[alyasa]

I think the Joker Christopher Nolan has in mind is a darker, grittier, less campy Joker than Jack Nicholson's. The Joker in the comics is a homicidal maniac, with a flair for theatrics, kind of like a twisted, evil version of Batman himself, like the Yang to Batman's Yin. The Joker in Tim Burton's Batman seemed a more theatrical attention seeker and less of a homicidal maniac. And although Tim Burton's Batman gothic Gotham and beautiful imagery helped to bring the Dark Knight into a visual aesthetic worthy of the Batcave, Christopher Nolan's Batman peeled back the layers and stared into the psyche of a man who dresses like a bat and battles against villainy and crime. Face it, Batman has become just as twisted and dark as the villains he fights, that is the only way he can fight them. I just hope Heath Ledger doesn't make this into Brokeback Batman.