HAS anyone in this thread read my Script outline for BATMAN REVENGE
check it out let me know what you think a great story that would feature THE JOKER as the main villian
Bruce will struggle hard with the consequences of being Batman and will vow to give up. The only way to do this is to replace Harvey Dent himself or find someone that can do it and support them both as Wayne and as Batman.
The employee from TDK who found blueprints for Tumbler (BATMOBILE) is found murdered leading to an even greater pressure from the city for Gordon to capture Batman and Gordon himself now doesnt know who to trust( even Batman himself). Batman is framed for the murder.
A new and mysterious female D.A. emerges Talia Head and sparks the interest of Bruce Wayne and she is secretly Talia al Ghul (Despite not appearing in Batman Begins, where Ra's al Ghul is the main villain, she is mentioned in the novelization when Ra's writes to his daughter in Switzerland and al Ghul's character biography in the DVD special features.)
The Joker was simply a pawn used by a mobster who wanted to move in on the Falconne family. This is the Black Mask an older man , rich, a rogue member of the league of shadows After leaving the League he formed the false face society who recruited the Joker tortured him and drove him insane with the blue flowers (great way to go back show Joker's origin) Black Mask's most important weapons are fear and intimidation. He is known for his brutal and sadistic torture techniques, especially on the face. To the Black Mask, Jokers purpose was served as he drove the Batman from hero to vigilante in the general public eye
the Black Mask is secretly also a wealthy business man and has the pull to push around Bruce Wayne and also fabricate documents and information. His Intel is unparalleled, he nearly completes a hostile takeover of Wayne enterprises, and he is a master criminal strategist with vast amount of resources. He was the crime lord of Gotham city for many years as an undercover businessman and was the original target of Ras al Ghul. Black Mask also uses his connections to gather information on his enemies, and then hits them at their weak points, such as family and friends. (Ties to Thomas Wayne, and his death) The Black Mask infiltrates Wayne Enterprises and also kills Lucious Fox. Black Mask commits a series of murders disguised as Batman. This plan was complicated by the escape of Joker. Joker finds and kills Black Mask exposing his true identity.
Talia Al Ghul will lead a team of the league of shadows in revenge for her fathers death she knows Bruce Wayne is Batman and this poses a serious threat since everyone is on the hunt for Batman she is unaware of whom the Black mask is and that he was a partner with her father in the league.
Gordon discovers he must find a way to get info out of the Joker, while in Arkham he is receiving treatment from a new doctor Dr. Harleen Quinzel who turns out to be an operative of the Black Mask. The Black Mask is determined to kill the Joker to conceal his identity but the operative does a double cross, and frees the Joker.. He then kidnaps Commissioner Gordon and taunts him with enlarged photographs of his wounded (family member), in an attempt to prove that any normal man can go insane after having "one really bad day." The Joker ridicules him as an example of "the average man," a naïve weakling doomed to insanity.
The False Face Society and the League of Shadows Hunters led by Talia go to war in the streets of Gotham. Talia plays into Bruce until the Joker exposes her true identity. She is a complex character, not quite heroine nor villainess but more of an anti-hero.
Climax would be Joker now heading the mob in replace of the Black Mask and has a plan to detonate another bomb similar to what destroys Wayne enterprises. Batman has to take down remaining league of shadows hunters, False Face Society and stop the Joker.
Talia ends up stepping in front of bullet meant for Batman as her heart has changed after she has witnessed all the destruction caused by her own fathers hand and that of their followers.
K.B. 8/24/09