Maybe they could explain why and how everything got that way in better detail.

Wha'ts to explain!? WHY!? It's a comedy! ;_;

Sigh... I'm gonna go sulk and be emo and crawl into bed crying emo tears now because I'm such an emo and taking this so seriously.

The Dark Knight says Hi.

Dark Knight is the ONLY exception out of the PLETHORA of terrible sequels.

Hell, the guy who made the Dark Knight such an awesome hit is dead, what does that tell you about how it will go now?

So yeah, many more horrible sequels than the Dark Knight and Heath Ledger's obituary say HI back.

While Heath Ledger was incredible as the Joker, he's not solely responsible for how the character turned out, the director and the writer are a big part of it too.

No, if you read the articles on how Heath Ledger did such a fantastic job, you would know he locked himself in a hotel room for a month, rarely came out, and only concentrated on his role as the Joker.

So yeah, it really was all him, and he's 5 feet under now.

If you're happy with the original and would prefer if it had ended there, just simply skip the sequel/tv series.

I don't understand why people are bothered by the milking of series'. Sure, the resources could likely be used, often times more wisely, elsewhere but that never seems to be what people are complaining about.

I mean, it's not as if Zombieland will be of any less quality now that it is supposedly getting a cash-in sequel. If it's not for you - skip it.

Because plot points brought up directly effect the original.

Spoilers for the FF7 Series

Take FF7 for example, it was thought that Cloud eventually reached Sephiroth's level at the end and defeated him soundly (there was a huge cut scene at the end of the game and everything), then we find out, no Sephiroth was only thrown into the life stream, was just playing around with Cloud the entire game and duration of the fight in the Advent Children movie, and can come back so long as Cloud remembers his existence according to some interviews.... >_>;

As you can see, the entire core values of the original that made it so good were shot... repeatedly... with machine guns...

Same thing with the movies I brought up in my first post. The whole original themes are just spit on and forgotten for more money making. It's just irritating to find a series you enjoy only for the creators to get greedy and try to make money off of it. 

No doubt that a great performance can make a mediocre film better, but I simply don't think that was the case in The Dark Knight. It was a pretty darn good film, regardless. It was a well crafted film all-round with a great performance by Heath Ledger.

It's 6 feet under.  And perhaps his obsession with this role is what lead to his drug problems and death?

The Joker was only a one movie character... the first Batman Begins was great, and another sequel if it has good writing and directing and acting can do well also.

The only sequels that suck are the ones that are made simply out of money interest.  If the actual story was to take part over 3 movies, then provided that the directing and acting is good throughout, all 3 movies can be good.

And I agree with pearljammer.  So many people are complaining about Transformers 2... sure it wasn't an epic awesome movie, but it was still a good movie.  Otherwise millions of people wouldn't have bought it when it came out on Blu-ray/DVD.  If you think differently, no one is making you watch it.