Top Ten Best/Worst Batman Villains for Future Batman Movies
Recently I did a post about the Top Ten best and worst ideas for villains in Spiderman 4. It got a lot of attention, and today in Journalism I got bored on Mr. Harris’ laptop so I looked up Batman on Wikipedia. Here are some villains that may or may not be good ideas for the film series.
Top 5 Best-
- Talia Al Ghul-Ras Al Ghul’s daughter, being as they incorporated Ras into Batman Begins, it would make sense.
- Harley Quinn-The Joker’s apprentice, it may be hard to incorporate, but I believe she would translate well.
- Hugo Strange-One of the few people who know Batman’s secret identity, this madman also creates giants, and enjoys long walks on the beach…
- The Mad Hatter-Although it may be a little rough translating to the big screen, this madman could be transferred correctly with the right actor and be made into an interesting character.
- …Okay, Batman’s had a lot of movies, a lot of the good ones have already been taken.
Top 5 Worst-
- The Ventriloquist and Scarface-This villain(?) and his puppet are a notorious crime duo, and I just don’t really think they could be in it without the movie being a comedy.
- Calendar Man-Almost as bad in adaptation and Scarface, this villain only performs crimes on certain days of the year!
- Captain Stingaree-He’s a pirate.
- Mr. Freeze-This one would be disastrous if he was played by the wrong actor, say Arnold Schwarzenegger, OH WAIT!!!
- Film Freak-The funny thing about this guy is that he’s a film freak that impersonates other bad guys (a wimp) and gets killed by Bane, the biggest and strongest villain of them all.
dragonshensei said,
April 14, 2008 at 8:41 pm
I guess you looked into this after we saw that clip from the show in Mr. Harris’s room?
Daniel's Critical Corner said,
April 15, 2008 at 12:47 am
It would be nice to see Batman VS. A lesser known
villain, that’s FOR SURE. Always the usual suspects
in these movies… Just different variations on
the same thing… Yawn. LOL !!! I’m all for “The
Mad Hatter ! Now… Who would play him ?
earl said,
April 15, 2008 at 5:24 am
Yea, pretty much. I still think it was really funny Film Freak got killed by BANE! That and the Ventriloguist was killed. I just don’t see how he’d fight.
earl said,
April 15, 2008 at 5:31 am
THanks for the comment Daniel. That was kind of the point I was getting at, they’ve used a lot of the major villains in the show, practically the only ones they haven’t used are the ones that they’re afraid to. When I wrote The Mad Hatter I instantly thought Hank Azaria or Dana Carvey, but with the newer series taking on a darker tone, it would be a little hard. It would probably resemble something like Jim Carrey’s performance as the RIddler. I think they could pull it off though.
Spiceitup said,
June 17, 2008 at 1:10 pm
I would love to see Scarecrow and Bane in a Batman movie. With the Comics and tv series moving darker and darker, it seems that the movies should as well. And no matter how powerful some charaters are, i would rather have an insane Joker trying to kill me than freakin Scarecrow!!!!
earlman27 said,
June 17, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Well Scarecrow’s dark side was definitely explored (in fact it was the first time Scarecrow was explored) in Batman Begins. As far as Bane goes, he’s not too deep of a character, not emotionally wrought like the Joker, he’s just this beefed up guy. Not too much to explore. I am definitely looking forward to The Dark Knight, I might even see it twice.
dave said,
July 3, 2008 at 4:54 pm
I’d like to see them try and do the Riddler again.
Kirsten said,
July 13, 2008 at 8:48 pm
yeah I would def. love 2 see a diffrent variation of the villains in this new batman movie series, like the harley quinn suggestion, tht def. sounds like a good move. even the one villain clayface is not such a bad idea if only somebody could manipulate his origin a little bit, he could really be a meaningful empathetic characer
earlman27 said,
July 14, 2008 at 8:20 am
IGN did a really good article about this, and how they could make seemingly impossible villains to incorporate into Nolan’s world very realistic and in his style.
BatmanVillains said,
July 18, 2008 at 7:29 am
Jocker rules .. but than again so does Pinguin
pedro said,
July 20, 2008 at 10:29 am
for the 3rd movie i want 2 see batman vs the riddler or penguin. i perfer the riddler though. the riddler could be played by johnny depp
earlman27 said,
July 20, 2008 at 1:09 pm
IGN had a really good article about Phillip Seymour Hoffman maybe playing the Penquin. I don’t know. The way The Dark Knight left off I’d be happy even if they didnt make a sequel.
Ocmod said,
July 22, 2008 at 2:01 am
Riddler played by Johnny Depp
Talia al Ghul played by Natalie Portman
Ebeneezer Darrk plated by Jet Lee
Mad hatter played by Leonardo DiCaprio
Black Mask played by Hugo Weaving or Viggo Mortensen
What do you think
earlman27 said,
July 22, 2008 at 7:03 am
Very interesting take Ocmod. In fact very interesting. I could totally believe in your Riddler idea as long as Depp wasn’t TOO whimsical, Portman would make sense, however she does look a lot like Maggie Gylenhal, Ebeneeser’s character sounds a lot like the leader at the temple Bruce was in in Begins, Mad Hatter could work if played correctly, maybe a different actor, and Black Mask could totally work. Those are great ideas.
IGN did a great article about putting in the more whimsical villains into Nolan’s universe. I found it very interesting, maybe you would too.
nolanator said,
July 22, 2008 at 12:46 pm
The Riddler would be cool, even though Jim Carrey did a great job doing him in Forever.
earlman27 said,
July 22, 2008 at 7:35 pm
He did do a great job in forever, however that version wouldn’t quite mesh with Nolan’s vision. You’ve gotta ground it, and make it more realistic, less whimsical. IF they could do that, he’d be a great villain.
Ed said,
July 31, 2008 at 8:17 am
Batman should not have anymore Al Ghuls. Ras wasn’t even that good a character (I mean in general). It should be Penguin or Riddler those two are awesome villains, real and demented personalities.
I don’t even know if another Batman would be a good idea. The two most recent have been so good I fear a third may ruin it unless they are real careful. Everybody knows that even though Forever had big stars it still wasn’t half what the first two were.
Germ1984 said,
August 3, 2008 at 10:55 pm
IMDB has posted rumors… Jolie as Catwoman, Depp as Riddler, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman as Penguin