Jumping the gun: Batman in 2012

[BloodyMage]

Hey you want a more dominating, fiendish Michelle Trachtenburg, I'm just saying, Gossip Girl delivers.

[The Sevenshot Kid]

We could get Harley Quinn in a throw-away scene. Something about the Joker slowly driving his psychologist insane before killing himself in front of her to prove some twisted point.

[bluestarultor]

I might be able to see Trachtenberg as Harley. Probably not Catwoman, but maybe Harley.

[The Sevenshot Kid]

She's too young for Harley, but perfect for Catwoman if they go the prostitute route.

[bluestarultor]

Originally Posted by The Gunslinger

She's too young for Harley, but perfect for Catwoman if they go the prostitute route.

She's 24. That's plenty old enough for Harley.


Edit: Let me explain a bit. She definitely looks young in most of her roles, and she'll probably be pulling that until she's 30. On the other hand, that has a lot to do with them "dressing her down." What I mean by this is they dress her young, do her wardrobe and hair to make her look young and possibly smaller through various tricks of dimension. Alternatively, they could "dress her up" with different clothes and such to make her look older. That's not how she's marketing herself at the moment, but they could.

And aside from that, Harley is a younger character anyway, isn't she?

[tacticslion]

Originally Posted by The Gunslinger

We could get Harley Quinn in a throw-away scene. Something about the Joker slowly driving his psychologist insane before killing himself in front of her to prove some twisted point.

You know, it occurs to me: Harley would be a better villain than catwoman for a third film. Truly, if she were broken by the Joker before he killed himself - that would be a perfect segue into the new movie, and it'd be someone that Batman wouldn't expect, and someone he could "try to save", preferably "from herself". If she makes cries for help which he at first ignores - because he's still hung up on Rachel - so much the better. If/when she dies and/or falls into Harley Quinn (again or for the first time, whichever), it could be just the catalyst to rock his world... and change his philosophy... once again. She could have a form of DIDs or something so she really and truly seems normal until the "wicked side" is triggered. She could even be a kind of anti-batman. This could later set up perfect introductions to Phantasm (who could even be Rachel herself in this new history, I don't know) or Cat Woman. Whoever she ends up being wouldn't be his "perfect woman" - he'd believe he'd have been presented with that chance twice and lost both of them (Rachel and Harley), so he'd "settle" for the new character, allowing tons of tension and/or character development (no one likes to be "settled for"). Incidentally a skilled and clever sci-tech sociopathic/psychopathic ninja-esque Riddler would not only fit perfectly well within the context of this Batman world, but would work well as either an ally or an enemy of Harley - both seeing themselves as sort of the 'heir'(s) of Joker and either killing together or independantly. Possibly he's even the reason that innocent Dr. Harleen Quinzel is "triggered" into Harley Quinn at first (perhaps keeing the Joker's work going) until she manifests it herself.

Also, yeah, Batman needs a semi-permanent Enemy left in Gotham to rule the Mobs. I think it was supposed to be Joker, but that didn't work out, sadly.

Originally Posted by Smarty McBarrelpants

Clayface and Killer Croc would be awesome.

Clayface ain't gonna happen, sorry man. He's just too sci-"fantasy" based for this series. Killer Croc is a remote possibility, as he'd just have to be born a tiny bit of a mutant followed up by filing his own teeth and virtually killing himself with 'Roids or something (though that's usually Bane's job). Croc and Penguin (who could also work ok) might work well together. I dunno, I'm just throwing that out there.

So, now that my "pet theory" has been posted, much like in 8-Bit, the directors - having scoured these message boards - will make sure not to use it! Add yours to the list today!

[The Sevenshot Kid]

Both Catwoman and Robin could work because they're both broken people. It woule be a cool arc if Bruce was trying to reach out to them on different levels. Could Bruce help either of them?

[Intern Nin]

That is all.

[Eldezar]

Originally Posted by Krylo

Trachtenburg is hot and all, but she's not Catwoman hot. Michelle is more girl next door sexy, while Catwoman requires more of a leather dominatrix sexy.

Not that I wouldn't enjoy seeing her in leather, or anything... just saying it'd be kind of a disconnect to see her as Catwoman.

I am ok with Michelle not playing the traditional role of Catwoman or some variation of a dominant Catwoman because I am biased against Catwoman and pretty much think the only good Catwoman is from Batman: TAS and TNBA. If Michelle can play Catwoman like that, that would be amazing, and I am now mildly interested in Gossip girl to see what else she is capable of.

Harley is also a viable option, though I think that would be difficult to do (though not impossible) without recasting Joker so we can see the relationship between those two. If you have seen The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus then you would see there are two fairly decent replacements for Ledger with another (Depp) being an unsatisfactory replacement but still could make an interesting performance in his own right.

It would be kind of nice to get a Superman/Batman live-action movie. Both DC and Marvel have gotten better about acknowledging other heroes within their universes, but it still seems that there could be more interaction. I think we need a new Superman, though. Wonder what Welling is doing...

[greed]

Guys, guys.



Clock King.

Edit: If they made Mr Freeze more realistic they could use his story to introduce the white collar crime in Gotham, the mobs are broken it's probably time for Batman to go after the evil megacorps.