"Thursday, October 31st. The city streets are crowded for the holiday, even with the rain. Hidden in the chaos is the element, waiting to strike like snakes — but I'm there, too. Watching. Two years of nights have turned me into a nocturnal animal. I must choose my targets carefully. It's a big city... I can't be everywhere — but they don't know where I am. We have a signal now, for when I'm needed. But when that light hits the sky, it's not just a call. It's a warning... To them. Fear is a tool. They think I'm hiding in the shadows — but I am the shadows."
— the batman, 2022
Eve Hewson as female!Bruce Wayne
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The Matt Reeves Batman is not my favourite movie out of all the Batman iterations, but Robert Pattinson might be my favourite Batman. He’s so iconic in this movie. Just a sleep deprived beefy goth nerd with a sick ass Batmobile.
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My Top 5 Characters I Want to See in The Batman 2 or 3
Recently Matt Reeves has confirmed that we’ll be getting a sequel to The Batman starring Robert Pattinson returning to play the main role. I myself am excited about this, I love the movie so much! Next to Tim Burton’s 1989 film, Reeves’s 2022 adaption is quite possibly my new favourite version of the Batman.
Now there’s one question that everyone’s been wondering, what’s next for Reeves’s Batman and which rogues gallery members will he face in the sequel?
So here are my top five characters I want to see in the Batman 2 or 3. (Note: I’m excluding already previous shown characters such as Penguin, Riddler, Catwoman and Joker).
5. Two Face
Following the ending of the film, Gotham’s main corrupt figures the mayor, police commissioner, DA and Carmine Falcone have all been killed by Riddler. With the new honest Mayor Bella Real things are likely to get better in the foreseeable future. However, there will also likely be a power struggle and a rise of crime.
This would be the prefect to introduce Gotham to it’s newest DA Harvey Dent. I’m not sure if the relationship between Bruce and Harvey will be the same as in the comics or other films, but his role in aiding Batman could help further develop Pattinson’s character.
Now I don’t think he should start off as Two Face in the second film, but perhaps near the end of the second one his initial “accident” takes place and continues off into the third film with Harvey becoming Two Face. Having Harvey start as an ally to Batman and end with him as his nemesis.
4. Killer Croc
Reeves version of Batman takes a more grounded and realistic take on the more fantasy-based characters. Which makes things slightly limited when comes to introducing Batman’s other rouges. But that’s not to say it can’t be done.
Killer Croc is one character who could work well and here’s why. We know Croc is man born with a mutation that gives him the scaly appearance of a crocodile. I’ve looked it up and there is in fact a real skin condition where someone can grow scales called Ichthyosis.
Perhaps this version of the character could be someone who suffers from an extreme case of Ichthyosis. Not to mention now that Gotham City is flooded, it would make sense in a way, it’d be a good time for him to surface. Like a crocodile in water, get it?
3. Mad Hatter
If someone like Matt Reeves can make the Riddler terrifying, imagine what he can do with the Mad Hatter. Being one of the lesser-known Batman villains Reeves could probably reintroduce this character to the big screen in a new unique way.
For those who aren’t familiar with him, the Mad Hatter is a man who believes himself to be the fictional character of the same name from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. This concept alone could work well perfectly for a possible sequel appearance.
An example being that Mad Hatter could be a serial predator who kidnaps young girls “Alices” and forces them to take part in his twisted tea parties. With Batman having to do detective work solving clues related to Lewis Carroll’s works in order to find him.
2. Scarecrow
Apart from the Dark Knight trilogy, Scarecrow hasn’t been given much screen time as a main villain in any Batman related media. The horror aspect of the first film could follow on well into the two sequels. Especially if Scarecrow the master of fear were to be introduced.
In The Batman, there is a drug epidemic going on in Gotham called Drops. These eyedrop based drugs were disturbed previously by Salvatore Maroni before Falcone took over prior the events of the film. With Falcone gone it could usher in Scarecrow with his own fear inducing drugs.
At the end of the first film, Batman learns to be a symbol of hope and not fear. This would be a good chance to have Batman face someone who uses fear and challenge his new hope symbolism. Not to mention Batman being caught in a Freddy Kreuger style nightmare drug hallucination scene would really be cool.
1. Mr Freeze
The most likely villain to appear in The Batman 2 (from what we’ve heard so far) is Mr Freeze. Now I’m not sure how they’re going to do Mr Freeze in a realistic grounded way, but Matt Reeves seems sure he can find a way to portray this character to work in the sequel.
Mr Freeze is a very tragic character, he tries to save his wife Nora from dying from a terminal illness by committing crime. If you haven’t seen Hearts of Ice from Batman, The Animated Series I suggest watching it and you’ll see what I mean.
Reeves’s Batman focuses on the tragedy based around the characters and how it can effect a person. Having Batman facing Freeze be a great way to establish character development for both of them. A live action version of Hearts of Ice is definitely something I would love to see.
So that’s my top five characters I want to see in the Batman 2 or 3. Let me know what’re yours and why?
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