Jared Leto's Joker Revealed!

  

     In celebration of 75 years of the Joker, Suicide Squad director David Ayer revealed the first look at Jared Leto's Joker! And boy does this guy look insane...

     There has been mixed reactions online, but I am actually really digging the look. Bright green hair? Check. Bleached, white skin? Check. A big, maniacal smile? Check. Just look at his right arm. This definitely isn't Jack Nicholson's cheesier take on the Joker, or Heath Ledger's greasy, mangy Joker. No, this is a Joker who has tattoos and silver teeth. Oh, and a purple glove. Why not?

     Some noticeable tattoos include "damaged" across his forehead, because having green hair and white skin isn't enough indication that you're damaged enough. His trademark cards are tattooed on his shoulder with the words "All in" below them. On one arm there is a big grin that looks as if a comic book artist drew it himself. "Hahahahahahaha" is plastered across part of his chest and left arm in a chilling font reminiscent of the comics, especially the cover of The Killing Joke, with his pose a nod to that comic cover.

                           

     On the other side of his chest is a skull with a jester's hat on, and I can't help but think of Harley Quinn's classic jester hat. And on his right bicep looks to be the tail of a Robin, but I'm not positive. It would certainly make sense, as it is rumored that the Joker and Batman have had a long, violent history, and the Joker has supposedly killed Robin in this universe. So that could be a trophy of some sort.

     There's also a small "J" on the right side of his face, and I think there's some scars on his face. He's noticeably got some silver teeth, and I think I can guess just why he needed them in the first place... because Batman knocked them out. This is definitely a modernized version of the Joker, and I like it. Ayer decided to keep enough of the iconic Joker look yet differentiate it from previous incarnations at the same time. I do wish that his lips were a brighter shade of red though. But I gotta ask, what's the deal with DC designing so many of their big screen characters with tattoos? First Aquaman, and now the Joker? They both look cool, but I don't want this to be a common thing in this dark, gritty universe.