Killer Croc will not be in Batman 3…too bizarre and unrealistic.
And watch all the speculations involving Catwoman and Nolan decided he will use Talia Al Ghul.
I bet my money that Catwoman is out and Talia is in!

Some of my favorite Batman stories are when he goes up against Bane, why not use a villain such as Bane who is smart and super strong to be the main villain?

Whoever Nolan chooses I am ok with, but to be honest I am tired of seeing the Penguin, Riddler, Joker, Mr. Freeze and etc. They have all been overdone with the previous Batman movies through the years. That is why I still love Batman Begins more than TDK because of the villain choices Nolan made and also how they were tied into each other which made them just phenomenal.

In the Lego Batman game and Arkham Asylum, they make Croc just look all creepy and big.

It’s not necessarily out of the scope of realism to make Croc this huge buff guy, who also looks creepy.

On the point of looks and deformalities… if anyone’s seen the Mortal Kombat film short, they made Reptile look totally badass. He’s just some serial killer who was born with a birth abnormality (a real one, with the avg. age of a child being afflicted with this being something like 18 months) that caused him to grow scales, and his eyes to be red. Anyways, they’ll probably do something like that with Croc.

The thing is, in the Nolan universe, the Joker isn’t dead (as far as the audience knows) and doesn’t have to be considered dead. That said, just because he’s not dead, doesn’t mean he *has* to be in the movie for it to be a good movie and bring this ‘darkness’ that Batman became in the previous film back to ‘light.’

What I’m trying to say is nothing that you said is necessarily wrong, but you miss the point that the Joker isn’t dead, so what you’ve said is actually moot. He’s just not going to be in the next movie and there’s nothing wrong with that. It’s not as if Nolan is incapable of creating a good story and finishing his series without The Joker. Many of the biggest fans of these two Nolan films will actually say they think Batman Begins is the better of the two upon repeated viewings. I think the reason why The Dark Knight is remembered as one of these best-ever movies is simply because it featured one of the best-ever performances in any movie, ever. Batman Begins, itself, is one of the best comic book movies ever brought to the screen — certainly in the top 5.

I would love to see Talia Al Guhl in the next Batman film, She is a sexy siren. Batman has really missed that so far, Bruce hasnt really exploited the whole rich playboy thing yet.

I agree with you that the time isnt right to try and replace Joker. To be honest, I wouldn’t be interested in seeing Joker again especially if it isnt Heath Ledger. Its like the Superman films, how many Superman/Lex Luther films do I really wanna see? I can tell you that number is zero now. Same goes for Joker, I seen him now its time to move on.

Croc and Riddler would be an amazing movie, I think. Introduce Talia Al Guhl for use in a later movie and I think it all adds up to be a great movie. I think that I would be disappointed if they tried to include Joker in this one. Not because Ledger did such a good job, but because a little bit of Joker goes a long way. If you have to bring him back, wait awhile. Maybe in the 4th or 5th movie people won’t care so much that it isn’t Ledger.

I agree with everything you’re saying. The Joker IS Batman almost more then Batsy himself.

Why oh why did Ledger have to die.

Nolan versions of Scarecrow, Rhas Al Gul, Joker, and etc were all masterful. They(movie studios)could very well redeem themselves here if they allow Nolan to bring the true Bane to life.

Just my opinion