(1) Perhaps BoP did worse than WW and Joker because BoP features a cast of essentially B and C-tier DC characters who the majority of the film-going audience don't know of. Also, while the later trailers were pretty good, the first one or two trailers were not that appealing. Also, I would argue that Joker was the furthest thing from "an actual comic booky, good story accurate to source material"
(2) I like Jeremy too. I would also suggest you guys check out John Campea, very good movie pundit imo
Ok well first off Harley Quinn is not a B or C tier character. She's as A as any female in comics or fiction. I mean who honestly doesn't know Harley Quinn? lol she's been around since the early 90's, she's easily one of the most popular comic book female characters and villains/anti-heroes in comics. And she's Jokers GF and I'm pretty sure everyone and their mom knows who Joker is.
I'd say the more realistic reason would be...Perhaps BOP did bad due to just a shitty plot, having every guy be women hating dick for sake of such and gender bending that look nothing like the actual characters(this doesn't help their case with Harley being the one exception) or having characters in there just to be "there". ie Cassie Cain? Everyone knows who Harley Quinn and Black Canary is man. Renee Montoya ok, I'll give you her but Huntress I'd say could go either way, the problem is she wasn't even in it that long and none of them with Harley and towards the end BC looking remotely like their comic counterparts. I mean they say a big reason why they chose that roster was "because they're less popular or known" then proceeds to dress them up looking nothing like they look in the comics lol. I mean kind of counter intuitive if you ask me.
Joker IMO was done better than anyone in BOP imo because it's an origin story, and they loosely followed a few different stories in Joker books actually in the books Joker literally says in a few stories "all it takes is one bad day to lose it" That's pretty much what happened in Joker....plus Joker keep in mind has no official backstory in the books, there's confirmed 3 Jokers in the DCU canon lore, all with a different backstory I'm sure, at the moment unknown. They're supposed to write those later this year I heard. It's realistic as to how a Joker could become a Joker that's for sure. There's been stories in the comics where a regular guy was Joker before he lost his mind and became Joker much like Arthur Fleck. So I'd have to disagree with you there regarding Joker. In an origin film not specifically based on any canon known material of Joker's origin(in the books) it made perfect sense to have this origin represent a live version of Joker. The other live versions are a mystery, he's already Joker except for Jack's maybe apparently he was always a thug in that universe who lost his mind yet remained a criminal once he fell into the vat. at ACE chemicals. Ledger's Joker while amazing was actually pretty far from the comics since it was just a crazy guy with war face paint who loved Chaos, telling various stories that the audience doesn't even know is true or not. The way Joker was done was a different approach to comic book movies for sure but doesn't mean it wasn't close to the books in any way, shape or form. There were quite a few comic book nods in the movie.
I think Joker you have a bit more breathing room to work with regarding his origin for any universe since he doesn't have a "set one" you know? Not like say Batman or Superman.
2. I agree about Jeremy, he's also friendly I've chatted with him a little bit in streams though he hasn't done one in a while. I think I've heard of the other guys name but will check. Ever watch AVGN? He's pretty funny but in my age range era so I can relate to him with his anger for certain games, movies etc