I recently listened to a Kevin Smith's podcast, Fatman on Batman, and on that episode guested a very vocal comic book legend Neal Adams. They discussed many things bat-related and in the second half of the show they shared their opinions on all Batman movies so far plus Neal shares a strange story about the first time he took LSD.
Neal being a 70's comic book superstar artist naturally hated Tim Burton's dark gothic take on Batman and went on to suggest his picks for who should and should have been Batman (Ted Danson being one of them, ladies and gentlemen).
Surprisingly though, he didn't like Jack Nicholson's Joker. I thought Jack's Joker was pretty spot on for the late 70's to 80's comic book version of the character. Neal Adams thinks Jack spent too much time being serious in the film and should have spent more time laughing and joking about. One thing I learned from listening to this show is that Neal Adams is a very bull-headed and proud man. Maybe he's earned it by being the quintessential Batman artist in his day. Or maybe he's just an asshole who's bought into his fame too much. Nevertheless he did mention who he thinks would make a great Joker for future Batman flicks and he chose Matt Smith, star of Dr. Who. So without further ado, here's another quick and dirty photoshop job...
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