Sir Isaac Nonsense wrote on 06/11/16 at 00:15:26:
Sweet Tooth/Needles Kane
-This got mentioned here already, but I'll say it anyway; they portrayed him as something of an average-intelligence brute, but forgot to mention that his cunning and intellect vary with each incarnation. Sure a few games gave him the typical IQ-level of a killer, but there were at least three versions of him that were smart enough to best Calypso, a powerful manipulator and reality-warper of sorts.
-They barely covered his combat skills. They even understated some of the feats he accomplished outside of the truck. (the hospital massacre in particular)
-Half of his arsenal wasn't even featured in the fight.
-Dark Tooth and Tower Tooth weren't even mentioned.
-His gang of followers in TM 2012 wasn't mentioned either.
-Even if they focused on the most recent versions of Sweet Tooth (which they seem to have), he most certainly would not have sat there and let The Joker talk. He doesn't care how people die; he just wants them dead. The only exception to that rule was Sophie Kane, and that was due to some sort of sentiment her death held to him at the time. And even then, she wasn't able talk herself out of it; she had to stab him in the eye.
The Joker
-His vehicle got taken out by the Laughing Ghost in one hit. Love the shit out of that weapon, but...no.
-They never mentioned the fact that, despite his amazing planning skills, he becomes fatally reckless whenever things aren't going his way. This...was important.
-Aside from saying 'He's fought toe-to-toe with Batman', they didn't really go into detail on his hand-to-hand skills.
-Much like Sweet Tooth, a huge portion of his arsenal wasn't even used in the fight. Why would they even mention the playing cards, explosives, rocket launcher and the cane sword if those weren't going to be used anyway?
-His gang wasn't mentioned either. Shame...
A ton of other questions that arose while I was watching:
-Why does Joker shoot a tommy gun at a car that clearly has armor on it?
-Why does the acid flower bother Needles so much when he's wearing a mask?
-Both characters' hand-to-hand skills are mentioned in the setup...So why was there no legitimate close-quarters combat in the fight? (the two of them wrestling over the wheel in Sweet Tooth's truck hardly counts)
-Sweet Tooth is a rather slow car by nature. How is it able to keep up with the Jokermobile going full speed?
-After Joker loses his vehicle, how come Needles tries to run him over instead of shooting at him?
-Similarly, why does Needles smack The Joker with the mech's minigun instead of shooting at him with it? Even someone who hasn't played Twisted Metal could tell you how erroneous that is.
Many good points. I agree if the battle is pretty much TMX Sweet Tooth then why not have his gang involved? Would have been great to see Joker's gang versus "The Clowns".
I also agree SweetTooth (the vehicle) shouldn't have been able to take out the Jokermobile(/Batmobile) so easily. I'd say the Jokermobile by TM stats would have as much armor as lets say 400 HP. ST would have to hit him with several special missiles not just one, and ST would be a lot slower a vehicle. ST may have Turbo, but the Batmobile has an Afterburner as well. I think TMB SweetTooth would easily win the battle just by using cloak & ambushing the Jokermobile with his special barrage of missiles ("cones" in TM slang).
The whole battle really goes downhill after the Jokermobile explodes though, because SweetTooth is forced to go out of character to give Joker the win. They wanted to portray Joker's chaotic & manipulative side at the expense of ST like I think I might have said already.
And the reason Joker shoots the Tommy Gun at an armored car was probably just in reference to the scene from "The Dark Knight" film where Joker shoots at incoming traffic with a submachine gun as Batman was speeding towards him on his Batpod.