18. "Guys. The Villain has already been perfected. We need Azrael. " In response to In response to 0
As overrated as TDK was, there cannot be a villain better than the Joker.
Can't happen.
For them to move in the direction of *any* other *villain* would be a huge mistake.
Make it about Azrael, a far more aggressive, more violent version of Batman.
Have him fight and kill Azrael and introduce the following conflict:
By killing Azrael, he actually makes the world better for criminals, because Azrael scares the shit out of them and has a lot of the crime game on lock
Problem, of course, with Azrael is that he doesn't really fight crime the *right* way...he's full of pure vengeance the way young Bruce was in 'Batman Begins'
It'd be the perfect way to cap off the trilogy by reintroducing the philosophical conflicts about good and evil, and the price you pay for a crimeless society