just didn’t make 'em. Not a ninja? Came and went as he pleased while escaping notice, appearing and disappearing at will, and having mad hand-to-hand skills? Sounds like the Batman I grew up with, and kinda sounds like a ninja. I don’t care what Ledger \*allegedly \*said, Nicholson’s Joker was simply Nicholson in makeup walking thru the sets, and Ledger’s was anything but. The ‘magic trick’ thing - that’s scripted for him. You don’t think he came to the set and put a pencil thru an extra’s eye on his own, do you? ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-hornet-w-seth-rogan-trailer/544272/45 "2010-06-26T07:58:37Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > Could be remembering just enough of [this interview](http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=90305) to be misled. So, pretty much the opposite. > [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > I don’t care what Ledger \*allegedly \*said, Nicholson’s Joker was simply Nicholson in makeup walking thru the sets, and Ledger’s was anything but. I care, because it’s an allegation that, if true, would make a mockery of his craft. It should be either substantiated or recognized as a complete falsehood. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-hornet-w-seth-rogan-trailer/544272/46 "2010-06-26T12:36:16Z")
> [@clarkstar](#): > > seth rogen is a major miscast, as is cameron diaz as a hot chick. I remember her in _The Mask_ and thought that she was smokin’ hot. But some how she has slowly lost her appeal for me. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-hornet-w-seth-rogan-trailer/544272/47 "2010-06-26T21:32:19Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > :dubious: _Batman Begins_ and _The Dark Knight_? Plus _Mask of Zorro_ and _Legend of Zorro_. (And the well-reviewed _Rocketeer_ movie turned a profit.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-hornet-w-seth-rogan-trailer/544272.md?page=2)