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Old 05-23-2007, 03:37 PM   #173
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Originally Posted by Mr. Monday Morning
You're getting into Spiderman 3 territory with the number of names being thrown around here. Why is 1 villain per film never enough? (that's rhetorical btw, not directed to you per se)
Traditionally, yes I do prefer the one villian per movie deal. However Batman Begins had 2 or 3 villians and a higherarchal deal. If you're setting up various mob bosses and players throughout the series, while focusing on one or a duo of villians, it works fine.
Batman Begins had Ras and Scarecrow, so you can't really fault the inclusion of multiple villians in following sequels until you see it play out.

For instance, you have Scarecrow set up and still out there.
Joker wil be the focus of 2, with Two Face being set up.
If you focus on Two Face and another small pawn in 3 that will be fine.
Come time for 4, you can focus solely on The Riddler.

However, this whole time that doesn't mean you can't setup Penguin as a recurring arms dealer/mob boss supporting character and player throughout the series. You can also use the whole mobster higherachy like they did with Falcone. It also doesn't mean you can't fit in lesser characters where the plot calls for it. I wouldn't like to see them forced like they have been in other comic movies, but I don't see the flaw in using a strongman asskciker like Bane at some point. He doesn't carry much baggage if you're just using him as a right hand man or a mercenary type called in to beat Batman's ass.

Catwoman and Robin, that's the real baggage that needs to be left out. Even though Catwoman was done pretty well in Burton's continuity, it would clog things up here. Same goes for Robin. Villians running rampant and forming alliances makes sense, but it's when you have more than one protagonist and a handful of heroes that things get confusing and crowded. Batman having his identity known and his career shared with Alfred and Lucius Fox is enough. Plus he's got Gordon as a crime fighting ally. Even Rachel Dawes knowing his identity so carelessly seems a bit much, though I don't mind it.
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