Honest Trailers - Batman: The Killing Joke

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Experience the animated adaptation of Batman and Joker's "one bad day" - plus the weird Batgirl short film tacked on to the beginning.
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Voiceover Narration by Jon Bailey: / jon3pnt0
Title design by Robert Holtby
Series Created by Andy Signore - / andysignore & Brett Weiner
Written by Spencer Gilbert, Dan Murrell, Joe Starr, & Andy Signore
Edited by Bruce Guido
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[@williambrown4138]

The heavily implied father figure/mentor relationship throughout the years, the age gap, the fact shes his best friend's daughter and son's long time girlfriend just makes the sex scene all the more creepy lol

[@apophis7712]

Agreed!

[@zovinchen3281]

Should have been the most logical and surprising reason why dick grayson quit as robin in the animated series

[@BadWolf739]

Actually that was the reason Dick quit being Robin in the cartoon. At least in the comics that continued the DCAU. In the Batman Beyond 2.0 comics that continued the cartoon there was an story which introduced Nightwing to that era with a few flashbacks in which Barbara and Bruce slept together behind Dick's back and she got pregnant, the timing of which meant Nightwing couldn't be the father (followed by a miscarriage). The story gets out and Dick leaves Gotham because of it. And when the story comes out in Neo Gotham it prompts Terry to ditch Bruce for Dick as a mentor figure as he believes Bruce is ultimately motivated by self interest. It was really messed up but at least the comic had the decency to treat the situation as really messed up rather than the love letter to Batman/Batgirl that the guy in charge of Killing Joke pretty much confessed that intro was.

[@TwentyFirstPilot]

Don't forget the creepy gargoyle!

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

Isn’t Barbara also kinda Bruce’s boss’s daughter?

[@stafmf8079]

"Now, Warner Brothers is fighting fire... With Gasoline!" Loved that line, so true

[@soaptrustedme5237]

Where's that lines tho' ?

[@professionalcommentstealer5271]

@@soaptrustedme5237 1:58

[@DanGamingFan2406]

I was laughing for a minute straight.

[@CPriyansuParida]

I agree, I agree. Bat-agree.

[@jb-3033]

Greatest line I have heard

[@Alphawolf2017]

Say: "Come With Me, and we'll be. In a world of pure imagination!" R.I.P Gene Wilder.

[@vincentadultman8527]

Family Guy's "pure-inebriation" parody was funnier.

[@DanielBMaximoff]

'Cause, baby, now we got BAT blood!

[@寒雨-o2s]

you know we used to be best buds

[@laurilaira]

HEY!

[@goodjobeli]

Daniel Maximoff OHHHHHH IT'S SO SAD TOO THINK ABOUT THE COFFEEEEE

[@raziasultanaripa6732]

So take a look at what youve become...

[@protalghulnist4126]

HEY! Now we got villains

[@MetalHeadManic612]

In honor of Gene Wilder you should do an Honest Trailer of Young Frankenstein.

[@KhanMann66]

Have the done the original Wily Wonka yet?

[@MetalHeadManic612]

Ichigo1423jfk I don't think so.

[@KhanMann66]

Michael Canessa They should. Just like with Labyrinth HT in honor of David Bowie.

[@SwagBroPlays]

Or Willie Wonka

[@johnhagan888]

It's Franken-STEEN!

[@Syntherus]

The killing joke portion was really good, but they needed to keep their BatmanxBatgirl fanfic garbage out of it. That part in The Animated Series was bad enough.

[@lukescretchen1080]

the Barbara Gordon and Tim drake romance in arkham knight was even worse

[@lukescretchen1080]

+xXL3g3NdLaloXx I respectfully disagree with you people criticize the Batman and batgirl relationship because Bruce is older than Barbara but in knight Barbara was like in her late thirties or early forties and Tim was in his early twenties

[@Codeninja676]

Luke think a little before making a fool out of yourself.Barbara Gordon has always been a lot younger than Batman she is at most 26 years old since Batman is on his mid 40s and Barbara is supposed to be around 20 years younger than him and in the Arkhamverse Tim Drake becomes Robin when he was 17 years old and he is only about 5-6 years younger than Barbara so not really all that creepy.

[@ForNoneOther]

Glad I'm not the only one who was super put off by BarbXDrake.

[@lukescretchen1080]

Brian Rodriguez well in arkham origins Barbara was about 15 years old and in arkham knight it says that origins is about 20 years before asylum making Barbara about 37 because knight is 2 years after asylum and in the arkham comics it says that Tim started out a little while before asylum which makes Tom in his twenties

[@josiahaustin9606]

I hate everything. We waited on this movie for THIRTY YEARS, and THIS is what we get?!

[@waluigitime1780]

A great film.

[@cred5589]

+Chris Slater Get out

[@waluigitime1780]

+C Red But it's cold outside. :(

[@Tazza81]

just skip the first 30 odd minutes

[@cred5589]

+Chris Slater take a jacket?

[@v4vndta911]

"He showed me pictures of my daughter, have you seen her?" "Ooooh. That's gonna be an awkward talk." Classic! 😅

[@AlJP286]

They should have animated "The Man Who Laughs". Showing the very first meeting between Batman and Joker who have made a better introduction for The Killing Joke. Plus "The Man Who Laughs" is a short comic, it probably would have taken the exact run time as Batgirl's story. And would have been more effective in telling a complete Batman and Joker story or at the very least a complete Joker story.

[@gokublackmasteredultrainst7663]

Alex Paulino The Batman who laughs or the man who laughs?

[@Sameeer_Saker]

@@gokublackmasteredultrainst7663 the man who laughs is a mid-2000's batman graphic novel, completely unlated with the batman who laughs character, created in 2018/19.

[@LordoftheJimmy]

How has Honest Trailers not done ROCKY yet?! C'mon guys ROCKY and its sequels next!!!

[@LordoftheJimmy]

And of course... Say: "ADRIAN!!!"

[@freeriding666]

"Rocky.... Rocky... Rocky!!!"

[@kennybasumatary2894]

Ya do ROCKY Honest Trailers already and of course RAMBO also.

[@GenAries11]

I have been saying that for the longest time lol

[@freeriding666]

Guillermo Cardenas Yeah especially Rocky 5. ;-P

[@p.z.arnott2329]

If filmmakers just intertwined the first 40 minutes for the rest of the movie, like the Paris Franz is working for the Joker, instead of just the first act, I would buy it.

[@itubemember]

They needed to hint at the joker breaking out earlier, so he has time to set up the carnival. Same basic concept of intertwining the stories, but with a different focus. I hadn't read the killing joke before seeing this, but watching the first act definitely sent up some 'filler flags'.

[@PhatGirlLuvr68Comix]

At least we still have the comic.

[@clydemarshall8095]

Yeah, that whole Batgirl sleeping with Batman thing? I don't consider it canon. It's stupid, wrong, and violates established character traits and relationships.

[@clydemarshall8095]

Yeah, I know. I commend him for the work he did on the DCAU as it is my favorite version of the DC universe but I cannot and will not accept this travesty against these iconic characters. It ain't canon as far as I'm concerned.

[@bibbyboxx2219]

It isn't even canon, thank god.

[@Zucifer8]

Clyde Marshall wait why is this particular storyline so bad? I don't know much about this...

[@clydemarshall8095]

The original The Killing Joke had no such subplot. Bruce is like a second father to Barb in the Animated Series and everything else I know of. At most, in some continuities she has a short lived juvenile crush on Bruce. This sort of thing just violates character relationships that have stood for more than two decades at this point and it's disgusting.

[@bibbyboxx2219]

+Clyde Marshall Truer words have never been spoken.

[@Schroeder_-yh4sq]

do an honest trailer of Spongebob please.

[@MrRiddle0]

yes

[@mrscurtis4207]

Nikki please nbkkkp

[@Dank_Priest]

Oh god yes please spongebob.

[@artheminusj1120]

The mooovie.

[@TheIhplodur]

The first or the second one or both?

[@ituauduebo8275]

"Problem solved!... By creating many, many, many more problems" That awkward moment when Honest Trailers guy summarizes the last 60 years of US foreign policy.

[@SFK360]

Underrated comment.

[@catharsistheantidote1255]

*slow clap 👏💯🔥

[@gretchenhangleton9603]

This may come as a surprise to some, but that WAS already a common expression before it was on the Simpsons.

[@ericpage3612]

Damn, I really wish this wasn't so on point.

[@jackntheboxproductions6793]

Itua Uduebo damn it! You made me laugh!

[@ErikZarins]

LET'S DO IT FOR GENE!! HONEST TRAILER OF WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY!!

[@roach9397]

R.I.P

[@georgeghleung]

What, no Producers or Blazing Saddles?

[@Shruggernauts]

@George Leung Nobody is even pretending that he was in anything but Willie Wonka.

[@sawyer5372]

Yes please

[@themurph2000]

+The Shruggernaut I actually remember Blazing Saddles more

[@thatonechickwiththeface5492]

honestly, I was okay with it... that being said my brain completely deleted the first part of the movie from my memory to the point that I forgot it existed until I watched this.

[@PhatGirlLuvr68Comix]

Same here.

[@malbanakwaly2765]

someone who understands me!

[@FrankCastle-tq9bz]

I have to agree - the first half was superfluous, but I liked the second.

[@CosmicNerdStudios]

yeah, the first half was just filler. THO once it got to the actual killing joke part it was FANTASTIC

[@VivekAnandJ]

Thanks. I thought i liked it when I saw it long back! Was thinking if i was the only one 😂

[@doubledamn2599]

Didn't anyone learn from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood? If its a comic/manga adaptation, just make the pictures move with sound. Hell I would've been happy with Mark Hamill and Kevin Conroy just reading the comic out loud without any animation. C'mon DC, you had this one thing over Marvel, and now you've pissed that away as well. If I wasn't so optimistic I'd say you hired on those Sega people who thought giving Shadow guns would make Sonic 'edgier'.

[@doubledamn2599]

***** I know but this is The Killing Joke! This should have been the best of the set.

[@ManiaMac1613]

Let's be real for a second: there's no goddamn way they ever would have been able to live up to the original comic. The original comic is a one-of-a-kind artistic masterpiece that's presented in a style that can only be found in graphic novels. By animating it, a lot of the subtle intricacies are inevitably lost. Even without the extra stuff they added it wouldn't have worked. It would have taken millions of more dollars and talent matching that of the original artists to even come close. Frankly I don't think they should have even tried it

[@mystic-malevolence]

FMA: Brotherhood wasn't _that_ bad. It was the original FMA anime that sucked.

[@ToaOfGallifrey]

FMAB translates very well to screenplay though. You always have to consider how the source material translates to screenplay. Even though it's not a manga, episode 0 of Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (2014) is an example of being too faithful to the source material to the point of having no regard for pacing. They somehow came up with an entire slew of new problems for this adaptation but just making a 1:1 word for word adaptation isn't a good idea in practice, unless the source material naturally translates well. Even FMAB had liberties taken to work better in animated format.

[@doubledamn2599]

Here's a thought. Which release handled The Killing Joke better? The animated film or Batman: Arkham Knight?

[@bibniebt]

I wanted to like this movie. I really, REALLY wanted to. I tried to justify the bad parts so hard. And it's not like the great parts aren't great. It just could have been so much better. This should have been the best animated Batman movie, a way to sign off the OG voice cast and leave a reminder of just how amazing Batman stories can be. In the words of joker, "God dammit."

[@waluigitime1780]

It was fine. The film was fine.

[@MrRiddle0]

And thats the problem it shouldn't have been fine it should have been brilliant.

[@waluigitime1780]

+MrRiddle0 Take away the prologue, and it's the same exact story. I don't get the hate.

[@nachosanchez3623]

The killing joke isn't about the story, the story is good but it's about the joker and his relationship with batman, and also in there batman is more human than ever and at the same time more stranged from reality than ever. If quality was measured only in terms of "what story am I watching" we wouldn't have a hundred remakes of the classics.

[@MrRiddle0]

Chris Slater You just said it was fine and I said it should have been more than fine that is not hate.

[@Vsauce_69]

Am I the only one who remembers Barbra talking about her hook up wayyyy back in Batman beyond? just some recycling here nothing crazy

[@bibbyboxx2219]

Batman Beyond was set in an alternate universe. The Killing Joke was always set in the main one.

[@abadyr_]

Not at first it wasn't

[@bibbyboxx2219]

+thibault caron The Killing Joke was always canon. Moore needed permission to cripple Barbara. There was also a tie-in from within the Batgirl title at the time that featured her retiring.

[@vincentx915]

I remember it too. I knew it went to a certain degree, I just didn't think it went THAT far.

[@Marksman3434]

It was still Bruce Timm's stupid idea in that

[@charlesdarwin9830]

Say "Pants?! Where we're going, we won't need pants!"

[@BATMANIQUIQUE]

Reaaаlly greaaaat movie. I found it here => twitter.com/7a35cc809fce5b46c/status/795843754879950848 Honest Traileers Batmaaan The Killing Jooookeee

[@pixalsamurai4048]

-Dick Grayson to his younger brother, sometime before Tim showed up with pants.

[@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259]

@@BATMANIQUIQUE Yeah. DEFINITELY not a spam bot.

[@MrPeterRossiter]

Agreed, this year has to be one of the worst for DC, just awful movie after awful movie. Stop butchering our favourite characters!

[@waluigitime1780]

This film was great. Take out the prologue and it was the SAME EXACT STORY. It was fine.

[@MrPeterRossiter]

Chris Slater But the whole bat girl thing, the pacing was all wrong

[@waluigitime1780]

+Simon Yip I liked the film. Prologue and all. Yes I have also read the original comic. Overall I loved it. That's just me ma..

[@waluigitime1780]

+Chris Slater Man. Typo

[@MrPeterRossiter]

Krashes They are soooo good in comparison, I love the last season of The Flash and Gotham

[@MegatronPrime321]

I find it disappointing how whenever someone talks about this movie, they focus more on the terrible 30-minute prologue rather than the actual Killing Joke part of the movie which is actually very faithful. I mean, if you find that first 30 minutes really distracting, I completely understand. But it just bugs me when that's the only part of the film anyone talks about.

[@timwilbur4387]

People talk most about it because it simply shouldn't be there. If that prologue bullshit wasn't there, we would all only be talking about The Killing Joke portion and how it was actually pretty good. But instead with that first act shit, it's so out of place, people can't help but talk about it.

[@fromolwyoming]

It's because no one really has a problem with the actual Killing Joke part. It's well done. Not a whole lot to say on it. But the first 30 minutes or so is just full of problems.

[@rafaeltiano]

stiil the animation is not as good as it shuld, and even the voice work is icky...

[@gotzn0name478]

+rafael tiano you saying that kevin conroy as batman and mark hamill as joker are icky to listen to???

[@Jose-se9pu]

Its HALF-THE MOVIE!

[@benpooler5965]

Do Jessica Jones Honest Trailer

[@idontknowimlostforwords4715]

Seconded! Jessica Jones Honest Trailer please!

[@LogicBeforeNorms]

Lol, good luck with that. If they judge that like they judged this, they'll have to point out how every white male is gross and evil or incestuous. Don't get me wrong, I love Jessica Jones, and I don't care about the portrayal of white men. I'm just saying if they did that, and didn't point it out they'd have a ton of crying meninists pointing out the hypocrisy. If they do point it out, they'll have a ton of crying feminists talking about every negative portrayal of a minority in every other film ever. It's sort of a "Damned if you, damned if you don't." series to do for them.

[@jakekale6037]

+LogicBeforeNorms The show really only had one morally good man, an ex drug addict who happens to be black. Im not counting Luke Cage because he's questionable, or the police officers.

[@benpooler5965]

Jake Kale To be fair not many of the characters at all were morally good. Jeri Hogarth and Robin are two female examples of morally bad characters.

[@WickedWicka]

Err, what? There's only three white male characters: Kilgrave, the cop boyfriend, and weirdo upstairs neighbor. Kilgrave is absolutely a creep, but he's also our villain. Not sure why they fucked up the cop boyfriend, but I didn't feel sorry when the weirdo upstairs neighbor died. You also have nasty female characters, such as Trinity lawyer who is a complete slime ball, and the weirdo upstairs neighbor's sister (I wish she had died too).

[@genadymitov6176]

Can someone explain me why was rated R. Justice League: Flashpoint Paradox; Batman: Under the Redhood and The Dark Knight Returns were PG-13 and they are 3 time more violent and disturbing than this movie

[@Keronin]

Sorry for changing the subject on you folks, but Weird Wombat, I love finding other The Cat Empire fans out there... we're so few and far between. I wish more people knew about them.

[@nikomiller]

Assault on Arkham was more brutal than that as well.

[@DrButthugger]

Implied sexual assault

Genady Mitov In Turkey this movie is 7+ and it is presented in the kids movies section of the markets

[@kitcat9245]

OMGGG batman under that read hood is soooo good. I cannot stress enough over how amazing it is

[@dustinhorton1980]

Please do an honest trailer of Monty Python and the Holy Grail!

[@natalieely4059]

Yes and please say "I fart in your general direction!"

[@comedyman4896]

YES

[@samwallaceart288]

Say "what is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?"

[@JamesIsAway]

They can only do honest trailers of movies that actually have something wrong with them

[@samwallaceart288]

James Wang Holy Grail has plenty ... for instance, the lack of plot or ending.

[@SpicyMcCrispy15]

I guess it's the cool trend to bash anything DC now.

[@TheSweetestCurse]

nah. it's just that DC has been fucking up lately. at least when marvel is bad it's just mediocre. and this is coming from a huge DC comics fan.

[@Gabriel360LIVE]

Nah. This is really the only animated DC movie that's been bashed. And really, it's not even the Killing Joke part of it that anyone has a problem with.

[@GrizzlyHansen]

I only bash the first 30 minutes that really shouldn't have been there.

[@kasaifang7374]

THIS ISN'T THE ONLY HONEST TRAILER.

[@MintJammer]

If HALF THE MOVIE is absolutely shit by even DC fanboy standards, you really shouldn't try to defend the honor of a nearing century old company.

[@user-qv4ip5if9x]

people complain about how batfleck uses a gun, but forget this Batman totally murdered those 2 dwarf dudes

[@Jyoelmejor]

Yeah I noticed that too lol! I was like "damn, did he just murder those ugly babies??"

[@ISCENPEP]

arent they cyborgs though?

[@alpatrickson7706]

Do Ghost Rider 1 & 2 on the day SHIELD season 3 premieres.

[@insertwittynamehere1411]

Omg yes!

[@magmagoon9852]

You mean season 4

[@alpatrickson7706]

+Magmagoon Right. Sorry. Season 4.

[@jamesquinonez3914]

Does the animation really look that bad? It looks good to me...

[@thegrandmaster8062]

It wasn't the animation, it was the story.

[@jamesquinonez3914]

But they said it looks like it was made using flash implying that it looks bad.

[@simaopereira3697]

The animation is very bad compared with DC´s recent films based on the new 52

[@charnel8435]

story was meh(mostly the filter parts and the bad implantation of the elements from the comic) but animation was horrible. There were very limited particle effects, rain and a lot of such stuff looked like it was made by some kid on his home computer. horrible filter on jokers flashbacks to the past was painful to watch. a lot of the story depends on the atmosphere and here they did not even bothered with key elements like the police sirens at the end of the comic. some parts were so stilted that even I noticed and I usually don't.

[@jamesquinonez3914]

Unshaved Malevolence never seen either of those so idk.

[@thechad7643]

The Killing Joke is extremely overrated. It has the joker trying to be understood and make a statement about his life. this is not what the joker does. The Joker is the ultimate psychotic. The point of his life is to cause as much suffering and anguish as possible, and laugh at it. The less sense it makes, the more random the suffering, the funnier it is to him. Trying to reach out and be understood is something Poison Ivy, or Two Face would do because they are still, in some way, trying to cling to sanity.

[@davyrando1203]

That's just the new version of the joker. The Original joker was closer to a Jack Nicholson joker - slightly insane but more of a cruel master criminal. In the silver age, comics were self-censored before the government shot them down, so Joker became just a jokester. When darker theme re-appeared in the modern ear (1970's), that is when insane joker came into being.

[@igorjovanovic3106]

go home

[@PeterStellenberg]

Even Alan Moore said it himself, he brought an origin story and logic to a character who didn't need it.

[@graenovember]

Joker is super sane. He knows he's a character and that he is in a comic book. He knows that he plays the villain which is why he acts the way he does. He thinks it's hilarious that everyone thinks their lives are real which is why killing is okay for him. He knows nothing is real. Life is not real (comic sense). That is the joke for him

[@graenovember]

+Andoc Yeah but Deadpool's okay with killing and he's like an anti-hero. Joker is more secretive. He acts insane and all crazy so that no one would see the true mastermind lurking underneath his facade. And when Martian Manhunter made him temporarily sane, he actually felt GUILT over the lives he killed.

[@MissiGNO000]

Actually Jokes does say "Goddamn it.." in the comic

[@cobb541]

Suicide Squad is the biggest joke.

[@insertwittynamehere1411]

Biggest?

[@Bodyslammingpixels]

Nope, that goes too BvS

[@MegaSnowman79]

Body, true said.

[@roach9397]

Zack Snyder is the true joke

[@stryfes6312]

It goes to all recent DC movies sadly...

[@ekf5018]

"Fighting fire...with gasoline" oh god I laughed so hard

[@ericpleasant7225]

I now know why Alan Moore disowns all the adaptations of his work.

[@FistoftheSnackBar]

I mean, dude worked hard crafting the *exact* story he wanted to make, and not one adaptation of his work has ever captured the that essence. Literally not one. Even "V for Vendetta," which was a decent movie, isn't didn't really carry the theme and message of the comic. Ok, there is exactly one. The Justice League animated TV show adaptation of "For the Man who has Everything" was pretty much perfect.

[@ocallaghandesign]

Movie should have been called Oracle: Year Zero

[@bubblines]

*Year Negative One

[@williamfoote3094]

That sexual relationship was cringeworthy and not needed this and the plot was the equivalent of a wet fart.

[@DumbDecisionsPodcast]

… "wet fart" though LOL.

[@pixalsamurai4048]

Also, she's *dAtInG hIs SoN goddamn iT-*

[@siva6272]

wet fart is a weirdly relatable thing tbh 😂 wtf these are some beautiful words that is just there and how did i not know

[@SirCharlesJensen]

Honestly, I thought this movie was pretty awesome

[@davidmadureira45]

At least someone else does

[@Synxthe1stP]

So do I.

[@UltimateHero128]

It was much more enjoyable than BvS.

[@Kibbler69]

It was ok, calm yourself sir.

[@blackdog8245]

@Charles Jensen Cool story bro.

[@derricksmoove989]

i dont get why any time something dc comes out, everyone has to bash it for every negative thing there is, and everyone just sees a review online and their mind is already made up. it's ridiculous. 1. the batgirl storyline was made so that we would know the character more, and to give batman more of a drive. 2. who care about the batsex? when barbara and bruce told terry about their past nobody gave a damn in batman beyond, but now we're in a time and age where everything is complained about. 3. the animation was meant to reflect the comic book, which it did 4. the voice acting was perfect like always. No matter what i say haters are gonna hate the movie for whatever reason, but at the end of the day, it was a great film

[@legoinsomniac]

Art is subjective and subject to criticism. If you liked the movie, good for you. Other people are not wrong for disliking the movie. For instance, I saw it at the cinema and didn't notice or care about the animation or voice acting, but found the experience disappointing none the less, for reason that have been stated here and lots of places. If those things didn't bother you then I'm glad you enjoyed it, but don't act like everyone else is a hater and wrong for disliking something you enjoy.

[@derricksmoove989]

Lego Insomniac people r haters when all they do is try their hardest to find something negative instead of watching the film and enjoying it. Also I'm sure 80 % of ppl don't even have their own opinions, they just see a review and think "oh this movie sucks". Bottom line is its a good film

[@derricksmoove989]

Lego Insomniac there might be reasons you don't like it, but that doesn't mean the film is bad

[@derricksmoove989]

***** by reasons i meant things like batsex, or kaybe you don't like batman in general, or something like that. Sorry for not making it clearer

[@DarkwyndPT]

Oh yes, Batman having sex with his adoptive son's ex-girlfriend and 1 of his oldest and trusted friends' daughter is perfectly ok. And in the Batman Beyond cartoon, it was slightly implied that the relationship happened after both were older and in the Mr. Freeze animated movie, there was a scene where Barbara hits on Bruce that almost everyone hated.

[@Nina-cv6ux]

I love bojack horse man

[@tigertoonist2718]

Me too.👍

[@jodgee2374]

Honest Trailer of Bojack Horseman when?

[@maximonamitzhian9064]

Me too. I also like kiwis.

[@SantiagoGarcia-hm6pu]

+Jodgee I agree, they should do it

[@kirkkevinmalnegro6502]

I like it too, but I like you more..

[@rayray8630]

I personally dislike the idea of batman and batgirl getting it on. But it's not a new thing. They even hinted at it in Batman Beyond.... I didn't like it then either.

[@TheStarskye]

Yeah, Bruce Timm has a weird thing about Batman and Batgirl. It was easier to ignore in Batman Beyond since it happened in the past and they didn't bring it up much. Seeing them actually have sex was just weird and uncomfortable.

[@nicholasfitzgerald585]

Neither do I. It just doesn't seem like something batman would do.

[@louschwick7301]

"now, warner brothers is fighting fire - with gasoline" i'm gonna steal that line

[@belladonna1032]

The greatest JOKER story of all time gets a film adaptation that should have been amazing...but then ended up including this.😘🙀

[@vm141789]

"Fight fire with gasoline." That was just so funny to me.

[@KKaurKrazy]

Do Batman Under The Red Hood

[@AtomicCandyProductionsLLC]

Would love to see "Blazing Saddles" RIP Gene Wilder...

[@pualpuaulsky9383]

Absolutely!

[@noreehix5714]

I second this!

[@OpenByChance]

Blazing Saddles is Legendary!

[@MatthewTuthill]

Please say, "Business is business, and business must grow. Regardless of crummies in tummies, you know."

[@aerohazard88]

The animation in this movie was so bad. It would have been impressive if it was like, an internet thing with 5 people working on it...

[@waluigitime1780]

The animation was fine. They downplayed certain shots on purpose to more resemble the original comic.

[@georgeghleung]

However, the cut shot does not transit as well -- and they did those cut shots in the old Animation series. Most importantly, I am sure they forgot to put in the "multiple-choice past" quote.

[@aerohazard88]

Chris Slater No, the animation was lazy, it looks like they animated the entire thing with in-between frames. How could you not notice that?

[@mikemcglasson1286]

because he can't stop won't stop praising this movie in the comments

[@deadmandirector3]

No, not really. The Animaton was Badass!

[@OllieBlazin]

You know what I would've wanted, and kinda expected. A story of Batman and Batgirl teaming up to take down the Joker. Meanwhile the entire time Joker is teasing her about how she's just a pretender. That she'll never be anything close to who the Batman is. And then after they capture him and place him in jail, follow it up with Killing Joke.

[@BhfuilIAm1312]

+Screen Junkies Do an Honest Trailer for MEAN GIRLS!!!!

[@BhfuilIAm1312]

And say "You go Glen Coco!"

[@adityapriyadarshi2026]

I can only imagine how awful The Dark Knight Returns movie adaptions would be if they added a Bruce x Carrie fanfic and created an entirely new and irrelevant first half to the original story....*cringes*

[@bibbyboxx2219]

Ugh...

[@SakurakoLover]

Just wait the Goddamn The Dark Knight Strikes Again Adaptation. Carrie x Bruce is real

[@freeriding666]

There's even written reference to Bruce's "jailbait love". Can't have it more obvious than that. Frank Miller is a bit deranged, I think... even if a talented artist.

[@phunnyfillip]

Frank Miller passed deranged years ago, friends.

[@blue_eyedfloozy]

when they used the lego batman song i had to pause because i was laughing so hard, it was so wanna be edgy

[@Polacoimigrant]

"fighting fire with gasoline" best line ever

[@joebaumgart1146]

The comic was over rated to begin with, Alan Moore even said "It was shock value for shock values sake!" However I do agree the intro was weird and wrong abeit an intro was necessary, they could have done it Tarentino style with end, begining, middle end again. All Joker Stories are absolute to the character.

[@jodgee2374]

Tell me how Killing Joke doesn't exemplify the Batman/Joker dynamic.

[@RandomCelebs]

The ending in the animation and the comic was weak. This was supposed to be the story that finally breaks batman's code. But instead, it left an open ending, leaving you to your imagination.

[@Keldroc]

Ehhhh, it's not too open in the comic. Thematically and in conjunction with the story the Joker tells at the end plus the imagery on the final page, it's an inescapable conclusion that Batman kills him. Also it's, like, the title of the story. It's a pun. The ending didn't translate to film/animation very well though.

[@shobig]

Alan Moore also said he worships a snake God and calls himself a wizard (and he was dead serious), so probably a good idea to take any of his opinions with a massive grain of salt

[@phantomxd7247]

Actually I think the ending is pretty brilliant, it really explains the title of the book.It's so clear to me now that I can't believe people still think Batman didn't kill him.

[@Darsh0019]

kinda weird that people are hating on this movie for pairing batgirl and batman whereas it has happened before in comics. They have gotten together in comics and liked their attempt to show how close they were. also while I like how they usually bash DC movies because they are usually funny, for some reason this was not funny at all

[@arx117]

honest trailer quality has been drop since early this year. old video always make fun something but this year they Just condemn everything that not following thier taste.

[@MUSICLOVER23429]

The comics you speak of are part of the Bruce Timm animated universe continuity not any mainstream comic continuity. The only time we see a Babs and Bruce pairing is when Bruce Timm is involved (he was involved in this movie too). For all the great stuff Timm and Dini has given us in the animated series and the DC animated universe, that is one of the few things that most people were against. It's just a weird pairing that Bruce Timm seems to ship.

[@MUSICLOVER23429]

You'd be wrong to think people didn't complain or dislike it back then. It's just that because this is current and people talk about it online more than they did back then. Also I fail to see why it is stupid to complain about. It is wrong on many levels. From Batman's side he's sleeping with his adopted son's ex, his best friend's daughter, and someone he was mentoring as a crime fighter. So Batman's betraying his adopted son and best friend, as well as basically being a teacher who sleeps with his students. Batgirl on the other hand comes off as a woman with an Electra complex, to her Batman's an older man who is best friends with her father who also shares some similarities with her father. No matter how you slice it Batman's an older mentor figure in her life. Not to mention she's sleeping with the adopted father of her ex. She doesn't think that this might cause a riff between their bond?

[@caitlinbrewer4843]

The only comics they go together in are the comic extensions of the Batman: TAS. It NEVER happened anywhere else.

[@willprobablyneveruse1086]

Check your facts bruh

[@black_savage96]

Batman was leaving the nuts hanging out of Barbra

[@dakman925]

😂😂😂

[@pedmonds2011]

is Barbra a squirrel?

[@simbasorariku3]

Please do Mask Of The Phantasm

[@PencilSticks]

This should have been so easy to make good. There was no need to add that intro. Sure, the movie would have only been like 40 minutes long, but they could have just made it direct-to-dvd like they were originally going to do.

[@benwasserman8223]

Now do a Batman: The Animated Series honest trailer

[@MadSnake123]

Movie is ok, just cut the first 28 minutes and is a very passable Batman story...but seriously, cut the first 28-30 minutes...i truly mean it.

[@MadSnake123]

***** Sadly...yeah, but that's still a better alternative than the original cut.

[@MadSnake123]

***** As far as i'm aware...they always had a father-daughter relationship, at least with Barbara Gordon (don't know about other Batgirls) and Barbara has always been an off and on romantic interes for Dick Greyson...son in just 30 minutes they destroyed that relationship, not to mention Bruce Wayne (again, at least in the Killing Joke setting) would never do that to his friend Jim Gordon and of course Dick...so yeah...this was pretty much the equivalent of a niece having sex with his older uncle.

[@MadSnake123]

***** I may not be a comic expert...but i do know when the first 30 minutes of a movie sucks so hard...it almost ruins the entire thing.

[@MadSnake123]

***** C'mon man...are you willing to forgive the bad dialogue? the generic plot with forgettable characters? the Batman completely out of character? the missing opportunities with Batgirl? (again, not an expert, but i read Batgirl New 52 with Gail Simone on charge...so, so good) so yeah...if it the first minutes are Bullshit, i'm not afraid to call it out for that.

[@MadSnake123]

***** Wow...so i guess you are really willing to forgive everything else that sucks on the movie...

[@mackenziemcdaniel-paul8163]

You forgot to review the other half of the movie

[@snarkus63]

This is why I've never liked any of these animated attempts at their graphic novels...they either leave tons of stuff out or add a lot of pointless crap. For God's sakes,these aren't theatrical releases! You've got as much,or as little time as you need! *JUST DO A STRAIGHTFORWARD ADAPTION!!!*

[@jonvthvnx5729]

Did you watch 'Dark Knight Returns'? It was a complete adaptation and it is masterfully done. One of the best Animated DC films.

[@KaiserShield]

The direct adaptation was to sort to justify a video release which is why they did it. They could have done better, but no going back now.

[@arx117]

+LONG LIVE STEELO i Just finish watching dark knight return and my opinion is, mediocre. i prefer under the Red hood and bad blood, even assault in arkham much better than dark knight return. even my mom Who love batman were stop watching at middle

[@jonvthvnx5729]

+Ryuzaki Raiga I extremely disagree. Nowhere near mediocre. It's smart, well directed, great dialogue straight from the book, well voice-acted, fluid animation and the story just translates phenomenally into film. Even though, critics have been giving DC hell, they gave 'TDK Returns' an 100% on RT. Not trying to use critics as justification, but that's an impressive feat. Did you watch the second part to the film, or did you just skip out on it? Because the first part isn't exactly the whole thing, the second part follows through with the story and puts it into an epic end. And imo, Bad Blood is trash.

[@RandomCelebs]

The ending in the animation and the comic was weak. This was supposed to be the story that finally breaks batman's code. But instead, it left an open ending, leaving you to your imagination.

[@lundylow]

I was legitimately surprised by how underwhelmed I was by this movie, and even by the performances. I wonder if Kevin Conroy has reached a point where he's just sick of playing Batman. He's been doing it for more than two decades. He phoned it in. We've all heard umpteen times where he nailed it, so we know what it sounds like when his heart isn't in it. Maybe he's just doing it for a paycheck now. Would explain why his voice pops up in lesser Batman projects you've never heard of.

[@myconiusmaximus1022]

It was probably due to the fact that Conroy saw what rubbish the script was, and regretted signing on.

[@Cyberpit2000]

I zoned out of this video the minute the line "which ruined the graphic novel" came up. This adaptation ruined nothing, The Killing Joke is still there in print, you can read it any time, I personally enjoyed The Killing Joke movie, because I know every movie has its good and bad points and with this the good outweighed the bad. As someone who really hated BvS this is the rare time I say....ffs nerds just appreciate that you actually GOT a Killing Joke movie

[@Xehanort10]

Yeah I hate it when fanboys and fangirls say that an adaptation of something ruined the original source material when it didn't.

[@Cyberpit2000]

+Unshaved Malevolence let's go through these one at a time shall we. The animation is not terrible, it's does a great job with it cinematography and trying to replicate the original artwork. Voice acting...Mark Hamill does a great job in this as does Kevin Conroy, Ray Wise wasn't amazing but passable. Directing - same with animation, the cinematography was good, the film had a flow to it and it hit every beat that it needed to. Characters - is the opening Batgirl portion amazing? No, but with the rest you are dealing with Alan Moore material...you cannot go wrong there. And finally...the singing....to which I ask..have you actually read the Killing Joke? Joker does actually sing in there, he does a rhyming song, all DC did was put music to it. I really liked this version of the Killing Joke, the keyword there being VERSION, if you don't like it...make your own. Nobody will stop you from doing so

[@yourmom9931]

+Michael Hall the animation was bad but there was good

[@90Kranky90]

+Michael Hall for me this comic is a joker comic not a batgirl getting paralyzed one. I really wish the new material for the movie was about him. It really seemed the first 40 min were trying to get the audience to feel more for batgirl and help people understand why batman would be so upset when she got paralyzed by throwing in a very unnecessary romantic angle. What I think would of made it 100% perfect was to take the flashbacks put them at the beginning and flesh them out and have more of a detailed telling of the origin side. Make it the movie joker fans have been wanting.

[@taylorheart1896]

Say: "I farted, goodnight."

[@rj20za]

Was I the only one like "No no no no no that's Nightwings girl" at that scene.

[@EpsilonA789]

Killing Joke was so disappointing :c If anyone wants to see a really good, dark, and gritty animation you should watch The Dark Night Returns.

[@croisaor2308]

You don't get it, son. This is an operating table, and I'm the surgeon.

[@bibbyboxx2219]

+Croí Saor I'M the surgeon.

[@ShadowAkuma1]

the first animation. The second part of the story (which is the part I like the most in the comic) was just like this animation to me...

[@GenericUsername-qp1ww]

naaaah. I don't care for Throat Cancer Man

[@sanjayraju988]

*Knight

[@chrisbladis1102]

Say "Member the Goonies? I member." And then do the damn Goonies!!!!

[@DavidKahlVFX]

Perfect - that saves me the time to watch it. ^^

[@bibbyboxx2219]

Just skip the Batgirl prologue and it's a good movie.

[@MrClickity]

Exactly. Skip to where The Killing Joke actually starts (Batman driving up to Arkham to visit Joker) and it's actually pretty good.

[@TheARTMuZeum]

Lol this is pretty spot on. Actually saw it in theaters for limited showings. Imagine my disappointment.

[@bobcat24]

Honest Trailer: Rocky Balboa

[@wilfredoelias3819]

"DARKNESS!!!" "NOOO PARENTS!!"

[@oliviawilliams6204]

You know there was romance between Barbara and Bruce in the comic and animated serie before the Killing Joke right?

[@InfernosReaper]

No, clearly they don't or they just personally don't(or pretend to not) like it because it doesn't fit the feminist viewpoint I mean, seriously, this was covered in Batman Beyond and other works yet they act like it comes out of nowhere & doesn't fit the characters even though she's clearly obsessed with him & he cares for her, just not in the way she wants.

[@jordanj809]

+InfernosReaper you lost me at feminist. People love to make everything about feminism

[@BarbaraGordonBurnside]

You know that comes from the same guy who produced this movie, right? If you're gonna try to be sarcastic smartass, make sure to check your facts first. Bruce Timm is a pervy artist with a kink for this pairing. It's got nothing to do with mainstream comics continuity.

[@ethannissim3588]

+InfernosReaper +Olivia Williams it's not the relationship, it's the whole 'in-costume sex on a roof' thing that was super awkward and didn't need to be there.

[@caitlinbrewer4843]

Bruce X Barbara is purely from Bruce Timm and the Batman: TAS universe. It never shows up anywhere else and for good reason: it is creepy and gross to date/sleep with a woman who is 1)almost a decade younger than you 2) you've known since she was a child 3) are best friends with her father 4) you mentor, and 5) who has dated your adopted son.It is basically Bruce Timm self-insert fanfic.

[@felipelumo2705]

Do honest trailer for Akira (1988)

[@CelticVictory]

"So problem solved by creating many, many, many more problems." This is so funny and so true.

[@Rucker1980]

DARKNESS!! NO PARENTS!!

[@nexusninja8839]

OMFG...WHEN U ADDED THE LEGO BATMAN SONG CLIPS I DIED

[@triplem6163]

Ok I'm sorry but do you guys just not like DC?

[@mieroth]

You're in the minority if you thought this was a good film. These are the same criticisms that have been said by fans since the film came out.

[@elmercury1571]

They like DC they like their comics there arkaham and injustice games they like the dark knight trilogy so no they don't hate DC

[@CidGuerreiro1234]

They literally said DC used to make good animated movies and that The Killing Joke should have been amazing. Stop the DC victim cult already.

[@NefariousDreary]

Only the bad parts. Which are a good portion of the love action films and the first half of this one. Everything else is fine

[@sasuke187uchiha8]

Yeah they just don't like dc overall which posses me off sometimes becuz they just bash on it in some videos for no reason at all

[@TheSimcraftFixion]

Some scenes are unnecessary, but if I forget those scenes, I like the movie... :P

[@gdbaradit]

Batman: the dark knight returns!!

[@Statalyzer]

Bring back honest action!

[@markojuly]

Jessica Jones TV show Honest Trailer!

[@kyletowers9662]

i don't understand people who criticize the animation for this movie. it looked pretty standard to me.

[@arturodejesuscruzcasab9502]

Yeah, but DC animation has looked better even on animated shows with an arguably lower budget.

[@ОлегЕршов-м3с]

And they could try better then standart for the one of the most desired comicbook animated movies ever, I think that's the point.

[@thewerewolff7248]

Personally I don't see anything wrong with the animation.

[@ammar4172]

wasn't nearly on par with some of DC's other work. Flashpoint, TDKR 1&2 come to mind. felt lazily animated and written

[@arturodejesuscruzcasab9502]

Samur/Aye Studios I'd say you were correct, but then again, Year One kept the original art style intact and had some of the best animation I've seen in a DC movie.

[@AnshumanKumar007]

Do Daredevil (the Netflix show) soon!!!

[@MrStupidarmy]

This

[@Shugs1994]

They need go wait for it to be released on DVD or for download so that they're able to get the footage. DVD for the first season is currently scheduled for release in October I think.

[@insertwittynamehere1411]

+Shugs1994 the first season is on DVD isn't it?

[@Shugs1994]

+Annoying Nerd annoyingly not, Netflix just never released it

[@AnshumanKumar007]

Shugs1994 Why not arrange something before Luke Cage comes out?

[@BrendaObregon]

Please, do Batman Animated Series Honest Trailer from the 90s!!!

[@bttffreak4]

In honor of Gene Wilder you should do Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

[@broadwaylover5384]

Do both the original and remake of Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory!

[@ananicholas9852]

Batgirl and Batman, *shutters* Does anyone have a memory eraser machine so I can un see the entire movie, or at least un see that scene?

[@wombatkidd]

Bruce Timm has a thing for pairing Batman and Batgirl. People tend to forget this, but in Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker it was revealed that Batman and Batgirl were together throughout the whole run of "The New Batman Adventures." Yeah.

[@AryaArcana]

Coolest cartoon of 2016

[@PhantomKing88]

Get taste. Get standards. Or live in your world where everything is easily pleasing. I envy you. Ignorance is truly bliss

[@sleiek]

+PhantomKing88 Your Standards aren't any better than the others. If you like or dislike something, fine, but it is JUST subjective.

[@ManiaMac1613]

Maybe if it's the only cartoon you've ever seen.And you didn't read the original book.

[@federicoarmada8775]

No, it's not. You can like something good or you can like something bad... Steven Universe and Adventure Time are much better than The Killing Joke,

[@sleiek]

Francisco Arruti What qualifies as good or bad depends on your PERSONAL tastes and mood and life experiences. Therefore it is subjective when it comes to entertainment. The only thing you can objectively rate a movie is the structure and technicality of the film which doesn't have any effect on most ordinary filmgoers.

[@MisterBeagleton]

So if I ever decided to watch this one day, I should just skip the first 40 minutes entirely? Or is it *still* not worth it, and I just shouldn't watch it at all?

[@TheKnightofAwesomeness]

Beegl85 depends how long you've been watching batman if it recent then you'll probably think it okay but of you been watching batman for like 10 plus years then you know Batman and Batgirl shouldn't have sex since in other tv shows and movies she sees him like a mentor and a 2nd father

[@CidGuerreiro1234]

Just read the comic instead.

[@BananaWamma7]

The movie was boring and the comic hasn’t aged well. I’d keep that mind going into either one

[@UTYuetu]

If you skip the first 40 minutes then the film is an okay adaptation of the killing joke (they wasted alot of the budget on the prologue rather than enhancing the adaptation part of the comic) also there's a fade to black prior to the killing joke adaptation that then tells the story with no connection to the prologue. Leaving you with a TV special batman tas adaptation of the killing joke worth watching. But the prologue burn it burn it with fire!

[@leovk5779]

There are much better DC animated movies to watch before this one.

[@jakobR2112]

If I ever watch it again, I will just watch the second half

[@DaggerKidProductions]

Don't bother with the movie, just search up the comic and read it. So much better

[@shobig]

Or just skip the first 30 mins. The rest is a word for word, frame by frame retelling. I don't get why they're criticizing the performances of Hamill and conroy, they were always like that.

[@DaggerKidProductions]

shobig Yeah, but I prefer the comic. Hamill and Conroy were amazing, as they always are, but I just didn't see the relevance of the whole Batgirl fiasco. Kinda ruined it for me

[@shobig]

+Dagger Kid absolutely agree. Which is why, when I re-watched it with my brother, I just skipped the first 30 mins lol. And then it just ends up feeling like a slightly long, great episode of batman tas :)

[@DaggerKidProductions]

shobig I might try that next time!

[@JordanAthemusiclover]

I honestly enjoyed the movie, but I understand why it got so much backlash. Nonetheless, I enjoyed this Honest Trailer, especially 0:49-1:02

[@TickedOffPriest]

Batman can tell her what to do because he is infinitely more experienced.

[@kristoferhutter3486]

Do doctor who next . who's with me ?

[@arturodejesuscruzcasab9502]

Aye, aye, Captain!

[@notAshildr]

Longest trailer ever! ;) Totally with you

[@johnnmaldo]

Meh

[@unoriginal_name7091]

I love the joker's brutality, and even though everyone seems to hate it I'll still see the movie after I get through the comic.

[@wadewilson7527]

Good choice. It's worth it. The comic is one of the best i've ever read. And the movie isnt that bad. I really liked it. It just feels super stretched in the beginning due to this tagged on Batgirl story. I mean the story was kind of ok-ish. But its always boring if the main villain shows up after like 30 min into a 71 min movie.

[@MutantsInDisguise]

Good. The movie may not the best animated Batman ever, but it's better than Batman v Superman abd Suicide Squad. I still prefer the comic, though, but, again, The Killing Joke is, by no means, a crap.

[@gokux75]

The movie isn't as bad as a lot of people make it out to be. I Know Batgirl having sex with Batman is weird but you see it for like 5 seconds and that's all. It isn't like Watchmen where it goes on for 5 minutes lol.

[@jmm394]

+Wade Wilson yeah the 2 parts only sort of tied together. the first one is a kinda interesting batgirl story that briefly tells you batman is really messed up inside and is probably going to snap. the second is a joker story and mark hamill is still awesome

[@ParagonRex]

Thar's the weak sauce society we live in though, everyone loves the Joker, as long as he is kind to Harley, and does not hurt or victimize women or the innocent. What these retards forget is that the Joker is an unrestrained psychopath and part of what has made so endearing and unforgettable is his violence, and mania. The SJW's would prefer Joker to just give out kisses and hugs instead of being who he really is....

[@ErikOlsonAZ]

I tried to give this one the benefit of the doubt, but if you're going to have a tacked on plot for a prologue to the thing that people want to see, make it somewhat relevant to what comes afterward. The Killing Joke has a theme of madness and "one bad day" that is present through the whole thing. Come to think of it, Barbara's one bad day made her lose it a bit. Subtle foreshadowing of the ideas to be explained later on. And that's something that can be communicated without 40 minutes of an unrelated plotline while waiting for the movie to start.

[@moncala7787]

I just felt sad watching this trailer, wasn't even funny just disappointing

[@majogomez4751]

Just like the movie! :D

[@MusicGuyFK]

Yea honest trailers used to be good but they've been sucking hard for a while now. They need new writers.

[@andyandnormski]

Yeah, this one didn't get a single laugh out of me and it focused way too much on the Batgirl story. They didn't even mention the song.

[@Koujujutsu]

Fanboys are never satisfied. But this 'review' is spot on. Moral of this 30+ year old story of bad movie adoptions: be happy with to source material and never see the movie. The end.

[@EccentricGentelman]

If you're going to start doing these movies, you'd be great at doing Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders.