What if the Riddler was in Batman 3?

After the Dark Knight was a huge hit, everyone began speculating on who
was going to be in Batman 3 especially since Heath Ledger couldn't
reprise his role of the Joker. Well you couldn't go to an internet forum
without hearing people theorize that it's going to be the Riddler
because of Mister Reese - get it - 'mysteries'. Even though the Riddler
was always called Edward Nygma unfortunately Chris Nolan succumbed to
the peer pressure of the Internet and is putting Riddler in his next
movie. He could've had a great movie like the one I try to describe here,



















but instead he was forced to add in the Riddler and now it's going to look more like this:

Batman meets Selina Kyle and they fall in love. One day Bruce Wayne fires
Mister Reese for making up fraudulent reports. Next Commissioner Gordon
makes a new discovery in the murder of Batman's parents revealing that
Joe Chill never shot them, but it was actually the actor Basil Karlo.
Basil Karlo is on the run and accidentally falls into some kind of
research lab where he turns into Clayface. Batman's new mechanized suit
gets a virus in it causing him to lose his mind. Bruce starts walking
down the streets of Gotham sporting a popped collar. In reality this
virus was caused by Mister Reese now known as the Riddler. After Batman
nearly kills Clayface in a subway station, he flies on top of a church
and claws his way out of the suit. Riddler seizes the suit and
refashions it for his own purposes. Now the Riddler and Clayface team up
to take down Batman. They kidnap Selina Kyle and connect her to a
Riddler device on top of a building under construction. Batman tries to
take down a gigantic Clayface but is nearly killed as a television
reporter comments on it. Then out of nowhere Scarecrow comes in the Bat
plane and fires fear bombs at Clayface. Clayface gets scared and runs
away. Then Scarecrow and Batman team up to take down the Riddler.
Riddler seems to be holding his own until Scarecrow gets stabbed by a
Riddler trap. Selina comforts Scarecrow as Batman takes down Riddler by
trapping him in his own puzzle. Riddler refusing to go to jail,
activates a self destruct sequence in the Riddler suit destroying him.
As Scarecrow dies, Clayface appears and apologizes to Bruce Wayne for
killing his parents. Batman forgives him and then Clayface says that he
is going to go find and take care of his daughter. Batman and Selina get
married and then the movie ends.
















How adorable, I wish they would just die.

But even if Batman 3 resembles this, it would still be a thousand times better than a movie version of Batman R.I.P. ... of course I would still be there opening night.



Update: Chris Nolan has announced that Batman 3 would be called Dark Knight Rises. While the title may not be the greatest (but can you blame him for putting Dark Knight in the title?), he did confirm that the Riddler will not be in the final (which has me greatly excited right there) Batman movie.

Batman Fan Fiction

My philosophy with regards to the next Batman movie is that if the third is the last one, it should relate to one of my favorite movies, Batman Begins. I thought Bane of the Demon, Legacy, and Knightfall were great stories and should be used as inspiration for the next movie. Now the story posted here is only if the next Batman movie is going to be the last Batman movie by Chris Nolan although this plot works best as a follow up to Dark Knight. Since the chances of Nolan seeing this story idea is as likely as me winning a foot race, we can wait and see how close my story is compared with the upcoming movie (July 2012, supposedly).

The Caped Crusader

A prison escape occurs at Arkham Asylum. Many of Batman's rogues makes appearances. Gordon and his police force arrive and try to contain the situation. Batman watches the situation from afar and notices a grocery store nearby getting robbed. It turns out to be none other than the Scarecrow who is making a hallucinogen with some chemicals that he has been collecting. Batman quickly subdues him, but the Scarecrow sprays his chemical concoction onto Batman. Batman knocks Scarecrow out, but the fumes from the chemicals make Batman hallucinate making him see Rachel crying out for help. Batman is able to snap out of it and retreats. He recoups and heads to the asylum. He avoids the police and investigates the hole in the wall. He notices no blast marks and suspects that some kind of machine had to be behind the break out. A policeman notices Batman and a group of cops go after him, but Batman escapes using his grappling gun.

Bruce Wayne watches television at Wayne Manor and we see his television screen depicting a new politician declaring Batman a cop killer and a crazy vigilante. Alfred enters and asks what's wrong. Bruce tells him that he still can't stop blaming himself for Rachel's death. Alfred tries to cheer him up by saying, "Maybe I'm starting to agree with that politician calling you crazy." After some other exchanges, Bruce enters the Batcave. Alfred asks what he is working on. Bruce informs him that he must track down all of the escaped patients from Arkham before they can cause Gotham any more harm. Alfred informs him that first he must meet Wayne Enterprises' newest client.

At the police station the new politician talks with Gordon on starting a crusade to bring in the Batman. Gordon says that we should focus on the Arkham escapees. The politician counters by saying that Batman is responsible for most of these psychos. There's some more exchanges, but then Gordon decides to focus on the psychos and the politician goes after the Batman.

At Wayne Enterprises, Bruce Wayne meets Talia Head at a meeting. After the meeting, Talia goes out with Bruce for lunch. Here we learn about what happened in Batman Begins and the Dark Knight. Talia expresses her admiration for Batman, but she reveals that she is also engaged with a man named Antonio Diego who happens to also be the president of her company. Despite that, Talia notices that Bruce is sad, so she reaches over to hold Bruce's hand. Bruce notices a bruise on Talia's arm and suspects that Antonio is abusive.

As Batman he investigates the company. As he is looking for the security system, he finds a weapons lab. There he finds caches of illegal weapons, but there is one weapon in particular that catches his eye. He uses some kind of scanner, but it can't recognize it. Batman notices a label covered in dust that reads, "Venom, Santa Prisca". Then Batman gets attacked by some security guards. He handles himself until a big guy wearing a mask enters. The masked man proves to be too strong, so Batman grabs the venom and retreats.

For three months, Batman studies the venom. He fights Arkham escapees while evading the police. He also begins going on business meetings with Talia that start turning into dates.

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Actually you know what? Just read Knightfall and Legacy. They are GREAT Batman comics and do a great job of exploring Batman and maintaining the realism that Nolan has done his best to establish. I keep changing my mind on the story and probably need a team of writers or a lot of free time to sort all of the cool ideas of mine. You have my initial set-up, so go from there. The title 'Caped Crusader' refers to Batman's crusade to lock up the Arkham escapees. the twist will be that this was all a masterstroke by my second favorite Batman villain, Bane (Ra's Al Ghul will always be my favorite). And even greater twist is revealed that Bane is Ra's new heir. Talia Al Ghul will be another twist, but she does serve as Batman's legitimate love interest. Those are the only plot points that don't change, and I think it would make a really good movie.

Batman is my third favorite superhero (Superman and Green Lantern), but Knightfall and Legacy are just great stories which I feel are some of the greatest stories from DC. Whatever the next Batman movie is going to be, I am sure that it'll be great, and I'll be there opening night.

Comment on how you would make the next Batman movie.