10 Villains Better For Ben Affleck’s Solo Batman Movie

6. Mr Freeze

Batman Deathstroke Harley Joker Freeze
DC Comics

Now this one would be cool. Like, it'd be really ice to have this character appear. Ok, I'll end the freeze puns... chill out.

Like with Poison Ivy, but probably on a larger scale, there's one big problem with Mister Freeze: Batman and Robin. The film reduced him to a shivering mess of puns, when really he's one of the most complicated Bat-villains around.

Victor Fries isn't a bad person, just someone who deeply loves his wife, and as a gifted scientist is driven to increasingly twisted and extreme measures in order to save her life.

With great intellect and an array of weapons, he can be a total match for Batman, and the tragic backstory means he's a villain the audience could really come to care about, a person doing the wrong thing but for the right reasons, deeply flawed, complex, he could melt viewers' hearts. Mister Freeze deserves to return from the cooler.

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