What about Rhona Mitra as a Talia candidate?
I think she is hot. She is around Bales age, 34 soon I think....but she looks younger. She is beautiful with an exotic look, has a nice body, can act and she is athletic!
Sure, if you want a bad actress as Talia.
What I'd like to see:
Riddler. We've already tackled the fear and insanity/duality aspects of the Bat-Universe, now we need to tackle the intelligence aspect of it. Riddler is perfect for that. He should be very dark, very cerebral. Wash the nasty taste of Jim Carrey's Riddler out of our mouths. He should be like the TAS Riddler, but a bit more toned down, but still maintain a bit of eccentricity. He should be much deadlier as well. Don't solve a riddle? People die. That simple. No revenge motive. That doesn't fit his character very well. He does it simply for the intellectual stimulation.
Catwoman. Introducing Catwoman so soon after Rachel's death would create great conflict in Bruce/Batman. Here's the first woman since Rachel that he's felt a real emotional connection with. But she's a criminal. How could he have feelings for a criminal? I think he should find out her identity from the get-go. Catwoman, for God's sake, should be how she is in the comic books. For ONCE in our lifetimes. No magic cat resurrection after falling 20 stories. No magic cat powers and stupid **** like that. Master Thief/Acrobat with a fetish for cats. The end. And she better damn well have black hair. The perfect love interest for this movie. Because not only does she fill in the love interest spot, but she also creates great emotional conflict for Bruce, as mentioned earlier.
Some more villains as minor threats for Batman to deal with throughout the first part or so of the movie. Mad Hatter, Killer Croc(done like in the JOKER HC), Deadshot, Firefly, The Ventriloquist and Scarface. Hell, not even as direct threats. Maybe just cameos in Arkham, to show that Batman is still doing his job regardless of being hunted by the cops. And to show that the freak count is steadily rising after Batman's/Joker's very public antics from TDK.
I want to see more of a melding of the freaks and mobsters. Black Mask and Penguin would be perfect for this. Black Mask picks up the pieces after Falcone and Maroni, and becomes the new Big Boss. Penguin runs a fencing/gun running racket, with the Ice Berg Lounge as his front. Penguin really shouldn't have overly exaggerated features. He should look the way he did in Batman: Broken City. Shorter guy, in a tux almost always. Maybe a monocle. Maybe. I'd actually like it if Killer Croc was Penguin's body guard. Kill two birds with one stone. And save time as well. Black Mask should look as he did in that Return of the Red Hood run from a while back, business suit, with an extremely toned down black skull mask. Black Mask should be Roman Sionis during the day, new corporate executive in town(think Anti-Bruce Wayne, a real *****ebag), and then Mob Boss Black Mask at night. Controlling a huge piece of the Gotham Criminal Empire. Not only would they be in the movie, they'd create the great dynamic of the freak/mob combination, and maybe take it to the next level.
They should show the effects of Batman being hunted so harshly by the cops, how it interferes with Batman's mission. And there definitely needs to be a lot more animosity from the citizens. That would create great conflict in Gordon, trying to hide the truth about Harvey and Batman, but while publicly trying to make it seem as if he hates Batman as much as everyone else.
Batman should spend a lot of time in the newly rebuilt and upgraded cave, in the suit. Bruce Wayne should attend only a few parties or galas and such, and look very tired and worn down. Very haggard. Maybe one of the galas he attends could be hosted by one Talia Head, newly arrived Business Mogul from overseas. Just a hint at possible things to come.
Batman should be a bit more harsher on the criminals and thugs and punks he apprehends/interrogates. Almost as if he's venting all his frustrations out on them. All his frustrations as somewhat losing his ally in Gordon(their alliance has definitely become diminished), all the citizens that he protects hating him.
Bruce should definitely become a bit more controlling and paranoid. I'd like to see some new checkpoints, so to speak, around the entire city for Batman. Almost safehouse kind of places. Like in Batman: Broken City. I really loved that bit. And it definitely makes sense for Bruce, as he's becoming more and more paranoid, to have those safehouses around the city. Loaded with weapons, spare suits, computer terminals, almost like the Bat-Bunker from TDK but smaller scale and MANY more.
I would LOVE to see Harvey Bullock. We got a little taste of him, I think, in the cop that Joker had held hostage in MCU("I want my phone call" cop). But we actually need a Harvey Bullock in there. Maybe not dirty like he was in the comics, since we've already had several dirty cops in there, but maybe "soiled", like he was in TAS.
I'd like to see Batman constantly updating his suit. I'd like him to some how keep the sonar lenses(only work on the immediate area he's in), but for him to incorporate heat vision/night vision lenses as well. Few more down to earth but still cool as hell gadgets for him to use as well. Definitely keep the gauntlet blades weapon.
And speaking of his equipment, I'd like to see him bring back the Tumbler, but make some MAJOR overhauls and "improvements" to it. I loved the Tumbler, but Batman would almost compulsively need to update his weaponry almost all the time at this point. And that would include his vehicles.
I'd like to see a few more nods to the comic books, character-wise and continuity-wise. Very subtle ones, but nods none the less. Let's keep it classy. Just little nods and such throughout the movie. Easter eggs for DVD obsessionists.
I think Two-Face should return. It's very easy for him to return, he didn't look dead at all, and I think Nolan set it up nice and vague for a possible return. After all, how would Batman be redeemed in this movie without Two-Face? Yeah, Gordon could come clean, but it would hardly prove anything. Especially with people so eager to love Harvey and to hate Batman. He'd have to have been still alive to prove Batman was innocent.
And last, but definitely not least, Joker. I honestly think the Joker should return, but at a VERY limited capacity. Hire somebody who has the same basic build as Heath, do up the same make-up and such, and put him in Arkham. Straight Jacket, of course. In a "super" plexiglass cell by himself. Armed guards 24/7. Unknown on his cell door where the name should be. I don't want him to say a word. Not one word. Batman should secretly visit him every night at the end of his nightly patrols, just to make sure Joker is still locked up tight in Arkham. He could also hack into the security systems of Arkham and have a live feed of Joker in his cell at all times. Joker's escapes from Arkham should definitely be cut down majorly in this movie. At this point in the comics, it's become a total joke. "Arkham's Revolving Doors." No, Joker should and would need a lot of time to plan his escapes from wherever he's being held. Maybe a cameo or two by his new Psychiatrist Dr. Harleen Quinzel(not a speaking cameo, but definitely a shot of a blonde woman in a white coat leaving his cell every now and then. All Joker would do is smile and twitch and stare. Maybe even stare at the same spot Batman stands every night. And then, maybe, toward the end of the movie, Harleen helps him escape. And that's a big maybe.
That's the stuff I'd like to see in the sequel. Some of it isn't as important as most, but most if not all the character stuff I'd want to see. Characterization is KEY in these movies. We have to care about these characters and keep caring about them as the movie goes on or else it just wouldn't fit. Bring the entire movie a bit more down to earth. Definitely make it more cerebral(suits the Riddler as one of the villains).
But yeah, that's the stuff I'd like to see in this movie. And I think it's all very doable.
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