I'm really not sure what I think about this approach. Obviously, they're going for something totally different than anything that's ever been done with The Joker before, so I really can't say what I think. As I'm writing this, I'm suddenly reminded of Danny DeVito's The Penguin from Batman Returns. That character was waaaay different than any interpretation of the character before, but I still really like it. And it was also taken in a more grotesque, slightly quasi more realistic direction than the comic book character, so if they can pull a similar move with The Joker, I might be interested.