Saturday, June 11, 2005

Also, here are quick primers on Xenophon and the Ten Thousand.

Batman Begins (2005)
Ras' al-Ghul
The Scarecrow

Batman (1989)
The Joker

Batman Returns (1992)
The Penguin
Catwoman

Batman Forever (1995)
Two-Face
The Riddler

*shudder* Batman & Robin (1997)
Mr. Freeze
Poison Ivy
Bane

Who's left: Clayface, the Mad Hatter, the Ventriloquist, Killer Croc, Firefly, and Man-bat, plus minor leaguers like Zsasz and a whole host of other nightmares and horrors. Additionally, Two-Face, The Riddler, Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy, and Bane all deserve better movie reditions than they received. Tommy Lee Jones is a skilled enough actor to have made a brilliant Two-Face, but in Batman Forever he had nothing to do but cackle. (Personally, I still want to see Billy Dee Williams, crusading District Attorney Harvey Dent in Batman, as Two-Face.) The Governator really should have played Bane, not Mr. Freeze, who would have been perfectly embodied by that ubiquitous chromedome Patrick Stewart; plus, a beautiful girl should have play Ivy, not horsefaced Uma Thurman. But, of course, Batman & Robin was a nipple-tastic debacle from start to finish.

Please, Bog, let Batman Begins live up to its promise.

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