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Originally posted by Cybersnark:
Well, on one hand, I could kinda see Alan in the role (based on his performance as Alpha in Dollhouse), but OTOH, Batman has a huge and varied rogues gallery; why would they need to bring back the Joker (especially after Ledger played it so definitively).

Bring on the Riddler, or Penguin, or Catwoman, (I'll admit that Mr. Freeze and Clayface would be kinda a stretch for Nolan's style, much as I'd like to see the Nolanverse "domino" away from reality).

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Originally posted by Cybersnark:
Actually, I think adding Robin (eventually, after Batman has had time to establish himself [i.e., after Nolan's "trilogy"]) would be a good thing, especially with how Batman Begins focused on how Ra's Al Ghul's training made the Batman.

Remember that (despite what you might remember from the Age of Camp), Robin isn't some perpetually-cheerful fun-loving teen sidekick --he's a lost, angry, deeply-troubled, and dangerously obsessed apprentice. He sees his parents murdered, and begins to go down the same path Bruce went down (and which Bruce regrets, given how much it has cost him), so Bruce tries to save him (by "training" him while secretly undermining him to keep him out of harm's way and make him get over his loss).

Thing is, Robin doesn't want to be protected, he wants to hurt someone. This isn't the kid who goes to soda shoppes and saturday matinees; this is the kid who wakes up in the middle of the night, and attacks a punching bag until his knuckles bleed. This is the kid who pushes himself until he breaks, then keeps pushing.

Robin's quest to win Batman's approval could easily carry an entire movie. (While Batman keeps giving him useless drudge-work like watching a building's back door for seven hours, or searching through an entire filing cabinet of papers to find a credit card bill that links someone to a mob fence --meanwhile the bastard who killed his parents is still out there somewhere.)

Remember that the first Robin's career ended with him storming out of the Cave after a falling-out. It was only after doing some harsh growing up that he patched things up with Bruce and created the Nightwing identity (because, while he had come to respect Bruce, he still couldn't work with him).

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Originally posted by Cybersnark:
Ah, but which Robin? We're on our fourth now (fifth if you count Stephanie).

Dick Grayson: Original Robin, eventually became Nightwing, currently operating as Batman after Bruce Wayne's (assumed) death.

Jason Todd: Second Robin, killed by the Joker. Eventually "resurrected" as an alternate-universe copy, under the Red Hood identity. Created the Red Robin identity, then ended up in prison on multiple counts of manslaughter.

Tim Drake: Third Robin, current Red Robin. Or possibly Doctor Mid-Nite.

(Stephanie Brown: Creator of the Spoiler identity. Dated Tim Drake, then took over for him as Robin when he was banned from crimefighting (and stepped down when he returned to duty). Current Batgirl.)

Damian Wayne: Son of Bruce and Talia Al Ghul. Trained as a child soldier by the League of Assassins. Current Robin (also the youngest Robin).

(And personally, I think Damian is the best Robin we've had yet, character-wise. He's just a complete jerk. And he has a British accent. He's like a little mini-Spike.)

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Originally posted by Cybersnark:
Actually, I kinda like David Tennant for the Riddler. More hyperactive and flashy, like the Doctor (Alpha was more quietly chaotic).

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