Joker's goon jacket...with a twist (a bad one)

[Cobblepot4Mayor]

Heck- Just look at the merchandising bonanza that was '89 Batman versus all 3 Nolan films put together! It seems like a no-brainer...

-James

all four of the original franchise were like that though. everywhere you turned there was batman here, there, everywhere. and the villains too. i'm too young to remember 89 but for returns, forever, and b&r i could walk in walmart and see all kinds of stuff, not just the toys. plus the restaruant tie ins mcdonalds and then taco bell did. that's part of what made it so much fun. i miss that sooooooooooooooo much.

Indeed they were. Great it was too but sadly it's also what led to the franchise' downfall. That was Warners mistake though. I don't blame Joel Schumacher at all.

I remember when Batman Begins was released there was all this bore talk about "their not having plush Scarecrow dolls this time or lunchboxes with Batmobiles on them". It sounded like a real killjoy when I was just about to prime myself up for a new collectible blitz. It was utter nonsense of course. How the heck can you not merchandise Batman anything? Fortunately it did have some new goodies. Trouble is let's face it the stuff we all had when we were kids was way more cooler than today. That's not nostalgia talk it's common sense. Have you all seen how small action figures are becoming these days? Compare them to the many imaginative and quality lines Kenner turned out through the 90's for the movies, comics and animation. Collectibility exploded.

The Bale era has ended now. When the new movies start Warners will turn their attention to those. Nolan fans are in for a shock lol I accepted the Bale pictures despite my initial disappointment of them ignoring the past. It was still Batman and didn't matter. Now it's Nolanites turn to "dance with the devil" and see if their loyalty is for real or fabricated as we all suspect. Just pray the new production team restore the "comic" back into "comic book movie" and reduce the "realism". Not eliminate it! Just reduce it. The Batman films are becoming increasingly dull to me in their design and they need to kick ass again.

[Azrael]

I remember when Batman Begins was released there was all this bore talk about "their not having plush Scarecrow dolls this time or lunchboxes with Batmobiles on them". It sounded like a real killjoy when I was just about to prime myself up for a new collectible blitz. It was utter nonsense of course. How the heck can you not merchandise Batman anything? Fortunately it did have some new goodies. Trouble is let's face it the stuff we all had when we were kids was way more cooler than today. That's not nostalgia talk it's common sense. Have you all seen how small action figures are becoming these days? Compare them to the many imaginative and quality lines Kenner turned out through the 90's for the movies, comics and animation. Collectibility exploded.

The Bale era has ended now. When the new movies start Warners will turn their attention to those. Nolan fans are in for a shock lol I accepted the Bale pictures despite my initial disappointment of them ignoring the past. It was still Batman and didn't matter. Now it's Nolanites turn to "dance with the devil" and see if their loyalty is for real or fabricated as we all suspect. Just pray the new production team restore the "comic" back into "comic book movie" and reduce the "realism". Not eliminate it! Just reduce it. The Batman films are becoming increasingly dull to me in their design and they need to kick ass again.

^
To some, the absolute favourite Batman "movies" of recent years were the Arkham games and/or The Dark Knight Returns. It's as if the Hollywood movies serve as the catalyst for the release of Batman products that have much less appeal to the mainstream public, but are of high quality and are arguably much more satisfying to a hardcore fan. Back in the late 90s there were those saying that Mask of the Phantasm was the best Batman movie, by far. It's the same thing really. The success of the movies paves the way for other things.

[d_osborn]

So has anyone discovered the base jacket used on the originals?  Were they customs made by the costume department?  The UD replicas are SUPER NICE, but they just aren't doing it for me.

On a similar note, the playing card patches on the sleeves seems to show some sort of rank in Mr. J's organization.  Bob's jacket has five cards, and I've seen other jackets with ranks down to one card.  Cool little detail!

[Kamdan]

Notice that the image of The Joker on the cards is from the back cover of The Killing Joke.

[Furstmobile]

All right, I'll be the one say it out loud: HOLY CRAP A PIECE BOLLAND ART APPEARS IN THE FILM IN SMALL BUT AWESOME WAY!!!!

And the ranking system on the jackets... WOW

Blu-ray screencaps of every goon's rank please!

For the 25th anniversary all of the main surviving goon actors need to be reunited in their jackets, somehow some way. And a decent interview with each. And I don't care if Clive Curtis doesn't remember beating up Batman, what's his favorite flavor of ice cream? Let's just watch the movie with him and talk about how cool it was to see himself punch Batman in the face. 


And who played the awesome screaming goon with scimitars? It's time to hire a private investigator.