Two Lads Are Suing DC Over The Joker In 'Suicide Squad'

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Suicide Squad was released last weekend and was subject to mixed reviews.

Some focused on the curious case of Harley Quinn's ever shrinking hot pants, while other's focused on the underwhelming nature of the film.

Two lads have had quite a different complaint, one that is leading them to suing the creators because of the Joker.

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Reddit user BlackPanther2016 and his brother, who is a lawyer, are filing a lawsuit against Warner Bros. and DC, because of false advertising.

The pair feel that they were misled into seeing the film due to the amount of footage The Joker appeared in for the trailers for Suicide Squad.

"Movie Trailers are like food menus, they give you a preview of what your gonna get," BlackPanther2016 said. "If you look at a McDonald's menu, you choose to get your favourite burger, presented in a nice picture with pickles, chicken, mild cheese. You use your hard earned money to pay for this burger, you get the burger, only to find out that it isn't the burger you ordered. Yes it has pickles and chicken... but... it doesn't have mild cheese... it has regular cheese."

According to the Reddit entry, which was posted yesterday, the case has been accepted. So just in case you thought any of this was an elaborate piss take just because Jared Leto wasn't in the film enough, it's not.

In the post he said: "Suicide Squad trailers showcased several SPECIFIC Joker scenes. Those SPECIFIC SCENES WB/DC advertised in their trailers and TV spots.

"These scenes are: When Joker bangs his head on his car window. When Joker says: ''let me show you my toys''. When Joker punches the roof of his car. When Joker drops a bomb with his face all messed up and says, ''BYE BYE!''

"None of these scenes were in the movie. I drove 300 miles to London to go watch these specific scenes they had explicitly advertised in their TV ads and they didn't show them to me."

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I can empaphise with this guy's despair, as once I went to see Quantum of Solace, which by all intents and purposes was advertised as a great Bond film, but - well, you saw it.

Unfortunately, after his disappointment, he was unable to get a refund. Nevertheless, their case begins on Thursday 11 of this month.

"If you advertise something, give me what you have advertised. Period. This is becoming a habit with movie studios, showing epic scenes in trailers but then never showing them in the movies. It's unjust.

"I just want to say, join me if you feel the same way. Let's stop this nonsense of bullshitery and don't let them bribe you with their ''deluxe premium special directors gold extended edition supreme cut' nonsense.

"You should get what they advertised as their first theatre showing and what you have paid for based on what they have shown you.

"Our court process will begin on 11/08/16 this week."

Is this a bit far, or completely fair?

Let us know.

Words by Mark McGowan

Mark McGowan

Mark is a journalist at LADbible, who joined in 2015 after a year as a freelance writer. In the past he blogged for independent football fan channel Redmen TV, after graduating from Staffordshire University with degrees in journalism and English literature. He has worked on campaigns such as UOKM8? and IIOC.