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3 Batman storylines we want to see adapted for the new film

By Joe Anthony Myrick

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 22: A Batman costume from the 1995 Batman Forever film worn by Val Kilmer and designed by Rob Ringwood and Ingrid Ferrin is on display at the DC Comics Exhibition: Dawn Of Super Heroes at the O2 Arena on February 22, 2018 in London, England. The exhibition, which opens on February 23rd, features 45 original costumes, models and props used in DC Comics productions including the Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman films. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 22: A Batman costume from the 1995 Batman Forever film worn by Val Kilmer and designed by Rob Ringwood and Ingrid Ferrin is on display at the DC Comics Exhibition: Dawn Of Super Heroes at the O2 Arena on February 22, 2018 in London, England. The exhibition, which opens on February 23rd, features 45 original costumes, models and props used in DC Comics productions including the Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman films. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images) /
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LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 22: A Riddler costume from the 1995 Batman Forever film worn by Jim Carrey and designed by Rob Ringwood and Mary Vogt is on display at the DC Comics Exhibition: Dawn Of Super Heroes at the O2 Arena on February 22, 2018 in London, England. The exhibition, which opens on February 23rd, features 45 original costumes, models and props used in DC Comics productions including the Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman films. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images) /

Dark Knight, Dark City

The last time that anyone dared to bring The Riddler to the big screen was way back in 1995 with Batman Forever, where Jim Carrey played his character in all of his glorified campiness. Assuming that The Batman will take place in a much darker setting whilst nixing the camp imagery, it’s going to take a lot of effort from both Paul Dano and Matt Reeves to give us a Riddler worth taking seriously.

One way to do so would be to use something like Dark Knight, Dark City as a template. An oft forgotten but entertaining comic, Dark Knight, Dark City took on the challenge of taking the camp-friendly Riddler and adapting him into something far more sinister and psychotic. At this point in time, it was perhaps the darkest iteration of The Riddler readers had seen yet.

In a plot laced with some disturbing imagery not for the faint of heart, The Riddler traps Batman in a cryptic maze of sorts that also surprisingly adds supernatural elements to the usually straightforward Batman mythos. Elements which also suggest that the murder of Bruce Wayne’s parents were much more than just a random, human occurrence. It’d certainly be a unique, memorable take for Reeves to take the film franchise in.

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