Everything You Need to Know About the New Batman Trailer
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ENTERTAINMENT
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The new trailer for The Dark Knight is out, and there's a ton of caped crusading goodness inside. It's all…part of the plan.
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 00:01:06
Thanks to the wonders of the "pause" feature, we catch a glimpse of yet another villain making an appearance in The Dark Knight. Look closely behind the wheel of this van—kind of looks like a dude wearing a burlap sack over his head. Or a Scarecrow mask, if you will. Quick! Before he gets away...
 00:01:07
...Never mind.
 00:01:28
Something bad must have happened to make Bruce so weepy. A death of a friend? A failed rescue? He goes to the opera with his great-aunt and -uncle, and they're gunned down in an alley? It is The Dark Knight, so we're betting it's something pretty bad. We sure hope the trailer doesn't blow it in a few seconds.
 00:01:36
Hello, product placement! "Hm, what's the best way to make people even more aware of the Starbucks brand?" "Open a new Starbucks inside an existing Starbucks?" "No, no…" "I know! Let's make it so that whenever people think, Psychotic knife-wielding murderer, they think, Caramel Frappuccino! "Hellooo, promotion."
 00:01:44
Batman's got himself a snazzy new ride. It's a superpowered motorcycle—nicknamed "the Bat Pod" by idiots—that can get him around town in a less destructive manner than the Humvee-like Batmobile. As of this writing, it has already sold enough toys to justify a third movie.
 00:01:47
Not much to say other than, "How effin' cool is that picture?"
 00:01:54
Poor Harvey Dent. Someone is about to light half of his face on fire, which will no doubt scar it horribly. This may also crack that noble crime-fighter exterior he's been sporting, and turn him… Naw…
 00:01:56
Um, did you guys mean to put this in the trailer? We pray that director Christopher Nolan has the brass balls to have the Joker toss Rachel off a building and actually follow through with her meeting the pavement. Is that why Bats was crying earlier? Is that also a way to guarantee he doesn't have to recast this thankless role a third time? Sure seems like it.
 00:02:03
Just move an inch to your right… Note the gun and the vague outline of scar tissue. Yep, Harvey Dent officially becomes the villain Two-Face in this movie. We're sure his take will be far less Technicolor-theme-park-character than Tommy Lee Jones' in Batman Forever.
 00:02:09
Speaking of the previous Batman films, this single shot is cooler than anything Tim Burton or Joel Schumacher put on-screen. Well done, Nolan. Our only question now is: Can we just skip June and make July next month?
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