The Joker wants attention, Batman/Bruce Wayne doesn't. Batman doesn't chew up his screen time making long, dramatic speeches.
Actions and appearance speak louder than words. Batman says what he has to say and that's it.
Uhhh, he's the Joker? It happens in the comics all the time.
He has a Ninja, he has Bob the Goon (who is constantly seen taking notes) and a whole team of thugs at his disposal. Is it that implausible that he'd have a technician that could help him hijack into the Television broadcasts?
Plus he isn't stupid. His records state that he's "highly intelligent and emotionally unstable" and he has a background in chemistry.
Got me on that one.
Though, Bruce and The Joker do state that "it's nice, lots of space" and there really isn't that much in there.
Fully furnished? Maybe she rented it from a previous owner.
- Comic Adaptation has cops stating that they "aren't equipped to handle this".
- Script had a deleted scene/sequence where the Joker poisoned half of the Gotham Police Force.
Now I know what you're thinking, "but that wasn't in the movie", but look no further than when the Joker announces his plan for Gotham and interrupts Mayor Borg's speech.
"The 200th Anniversary Birthday Gala has been indefinitely postponed,
we simply cannot guarantee public safety."
Then the Joker cuts him off. That would explain why Mayor Borg in the film is publicly announcing this. There's only a small squad of officers that could protect anyone from harm and Joker's men out number them. I believe you see them storming the Cathedral after the float is blown to bits by Batman.
And a permit for the parade?
The Joker is basically a terrorist, he doesn't need one. Before The Joker, the head honcho, the "guy that ran the show" was Grissom. He had dirty cops at his disposal and basically ran Gotham City. The Joker killed him, took over and killed all the other mob bosses in the city.
Gotham is corrupt remember? The only decent people are Harvey Dent, Gordon and Borg.
He somehow tainted the shipments? Remember, they have to be mixed to work.
If this film is a period piece then it isn't modern and that means Gotham gets their products from the United States and not across seas. It's not illogical that Axis is a source of these products.
Yep, it's stupid and illogical but it's still a good scene. Without it, we wouldn't have the Joker standing in the middle of the street, arms out stretched and saying "come on you gruesome son of a _____". Nor would we have Batman pulling a trigger intently and getting pissed off.
It's interesting to note that originally the 200th Anniversary cake float was built over a tank and one of the sides pop open and shoots the Batwing down with an explosive shell.
I'm guessing that was scrapped for budget and $$$ reasons and they just went with a simple, budget friendly scene.
But yeah, agreed. It's stupid but oh well. You've got to get Batman out of the Batwing and on his feet somehow.
Rewrites in the final act of the script to give Batman something to do so the confrontation between Batman and the Joker was more interesting? Originally, the Joker is escaping the cops who are in pursuit and goes up the Cathedral. Vicki Vale isn't even with him. Batman, wounded, follows him. They meet up there, just Batman and the Joker, have a little dialogue and bats swarm from this sonar device and kill the Joker. That would have been boring. It gave the characters more to do. I totally understand the idea behind "yeah, lets throw Vicki into this, make her a damsel in distress. Maybe have an already wounded Batman get the ____ beat out of him before confronting the Joker." It makes perfect sense.
Or.
Maybe the Joker just had his men assigned and posted to different buildings that covered the floats progression for protection and an easy get away?
There's only three guys in the Cathedral (Ninja thug, thug that falls through the steps and the black strong thug).
Remember, when the Joker is on the float and states "now comes the part . . ." it cuts to Joker thugs sitting on the edge of a building, over looking the parade and yelling "get your masks!" or something.
Film is all about interpretation.
