Next Batman Movie: 5 Stories & Characters That Should Be Explored

4. More Unrealistic Villains

Killer_Croc_Choke Batman Begins immediately set the tone for the Batman universe, dark, gritty and realistic. That meant villains like Killer Croc, Mister Freeze and Poison Ivy were never going to cross paths with the Dark Knight. This is something that should be entirely different for the next Batman series. Much like Robin it immediately sets the new franchise apart from the Nolan Trilogy. If you start the first Batman movie since The Dark Knight Rises with Batman and Robin battling Clayface in a warehouse, that would really set the tone for the Batman€™s new adventures. Batman is about as realistic as superhero€™s come but he has some villains that are more out there, like Mr Freeze or Poison Ivy. These are two great villains that can and have carried stories on their own but the 1997 movie killed their credibility, in Hollywood at least. Which is all the more reason for a new Batman series to kick off by using such villains. Aesthetically villains like Clayface, Poison Ivy and Mr. Freeze would be great for the big screen. I€™m not an advocate for it but imagine the 3D possibilities of Ivy or Freeze, if shot in 3D, I€™d be really interested in that. Batman has more notable villains than most superhero€™s, maybe the most, many of which are realistic and many of which aren€™t. However there are many Batman villains that are long overdue some movie time, including The Riddler, Penguin, Mr. Freeze, Mad Hatter, Black Mask, Firefly and Zsasz. I know Zsasz was in Batman Begins but he wasn€™t a real character and he€™s a very dark, realistic villain that would suit any iteration of Batman. Unfortunately Man of Steel seems to be attempting to go the Nolan-esque route of ultra-reality, meaning that if that carries through to the Justice League, Batman villains like those listed above are unlikely to appear anytime soon.
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