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Rumor: Riddler, Catwoman, Firefly, and the Penguin will be the villains for "The Batman." [EDIT: Two-Face and Mad Hatter may be in]
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I am down for this..
Just do the "origin" in the opening credits and let's get it popping...
I got faith in this...
My boy, firefly, gonna get his shine on....
Just do the "origin" in the opening credits and let's get it popping...
I got faith in this...
My boy, firefly, gonna get his shine on....
Which is exactly what Firefly could have. Same exact thing. Easy way to show off Batman's fighting and gadgets to get the audience on board to how this version will fight.
That's a good idea but considering the DCU track record as of late....
Sounds like a lot but they could make it work.
I'm assuming Firefly will probably be introduced in the first 10 minutes and gets beat by Batman shortly after.
Maybe Riddler and Penguin team up and Catwoman is in a villain-turned-hero role?
I'm assuming Firefly will probably be introduced in the first 10 minutes and gets beat by Batman shortly after.
Maybe Riddler and Penguin team up and Catwoman is in a villain-turned-hero role?
Catwoman makes sense as the romantic interest.
Firefly as a goon for cool fights. Not much need to build him up as a character. Just have him burn dudes and fly.
Riddler and Penguin can establish the divide between the gimmick villains and the mob-like ones. Ridder has more theatrics and has a sense of fun/thrill-seeking while the Penguin just wants money and power.
Reeves is good at juggling multiple conflicts based on his Apes films. Hopefully it continues with his Batman.
Firefly as a goon for cool fights. Not much need to build him up as a character. Just have him burn dudes and fly.
Riddler and Penguin can establish the divide between the gimmick villains and the mob-like ones. Ridder has more theatrics and has a sense of fun/thrill-seeking while the Penguin just wants money and power.
Reeves is good at juggling multiple conflicts based on his Apes films. Hopefully it continues with his Batman.
You mean Scorpion?
Cause Shocker was actually significant in Homecoming.
Well there is 3 movies sooo 2 great ones, 1 decent. So they are turning course, but it's on you if you are gonna keep holding to the snyder stuff when he's nolonger there. We'll see if they can maintain thjs with Joker in October and WW in the summer.
But this isn't that? We're finally getting a movie about an established Batman working in a Gotham with a rogues gallery
True. Dawn did a great job at meshing the apes story with the humans
There's Man of Steel, Suicide Squad, Justice League, Batman v Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Shazam Thats 3/6. 2 being great films, the other being decent. So there's a 50/50 chance that this will be bad film.
Of course Firefly isn't going to be a main villain lmao, he'll be a flunky or a one and done.
Make Riddler the main villain, Catwoman an anti-hero love interest, Firefly gets a cool action scene and Penguin is in the background getting set up for future movies. It's not complicated or over stuffed.
Make Riddler the main villain, Catwoman an anti-hero love interest, Firefly gets a cool action scene and Penguin is in the background getting set up for future movies. It's not complicated or over stuffed.
That's not how that works, at all.
I wish they'd focus on the more horrifying and fantastical villains like Man-Bat and Clayface ...
Forgot the director was Matt Reeves, so that gives a lot more hope.
That doesn't really make sense. I guess if everything was by the same director that would make more sense. Which in this case it's not, soooo. Also your math is off.
Why do people always jump to the worst possible conclusion based on limited information?
Here, this is a movie that had a shit ton of villains and worked out well.
Besides, if you're doing a detective story, of course you'll need a bunch of villains to be suspects.
Also theseWhy do people always jump to the worst possible conclusion based on limited information?
Here, this is a movie that had a shit ton of villains and worked out well.
Everything without Snyder has been decent to great, and Matt Reeves' last films were Dawn of/War for the Planet of the Apes. Like if those two movies don't make feel confident about his Batman film, I don't know what will.
Like Dawn juggled two narratives - the main one where the protagonists are apes - and made its antagonists feel sympathetic and understandable, while making its themes accsssible and making a horse-riding monkey dual-wielding machine guns not seem stupid but tragic and thrilling
Cool.
So:
The Riddler to showcase his detective side.
Catwoman for love interest.
Firefly for some actual action.
Penguin for the final punch and umbrella-related gadgets.
Got it.
So:
The Riddler to showcase his detective side.
Catwoman for love interest.
Firefly for some actual action.
Penguin for the final punch and umbrella-related gadgets.
Got it.
Exactly. Basically Riddler is probably the lead villain, Penguin's a secondary bad guy, Catwoman's the lead female role/femme fatale of the film and Firefly is basically an extended cameo. Any other baddies that pop up in the film will also almost certainly amount to glorified cameos that Batman runs into while searching for clues to solve the new Riddler case.
Also by introducing Catwoman in the first film, she can finally carry over into the rest of the trilogy and actually develop more as a character beyond her usual "one and done" routine on the big screen.
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Folks who think many villains equals bad movie have no idea how a plot structure can operate.
Will wait for casting, since this doesn't really mean much solid:
"Yo we got villians!"
"... kay, what do they look like an what they doin?"
"Can't tell you."
"Alright. Can't care then."
Will wait for casting, since this doesn't really mean much solid:
"Yo we got villians!"
"... kay, what do they look like an what they doin?"
"Can't tell you."
"Alright. Can't care then."
I'm fine with a Batman movie having multiple villains. Like they do so well in the Arkham games, I'd love for a Batman film to highlight how Batman has to deal with multiple threats from gimmick villains over the course of a single night.
Cool I am all for this especially Riddler as the main villain. I don't expect Catwoman to be a full on villain. The only thing that can make me happier would be the Batfamily.
Matt Reeves is a great so I can't wait to see this.
Matt Reeves is a great so I can't wait to see this.
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Loved the Arkham Knight version of him
Not going to lie, Firefly would be a great side-villain to use for an opening action sequence for fans to get properly introduced to Battinson.
Yeah, Selina's totally going to be an anti-hero over the course of this trilogy IMO. Really interested in seeing who they cast for her; maybe someone like Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby, Dakota Johnson or Zoe Kravitz? De Armas in particular bears a noticeable resemblance to how Joelle Jones draws her in the comics these days.
I'm not worried. Batman Begins had Falcone, Scarecrow, Ra's Al Ghul and Mr Zasz. The Dark Knight has The Joker, Two Face, Scarecrow and the mob.
The number of villains isn't the problem it's how they are utilised.
The number of villains isn't the problem it's how they are utilised.
Better than the Macauley Culkin as the Joker Rumour, because it's not as if we need to see the Joker again so soon.
Give us different ones, that's why I am excited to see the Black Mask in Birds of Prey, though I do want to see a non over the top The Riddler on the Big Screen. Oh Firefly too.
Can I just say though poor poor Robin, Teen Titans Go the Movie was spot on with that 🤣 Batman's utility belt will get a Movie before Robin does thank god he is in a live action TV show. (But now Batman is going to pop up in it every so often in S2 now? It's like they don't trust the sale of Robin on his own)
Give us different ones, that's why I am excited to see the Black Mask in Birds of Prey, though I do want to see a non over the top The Riddler on the Big Screen. Oh Firefly too.
Can I just say though poor poor Robin, Teen Titans Go the Movie was spot on with that 🤣 Batman's utility belt will get a Movie before Robin does thank god he is in a live action TV show. (But now Batman is going to pop up in it every so often in S2 now? It's like they don't trust the sale of Robin on his own)
Revised Rumor!
Hopefully Harvey's just in the film as Harvey Dent and his turn into Two-Face happens in a later film. Let fans get to see Harvey and Bruce/Batman's friendship grow and develop over the course of a film or two and then break everyone's hearts as his downfall kicks in... it's the sort of material that Reeves shines with as a filmmaker.
Yea that's entirely possible. He'll be Dent, they're just casting him as "Two Face" as maybe that's how people know him the best.
I seriously hope Reeves or someone at Warner Bros gets Oscar Isaac on the phone ASAP. He'd make for a top-notch Harvey Dent to pair off against Pattinson's Batman.
On the topic of origins, I've been listening to the Podcast for batrankings, where they are watching the original Animated Series and I noticed that they don't really DO batman's origins. There is one flash back tied to a hallucination a few episodes in, but besides that they skip right over that shit and I don't think anyone was worse for wear over it.
There is just no reason for rehashing origin plots for these major heroes anymore, and really hasn't for nearly 30 years... hope screen writers will finally catch on to that.
As for overvillianing this movie, it's going to depend on how long the movie is, and whether there will be a main villian to focus on. I think it's fine if you have 5 villians as long as you don't try and origin story each one, and you focus mainly on one and the rest play more supporting roles.
The problem with Spider Man 3 is that every villian was it's own threat (including the existential stuff) none of it mashed well.
There is just no reason for rehashing origin plots for these major heroes anymore, and really hasn't for nearly 30 years... hope screen writers will finally catch on to that.
As for overvillianing this movie, it's going to depend on how long the movie is, and whether there will be a main villian to focus on. I think it's fine if you have 5 villians as long as you don't try and origin story each one, and you focus mainly on one and the rest play more supporting roles.
The problem with Spider Man 3 is that every villian was it's own threat (including the existential stuff) none of it mashed well.
