@RetrospectRealm

"Joker wasn't always super psychotic. He was just a common mobster before he became the Joker, so it's entirely possible that he could've gotten say, prison tattoos". Anyway with it being the Joker I doubt by the time he got caught he would still have an sanity left within him, he would of been shipped straight off to Arkham, not prison

Yet they aren't shown in the comics, adding stuff in when it's not needed is silly. It's like you are doing it for the sake of it.

Plus since he's in the Suicide Squad this will be a long time after he was just a common mobster.

"I'm also curious why you consider this more grounded than Heath's Joker's look?

Because he looks like a Marilyn Manson die hard following him on tour.

Oh he'll be shirtless in a few scenes no doubt but I'm estimating he'll be covered up about 95% of the movie which I can live with. I mean how many times did we ever see him shirtless in every other movie. Or ever for that matter? We'll probably get a glance at him shirtless in a scene in Arkham (like we did with Bruce Wayne's scars in Batman Begins) and once he escapes we'll get a suited Joker and put the tats behind us. I'm just speculating so anyone's guess is as good as mine.

if they trying to one up ledgers joker with this, they already failing....remove the lame tats and the grill, put more into the mannerisms and acting of the joker. thats what made ledgers joker memorable, the voice, the acting, the tone, the laugh, the gestures.

"Joker wasn't always super psychotic. He was just a common mobster before he became the Joker"

In what story arc, age, multiverse, etc was that?

Whatever it was, everyone knows that the definitive origin is in Killing Joke. Spending time as a "common mobster" gives him too much chance to be desensitized to stuff. A moment of desperation, a tragic loss (well, TWO tragic losses, really), and chemical mutilation is what creates a character like the Joker.

Mobsters get caught and go to jail for short periods of time all the time. It's entirely possible he would've served some time before turning into the Joker.

And to address the whole "I can't imagine Joker sitting down for a tattoo" argument: do you people assume he's always jumping up and down and laughing literally every second of the day? He's a human you know. He sleeps too. Lol

"they make him look like he's sat down and chose them carefully, thought about their meaning and shit....that's not the Joker."

Lmfao what? A smile, "damaged", a skull, and "HAHAHA" have SO MUCH meaning behind them. Lol