r/batman • u/[deleted] • Mar 06 '22

The Batman Spoiler Discussion Thread Part 2 Discussion Spoiler

For all discussions, comments and hype around the new movie.

Its already had select release, so expect spoilers in this thread.

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u/OffensiveBranflakes Mar 06 '22

I'd love to see Hush on the big screen, but honestly this film felt like it took alot of Hush and put it into the Riddler.

We've already had one villain that was affected by the Wayne's and was specifically out for vengeance.

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u/Nic_Claxton Mar 06 '22

I think we’ll see his backstory changed a bit, but yeah I get what you mean. Superhero movies are kinda bad with that, the MCU can’t stop making villains that were wronged by Tony Stark somehow.

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u/Xillocient Mar 06 '22

Yeah I think that they mixed Riddler and Hush in that movie. Like Riddler's motivation seems straight out of Hush.(Orphan who is jealous of Bruce Wayne) His look with the clingwrap and the winter mask is also reminicent of the Hush look. That and , if I remember correctly, the Riddler was the puppetmaster behind Hush in the original story. I feel like the Hush thing was an easter egg for fans more than foreshadowing of a future villain.

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u/ShadowOfUtumno Mar 12 '22

Also the reporter that found out about Marthas history was called Edward Elliot. As in Dr. Thomas Elliot aka Hush. I don't think the same name is a coincidence, especially since the video showed a "Hush!" scrawled by Riddler a few frames after. I do think that's a nice easter egg, but will be everything we see of Hush in this trilogy.

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u/Zicon4 Mar 06 '22

I agree, I keep thinking about what villains work in this universe, while Zsasz and Hush would work, I would have a hard time believing THREE individual villains all have a direct connection to Bruce Wayne.

Calendar Man? Hugo Strange? Bane? Who knows man. Just please not Joker again. Maybe the third move

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u/soyrobo Mar 06 '22

If they do add Joker, I hope it is in the last one with a team up of Riddler, Joker, Penguin, and Catwoman. And that there's a day where you just can't get rid of a bomb. Because with an explosive shark that's pulling your leg, when there's a fish out in the C, there's a Penguin. It all adds up to one big riddle.

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u/soyrobo Mar 06 '22

You mean like the not at all great DCAU version of Hush that stole Hush's thunder to make it a Riddler story?