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Behold thew glory of this unauthorized Batman movie from the Philippines:

I still prefer it to anything Joel Schumacher made.

Hat tip: FARK.

Heath Ledger is being talked up for an Oscar for his portrayal of the Joker in the upcoming “Dark Knight.” But I’m fond of the version from Batman: The Animated Series. And so is the guy who penned this MTV blog article.

Integral to their portrayal, of course, was the voice acting of Mark Hamill, whose Joker was a delicate mix of psychosis and manic glee, just as ready with a gun as he was with a gag. Fans of the character still give Hamill credit for the most definitive take yet.

“And he didn’t even have to try hard!” Timm exclaimed. “He can put the Joker on like that, just instantaneously. He doesn’t have to stop and do the whole Method acting thing, like, ‘OK, now, what’s the Joker like?’ He can do it at the drop of a hat. He can do it in the middle of a sentence. He can be talking about something and go right into the Joker voice and it’s just, he’s there. It’s, like, yikes. It’s actually kind of frightening.”

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