What Knife Did Joker Use?

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Excuse me if this question's been asked, but what was the knife Joker used in The Dark Knight?

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As an aside, I just watched the movie for the first time on DVD and thought Mr. Ledger's performance was terrific. Terrible movie, though. If I had to depend on one superhero to save my hide, Batman would be the last on my list. Nearly everyone he tried to protect in the movie ended up dead. (I'd even rather have the Hulk protect me, and he's got the attention span of a gnat!)

Anyway, I didn't recognize the knife. It looks like either a United creation or just a cheap prop.
 
It's a clone of the Dalton Cupid. The Cupid is a great auto.... The clone is not.
 
The Microtech he used in the movie was an actual Troodon. They show an Ultratech after he gets caught and they are laying out his weapons in the jail.
 
the one in that picture is a militia OTF, a relatively cheap OTF you can find just about anywhere online, it could also possibly be the almost identical Cupid OTF
 
either the cheapo or a dalton. prob the cheapo.. im also pretty sure that during the lay out scene theres a steak knife.. anyone else see that? you dont need nice knives to stab people....

but on the opposite end im pretty sure in the movie the hitcher the guy had a custom damascus bladed mod triton.. so skys the limit i guess
 
steelscout30 said:
Marginal knives in an excellent movie.
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How about marginal knives in a marginal movie?

The Joker was a chilling antagonist. His little "why so serious?" speech, and the one he gives to the Batman whilst hanging upside were great additions (not as great as David Carridine's Spiderman/Superman comparison in Kill Bill, but pretty good).

Still, too many people were dying like flies and Batman was fairly incompetent. Even after they catch the Joker, he gets away, blows up a hospital and kills about a dozen cops, pilots, etc. Even after that they didn't want to kill the guy! I think I'm going to stick with Iron Man and Spiderman.

Thanks for the knife ID.


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Confederate said:
Excuse me if this question's been asked, but what was the knife Joker used in The Dark Knight?

batman-dark-knight-joker.jpg


As an aside, I just watched the movie for the first time on DVD and thought Mr. Ledger's performance was terrific. Terrible movie, though. If I had to depend on one superhero to save my hide, Batman would be the last on my list. Nearly everyone he tried to protect in the movie ended up dead. (I'd even rather have the Hulk protect me, and he's got the attention span of a gnat!)

Anyway, I didn't recognize the knife. It looks like either a United creation or just a cheap prop.
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Rather have spiderman save you right? He's a boss.
 
Well, if he were sane, he'd be using a better knife, right? In fact, he could have used that huge stack of money to buy a couple of Sebenzas!

As for Batman, he couldn't catch the Joker, he couldn't save the girl, he couldn't protect those guys the Joker said he was going to kill and, oh, yeah, he couldn't save the frickin' hospital! With super heroes like that, who needs villains? He also did more damage to the city than Hancock!

Another major criticism, how can you place the city as Gotham, when it showed well known scenes from the Chicago waterfront area?

I think this was the last Batman movie I'm going to see. This one made Maxwell Smart look like a genius.
 
wow, I don't see why there is so much critisism for this one, he's only been Batman for a couple of years, you can't expect fricken miracles! He is a normal man after all, I liked it, I liked how dark it was, like the comics, not a fairy tale.
 
Confederate said:
Well, if he were sane, he'd be using a better knife, right? In fact, he could have used that huge stack of money to buy a couple of Sebenzas!
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Just a couple, right? :D

Confederate said:
As for Batman, he couldn't catch the Joker, he couldn't save the girl, he couldn't protect those guys the Joker said he was going to kill and, oh, yeah, he couldn't save the frickin' hospital! With super heroes like that, who needs villains? He also did more damage to the city than Hancock!
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I agree. Also marginal acting at best.

Confederate said:
Another major criticism, how can you place the city as Gotham, when it showed well known scenes from the Chicago waterfront area?
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Obviously they did it on purpose, otherwise you wouldn't be able to tell it's Chicago. I believe they did this so that the film would seem more "real" and more easily applicable to today's world. Rather than asking you to suspend ALL disbelief, the simply combined the world of Gotham and the world as we know it. I don't feel that it detracted anything from the film.


-Frosty
 
Off Topic:

I think Batman's struggle with the Joker and his decision to not kill him were major points of the movie.

The joker as portrayed in the movie was the most chilling and effective so far. He was shown as a cold blooded, vicious killer who's drive for evil and mayhem matched Batman's drive to bring order to chaos. In a way, the movie showed the two to be equally matched, on opposite sides of the coin. Batman's inability to stop the killing and the destruction showed his limitations and that for me was a great twist. It showed Batman for what he is, a human being trying to do superhuman deeds, but is now faced with a villain as determined as he is. The movies transcended the same old "superhero saved the day" genre. You always expected that. In this movie you're really are not sure if Batman can stop the joker, and that change in expectations was great.

As for Batman's refusal to kill the joker, that's also essential to the whole Batman mythology. He is after all a vigilante, on the fine line between hero and villain. He runs around in a mask, fighting crime without the legal sanction to do so. His opponent is just like him, a denizen of the underground, but thoroughly evil. By killing the Joker, Batman would have crossed the line, and the Joker knew it. That's why he kept goading Batman to kill him. The Joker realized Batman's one flaw is his refusal to take that step to being an executioner. Batman was given the ultimate test of his morals, having the opportunity to kill his worst enemy, and refused to, thereby proving to himself that he had it in him to be Batman.
 
Tony8179 said:
The Microtech he used in the movie was an actual Troodon. They show an Ultratech after he gets caught and they are laying out his weapons in the jail.
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Exactly. Also included is the Cupid clone.I have one of these SA knives I picked up for $20 at a gun show. A decent funtional throw away knife.
 
Slightly OT from the original question, but I think his performance was way over-rated due to his real life demise.

Batman is only a human being. He has no super-powers, god-like abilities or "rebuild the wall of china vision" (see Superman part 3, IIRC) and he also will not kill. That's his ethical direction.
 
I was just bummed on what happened to Two-Face :( He really made the movie memoriable. (that and I was waiting for Joker to throw playing cards like Ricky Jay)
 
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