[TheOldSalt]

The new Mummy movie does look very good, and I'm chomping at the bit for it.

The pencil bit!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!! LOVED it! Only the Joker can make homicide so hilarious.

What I really liked was the way the Joker was thinking three or 4 steps ahead of everyone else, including the audience, so that everything the cops did was just a part of the plan. A guy would have to be nuts to try to make such critical plans that far ahead... oh, right...
I also liked the tiny little references to his past. It meshes well with what we already know while also giving us a little clue about just what drove him nuts in the first place. The knife fixation is often forgotten by most writers, but here it is in full color.

Hellboy 2 was also quite good. I don't even remember the first one, but this one will stay in memory for a long time. Visually gorgeous with an engaging storyline.

Lucius Fox will likely remain. In the comics he doesn't know that Bruce is Batman, but he knows that running the company is pretty much up to him, so he does it. That makes him a vital enough core character to be kept in the storylines, but I wouldn't put it past them to have tragedy befall him. Things normally don't go very well for those who learn the secret of the man behind the mask. That little twerp from this movie had better watch his back. I have a feeling we'll be seeing him again next time, and next time he won't be so lucky.

Next Batmovie?
Well, Two-face is obviously going to be in it, but we'll probably get some other villain as well. The previous series of films made a big mess of things by cramming too many villains in each one, spreading them all too thinly and ruining them. Good grief, remember what they did to Bane? *ugh*
I always thought that Mick Jagger would make a mighty fine Scarecrow. Lori Petty would have been a natural as Batgirl, too. Alas, they're both too old now, well, Lori anyway, so now I don't know who I'd pick. Clayface and Killer Croc would have to be CGI creations so it hardly matters who plays them.
Mr Freeze... no, please.
Penguin? I suppose we should at least meet Mr Cobblepot as a setup for the next movie.
I wouldn't complain about Catwoman. If they give her some space and some depth, a Catwoman story would be good. We'd have to see her pull off some truly amazing heists worth of her skill. The bank job in the beginning of Dark Knight was very interesting and the timing with the buses was fantastic, but Catwoman would have done it all with a lot more finesse and without the fuss.

Whatever they do, please, NO ROBIN. Not yet. It's still too early.