I'm Reading Your Stuff: General News and Discussion Thread

[SwordOfMorning]

A very suped up version of TLH's twist or her being Harvey's Lady Macbeth strike me as the most likely. Think people are really overthinking about "twists". Wouldn't be surprised by or really mind a variation on some of the Earth One Harvey stuff, provided Harvey is an actual character who still has an engaging and tragic arc rather than just a one-dimensional prick. God, Geoff Johns sucks.

 

[Boom]

Lady Macbeth is a really good analogy. I like that a lot. Even more if she's the reason he ends up getting disfigured.

 

[Venom 1988]

God, Geoff Johns sucks

For what it's worth his Ghost Machine books are pretty good lol.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

For what it's worth his Ghost Machine books are pretty good lol.

Geoff Johns has original creations!?

 

[TheSmoothKnight]

Another confirmation.

 

[Hurm...]

I don't think Reeves will do a Two Face origin story in the second film of his Batman series. It's just too close to TDK.

 

[Venom 1988]

Geoff Johns has original creations!?
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It's true. I got burnt out by most of Johns work in the last 15 years If you told me 5 years ago one of my favorite ongoing comics was a book by him with Brian Hitch co-writing and drawing, I'd laugh.

 

[Mindreaper21]

I don't think Reeves will do a Two Face origin story in the second film of his Batman series. It's just too close to TDK.

It’s not. All villains are in their infancy, but there’s more than one way to tell a Two-Face story. Matt will do what makes sense for his saga.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

There will inevitably be parallels with TDK because it’s the same source material, but there’s a million ways to do Dent. Plus, by the time this movie comes out TDK will be almost twenty years old - two full decades since the character was on screen.

 

[BobJM]

Tom Pelphrey would also be a good Harvey

 

[BigBatTheory]

What do you guys think about Harvey Dent having spent time in Arkham, or under the care of Dr. Arkham/Hugo Strange in his youth, and his DID alternate was intentionally corrupted and made more violent by the doctor? He could almost be like a sleeper agent or something lol. Like maybe it's a bit silly but it's also a somewhat less problematic representation of DID since it would acknowledge that those with the condition aren't inherently violent. Apparently Harvey was put in Arkham by his father in N52 so there is some comic precedence for the connection. Could also explain Harvey and Dr. Arkham having somewhat smaller roles than Gilda, if Harvey is missing/awol from a mental break and is like the main suspect in some killings, and we only learn the Arkham connection later in the investigation as Bruce learns about his history of mental illness and time spent in institutions and confronts the Dr. about it. Definitely fits with the whole The Parallax View theory.

 

[J.Drangal]

I enjoy reading all these theories; speculating about these films is the most fun part of the wait and the reason why I joined this board in the first place. It's been a long time since the threads have been this lively, and it feels good!

Now, regarding everything that has been said in the last few pages, a lot of it seems interesting to me and probably on the right track, but I wonder... If we can assume that Bruce Wayne will appear a little more and that the film will probably explore his family's past further, in a story involving mainly corrupt institutions and/or the Dent family, where does Batman really fit in?

What I mean is that if a comic book like Year One can do without a colourful villain, this is a big Hollywood production: I can't imagine them doing without one for a multitude of reasons. Just as The Batman had some spectacular murders committed by the Riddler, this film needs an eccentric character to put on a show.

Assuming Harvey won't transform until at least the second half of the film, either a villain has yet to be announced, or maybe Dent Sr. or Gilda are also someone else...

No?