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Oct 10, 2019 · Everything the Joker does in The Dark Knight is informed by a particularly dark reading of game theory – that humans are entirely ruled by self-interest. It echoes the philosophical thinking...
Jul 18, 2018 · The Dark Knight’s ferry scene is a game theory dilemma with a twist - Polygon. Entertainment. Movies. The Dark Knight’s only redeemable character is the criminal who saves the ferries. The...
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Apr 10, 2024 · Published Apr 10, 2024. Joker: Folie à Deux's first trailer confirms a major theory about how the film's musical elements will factor into Arthur and Harley's story. Custom Image by Kevin Erdmann. Summary. Joker: Folie à Deux will feature a musical delusion shared between Joker and Harley Quinn.
- The Introduction
- Section I: The Joker as An Economist
- Section II: The Games
- Using Incentives, Asymmetric Information and Backward Induction to Rob A Bank
- Using Credible Threats to Build A Horrifying Reputation
- Using A Public Goods Game to Get Things Done Fast
- Using Signaling to Beat The Game of Chicken
- Using A Finite Repetitive Prisoner’S Dilemma to Create Murderers
- Concluding Remarks For The “Non-Economists”
- Concluding Remarks For The “Economists”
In the movie The Dark Knight, the villain Joker seems to resemble in some manner how an economist thinks and sometimes acts. Comparing the Joker to an economist may lead to dubious conclusions, especially when making specific remarks on how the mind of this character (or the director) functions. Nevertheless, looking at the Joker as an economist (o...
What does it mean to be an economist? The answer to this question is very important in order to understand why and how we can call the Joker an economist. The problem is that the question has as many answers as there are economists. I therefore try to define more specifically the kind of economist I believe the Joker resembles. The Joker clearly un...
In this section, some of the scenes in which the Joker uses games will be analyzed with the same tools he seemed to have used in designing them. In order to make this section as easy reading and smooth as possible, the scene description will only lay out the most significant parts and dialogues. I highly recommend to watch the scenes right before g...
The Scene This is the opening scene, where various robbers disguised as clowns are carrying out a robbery plan. Three clowns in a car; Chuckles: Three of a kind, let’s do this Grumpy: That’s it? Three guys? Chuckles: Two guys on the roof. Every guy gets a share. Five shares is plenty. Grumpy: Six shares. Don’t forget the guy who planned this. Chuck...
The Scene The media receives a videotape, in which the Joker makes a threat to Gotham and Batman. Joker: Batman must take off his mask, and turn himself in. Oh, and every day he doesn’t people will die…starting tonight. I’m a man of my word. The Joker carries out the threat exactly as he says, and he kills and kills until Batman turns himself in, o...
The Scene Bruce Wayne’s accountant has found out who the real Batman is, and appears in a television show declaring he will reveal the man behind the mask. The Joker calls the program, and says the following on the air: Joker: If Coleman Reese isn’t dead in 60 minutes, then I will blow up a hospital. For the next 60 minutes, various attempts are ma...
The Scene During the pursuit between the Joker with his mob and Batman with the police force, the Joker finds himself standing face to face with his rival. Batman is on his bike, and riding straight for the Joker, and it seems it is his intention not to deviate from his path. Simultaneously, the Joker is armed with a submachine gun and standing in ...
The Scene As the Joker threatens Gotham’s citizens and tells them to leave the city, two ferries depart from the dock, one carrying Gotham’s criminals and the other a group of citizens. The Joker takes control of the ferries and stops them in the middle of the river. Each boat is loaded with gasoline tanks connected to a bomb, and they each have th...
I’m pretty sure the Joker never studied economics. Nevertheless, he used the concepts seen in economics in an excellent way. Just like the Joker, any non-economist can use game theory as a tool in everyday tasks. All that you need is an understanding of what motivates individuals, and build incentives accordingly. And when an outcome depends on the...
The Joker was a great economist. He not only understood the power of incentives, information, signaling, backward induction and equilibrium (like most economists do), but he also puts them in practice (like few economists do). And what can we learn from the Joker? We can learn plenty, but one very important lesson is the significance of understandi...
Oct 30, 2023 · Jessica Cullen. Published: 5 months ago. DC Universe. Though Batman has faced off against the weirdest and wildest villains Gotham has to offer — penguins, riddle-loving pranksters, and ice men, to name a few — his biggest challenge has always come in the form of the vicious clown known as the Joker .
Apr 10, 2024 · Christopher Nolan Based His Joker On The Classic Silent Film Manipulator Dr. Mabuse. Photo:Dr. Mabuse the Gambler / Universum Film AG. Heath Ledger gets most of the credit for creating the terrifying Joker that haunts 2008’s The Dark Knight, but writer/director Christopher Nolan's own ideas are far from insignificant.
Jun 10, 2022 · Published Jun 10, 2022. More than a decade after The Dark Knight, Ledger's Joker origin story is still a mystery. However, some theories can help explain who he really was. The Joker's true origins in The Dark Knight are unknown, but three famous theories can help solve the mystery.
