where can they go from here??

Originally posted by Phucked Up
You want to see Bane and Penguin in the Nolan movies? What is wrong with you? Those characters are too out there for the realistic look of these films.

I'd personally rather see Riddler, but only if they can reinvent the character to be a sadistic enigma.

How can Penguin NOT be done realistically? He's one of the most realistic villains Batman has!

He's a gangster and a shady businessman, plain and simple... He doesn't need to have the over-the-top features the cartoons have and that Devito had... Just give him a large nose and a tuxedo/umbrella combo...

Bane just needs experimental steroids, and he works...

Riddler is one of my least favorites now... I'd really prefer they went in a different direction...

Like I said, I'd LOVE if Nolan did The Reaper for the 3rd movie... But that probably won't happen...

As far as major realistic villains. They can only go with The Riddler at this point. I wouldnt mind seeing The Riddler. But anything they do at this point will be a step down. You just cant top the Joker.

Because Heath died I believe that rewrote the ending so Joker and maybe someone else wont be in it. I still think they were trying to go with the Arkham Asylum. Now some new villains should show up.

i was thinking phantasm, the riddler and harley quinn.

Originally posted by Endrict Nuul
Because Heath died I believe that rewrote the ending so Joker and maybe someone else wont be in it. I still think they were trying to go with the Arkham Asylum. Now some new villains should show up.

Arkham Asylum is the Joker's obvious destination.

I think them recasting Joker is a real possibility. The ending certainly left it open that he may return. And there are other actors who could be excellent.

I would'nt mind seeing Mr Freeze being done again and also Man-Bat would be another good one.

Two-Face is still alive, and he rises to gain control of organized crime in Gotham. However, an ambitious crime boss, Black Mask, is struggling to gain his piece of the pie. Batman has to fight the resurgence of organized crime in the city while trying to regain his former reputation as the city's guardian.

Obviously a recasting of the Joker will be hard, considering Ledger's performance, but not impossible.
They made a memorial for D.A. Harvey Dent, not for Two-Face, so...I do believe having Hush introduced would be a good choice, the tie in's with Bruce Wayne persona and the Batman persona will make the struggle between the two even harder, cause Batman will have to watch out even in his civilian identity.
Back on Two Face, maybe Batman and Gordon got him restricted to Arkham, keeping silence about the fact he's the former DA of Gotham, after all Gordon is the new Commissioner, he has enough influence to do that.Also the idea of him taking control og Gotham's criminal underworld in a war with the The Joker that didn't died would be great, with Batman in the crossfire, trying to save Dent's soul and stop him while also having to stop the Joker.
Bane would not be so unrealistic.Let's relocate Bane to the Blackgate Penitentiary, where he's has become the king of the prison, and the reports of his inmates about Batman being unbeatable and all sorts of urban legend on the Dark Knight makes him the incarnation of the bat that haunted his dreams since childhood, and in a twisted way of settling scores, he escapes from Blackgate and then set up a plan to beat Batman, releasing the Joker and Scarecrow sure they will clash against Two Face rising crime empire, forcing Batman to round them up and the beating him when he's exhsausted.

Originally posted by BackFire
I think them recasting Joker is a real possibility. The ending certainly left it open that he may return. And there are other actors who could be excellent.

I know but I just don't want to run the risk of someone messing it up.

Going by what happens and what is said at the end of the movie, it would seem logical that Batman becomes the 'baddie' for the next movie. All the authority figures are shown to be corrupt or weak (apart from Commissioner Gordon), but most of the people of Gotham were just. I could see it being something along those lines because as a villian they simply can't top Heath Ledger's Joker.

Batman wont be the film's actual villain but will probably be the villain through the eyes of gotham for the majority of it.

You know that's pretty much what I said, right?

Originally posted by Ya Krunk'd Floo
You know that's pretty much what I said, right?

even I got that awesome

I like the idea of a Batman redemption story as a closer.

Since Batman doesn't have a love interest anymore, I think it's time to bring in another, maybe Selina?

I think Michael Emerson the guy who played Ben Linus on lost would be a great Riddler

Ok, I just saw TDK, and after seeing it, I REALLY think The Reaper could work in the next movie...

Two-Face is still alive, and he rises to gain control of organized crime in Gotham.

Did you even see TDK? Two-Face wasn't a crime boss... Even if we was alive (I personally think he's dead) he would have no reason to become a crime boss... It'd completely contradict what he did in the movie...

Originally posted by Wolverine2006

Spoiler:
Well I hope so, wikipedia says that he died at the end, and I know I probably shouldnt be using Wikipedia as a source of information but there really isnt any other ones out there right now, it never clearly says whether or not he died even though im pretty sure he didnt because that would take out a main villain that could be used for number 3 and it would also make Batman a killer.

I like Wikipedia, but Two-Face isn't dead. Watch closely, he is breathing

Originally posted by BackFire
I think them recasting Joker is a real possibility. The ending certainly left it open that he may return. And there are other actors who could be excellent.

Chris Nolan has said that The Joker will not be returning

Originally posted by BruceSkywalker
I like Wikipedia, but Two-Face isn't dead. Watch closely, he is breathing

Spoiler:
He fell straight down from a few stories up ONTO HIS BACK WITHOUT protective armor or beams to break his fall... If he's alive, he must be superhuman