15 Batman Arkham Series Elements That Would Make Future Films Great

Arkham Asylum's storyline was hard to top, but from an emotional standpoint, Arkham City succeeded with the second of its main narratives, as the Joker, locked up within the open air prison, is revealed to be dying of an illness as a result of his exposure to the Titan formula that he so desperately sought.

Early on in the game, Joker performs a blood transfusion on Batman, infecting him with the same condition and forcing him to seek out a cure for the pair of them. Mr. Freeze plays a sizable part in proceedings as the individual tasked with devising this. Though portrayed as a tragic figure rather than a true villain as a result of his backstory (which involved him attempting to find a remedy for his terminally ill wife Nora), he nevertheless squares off against Batman in a fight sequence that serves as one of the best boss battles in gaming history, as Freeze constantly alters his strategy and surroundings to ensure that he can't be bested by the same tactic more than once.

The eventual revelation that the dying Joker has been having the shapeshifter Clayface masquerade as a second, healthy version of him came as a true shock at first, whilst the doubly shocking final moments shared between Batman and his archenemy made for one of the most poignant game endings of all time, particularly the final interaction that revealed that despite all of the Joker's past actions, Batman still would've saved him had the cure not been destroyed by the villain's actions.

The possibilities for a film adaptation of this storyline are endless - the inclusion of Mr. Freeze's tragic origin story would make for a highly emotional moment that would shred the dreadful pun-based memories of Arnold Schwarzenegger in the role, though any fight against him wouldn't be as tense as the game equivalent. Whilst placing Batman in peril by infecting him with a deadly disease would keep audiences on edge and add an element of desperation to his actions as control slips away from him.

The almost-perfectly written death of the Joker, meanwhile, could be one of the most powerful scenes in movie history if replicated and done right, particularly the final moments that see Batman wordlessly carrying his body through a crowd of shocked onlookers.