I kinda like the idea of Oz being the reason Harvey becomes two face, I’d like to imagine that if it happens then that’ll make Harvey & penguin kinda hate each other. Plus it kinda ties to the Arkham games since those two had a turf war & they kinda hated each other.
Yes and having a court room drama between part 2 and 3 where it’s a battle between Harvey and Oz (almost like a Penguin season 2) ultimately ending with Harvey becoming Two Face. Then part 3 has Two Face and Oz in a gang war
I don't think so. Personally I don't like the idea of Two-Face being 'created' by another character from Batman's rogue gallery. Even though Maroni is dead, I think they should stick with the original story. I mean, Harvey's transition to Two-Face has to involve a trial, Batman and some mob captured by him. Which leads to Harvey going crazy, losing every inch of faith in the law and the trust forged around Batman and Gordon. If Oswald is the cause then Harvey wouldn't directly blame Batman, which I think is better for the story. Since there's only two movies left and maybe a couple of shows more about this universe, I think they should focus in Batman vs everyone and not in villain vs villain side-plots. Also Oswald has a lot of room on it's own. So every character introduced from there has to shine the same way. And I think there's no need to involve an established villain with the origin of another one. There's plenty of creative options and a lot of material to make every character work.
I have a feeling that he may become the big bad at the end of the final film. If he becomes mayor, that means Batman becomes public enemy number one. Pitting Batman against the entire city of Gotham, with Penguin at the top of it, would be a hell of a final conflict. Though as much as I enjoyed The Batman, After watching The Penguin, I felt like like the movie just set the stage for the real treat, the show.
@@Phantomiam Yes, but what about the third? The show is great, and I love it for itself. But something tells me it's not just branching off into such detail for a character that's of so little consequence to the films.
@@rottensquid I doubt he will be the main villain of the 3rd movie, remember we still have Joker in this universe. I feel like in the 3rd movie Riddler and Joker might break out of Arkham Asylum.
Why Batman is my favorite superhero for a few reasons 9. He's a badass 8. He has the best origin story 7. He can fit in any genre 6. He's very intelligent 5. He's the world's greatest detective 4. He's a symbol of fear/hope 3. He has the best villians 2. He never gives up, no matter the circumstances 1. He's very relatable
Reeves is definitely taking inspiration from Earth One, specifically volume 2, which also involves Batman, Gordon and Dent going after corrupt city officials who were connected to the corrupt Mayor Cobblepot. Bruce's arc in this story involves him realizing that he can also help the city as Bruce Wayne and that he needs help, something I can easily see Pattinson having a similar arc. And btw, at the beginning of the comic we have Maroni (who in this comic is a street gangster) being interrogated by Dent about his relationship with Cobblepot and being asked to name corrupt people, I think the Penguin will have a similar role to this.
Boba, you might be onto something regarding Penguin in Court, a quote from Matt on the series' podcast: "They're going to be looking at what happened. And they're going to be looking at him. He had a relationship with Falcone, he's in the drug business and he's going to have to answer to some of these things, and he's going to be involved in some stuff that will be an entry point into the movie. And its not the through line of the movie, except to say it's the beginning of where our story continues."
I have a feeling the main villain in the batman 2 is going to be mr. Freeze, but he will be much more realistic than the cartoony adaptations we’ve seen before. I can picture an icy blue theme to the 2nd movie as opposed to the red theme that was in the first one. The blue will go along with the theme of coldness and ice. Gotham is flooded, so maybe mr freezes evil plans will involve freezing that water. It all seems to be a perfect change of pace to keep the franchise interesting. Also, we havent seen mr freeze in awhile in a live action batman movie let alone a serious, realistic one. Seems like a perfect move. Imagine an eccentric business man who invents weird (but not entirely cartoony) freezing-related stuff. Maybe he wants to block out the sun and make a permanent winter. Imagine him not looking like a full blown robot, but having a few of his inventions that he wears like a weird mask and a bionic arm attachment or something. Edit - maybe gotham is going through a really cold winter and the flooding is frozen into ice all over the city. Maybe Mr Freeze is an owner of a company that makes snow vehicles and other tech that makes it easier to deal with snow. He uses this to his advantage and decides to essentially take over the city.
Damn. I'm so hyped for the Batman 2 after the Penguin. It feels like the Batman was so long ago. I remember being in hospital when we first started getting pictures from the set of the Batman and i was so freaking excited. Those first pictures of the GCPD vehicles and Bruce in his "drifter" attire helped me get theough a pretty rough 5 week hospital stay. Great stuff as always Boba.
What if the "deeper corruption" in places Bruce couldnt even fathom in the first movie is corruption within Wayne enterprises? Treat it so that Bruce would never have expected his company to have any corruption within it to play to the unfathomable aspect. They could even replace GothCorp with Wayne Enterprises in a Mr. Freeze origin
An idea I have is that Julian Rush isn't Scarecrow but rather works with him, my main reason for believing this is that all the name changes thus far hasn't been all that different as people make it out to be. Oswald Cobb is just Oswald Cobblepot but shortened, Edward Nashton *is* Riddler's real last name in some comics way before the movie. Because of this, I think Julian will have a sort of assistant role, in the same vein as say Autumn from Batman: The Audio Adventures. Speaking of that series actually, I could see them doing what BTAA did and have Penguin pay one of his associates to "testify" against him, when in reality he's there to get acid on Harvey Dent. Another potential idea is having a sorta Arkham Shadow thing for Two Face's scarring but that would require Bruce's friendship with Harvey to be really strengthened heavily, the two need to be real close on a personal level.
I think it was on Reddit, I was reading, a rush is a type of small bird where a crane is a much bigger bird. So the idea was rush is still in his villain infancy and will grow into his crane persona.... Also, birds being connected to the court of owls (more birds)... Also also, penguin, another bird.
It looks like Sofia Falcone (Gigante) can still play a big part in the story... Julian Rush is mad obsessed with her and I'm thinking she could use him / the scarecrow as her puppet. Either making him do dirty work like taking revenge on Oswald Cobb or spreading fear in the city with his own methods. But he's also an inside man within Arkham Asylum and could help plan a prison break which would be very problematic because if Joker and Riddler escape, the city would be in real danger. Additionally, Selina Kyle seems to be on Sofia's side although I have no idea how she could contribute. Different topic and idk if any of it makes sense since I don't know a lot about the Batman comics but the way Sofia killed her family while having a sleepover with young Gia in the greenhouse, I see a hint at Poison Ivy. In my opinion, in a grounded universe, this is how I imagine someone like Poison Ivy would operate. The greenhouse is an important place for Sofia : she spent a lot of time in there with her brother during her childhood, that's where she took Oz for interrogation about her missing brother and most importantly that's where she took Gia the night she killed everybody. Or maybe even did she plant a seed (pun not intended) in young Gia's mind with this green environment : idk if Sofia made her feel safe in that greenhouse or if it would be a place of trauma for her since that's where she was when she lost her family... I know it's just a greenhouse but since we're looking for any clues for future villains, I thought I'd point at that one.
I feel like poision ivy should still be pamela. As for grounded universe it doesn't automatically mean realistic rather it involves the theoretical aspect. As long as it doesn't break the laws of physics and everything has somesort of explanation it could be passable.
I'd really like to see the Gotham "super mob" be the main focus overall. After seeing the rise of Penguin, it would be cool to see Black Mask and maybe even the Ventriloquist get the same treatment. Which would lead to an all out mob war between psychos in the finale
Boba, Rush could be the Arkham doctor that is “caring” for Crane after he is captured by Batman. Rush might have Crane’s paraphernalia in his office for research purposes.
Possible different, maybe outlandish theory….what if Julien Rush is treating Crane as his therapist currently in Arkham? And he is integral into him becoming scarecrow? He just has those as maybe tools he uses during his sessions? Kinda a throwback to Batman Begins when before crane hits Falcone with the gas, he mentions he uses the mask in his sessions with patients?
In my own head canon I think there’s an absence of Batman for a little while because he put his body through absolute hell. He took point blank hits from a shot gun, the physical combat against a literal army, and that adrenaline booster (or whatever it was) had to have taken a massive toll on his body. I figured more Bruce and less Bat for a little while is just so he can heal from that fight. He is human after all
But I think if he was gonna actually become the Scarecrow, he'd have been called Jonathan Crane. I think Julian Rush is a bit more like Mr. Reese in The Dark Knight, an homage to the Riddler without being the Riddler. They can't all be in every reboot.
@@rottensquid I certainly agree, but I think it could be one of two things. What you say its just a homage or he's going to be used further in a future film, maybe he gets fired from arkham and starts going by Crane. I like to think Matt Reeves would like to flesh out the world in detail. I feel like Nolan had less care about the worldbuilding and more for story. I feel that Reeves does both
And if the latter is what they'll do then they probably made it Rush in penguin to not distract from Oz, then in future he'll blossom into Crane, either way Theo Rossi was brilliant and disturbing and I really hope he is used more otherwise I feel it'll be a waste
@@yorkie7605 I mean, yeah, I agree. I'd like to see this Scarecrow evolve. I like what they're doing with him, the way they're holding him in mystery. We really don't know what's going on with him, whether he's Sofia's best friend, or another tormentor. I think with these characters, we can't ever expect they'll become the familiar character we know. It was great to see Oz don the top hat and tails, but he's never gonna be the Penguin of the comics. This world has to be free to go where it wants. It can't be too beholden to every detail of the source material, or it'll just become a rote retread. And that's the last thing anyone really wants. So I suspect, if Julian Rush becomes the Scarecrow, or A Scarecrow, it'll be like nothing we've ever seen before. And he'll be the Julian Rush Scarecrow, unique to this universe, not the Jonathan Crane one.
Not sure if anyone mentioned this yet, but I had a thought about Penguin’s mom regarding her compromised health state and how that can be a part of Penguin’s storyline in the next film. If Mr. Freeze is the Part II villain, maybe Penguin becomes aware of how Freeze preserves Nora cryogenically and Penguin wants the same for his mom? Maybe during the movie her health becomes worse or something like that and Penguin becomes desperate. Thoughts?
The villians i want in The Batman Part Two : The Court Of Owls Scarecrow Sophia Falcone The Penguin The Joker (CAMEO) The Riddler (CAMEO) Harvey Dent (heroic side character with a hint at a darker side) The Batman Part Three : The Penguin The Riddler The Joker Two-Face (MAIN VILLIAN)
I think pt 2 will be about Bruce’s fear of himself, of vulnerability, of self-forgiveness, of opening up to people again, and so we’ll get villains like Clayface, Hush, Joker, Hugo Strange, all about this idea of self-image, perhaps while uncovering corruption in Arkham (and the Courts that put people there), illegal experiments on patients, spearheaded by mysterious rich elites. And then pt 3 will be about a Bruce who’s opened up to relationships and fatherhood, but now deals with the fear of losing his new family, as he learns of the ubiquitous rich and elite Court. How far will Bruce allow his morals to bend (working together with the equally desperate Freeze? Penguin? The entire Rogues gallery?) to ensure he never goes through the death of his loved ones again.
My fan cast, Dave Bautista as professor Hugo Strage, Anya taylor-joy as harley quinn, John Ham as Harvey Dent, Tom Hiddleston as the Clown Prince of Crime ,Jackie Earley Haley as Mad Hatter.
After The Batman part 2 we need a Two Face show where Harvey turns into two face. Would be cool if it would be part court drama like better call saul or suits.
I kind of like the Penguin getting his connections by testifying on the events of the show. We have never seen this version of the character on the big screen and I see him being a big contender against the Batman later on.
On the Bruce Wayne front... I still have strong hopes that we'll get Dark Victory. Maybe not Dick Grayson swinging from rooftops, but the start of that relationship that kind of helps pull Bruce even more into the light.
Do you think that Selina will find out who Batman is, since it’s like a long Halloween type of vibe in this world. To help fight against all the villains at once and since they said there isn’t going to be a catwoman series, I wonder if how we get more catwoman is her finding out who Bruce is so them working together is a way we get more of her since Batman is going to be Bruce more. And since in the first film, he wanted her to stay by how he thought about her for some of the film. Alfred asked,”A friend of yours?” Bruce responded,”I don’t know.” You can see he wanted to tell her so much but was hesitant and it was like he was so interested in her.
@SirHoola its cannon. Now it's not. it starts with Superman, but creature commandos is the start. this part is cannon , that part is not. it is extremely messy and Gunn is only making it worse with his comments. he is all over the board up and down with what he says, constantly changing
Why do you think its bipolar? Im interested in ur opinion. IM also the same I'm kinda more Excited over the reevesverse, i hope it just also grows outside of the batman like have its own versions of superman etc, Maybe instead of justice league they could have the justice society so that it gets differentiated
13:44 wrt Julian Rush, did anyone else notice how much of a borderline or idk maybe full blown sadist he is! When Gia requested to meet the police, he was all like 'is she gonna be a problem', 'do we need to do something to silence her'...... And something along those lines. I thought he suggested offing her to 'deal' with the 'problem'. Sadist.
bro been watching u sense 2021 leading up to the batman and now almost 2025 , still love the videos, helps me to stay up to date and even learn about comics sense u go into them alot for theories! love the vids bobo , also did u see spinmaster is releasing new figures of batman forever with val kilmer whats ur thoughts?:)
Okay hear me out. I’m game for a penguin season 2 and it can be his rise to power in the political game. A house of cards sort of show but with the penguin. That would be awesome.
With all these theories Boba does come up with.You should apply to be a detective in the Gotham PD.Cuz boy oh boy,do they need some extra help.When Batman not around.
I think he may be the mad hatter and a collector of the items his patients use watch at some point someone’s gonna point out a deck of cards in his house💀😂
You can be subpoenaed to appear before committees as well as in court. I suspect the subpoena they referenced will be one to appear before the anti-corruption committee or some similar government group or committee.
with the name changing thing, what if councilman haydie is harvery dent?. perhaps a role change too. Maybe haydie wrong does penguin and penguin catches him out on it
They could either make Harvey two face during the second film(then we have a two face series) or make the transformation during the second penguin series (and have two face assist with an Arkham escape?
Idk if you will see this, hopefully you will. But how do you feel about the idea of Penn Badley playing Harvey Dent in The Batman 2? I think he looks the part, with shows you like he’s capable of playing that dual identity nature really well as well as playing an articulate calculating man who always seems to be hiding something beneath the surface that you can’t see at face value at least initially. He’s also very characteristic and loveable person who you will easily want to root for and would feel really bad for when the transformation happens. I personally think he would be perfect and I hope you discuss it in your next The Batman 2 video.
@BobaTalks how confident are you that Vic is dead? Gives me a gut feeling that Batman could pick him up and have revived him. Vic's character ended up being pretty popular and liked, I could see a way they somehow save him after Penguin walks away.
How do you think batman will be fighting in the new movie. The first showed a more angry version of batman. You think after learning all things from then, will it affect how he fights from now on
Great video boba. I want to ask you if you think we may get a second trilogy of The Batman after the first one. I know that Matt reeves has said that it’s going to be one trilogy but this universe is so rich and full of potential, I just can’t help but wonder if it gets a second trilogy due to its great success.
I think we might get just Batman cameos in future villian shows (if rumors about Pattinson joining DC aren't true but i hope they not leave Matt Revees Universe alone 😭🙏)
They should go for broke and bring in the more fantastical elements of the batman mythos. Freeze, Ivy, Clayface, Ra's, etc. Just because the movie has a realistic look doesn't mean they're boxed in. Think of the Arkham video games they had a dark/gritty look with emphasis on realism as well.
Bruce might have to come forward and make a public statement in the attempt to clean up his parent's image, specifically his fathers. And just on a side note, Boba, have you noticed the black and white picture in Crane's office that almost looks exactly like a page out of The Riddler: Year One comics? It looks like Edward being tortured and like there's two parts of him being torn apart. And if he was supposed to be Crane, and Riddler's in Arkham who just caused all that havoc with the city, I bet he would enjoy torturing Riddler just for fun. A little bit of payback, if you will. To me, it looks exactly like a page from the Riddler comic. He's wearing his glasses and everything. Maybe take a good look at it if you haven't already, lol. And as far as Oz looking clean and innocent from his time with the Carmine family, all he'll have to do is say he was a driver for Mr. Falcones daughter, Sofia. Who he helped put away the first time, and he could admit to being an anonymous caller who gave the GCPD Sofias location to capture her again at the end of the series. That could be one way he comes off as squeaky clean to the courts and all of that guys buddies. But who knows, we'll have to see how it all plays out in The Batman sequel. Another great video, btw!!
Hey Mr. Boba, do u have any thoughts on the DC Heroes United episode 1? I was extremely disinterested in it because I thought it’s just the story part of a game, but it was actually lowkey really interesting
Now that I’m thinking about it, reading other comments on “ Penguin Being the reason for Harvey to become TwoFace “… well yeah.. he’s the only real mobster remaining in Gotham 😅 Maroni and Falcone are dead. Sofia is in the Asylum and she surely won’t throw acid on Harvey’s face and also other gangs are led by “ children “ lol. My last thought is: who is really responsible for the creation of TwoFace??
I think a real cool twist on court of owls is to have it secretly be run by the league of shadows. Having Ras Al Ghul control crime and Gotham elites under the guise as the leader of the court, and the Talons be assassins would be a neat twist. Then when Batman thwarts his efforts, it destroys the control on crime Ras had over Gotham and leads crime to be chaos across the city (with joker leading the charge) in part 3
I don’t know if I’m bugging but is this not kind of similar to what FOX’s Gotham did? Either way, I believe this is a neat idea and could work out very very well
@ don’t know how I missed that!? I really only watched the highlight reels of Jerome actually on TH-cam. haha. Cheers boba and cheers for keeping me up to date with everything BAT! 🦇🦇
Honestly, I really hope Julian Rush isn’t Scarecrow. That actor is just not very compelling. He has an odd and memorable look, but his performances are never that interesting. And I’m tired of the character name swap gimmick, it was pointless as far back as Star Trek Into Darkness.
I’m Thinking Scarecrow and I think of those Horror Villians like Freddy Kruger, Michael MYER (Halloween) this Unstoppable Killer loose on Gotham City 🌆 A Villain That Goes A Kills anybody including other Villains! Not Sure how Scarecrow Can ‘Fit’ into the Narrative of The Batman Movies 🎥 given Too many Possible MAIN Villains 🦹
The Dark Knight , Batman Begins and Batman Returns are my top 3 Batman movies and I like them more as films by themselves more than The Batman but the way Matt Reeves has set up this version of Gotham is the best overall version of Batman ever for me if that makes sense . It just feels like the everything is set up so well to build from and fulfill the perfect film version of Gotham from the comics lore . I can’t wait to see this trilogy unfold and see who they choose to feature in the rogues gallery and how they use them.
I'm not sure what the future of Julian Rush will be in this universe, but as is I'm glad that he wasn't Scarecrow because I actually really disliked his performance and thought he was easily the weakest character in the show. To me he felt very poorly incorporated and found him extremely uninteresting. The show was great overall, but the character did at times feel pointless to me.
@@Riverburke8170 Yes but Julian being the reason for her finding it out honestly feels like it could have easily been streamlined without his presence.
Sorry but Rush is less realistic of a last name than Crane. Also, Bella Real (and then using her last name for a pun in her campaign REAL CHANGE) is pretty over the top. I don’t think Theo Rossi will ever become the Scarecrow. It seems clear that they simply changed their mind about him. It feels like Lauren LeFranc wanted to use him but her and Matt agreed to just drop it because it would distract from the Sofia scenes and her trauma. And if Matt didn’t want to use Scarecrow in his movie, then it’s a useless character to hype up. Same thing with the Arkham show being canceled.
My mind would be blown if they deliberately made Julian “non likable” and not memorable. A weak character etc. -but In reality he’s the true scarecrow!! That’s why he’s under everyone’s raider. He’s meek, unassuming, kinda stale.. but If they showcase his true talent.. man he coulda fooled everyone!
I think he doesn't leave much of an impression because he's so inscrutable. It's the end of the show, and we still don't know if he's Sofia's ally, or her worst enemy. All we know is that he's fixated on her. But it isn't clear whether he's back at Arkham to look out for her, or just to enjoy her suffering.
Them changing his name kinda makes the inevitable reveal will be dumb 😂like why change his name? I can only feel that it’ll make the reveal corny because oh no my name ain’t Julian it’s Jonathan didn’t even change the first initial lol I just hate that they feel they need to change so much 😂I mean riddler was the most uninteresting villain tbh 😂 I love this Matt reeves universe but there’s obvious nit picks like useless name changes that aren’t gonna hit as hard like Julian changing his name or them changing his name just kinda dumb there’s more cool ways to do a reveal like make us think he’s a good guy in this universe we don’t need a useless name change to trick us when you can use the characters own actions to fool us like okay this guys gonna be good in this universe aaaaannnnndddd now he’s injecting chemicals in his patients 😂😂😂
I kinda like the idea of Oz being the reason Harvey becomes two face, I’d like to imagine that if it happens then that’ll make Harvey & penguin kinda hate each other. Plus it kinda ties to the Arkham games since those two had a turf war & they kinda hated each other.
They end up being partners in arkham knight despite still hating each other.
Yes and having a court room drama between part 2 and 3 where it’s a battle between Harvey and Oz (almost like a Penguin season 2) ultimately ending with Harvey becoming Two Face. Then part 3 has Two Face and Oz in a gang war
I don't think so. Personally I don't like the idea of Two-Face being 'created' by another character from Batman's rogue gallery. Even though Maroni is dead, I think they should stick with the original story. I mean, Harvey's transition to Two-Face has to involve a trial, Batman and some mob captured by him. Which leads to Harvey going crazy, losing every inch of faith in the law and the trust forged around Batman and Gordon.
If Oswald is the cause then Harvey wouldn't directly blame Batman, which I think is better for the story. Since there's only two movies left and maybe a couple of shows more about this universe, I think they should focus in Batman vs everyone and not in villain vs villain side-plots.
Also Oswald has a lot of room on it's own. So every character introduced from there has to shine the same way. And I think there's no need to involve an established villain with the origin of another one. There's plenty of creative options and a lot of material to make every character work.
I'm not sure that Penguin will be a main villain in any of the Batman movies. I think he may just remain this staple background character throughout
I have a feeling that he may become the big bad at the end of the final film. If he becomes mayor, that means Batman becomes public enemy number one. Pitting Batman against the entire city of Gotham, with Penguin at the top of it, would be a hell of a final conflict.
Though as much as I enjoyed The Batman, After watching The Penguin, I felt like like the movie just set the stage for the real treat, the show.
I feel like at the end he would like a surprise main villain him and joker
We know this already, He will have like 5 or 6 scenes in the second movie.
@@Phantomiam Yes, but what about the third? The show is great, and I love it for itself. But something tells me it's not just branching off into such detail for a character that's of so little consequence to the films.
@@rottensquid I doubt he will be the main villain of the 3rd movie, remember we still have Joker in this universe. I feel like in the 3rd movie Riddler and Joker might break out of Arkham Asylum.
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Why Batman is my favorite superhero for a few reasons
9. He's a badass
8. He has the best origin story
7. He can fit in any genre
6. He's very intelligent
5. He's the world's greatest detective
4. He's a symbol of fear/hope
3. He has the best villians
2. He never gives up, no matter the circumstances
1. He's very relatable
Spot on!
He is a fascist
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Same! Batman is my favorite superhero as well.
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A Harvey Dent show would definitely be the easiest to pull off
A Lawyer procedural but Harvey going Mad and getting more Irrational and Aggressive
Hell yes
great way to showcase the corruption of Gothams legal system too
@JesusGomez-ob2qt yes
fuck yesss we need this
Josh Duhamel as Harvey would be a good fit
Reeves is definitely taking inspiration from Earth One, specifically volume 2, which also involves Batman, Gordon and Dent going after corrupt city officials who were connected to the corrupt Mayor Cobblepot. Bruce's arc in this story involves him realizing that he can also help the city as Bruce Wayne and that he needs help, something I can easily see Pattinson having a similar arc.
And btw, at the beginning of the comic we have Maroni (who in this comic is a street gangster) being interrogated by Dent about his relationship with Cobblepot and being asked to name corrupt people, I think the Penguin will have a similar role to this.
Really reminds me of the long Halloween and dark victory
Gotta agree with you. The Penguin show blew my expectations out of the water.
Boba, you might be onto something regarding Penguin in Court, a quote from Matt on the series' podcast:
"They're going to be looking at what happened. And they're going to be looking at him. He had a relationship with Falcone, he's in the drug business and he's going to have to answer to some of these things, and he's going to be involved in some stuff that will be an entry point into the movie. And its not the through line of the movie, except to say it's the beginning of where our story continues."
Yup, showing his court summons (and getting away with it) would be fantastic for the intro to the movie, and a good way to first showcase Harvey Dent!
I have a feeling the main villain in the batman 2 is going to be mr. Freeze, but he will be much more realistic than the cartoony adaptations we’ve seen before. I can picture an icy blue theme to the 2nd movie as opposed to the red theme that was in the first one. The blue will go along with
the theme of coldness and ice. Gotham is flooded, so maybe mr freezes evil plans will involve freezing that water. It all seems to be a perfect change of pace to keep the franchise interesting. Also, we havent seen mr freeze in awhile in a live action batman movie let alone a serious, realistic one. Seems like a perfect move.
Imagine an eccentric business man who invents weird (but not entirely cartoony) freezing-related stuff. Maybe he wants to block out the sun and make a permanent winter. Imagine him not looking like a full blown robot, but having a few of his inventions that he wears like a weird mask and a bionic arm attachment or something.
Edit - maybe gotham is going through a really cold winter and the flooding is frozen into ice all over the city. Maybe Mr Freeze is an owner of a company that makes snow vehicles and other tech that makes it easier to deal with snow. He uses this to his advantage and decides to essentially take over the city.
Damn. I'm so hyped for the Batman 2 after the Penguin. It feels like the Batman was so long ago. I remember being in hospital when we first started getting pictures from the set of the Batman and i was so freaking excited. Those first pictures of the GCPD vehicles and Bruce in his "drifter" attire helped me get theough a pretty rough 5 week hospital stay. Great stuff as always Boba.
What if the "deeper corruption" in places Bruce couldnt even fathom in the first movie is corruption within Wayne enterprises? Treat it so that Bruce would never have expected his company to have any corruption within it to play to the unfathomable aspect.
They could even replace GothCorp with Wayne Enterprises in a Mr. Freeze origin
An idea I have is that Julian Rush isn't Scarecrow but rather works with him, my main reason for believing this is that all the name changes thus far hasn't been all that different as people make it out to be.
Oswald Cobb is just Oswald Cobblepot but shortened, Edward Nashton *is* Riddler's real last name in some comics way before the movie.
Because of this, I think Julian will have a sort of assistant role, in the same vein as say Autumn from Batman: The Audio Adventures.
Speaking of that series actually, I could see them doing what BTAA did and have Penguin pay one of his associates to "testify" against him, when in reality he's there to get acid on Harvey Dent.
Another potential idea is having a sorta Arkham Shadow thing for Two Face's scarring but that would require Bruce's friendship with Harvey to be really strengthened heavily, the two need to be real close on a personal level.
I have a theory that Oz would change his name or at least modify it into cobblepot So he fits in that old money vibe.
i feel lik julian rush should be calendar man, he should also be connected to hugo strange and scarecrow
I think it was on Reddit, I was reading, a rush is a type of small bird where a crane is a much bigger bird. So the idea was rush is still in his villain infancy and will grow into his crane persona.... Also, birds being connected to the court of owls (more birds)... Also also, penguin, another bird.
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It looks like Sofia Falcone (Gigante) can still play a big part in the story... Julian Rush is mad obsessed with her and I'm thinking she could use him / the scarecrow as her puppet. Either making him do dirty work like taking revenge on Oswald Cobb or spreading fear in the city with his own methods. But he's also an inside man within Arkham Asylum and could help plan a prison break which would be very problematic because if Joker and Riddler escape, the city would be in real danger. Additionally, Selina Kyle seems to be on Sofia's side although I have no idea how she could contribute.
Different topic and idk if any of it makes sense since I don't know a lot about the Batman comics but the way Sofia killed her family while having a sleepover with young Gia in the greenhouse, I see a hint at Poison Ivy. In my opinion, in a grounded universe, this is how I imagine someone like Poison Ivy would operate. The greenhouse is an important place for Sofia : she spent a lot of time in there with her brother during her childhood, that's where she took Oz for interrogation about her missing brother and most importantly that's where she took Gia the night she killed everybody. Or maybe even did she plant a seed (pun not intended) in young Gia's mind with this green environment : idk if Sofia made her feel safe in that greenhouse or if it would be a place of trauma for her since that's where she was when she lost her family... I know it's just a greenhouse but since we're looking for any clues for future villains, I thought I'd point at that one.
I feel like poision ivy should still be pamela. As for grounded universe it doesn't automatically mean realistic rather it involves the theoretical aspect. As long as it doesn't break the laws of physics and everything has somesort of explanation it could be passable.
I am really worried the film will get delayed further. Hopefully they will finish the script soon but it’s really worrying right now for me.
Same here
I'd really like to see the Gotham "super mob" be the main focus overall. After seeing the rise of Penguin, it would be cool to see Black Mask and maybe even the Ventriloquist get the same treatment. Which would lead to an all out mob war between psychos in the finale
Thanks for answering my question Boba! I was randomly listening to this in the background and heard my name😂 Another great video.
Boba, Rush could be the Arkham doctor that is “caring” for Crane after he is captured by Batman. Rush might have Crane’s paraphernalia in his office for research purposes.
I want The Court Of Owls as the main threat in The Batman Part Two with Bruce Wayne working with Mayor Bella Reael and DA Harvey Dent
Possible different, maybe outlandish theory….what if Julien Rush is treating Crane as his therapist currently in Arkham?
And he is integral into him becoming scarecrow? He just has those as maybe tools he uses during his sessions? Kinda a throwback to Batman Begins when before crane hits Falcone with the gas, he mentions he uses the mask in his sessions with patients?
In my own head canon I think there’s an absence of Batman for a little while because he put his body through absolute hell. He took point blank hits from a shot gun, the physical combat against a literal army, and that adrenaline booster (or whatever it was) had to have taken a massive toll on his body. I figured more Bruce and less Bat for a little while is just so he can heal from that fight. He is human after all
A Rush is a bird and so is a Crane, J. Crane - J. Rush, could be like a pen name or something
Nice! That's it.
But I think if he was gonna actually become the Scarecrow, he'd have been called Jonathan Crane. I think Julian Rush is a bit more like Mr. Reese in The Dark Knight, an homage to the Riddler without being the Riddler. They can't all be in every reboot.
@@rottensquid I certainly agree, but I think it could be one of two things. What you say its just a homage or he's going to be used further in a future film, maybe he gets fired from arkham and starts going by Crane. I like to think Matt Reeves would like to flesh out the world in detail. I feel like Nolan had less care about the worldbuilding and more for story. I feel that Reeves does both
And if the latter is what they'll do then they probably made it Rush in penguin to not distract from Oz, then in future he'll blossom into Crane, either way Theo Rossi was brilliant and disturbing and I really hope he is used more otherwise I feel it'll be a waste
@@yorkie7605 I mean, yeah, I agree. I'd like to see this Scarecrow evolve. I like what they're doing with him, the way they're holding him in mystery. We really don't know what's going on with him, whether he's Sofia's best friend, or another tormentor.
I think with these characters, we can't ever expect they'll become the familiar character we know. It was great to see Oz don the top hat and tails, but he's never gonna be the Penguin of the comics. This world has to be free to go where it wants. It can't be too beholden to every detail of the source material, or it'll just become a rote retread. And that's the last thing anyone really wants. So I suspect, if Julian Rush becomes the Scarecrow, or A Scarecrow, it'll be like nothing we've ever seen before. And he'll be the Julian Rush Scarecrow, unique to this universe, not the Jonathan Crane one.
Not sure if anyone mentioned this yet, but I had a thought about Penguin’s mom regarding her compromised health state and how that can be a part of Penguin’s storyline in the next film. If Mr. Freeze is the Part II villain, maybe Penguin becomes aware of how Freeze preserves Nora cryogenically and Penguin wants the same for his mom? Maybe during the movie her health becomes worse or something like that and Penguin becomes desperate. Thoughts?
What a great Sunday; a Boba video & Denver Broncos win their division game 😩🕺
The villians i want in The Batman Part Two :
The Court Of Owls
Scarecrow
Sophia Falcone
The Penguin
The Joker (CAMEO)
The Riddler (CAMEO)
Harvey Dent (heroic side character with a hint at a darker side)
The Batman Part Three :
The Penguin
The Riddler
The Joker
Two-Face (MAIN VILLIAN)
I think pt 2 will be about Bruce’s fear of himself, of vulnerability, of self-forgiveness, of opening up to people again, and so we’ll get villains like Clayface, Hush, Joker, Hugo Strange, all about this idea of self-image, perhaps while uncovering corruption in Arkham (and the Courts that put people there), illegal experiments on patients, spearheaded by mysterious rich elites.
And then pt 3 will be about a Bruce who’s opened up to relationships and fatherhood, but now deals with the fear of losing his new family, as he learns of the ubiquitous rich and elite Court. How far will Bruce allow his morals to bend (working together with the equally desperate Freeze? Penguin? The entire Rogues gallery?) to ensure he never goes through the death of his loved ones again.
My fan cast, Dave Bautista as professor Hugo Strage, Anya taylor-joy as harley quinn, John Ham as Harvey Dent, Tom Hiddleston as the Clown Prince of Crime ,Jackie Earley Haley as Mad Hatter.
We already have Barry keohegan as the joker
I don’t want a Harley
After The Batman part 2 we need a Two Face show where Harvey turns into two face. Would be cool if it would be part court drama like better call saul or suits.
I kind of like the Penguin getting his connections by testifying on the events of the show. We have never seen this version of the character on the big screen and I see him being a big contender against the Batman later on.
I am extremely excited for The Batman Part Two
On the Bruce Wayne front... I still have strong hopes that we'll get Dark Victory. Maybe not Dick Grayson swinging from rooftops, but the start of that relationship that kind of helps pull Bruce even more into the light.
Rush sounds like a drug Scarecrow would use.
I just wanna see Hush in live action 😩
Do you think that Selina will find out who Batman is, since it’s like a long Halloween type of vibe in this world. To help fight against all the villains at once and since they said there isn’t going to be a catwoman series, I wonder if how we get more catwoman is her finding out who Bruce is so them working together is a way we get more of her since Batman is going to be Bruce more. And since in the first film, he wanted her to stay by how he thought about her for some of the film. Alfred asked,”A friend of yours?” Bruce responded,”I don’t know.” You can see he wanted to tell her so much but was hesitant and it was like he was so interested in her.
I’d definitely like to see the second movie build up to the Court of Owls with the third movie completely fleshing it out
I am way more excited for the Reevesverse over Gunns bipolar DCU
Tf you mean Bipolar 💀💀
@SirHoola its cannon. Now it's not. it starts with Superman, but creature commandos is the start. this part is cannon , that part is not. it is extremely messy and Gunn is only making it worse with his comments. he is all over the board up and down with what he says, constantly changing
Same here
@@SirHoola It’s a little all over the place honestly, my FOMO is already kicking in
Why do you think its bipolar? Im interested in ur opinion. IM also the same I'm kinda more Excited over the reevesverse, i hope it just also grows outside of the batman like have its own versions of superman etc, Maybe instead of justice league they could have the justice society so that it gets differentiated
13:44 wrt Julian Rush, did anyone else notice how much of a borderline or idk maybe full blown sadist he is! When Gia requested to meet the police, he was all like 'is she gonna be a problem', 'do we need to do something to silence her'...... And something along those lines. I thought he suggested offing her to 'deal' with the 'problem'. Sadist.
bro been watching u sense 2021 leading up to the batman and now almost 2025 , still love the videos, helps me to stay up to date and even learn about comics sense u go into them alot for theories! love the vids bobo , also did u see spinmaster is releasing new figures of batman forever with val kilmer whats ur thoughts?:)
I definitely want to see more Bruce Wayne scenes in the second Batman movie
Okay hear me out. I’m game for a penguin season 2 and it can be his rise to power in the political game. A house of cards sort of show but with the penguin. That would be awesome.
With all these theories Boba does come up with.You should apply to be a detective in the Gotham PD.Cuz boy oh boy,do they need some extra help.When Batman not around.
I think he may be the mad hatter and a collector of the items his patients use watch at some point someone’s gonna point out a deck of cards in his house💀😂
You can be subpoenaed to appear before committees as well as in court. I suspect the subpoena they referenced will be one to appear before the anti-corruption committee or some similar government group or committee.
Characters having a different name makes full sense in the DC cannon due to the real fun behind the multiverse theory.
@boba what about Wayne Manor and a legitimate Bat Cave? Has to be explored a bit, yeah?
with the name changing thing, what if councilman haydie is harvery dent?. perhaps a role change too. Maybe haydie wrong does penguin and penguin catches him out on it
Good talk.
They could either make Harvey two face during the second film(then we have a two face series) or make the transformation during the second penguin series (and have two face assist with an Arkham escape?
Could Julian Rush, the Julian part, be a homage to Julian Sands who played the Scarecrows father in Gotham tv series?
Idk if you will see this, hopefully you will. But how do you feel about the idea of Penn Badley playing Harvey Dent in The Batman 2?
I think he looks the part, with shows you like he’s capable of playing that dual identity nature really well as well as playing an articulate calculating man who always seems to be hiding something beneath the surface that you can’t see at face value at least initially.
He’s also very characteristic and loveable person who you will easily want to root for and would feel really bad for when the transformation happens.
I personally think he would be perfect and I hope you discuss it in your next The Batman 2 video.
@BobaTalks how confident are you that Vic is dead? Gives me a gut feeling that Batman could pick him up and have revived him. Vic's character ended up being pretty popular and liked, I could see a way they somehow save him after Penguin walks away.
How do you think batman will be fighting in the new movie. The first showed a more angry version of batman. You think after learning all things from then, will it affect how he fights from now on
Oooh another Batman boba vid! Yes!!! When do you think we will get some concrete news on casting ?
Great video boba. I want to ask you if you think we may get a second trilogy of The Batman after the first one. I know that Matt reeves has said that it’s going to be one trilogy but this universe is so rich and full of potential, I just can’t help but wonder if it gets a second trilogy due to its great success.
I think we might get just Batman cameos in future villian shows (if rumors about Pattinson joining DC aren't true but i hope they not leave Matt Revees Universe alone 😭🙏)
What if Jonathan Crane is actually a student or patient of Dr. Julian Rush?
Absolutely love the cover of the BTAS theme. What’s the name of that?
They should go for broke and bring in the more fantastical elements of the batman mythos. Freeze, Ivy, Clayface, Ra's, etc. Just because the movie has a realistic look doesn't mean they're boxed in. Think of the Arkham video games they had a dark/gritty look with emphasis on realism as well.
I’d love if reeves’ two face was more of a presence in the gang side of Gotham. Nolan’s just went on a kill spree for a few days and died.
Bruce might have to come forward and make a public statement in the attempt to clean up his parent's image, specifically his fathers. And just on a side note, Boba, have you noticed the black and white picture in Crane's office that almost looks exactly like a page out of The Riddler: Year One comics? It looks like Edward being tortured and like there's two parts of him being torn apart. And if he was supposed to be Crane, and Riddler's in Arkham who just caused all that havoc with the city, I bet he would enjoy torturing Riddler just for fun. A little bit of payback, if you will.
To me, it looks exactly like a page from the Riddler comic. He's wearing his glasses and everything. Maybe take a good look at it if you haven't already, lol.
And as far as Oz looking clean and innocent from his time with the Carmine family, all he'll have to do is say he was a driver for Mr. Falcones daughter, Sofia. Who he helped put away the first time, and he could admit to being an anonymous caller who gave the GCPD Sofias location to capture her again at the end of the series. That could be one way he comes off as squeaky clean to the courts and all of that guys buddies. But who knows, we'll have to see how it all plays out in The Batman sequel.
Another great video, btw!!
I fucking love boba episodes lol , I get so excited
What if the Court of Owls become the main villain for Penguin Season 2
the Owl features on the doors more prominently
Hey Mr. Boba, do u have any thoughts on the DC Heroes United episode 1? I was extremely disinterested in it because I thought it’s just the story part of a game, but it was actually lowkey really interesting
Hoping they title part 2, The Bruce Wayne.
Well, I guess come 2027 we’ll have our answers.
Any chance we get more then three reeves Batman movie ??
I would say no
@BobaTalks are you sure we're getting three movies? Also....do you feel that the 2026 release date is still on the table? I sure hope so.
Rush is Psycho Pirate 🏴☠️
What about an Arkham Asylum show but through Aaron cash
The court of owls is the overall “Big Bad” of the universe..
Now that I’m thinking about it, reading other comments on “ Penguin Being the reason for Harvey to become TwoFace “… well yeah.. he’s the only real mobster remaining in Gotham 😅 Maroni and Falcone are dead. Sofia is in the Asylum and she surely won’t throw acid on Harvey’s face and also other gangs are led by “ children “ lol. My last thought is: who is really responsible for the creation of TwoFace??
I just have a feeling that the batman 2 isn't even nearly half way done and never will be
Boba I love your stuff…..what is your gut feeling telling you about the sequel. If you had to guess who do you think will be the big bad in part 2?
I’d love to watch this but I am yet to see the penguin. I will be back 😊
Dude you gotta get in that! It’s great!
Whoever's mad about name changes in these movies is only reading comics for the pictures
What if rush is cranes mentor
I think a real cool twist on court of owls is to have it secretly be run by the league of shadows. Having Ras Al Ghul control crime and Gotham elites under the guise as the leader of the court, and the Talons be assassins would be a neat twist. Then when Batman thwarts his efforts, it destroys the control on crime Ras had over Gotham and leads crime to be chaos across the city (with joker leading the charge) in part 3
I don’t know if I’m bugging but is this not kind of similar to what FOX’s Gotham did? Either way, I believe this is a neat idea and could work out very very well
They've done the Ras>Owls twist like 2 or 3 times
Would love to see black mask in the sequel.
I love The Black Mask. I have a feeling that The Black Mask is being saved for The DCU Batman movies.
I bet Josh Brolin would make a great Harvey dent
Zsasz is going to be in part 2.
What are your thoughts on the recent rumor of the batman 2 potentially being delayed again??
Talked about that in my previous news roundup video
@ gonna check it out after finishing this video 🤞
Who is this Harvey dent u keep showing footage of?
There was a short-lived series with him a couple years ago. Can't remember what it was called. But it didn't exactly bowl the audience over.
@ thankx my dude was hoping someone would clarify that for me
It's Harvey Dent from Fox's GOTHAM series
@@BobaTalks Thank you! I had it wrong. Sorry.
@ don’t know how I missed that!? I really only watched the highlight reels of Jerome actually on TH-cam. haha. Cheers boba and cheers for keeping me up to date with everything BAT! 🦇🦇
Scarecrow may be the first villain in the DCEU so they scrapped him from the else world version
DCU
Julian rush adrenaline rush
Honestly, I really hope Julian Rush isn’t Scarecrow. That actor is just not very compelling. He has an odd and memorable look, but his performances are never that interesting. And I’m tired of the character name swap gimmick, it was pointless as far back as Star Trek Into Darkness.
It just sucks that's he's only in five or six scenes
I’m Thinking Scarecrow and I think of those Horror Villians like Freddy Kruger, Michael MYER (Halloween) this Unstoppable Killer loose on Gotham City 🌆
A Villain That Goes A Kills anybody including other Villains!
Not Sure how Scarecrow Can ‘Fit’ into the Narrative of The Batman Movies 🎥 given Too many Possible MAIN Villains 🦹
The Dark Knight , Batman Begins and Batman Returns are my top 3 Batman movies and I like them more as films by themselves more than The Batman but the way Matt Reeves has set up this version of Gotham is the best overall version of Batman ever for me if that makes sense . It just feels like the everything is set up so well to build from and fulfill the perfect film version of Gotham from the comics lore . I can’t wait to see this trilogy unfold and see who they choose to feature in the rogues gallery and how they use them.
They said there making a clayface series and it might be prt of Batman 2
Why on earth is it taken so long to finish a script? I can see the batman 2 never getting made hope i'm wrong
I'm not sure what the future of Julian Rush will be in this universe, but as is I'm glad that he wasn't Scarecrow because I actually really disliked his performance and thought he was easily the weakest character in the show. To me he felt very poorly incorporated and found him extremely uninteresting. The show was great overall, but the character did at times feel pointless to me.
yes i 100% agree. the performances across the board were good except for his
Well if it weren’t for him Sofia wouldn’t have found out abt Oz killing his brothers
@@Riverburke8170true but his role felt a bit bland
@@Riverburke8170 Yes but Julian being the reason for her finding it out honestly feels like it could have easily been streamlined without his presence.
I kept feeling Julian was meant to be more important before production changed stuff in the background.
when you zoomed in to me it looked like the top of Professor Pygs cowl ?
Yes yes yes! This is totally up for debate!
I hope Julian isn’t scarecrow. The actor doesn’t fit the look and him being a love interest with Sofia pretty much ruins the whole scarecrow vibe.
Sorry but Rush is less realistic of a last name than Crane. Also, Bella Real (and then using her last name for a pun in her campaign REAL CHANGE) is pretty over the top.
I don’t think Theo Rossi will ever become the Scarecrow. It seems clear that they simply changed their mind about him. It feels like Lauren LeFranc wanted to use him but her and Matt agreed to just drop it because it would distract from the Sofia scenes and her trauma. And if Matt didn’t want to use Scarecrow in his movie, then it’s a useless character to hype up. Same thing with the Arkham show being canceled.
Oh shii the jelly fish 🪼 is in this movie?? Finally
THiNK HE WiLL START LEANiNG iNTO PLAYBOY A BiT MORE, MAYBE JUST OPENiNG UP AS U SUGGESTED, BUT FULL FLEDGED PLAYBOY iN BATMAN 3
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My mind would be blown if they deliberately made Julian “non likable” and not memorable. A weak character etc. -but In reality he’s the true scarecrow!! That’s why he’s under everyone’s raider. He’s meek, unassuming, kinda stale.. but If they showcase his true talent.. man he coulda fooled everyone!
I think he doesn't leave much of an impression because he's so inscrutable. It's the end of the show, and we still don't know if he's Sofia's ally, or her worst enemy. All we know is that he's fixated on her. But it isn't clear whether he's back at Arkham to look out for her, or just to enjoy her suffering.
Them changing his name kinda makes the inevitable reveal will be dumb 😂like why change his name? I can only feel that it’ll make the reveal corny because oh no my name ain’t Julian it’s Jonathan didn’t even change the first initial lol I just hate that they feel they need to change so much 😂I mean riddler was the most uninteresting villain tbh 😂 I love this Matt reeves universe but there’s obvious nit picks like useless name changes that aren’t gonna hit as hard like Julian changing his name or them changing his name just kinda dumb there’s more cool ways to do a reveal like make us think he’s a good guy in this universe we don’t need a useless name change to trick us when you can use the characters own actions to fool us like okay this guys gonna be good in this universe aaaaannnnndddd now he’s injecting chemicals in his patients 😂😂😂
Ten weeks too long brother.
Yes first I hope