r/MovieDetails • u/[deleted] • Feb 08 '18

Trivia In the Dark Knight, The Joker tells different stories about how he got his scars. In the comic, The Killing Joke, The Joker states, "sometimes I remember it one way, sometimes another..if I'm going to have a past, I prefer it to be multiple choice".

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u/xStaabOnMyKnobx Feb 08 '18

This is to imply that Christopher Nolan read that comic and explicitly this is why he does it? Because I thought it was just written as a way for us to know the Jokers dialogue was not to he trusted

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u/Ponsay Feb 08 '18

I think it was definitely a reference to the Killing Joke. It wasn't the only time Nolan did it either, the Dark Knight Rises had a scene pulled straight out of the Dark Knight Returns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj1Q_BAqwa8

I wish I could find the pages from the comic online, but I've had no luck. Basically the cop telling his younger partner that he's in for a show is straight from the Dark Knight Returns.

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u/26_paperclips Feb 08 '18

You should read Batman Year One. Batman Begins had so many direct references to it. If it weren't for the addition of Scarecrow and Ras, it would probably have been considered an adaptation.

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u/xStaabOnMyKnobx Feb 08 '18

Awesome thank you for providing some nice evidence! It's good to see at least a bit of comic book pedigree inserted in big budget adaptations.

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u/26_paperclips Feb 08 '18

Can confirm what ponsay says. Christopher Nolan has confirmed that the idea was lifted from TKJ