The Dark Knight Rises Mad as a Hatter:The Official Jervis Tetch Thread

[Robin91939]

That sounds like an awful, awful movie. Seriously, is that something you'd ever be interested in seeing up on the big screen? As in, Christopher Nolan (or whoever) directing a big budget Batman movie with this as the plot?

I didn't say that he was deserving of a film. He isn't. He isn't a strong enough villain to hold a BATMAN film. As a villain in a condensed graphic novel, he'd be quite chilling like this- very VERY creepy. But in a big budget, tent pole, blockbuster- he is NOT a villain that could be done justice and be a part of this film.

Villains that could hold a Batman film that would attract huge audiences:
Joker
Two-Face
Ra's Al Ghul
Mr. Freeze
Bane
Riddler
Scarecrow


That's really about it- those who could hold a big budget, Batflick as a solo villain....and even some of them are iffy (Riddler,Penguin, etc) but it's doable.

Great villains, like Hatter, Dr. Strange, Ivy, Croc, Zsasz etc are just not what the public would respond to- but could make GREAT movies---just not blockbuster Batflicks.

-R

 

[GypsyCatcher]

Michael Emmerson who plays Ben Linus on LOST would be perfect for the Hatter

 

[HolyPurpleSocks]

Michael Emmerson who plays Ben Linus on LOST would be perfect for the Hatter

Everyone and their aunt has been suggesting him for the Riddler...I think people just get a good 'creepy slithery lowlife' vibe from him...I don't want him near my movie screen, to be honest.

 

[NinjaTurtleFan]

Andy Serkis damn it!

 

[GL1]

You have to keep children out of it. Let's just pretend that's a mandate from WB. Because it would be.

The important thing is that all of his girls are HOT. They're all swedish models. They talk the same, look the same, shoot the same. That way when he busts down the door with six of these gals everyone is more than willing to be robbed by them. He uses a combination of technology and hypnotic phrases. I'd also drop most of the Alice and rhyming stuff; he doesn't actually think he's the Hatter from the story and he's not developmentally ******ed like the Hatter from Arkham Asylum. He just thinks it's a cool gimmick and he dresses all the Swedish models like Snow White, Cinderella, Littel Red riding Hood. He's not a main villain, for that complexity you need to involve his childlike mind and that's just innappropriate for a screen Batman imo, it's boring and cheesy and I'd rather see him fight someone else than a kid in a giant hat. For a movie he can only be a bit player like Scarecrow, someone for Two-Face to deal with.

Well put. Unless it's his kid minus the 'fiddling.' Could be a good implimentation of what they tried to do with Sandman in SM3.

 

[ronny]

Honestly, I think that to improve the standing of Mad Hatter they need to do a one-shot comic. It's all well and good to say that "He's a **** bad guy and should be forgot" but he's got great potential and only needs a few good comics in order to get some credibility.

 

[ModestMr.Green]

He should be a psychotic killer who, ala the Zodiac, is committing murders to have posthumous slaves for his "Wonderland."

...played by Craig Ferguson. XD

 

[dark joker]

approach,.............. a short little psycopath in a top hat like ModestMr.Green said he should be killing for cause

 

[arcangel]

Tim Roth
as a Obsessive compulsive, psycopathetic, borderline tech genious with pedophile tendacies.

 

[Milu]

Steve Buscemi

 

[Spider-Fan83]

you know what might be interesting, idk if it could really work in a movie, but, what about, the "Perchance To Dream" story from TAS
or would that be to confusing, and time consuming (I mean, the dream would probably take up half the movie)

 

[gwynplaine]

Michael C. Hall or Ben Foster.

 

[Nepenthes]

zomg I've got the PERFECT Mad Hatter

Spoiler

he's 27 now and trying to revive his career

 

[HolyPurpleSocks]

zomg I've got the PERFECT Mad Hatter

Spoiler

he's 27 now and trying to revive his career

Oh my God.

Best.
Casting.
Choice.
EVER.

 

[zenbird]

I always kinda dug the Mad Hatter - he was funny and disturbing at the same time.

I always pictured someone like Anthony Hopkins playing him - older, suave, but with sad, crazy eyes.

I see him as head of the Wayne Foundation, the charitable arm o Wayne Enterprises. This gives him access to limitless financial resources, and children as well (assuming the Wayne Foundation has a 'foster' program, a Big Brother/Big Sister program etc.).

I think, in the reality of the Nolanverse,The Hatter should be an abuser (physical and psychological abuse, not sexual...that's too much for even me to justify in a film) who coerces the kids into a life of crime, and feeds his own delusions using the homeless/orphaned children of the Foundation (the Lewis Carroll type role playing that pops up in the comics can be terrifying on screen). That would really creep me out. It could also be a great angle to get your Robin, if you were so inclined.

I have a whole opening prologue in my head involving the Hatter when he was a small boy that scares me everytime I think about it.

Having him be a friend of Bruce's (or at the very least, a hire of Bruce's) would add another layer.

My 2c.

 

[Matt.S99]

Man, i watched him in that movie Sex& Breakfast, guy can't act his way out of a paper bag

zomg I've got the PERFECT Mad Hatter

Spoiler

he's 27 now and trying to revive his career

 

[Nepenthes]

I bet he can act his way out of a house filled with booby traps and burglars! haw haw haw

 

[Matt.S99]

Only if michael jackson is at the end of the tunnell haw haw haw





lame joke, i know

 

[chamber-music]

Timothy Spall, end of story.
But I have to make it known I have no desire what-so-ever to EVER see Mad Hatter in a movie.

Timothy Spall is who I always had in mind as well!

 

[Han-Solo]

Ewan McGregor

 

[Rikxiepoo]

Timothy Spall is actually a very good choice. He could play a mad person pretty well, and he has the natural accent to boot! His outfit could be like the one in this picture and it would be pretty close to what the character looks like. The Mad Hatter, in the Nolanverse, could be a kidnapper of people of all ages who likes to torture his victim's minds to make the victim's relatives pay the ransom's faster. He dsnt need to be the main villain, but he could be a side villain to an arms dealing, judo expert Penguin or a certain Ventriloquist. The third movie dsnt have to have well known villains to be great. Batman Begins already proved that. The movie had well known villains to the fans but not to the general public, and so can the third movie.

 

[ronny]

I really think that Andy Serkis would be right for the role. As Gollum he put an awful lot into the performance, he was beating himself up, giving his all and in the end produced an unforgettable role. And his skill with voices is truly remarkable.
The way I see the Hatter talking is quite unique.
Basically, he is an American who, because of his delusions, speaks in a fake and high pitched British accent. What would be truly terrifying is when his mind snaps and he goes back to his normal voice. Seeing the normally cheery guy break character would be quite memorable.

 

[The Jester]

Timothy Spall, end of story.

bingo

 

[The Overlord]

He's a child rapist and cult leader.

He would have a cult, called "Wonderland" where lost children, homeless children, and runnaways could come to be "saved" The children, would all be young girls and if Hatter had his way- be blond haired, blue eyed.

He wouldn't have far fetched mind control methods and hats, just very crude mind control tactics, such as sleep deprivation, drugs, etc. His quest wouldn't be anything large, just trying to find a concoction that would keep one of his "Alice's" in a dream like state permanently. Those test subjects who do not make the grade, are abused and executed.

Batman begins to see a body count of missing children grow to an insane number and has to track down this new threat. It works best if Robin is in the story- as he is the same age as the girls and could have a friend in danger...

-R

See the problem with pedophile Mad Hatter is you would need a R-rating for it work and I doubt WB would ever have an r-rated Batman.

 

[kyuubijavi1]

If he is used as a small minor character like Scarecrow is in TDK then Mad Hatter would be awesome. Have him as some pedophile that kidnaps young girls, have a scene of him reenacting the whole tea party scene in Wonderland. The girl tied up as he is pouring her a cup of tea, a couple cop cars drive by with him being sure they would never find him then all of a sudden while Mad Hatter seems to be making a move at the girl his hand sliding up hers or him speaking in a seductive tone into her ear that would make the audience sick have batman break through the window and put a stop to this. It would be nothing more than 5 mins and show that the guys that have escaped Arkum are still on the run and seem to be getting sicker plus a nice little way to introduce batman into the movie.