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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Not after seeing Inception last night. My faith in Nolan is at an all time high. I went into Inception expecting it to be amazing, and it still over-delivered for me. Just as long as he can tell a strong story (again) and sticks to it while not getting distracted by an excess of characters. So if it's Nigma, tell a good Nigma story.
Hell, make it so Nigma is a private-eye like he was in the comics for a while, and have him and Batman go at it while trying to track down the Holiday Killer or something. As long as Nolan keeps the focus of the story narrow enough, he'll deliver yet again.
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You know what really worked for me in TDK was that there was no back history on The Joker, he was just there. Sure he kept telling the story of his scars, but they were different each time.
What's really kept me thinking about the Joker as a great villian in that movie was a desire to know how he got the way he was.
He was obviously brilliant, his whole thing was really about social experimentation for his own amusement. He was a mystery wrapped in bacon. A part of you has to know how a man would get to be that way.
He wasn't an underworld boss dunked in a vat of chemicals, he wasn't a failed stage comedien, he was literally a force of nature who told only one real lie in the movie, and it really shown a candle into his character.
I don't think that we need to know why the Riddler is evil, or where he comes from, we need to learn to hate him or admire him because of what he does.
One of the true iconic villians in Star Wars is Palpatine, and they've basically kept his back story a mystery except for a clue here and there, and those nerds desparately know the man. But its his actions that have sold him.