'Batman 3' Villain Role to Be Given to Tom Hardy

[abejarano12]

I think that Black Mask and Hugo Strange would be a two good villians to be in the next film

 

[ApolloBalboa]

I wouldn't mind seeing a Bane that's closer to the comics, not like the abomination in "Batman & Robin". Clayface would also be excellent, especially with a story like in BTAS, as would the Clock King.

 

[PlasmaTwa2]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say Harley Quinn.

 

[roronoa3000]

He might be Killer Croc.
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/rorschachsrants/news/?a=23905

 

[Spleen]

Yeah he can play the Riddler, he's got that scrawny build.

Erm, whut?


This is great news., I fucking love Tom Hardy. He really get's into his roles, he'll do a great job.

Check out the TV series The Take, and see just how evil he can be. While you're at it, you can check out my cousin who is a stripper/prostitute on that show.

 

[D-rock]

Some of the biggest trouble I think Batman movies have and will have is besides The Joker there just aren't that many well known Batman villains that can carry over well into a movie and have it be done seriously without really on heavily overhauling them into something different than what they really are.

 

[Neutron66]

Erm, whut?

I watched Bronson last night! Tom Hardy is a beast!!!

I totally forgive him for Star Trek: Nemesis now.

 

[darkwarrior3007]

I agree about Penguin. There is no way to do that character without it coming off as campy and cartoony. Even if they tried to make him dark and creepy, then it would probably be reminiscent of something like Leprechaun. (now there's a movie. haha)

Maybe bring in Dr. Hugo Strange, Ra's al Ghul, or even lesser knowns like Everywhere Man or The Mortician.

They already used Ra's al Ghul and I doubt they'd resurrect him through the Lazarus Pit, not realistic.

 

[Spleen]

Some of the biggest trouble I think Batman movies have and will have is besides The Joker there just aren't that many well known Batman villains that can carry over well into a movie and have it be done seriously without really on heavily overhauling them into something different than what they really are.

I think Nolan has managed to break down the comic-book fan wall, after the success of Dark Knight it is clear everyone can be a fan of Batman, if you know any villains or not.

So if they go with Black Mask, no one is going to care that they haven't heard of him before, it just depends on how good the movie is.

Yeah, it's gonna upset the fan-boys if they change too much stuff, but FUCK THE FAN BOYS. Their opinion is invalid.

 

[Neutron66]

No one had ever heard of Scarecrow or Ra's al Ghul before Batman Begins, either.

The general public, I mean.

 

[The Joker]

Maybe bring in Dr. Hugo Strange,

I think I would be more for Hugo Strange than Black Mask being a villain in Batman 3. Despite a limited amount of appearances, Strange was definately one of Batman's better villains to come out of the Golden Age rogues gallery.

 

[JohnRingo]

you realize that there will likely be multiple villians and one of those villians will have to be either Penguin, Riddler, or Catwoman....

the other ones are too small and not known well in the mainstream and would only have a supporting role like scarecrow....

 

[Moonchild22]

you realize that there will likely be multiple villians and one of those villians will have to be either Penguin, Riddler, or Catwoman....

the other ones are too small and not known well in the mainstream and would only have a supporting role like scarecrow....

Do the people really want to see these same villains over and over? Riddler, ok. They would have to make him much more dark and menacing, especially as Jim Carey already did the goofy version. Penguin is too cartoony to be made watchable in a remake. Catwoman...as much as I enjoy looking at her, not only was she in a Batman movie but also her own movie (as bad as both were).
I think that even the most excited movie goer would do one of these.
Kinda like a child opening his lunch and seeing egg salad...again.

 

[Neutron66]

As gigantic a hit as The Dark Knight was I really doubt most people will care who the villain is. They'll have faith in Nolan making a kick-ass movie no matter who he uses.

 

[D-rock]

I think Nolan has managed to break down the comic-book fan wall, after the success of Dark Knight it is clear everyone can be a fan of Batman, if you know any villains or not.

So if they go with Black Mask, no one is going to care that they haven't heard of him before, it just depends on how good the movie is.

Yeah, it's gonna upset the fan-boys if they change too much stuff, but FUCK THE FAN BOYS. Their opinion is invalid.

There is a cost to pissing of somebody's biggest fan base though. Casual fans of something are willing to dump something when it something else slightly more interesting comes along or just because they are fickle. The hardcore fans often keep things alive just by themselves. There is also something to be said to catering to the most loyal people considering they care about an artistic work more than anybody else while casual fans often don't care one way or another. I've seen way too many good things ruined because they were dumbed down, milked for all the profit they were worth, or because they warped them for the casual fan until they were a mockery of what they used to be all at the expense of the artistic integrity of the artwork.

 

[ai-ni-ichi]

they should have made more of Victor Zsasz in the first reboot. he's a great villain in the comics, but wasnt much more than a generic nutter in the film.

 

[darkwarrior3007]

they should have made more of Victor Zsasz in the first reboot. he's a great villain in the comics, but wasnt much more than a generic nutter in the film.

I was just thinking that I would love to see Zsasz break out of Arkham or something because he didn't have much of a role.

However I do have to give Nolan props for putting him in the movie. He pretty much put a third Batman villain in a very minor role and it didn't bring the movie down out all. Unlike Batman & Robin and Spider-Man 3.

Actually to tell you truth, Batman Begins had Ra's al Ghul, Scarecrow, Zsasz, and Carmine Falcone.

 

[bustybbwlover]

i read somewhere that nolan wants 3 to be the conclusion to the series so with batman's two major majors (ra's al ghul and the joker) already used up perhaps the one villain who actually broke batman, bane?....i know too much about batman

 

[Spleen]

There is a cost to pissing of somebody's biggest fan base though. Casual fans of something are willing to dump something when it something else slightly more interesting comes along or just because they are fickle. The hardcore fans often keep things alive just by themselves. There is also something to be said to catering to the most loyal people considering they care about an artistic work more than anybody else while casual fans often don't care one way or another. I've seen way too many good things ruined because they were dumbed down, milked for all the profit they were worth, or because they warped them for the casual fan until they were a mockery of what they used to be all at the expense of the artistic integrity of the artwork.

You have some good points.

At the end of the day, I think Nolan will do a good enough job to not piss anyone off.

 

[titsrock]

I thought The Scarecrow in BB was very effective. It made sense that a crazy psychiatrist would use a "device" like that mask. I thought that was cool and creepy and spot on.

I only know Bane from the animated Batman series. I think he could be done well on film. Maybe WWE's Batista :bowdown: in a surprise casting??

What about Josh Holloway (Lost's Sawyer) as Killer Croc?