Comments on: Top 5 Villains Who Should NOT Be In A “Dark Knight” Sequel

By: Chaos Granz V2

Chaos Granz V2 — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:05:05 +0000

I agree with most of your list, but I think Nolan will not follow the comic plot so directly. I mean, he changed the modus openrandi, quite abit of his creation and relationships of 2-face (far more direct vengeance) , and to a certain extent, the Joker (he’s more of a chaotic anarchist in the movie, with none of the deadly gimmicks like Joker Venom). I’m pretty sure he could compress Hush, or change his modus operandi to concentrate more on his vengeance towards Bruce Wayne.

By: Typhoid Mary

Typhoid Mary — Tue, 26 May 2009 00:36:49 +0000

I can agree with most of your list, but over the years of batman movies, cartoons, and comics, I think one of my favorite villains is Harley Quinn. With Heath Ledger dead and (unfortunately, hopefully) the character of The Joker remaining out of the next movies (unless they can fully clone and recreate Heath Ledger), my dream of seeing her in a movie will probably never come to be. With how dark and twisted they made this version of Joker, I was incredibly excited to find out what they could do with her in a sequel.

Catwoman needs to go sit in a vault for awhile until the bad taste and worse memories of that craptastic halle berry movie are gone from the public mind for good. It’s unfortunate, but true.

Most of the Batman villains are so incredibly over the top (many are really unrealistic but amazing) that it would be hard to include them in the new gritty and “realistic” Batman universe without changing their story (as with Dent).

I would love to see something with the Lazarus Pits and Ra’s al Ghul’s daughters, or Poison Ivy, but I can’t see how that would work exactly.

By: Lexey

Lexey — Thu, 14 May 2009 06:11:15 +0000

I don’t know about Mr. Freeze definitely not working in the Nolan-verse; granted the special effects probably wouldn’t fit in with the other movies, but I think the character has a good background that could *somehow* be worked in…can you tell I’m a Mr. Freeze fan, lol?

Moving on, though, I do agree with the majority of this list. At first, when I saw Hush, I was like, “What? Hush is a great villain and would totally work in the Nolan-verse!” And then I read on to your reasoning why; suddenly, it made sense and I moved on. I also agree with the Mad Hatter not being the main villain, though I think it would be fun to see him pop up at the beginning as almost a cameo thing.

If I had to pick some villains for the next movie…

Black Mask (although the mob thing has been done quite a bit already in this series), maybe by Clive Owen? First name that popped into my head, so he probably doesn’t fit at all.

Maybe Deadshot?; don’t have any ideas for him, and I think perhaps he may be too similar to Deadpool to be brought in after Wolverine came out.

Hugo Strange; I think he’d make an interesting villain, particularly as the public will be striking out at Batman after Harvey Dent’s death. I’ve heard Armin Shimerman as a suggestion, and I think I’d like to see someone like Powers Boothe or even Kevin Spacey.

And of course, the Riddler. I heard a good suggestion about David Tennant; he’d kill with that role. I’d love to see David Hyde Pierce in the role; I remember watching the original animated series as a kid and thinking of “that guy from ‘Frasier’.”

I dunno; those are just my thoughts.

By: Shadow

Shadow — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:31:09 +0000

I aim to prove you wrong about 3 of the 5 you mentioned.

My company is currently in the works for creating a sequel to TDK. The writers have worked tirelessly to re-create the characters of Harley Quinn, The Mad Hatter, and Catwoman.

I can’t go into too much detail about how big their roles in the film will be, but I can tell you that you will be pleasantly surprised.

Otherwise, I completely agree with you. Excellent blog. Glad to read something not posted by someone who is figuratively stuck up Johnny Depp’s anus. I feel strongly towards laying Catwoman to rest for a long while, so you can bet we will do Nolan justice with our Catwoman.

And to re-iterate… people, Harvey Dent/Two Face IS DEAD. Listen to the man, he’s telling the truth.

For more information, check out: http://www.myspace.com/misguided_shadow_films

By: chia218

chia218 — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:21:18 +0000

hey I’m not a catwoman hater either. she’s actually one of my fav female characters along with harley. i wouldn’t mind seeing her in a batman movie but the thing is is that that crappy (yes i said CRAPPY) halle berry movie has everyone disagreeing (hopefully i spelled that right). catwoman needed to be played by someone a little more muscular,not super skinny! and since when is she GOOD? all I’m sayin’ is that, first off, she can’t really carry a movie by herself. halle is kinda too weak tho…

By: cherie

cherie — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:38:30 +0000

I think they should use zatz in the next film he would fit with a dark storyline and hes mentioned in the first movie briefly (shown exiting the court room before whe waynes murderer goes on trial) hes an interesting character and would make a fantastic batman movie villian even if his character is not very well known.

By: Zack Hightower

Zack Hightower — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:24:02 +0000

I agree with most of that except for one person…
Harley Quinn.
Now, it would be a logical step since the Joker was simply sent to Arkham Assylum and is obviously not dead. I can easily see it happening and she is introduced right after The Joker has made her completely insane. I think it could be done well, especially if she is basically used as revenge to get Batman back. ‘Course, i could see a Catwoman too but it would be a stretch for me… a huge, huge stretch.

My pics for the next movie should be….
The Riddler (Played by David Tennent)
and
The Penguin (new mob boss penguin)
…
and maybe this is the fanboy in me but Harley Quinn (played by Sarah Michelle Gellar)

…
I dunno, just geeking out all over the place. Great blog by they way. Tag me in more of them, I’d love to read ‘em.

By: David

David — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:40:45 +0000

I agree with a few of your choices of characters that shouldnt be put in the film but in my view Nolan is taking Batman characters and changing them to fit into the Gotham City he created. Clayface doesnt have to be like the Clayface from the Comics. He could be a messed up ganster a replacement, a better version of the two who were in BB and TDK. I mean any character can be reworked to fit into a universe. Marvel is doing that with Iron Man, they made Mandarin and the twelve rings a terrorist network Why cant Nolan do the same?