Originally posted by: JediSage
It was unnecessary to change the origin story. The Joker could have been a psycho in the movie without having killed Wayne's parents. The Joe Chill angle only goes as far as his origin...his parent's death is the motivating factor, not the person who pulled the trigger. This is like having Ras al' Ghul kill his parents in the latest movie. They just don't need to do it to make the bad guy "bad". IMO, leave 50 or so years of history alone.
Originally posted by: sean wookie
I agree with you 20.
I agree with you 20.
It was unnecessary to change the origin story. The Joker could have been a psycho in the movie without having killed Wayne's parents. The Joe Chill angle only goes as far as his origin...his parent's death is the motivating factor, not the person who pulled the trigger. This is like having Ras al' Ghul kill his parents in the latest movie. They just don't need to do it to make the bad guy "bad". IMO, leave 50 or so years of history alone.
I guess they wanted the 1989 movie to have a feeling of finality and closure, i.e. - hero destroys villain and for reason. Of course, the problem with that is that if Batman were to nail his parents killer - Joe Chill - he'd probably lose his motivation to be Batman, which was supposed to be a plot point in Batman Returns but didn't quite come through.