Team Rocket Boss.
I hope the Penguin has an army of penguins with rockets to conquer Gotham.
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
The Camp Crystal Lake Slasher
I hope the pilot has him act like a typical anti-hero only to establish in the final scene that nope, he's still the bastard that he was in the movie.
Jason has come back to kill for Mommy.
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
I want him to sing the batman theme while laughing like Burgess Meredith Penguin.
You can't un-hear it now.
It would be great. It's all I ask.
One Strip! One Strip!
Kinda confused as to who shot Carmine tbh. Was it Penguin, who we see pulling a gun right before he eats it, or Riddler from his little Lee Harvey Oswald nest?
It was Riddler. The whole aim of Nashton's riddles up to that point was to get Falcone arrested and "bring him into the light" IE bring him to the front entrance of the Iceberg Lounge where Nashton could snipe him.
Thought so, but wanted to be sure.
I could see Penguin having at least a little weirdness. This would be a great opportunity to bring in the OG Killer Croc, i.e. "Bane-lite with really bad skin" and make him some sort of rival or active obstacle to Cobblepot's rise.
The Camp Crystal Lake Slasher
He doesn't really strike me as the main rival to match wits with, but he would definitely be the muscle.
Jason has come back to kill for Mommy.
Team Rocket Boss.
I'm curious as to how they'll handle his dynamic with Falcone.
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
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Croc started out as a fairly intelligent crime boss before he turned into what he is now.
Goku Black
Croc as he become More bestial monster and you know actual crocodile man. Also become The Brute.
I know The Batman tried to do a best of both worlds by Keeping him as an intelligent and charismatic crime Lord and a crocodile man.
"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."
Team Rocket Boss.
For some reason, they keep making the strong tough genius bruisers into Dumb Muscle like poor Bane in most adaptations.
Or if they remember to keep his brains, still reduce him to a glorified henchman to another villain.
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
Goku Black
At least post crisis and new 52 comic killer croc actually is dumb muscle.
Bane is supposed to be a genius In the comics so it's way worse when adaptations turn him into a dumbass. A guy who can both outfight and outthink Batman.
"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."
Team Rocket Boss.
Though admittedly Bane isn't the real final boss of Knightfall, it's Azrael Batman.
...Come to think of it, a crazed Batman willing to use guns and all sorts of weapons like flamethrowers would be fitting as a villain for this incarnation of Batman.
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
I don't know how they'd put in the usual suspects (Jean-Paul Valley and Jason Todd), and there's no way we'd ever get a universally displaced Thomas Wayne Batman in this verse (and the Affleck Bruce was basically a somewhat less psychopathic take on the Flashpoint Batman anyways).
A gun-toting vigilante nutbar who thinks he's a "better" Batman would be an excellent villain for the current cultural zeitgeist in general.
Team Rocket Boss.
There were those Gun toting fake Batmen in Dark Knight.
Wonder what their deal was.
I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.
The Head of the Hydra
Well you could always redesign Ghost-Maker to be along those veins.
He's already an unsympathetic murderer who only engages in vigilantism to jerk off his ego than because he actually cares about people.
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
A Little Priest
If they include Ghost-Maker they better include the homoerotic subtext he and Bruce have in the comics.
The Camp Crystal Lake Slasher
You could even keep Azrael's religious zeal and not miss a beat really.
Jason has come back to kill for Mommy.
The Head of the Hydra
Azrael is a great character but his whole thing as a religious templar ninja from a Knights Templar organization with a bright red costume and fire swords is pretty clashing with the very grounded grimey aesthetic of the Reeves setting
Funny thing one of the films writers recently Batman: Imposter dealing with a gun-toting copycat Batman with a similar setting and aesthetic to the film
Edited by slimcoder on Apr 17th 2023 at 6:16:35 AM
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
‘The Batman 2’ Release Date Delayed a Year to 2026 
The release date has been postponed to October 2, 2026.
This legit has to be the most devastated I've seen people get over a film's delay lol
A whole year is a long wait though. I guess Reeves is really just having trouble cracking the script.
The Camp Crystal Lake Slasher
It's really unfortunate how this franchise in particular keeps getting sacked with delays, but hey, anything that could help it do well, right?
Jason has come back to kill for Mommy.
I just hope that if the penguin is an antihero, it's the nominal type.
If he's not a Nominal Hero, it means they made him too heroic.