The Dark Knight Rises What If More Major Villains Are Used As Lesser Ones?

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Just for the hell of it, I've been working on my own storyline for "Batman 3", potentially to turn it into a comic if I get enough motivation.

I had an idea, though... As Black Mask plays the mob boss rising to power, I've toyed with the idea of using some bigger villains as simple soldiers for Black Mask, most prominently Clayface and Hush. They're just two mobsters that work for Black Mask that don a clay mask and a bandage mask (respectively). Also, the use of Deadshot or Deathstroke as such (I'm undecided as to which, but either way I'm planning for whichever I use to come into a much larger role).

That said, what would you all think if Nolan were to use villains like these as lesser-known mobsters who don't really have a major impact in the story, but serve more like Fitzy, Dellahunt, and French did to Frank Costello in The Departed? Maybe he could just throw the names in there as a little "easter egg" to the fans, without having to include them in a major way?

I just think this could keep the path clear for the use of other bigger villains like Catwoman, Riddler, or others, without essentially "overcrowding" the film in the effort to include more names, albeit even if in an "easter egg" fashion.

I don't care to see Hush take prominence, as his background and motivations suck. Clayface just won't happen unless he's just a disguised killer (I just don't really see him having a groundbreaking presence in this series). Would any of you oppose this idea? Or, for those who wouldn't mind this idea, what other names would you like to see in that sense?
 
Not Bad and then Black Mask could create the false face association!
 
It's a good idea and I'd be all for it but the problem there is that a bunch of fanboys will complain that it isn't really Clayface or Hush. And then threads will be popping up about how Nolan doesn't understand anything about Batman and it'd just be a holy mess.
 
Yeah, I know there'll likely be that, but I think that what's been shown in BB and TDK already is more than enough proof that Nolan KNOWS the source material.

I also think that a lot of the fans will see that these villains either suck (Hush) or aren't really transferable into this universe (Clayface), and are being placed in the best way they can. There'll always be those fanboys that want a 100% transfer, but that just won't happen.
 
I wouldn't mind it, but all you are essentially doing is throwing at "nods" or "easter eggs" to the fans by having villains in small cameo-like roles. For example, a bad guy could seek the help of Dr. Kirk Langstrom or Victor Fries, and although they are NOT man-bat or mr. freeze the comic fans would know that they are their alter egos in small cameo filled roles....

basically all it becomes is a bunch of cameos.
 
I wouldn't mind it, but all you are essentially doing is throwing at "nods" or "easter eggs" to the fans by having villains in small cameo-like roles. For example, a bad guy could seek the help of Dr. Kirk Langstrom or Victor Fries, and although they are NOT man-bat or mr. freeze the comic fans would know that they are their alter egos in small cameo filled roles....

basically all it becomes is a bunch of cameos.

Cameos with different roles than they would normally have, had they been an actual full-on transfer of their comic incarnations.

I'm saying bring in big villains as lesser-known characters that take part directly in the story, but aren't exactly "big guys" like Joker, Scarecrow, Ra's, and Two-Face were.
 
Thank ya. I just started actually writing ideas down for my own version of the "script". Whether or not I turn this into a comic may rely on how good I think it is once it turns out, and if I could get others to help if needed.

I'll likely be using the ideas I've presented in the script, but originally the ideas started as just thought as to what Nolan could do with certain villains in the next film(s).
 
I too am going to start something like this...

Only All the villains are going to have a Joker-sized role, Imagin 10 "main" villains...

Has anyone ever tried that before?
 
I too am going to start something like this...

Only All the villains are going to have a Joker-sized role, Imagin 10 "main" villains...

Has anyone ever tried that before?

Yeah, X-Men 3 tried it, and it bombed.

That would be utterly terrible, dude. :down
 
Yeah, X-Men 3 tried it, and it bombed.

That would be utterly terrible, dude. :down

That is why the very idea of a movie is bad... There is not enough space to explore every inch of the world your trying to create.
 
That is why the very idea of a movie is bad... There is not enough space to explore every inch of the world your trying to create.

What the **** are you talking about?

You really are one of the most clueless people I've seen on these boards...
 

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