Hush's inclusion in Arkham Knight is by far one of the biggest missed opportunities in the series to date, and his botched inclusion weakens the game a great deal. After a brilliant side mission in Arkham City where Thomas Elliott was given the 'Identity Thief' moniker and an absolutely haunting scene where his plans are revealed, fans had been expecting Hush to make some big waves in Rocksteady's finale, but what they were given was anything but satisfying. After years of planning his revenge against the Wayne family, carefully studying Bruce's personality, moulding his voice to match his, painstakingly crafting a new fact to mirror his, what does Thomas do? Why he just walks up to Bruce's office and takes Lucius Fox hostage of course, only to be beaten in one move by The Dark Knight after letting his emotions get the better of him. Rocksteady completely underestimated the threat Hush could pose towards Batman, and relegated his presence to a side distraction that took up about 5 minutes of gameplay. They may as well have left him out of the game entirely.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
