That never occurred to me, Jesse, because I figured the Joker would WANT the people to live with the knowledge that they'd killed an entire boatload of people to save themselves. That seems like more of a punishment than blowing themselves up. Of course, it would not have surprised me had he done that, given what he did with the switcheroo on Rachel's and Harvey's locations.
And I wonder, what possible catastrophe came crashing down from heaven and brought this dashing stranger to tears?
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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Polter-Cow - Jul 19, 2008 11:18:04 am PDT #7222 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Jesse - Jul 19, 2008 11:20:05 am PDT #7223 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That's true -- it would fuck with people, but the people most affected would be dead! So maybe not. But as he said, he's not much of a planner. So maybe!
Frankenbuddha - Jul 19, 2008 12:27:39 pm PDT #7224 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
P-C did the Joker really say who was at what location? I seriously remember that he just gave two addresses that were too far apart for Batman (who had the speedier transport than the police) to get to more than one.
le nubian - Jul 19, 2008 12:37:12 pm PDT #7225 of 10000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Franken,
yes. The Joker told Batman the addresses and where each person was. Batman had to choose. The Joker wanted to make sure that Batman had to agonize over the choice.
Jessica - Jul 19, 2008 12:38:17 pm PDT #7226 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The Joker did say who was at which location, but switched them. (That's why Batman thought he was going after Rachel.)
Polter-Cow - Jul 19, 2008 12:45:50 pm PDT #7227 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Another thing that was confusing about that was that we didn't see Bats register any surprise that he'd come for Harvey Dent. I mean, I suppose the surprise was outweighed by the fact that the bomb was about to go off, but we didn't see his reaction at all, which made me think he'd somehow changed his mind and gone after Harvey intentionally.
sumi - Jul 19, 2008 1:30:16 pm PDT #7228 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
That didn't bother me because I figured that he had to move too quickly to show any surprise - and he had to know that Gordon was going after Rachel.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 19, 2008 1:33:55 pm PDT #7229 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
OK, I'll have to double-check that when I see that in Imax (time to be determined, but it will happen, oh yes, it will). As I said - going on two in the morning, blah blah blah.
le nubian - Jul 19, 2008 1:44:31 pm PDT #7230 of 10000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I'm with P-C - that's why I thought
Batman went after Dent intentionally.
Strega - Jul 19, 2008 3:05:20 pm PDT #7231 of 10000
I'm almost positive that Gordon asks which one Batman's going after, and he says "Rachel!" as he's speeding off.