Am I the only one who is severely disappointed that The Riddler won't be in the new Batman film?
I never really cared for Batman, the character, or even the series. I only really cared about the villains and their interesting personalities and strategies. The Riddler being my all time favorite.
Joker showed up in Dark Knight and I thought he was fantastic. Since Ra's had already been used, The Penguin and Mr. Freeze were announced to not be in the film, I thought, "Oh man, they're gonna use the Riddler, I just know it."
Poison Ivy's and Clayface's abilities might be too special effect-y for this type of Batman film and Bane's overly large muscles might be too off-putting in design to match the rest of the cast. Killer Croc isn't too interesting unless he's being used as some minion role, so it has to be The Riddler! The audience loved the smart, scheming Joker, so Nolan MUST be doing--
CATWOMAN AND BANE. FFFFFFFFFFF.
Catwoman is one of my least cared for villains. She's a giant tease who likes cats, her personality isn't very interesting and she's not entertaining to read/watch. So the fact that she gets shoved in more spotlight than Riddler does these days is disheartening.
When I found out that Riddler wasn't going to be in the third Batman, I just lost all my interest really. Catwoman and Bane aren't highly entertaining enough villains for me to want to watch... and since I like Batman for its villains, you can see why I'm not hyped up for the new film.
It's also a bit upsetting I won't see another actor performance of The Riddler for quite some time now. We haven't had very many, and the cool, cocky, OCD-ridden version that I love (Batman games, Batman:TAS) didn't show up very often.. I mean, in the animated series, he was only in three episodes!