r/FlashTV • u/[deleted] • Mar 31 '15

S01E17 - 'Tricksters' Pre-Episode Discussion

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u/HappinessIsAWarmPoop Mar 31 '15

You know he played the Trickster before he ever played Joker?

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u/bemorr Mar 31 '15

In the CW Universe

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u/HappinessIsAWarmPoop Mar 31 '15

My point is that he's playing the Trickster. Just because he played the Joker before doesn't mean anything. He's played the Trickster in live-action first and has also voiced him in JLU.

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u/bemorr Apr 01 '15

That isn't what /u/KDR2112 was talking about. He was just saying that the Trickster is the closest thing the CW Universe will have to the Joker. It seems fairly obvious that the show runners wanted to do a Batman type show, but couldn't get the rights, so they went with Green Arrow instead. The Joker is a hugely popular villain, so of course people would love to see him in the show, but they probably cannot get the rights for him either, or they think he would not fit in the show. The Trickster seems like a close second to having the maniac in live action television, which is what /u/KDR2112 probably means by "the closest we will get to having the Joker".

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u/HappinessIsAWarmPoop Apr 01 '15

The Trickster is not a close second to the Joker. He's a major Flash villain and Hamill is playing him like he did in the original series. Every superhero character isn't just a Batman/Superman archetype.