First of all Batman 3 news!!!! I read this article at TotalFilm in which Christopher Nolan confirmed that they’re aiming for a July 2012 release for the third installment of the entirely awesome franchise.

A good number of villains in Batman’s ‘Rogue Gallery’ have been banded about since The Dark Knight’s monumental $1bn box office taking, however, the Riddler seems to have wormed his way to the forefront of such speculation with actors such as Johnny Depp, Robin Williams, Eddie Murphy and Joseph Gordon-Levitt already linked to the role.

The writer of the article also posed these rather controversial questions…

Will the Riddler have time to impose himself on the trilogy sufficiently so as to provide a suitable finale for the franchise? If not, surely no villain from the comic book series stands a chance – has Nolan gained the right to invent his own characters?

My opinion is, the Riddler has all the potential to be the villain for the final part of the trilogy, but aftert he amazing job Heath Ledger did as the Joker in The Dark Knight I don’t see the value having another mentally suspect villain as Batman’s foe. In all honesty I would prefer a skilled villain like Deadshot or a brute like Bane both of whom could stick to the realistic nature that, in my opinion, has made this latest Batman reincarnation the most popular.

However, I think the writer questioning whether Nolan has ‘gained the right’ to create his own villains for Batman 3 is entirely ridiculous. There are so many realistic and compelling villains in the Batman universe and to create one just for the benefit of this movie would be propostorous in my opinion and truth be told, I think the writer is looking for controversy here and I suspect Nolan is too shrewd to even contemplate the idea when he can take an existing character and mold him into whatever suits his needs for the movie as he expertly did with the Scarecrow and Two-Face.

Let’s hope Nolan is as shrewd as I seem to be giving him credit for.

What do you think?

Next up, the 1951 Issue #66 of Batman where the Joker seems to be getting no respect for his erection…

Caught this article over at B for Blog in which the comedy genius of the issue is exposed in full…and it’s fecking genius!

And I’ll also draw your attention to the entirely awesome God Damn Batman twitter account, in which greets the box office opening of Twighlight Eclipse with…

Hey Pattinson, lessons on real brooding: 1. Comb your hair down, you look retarded. 2. Watch your parents get murdered. 3. Get a cape.

…which I thought was suitably amusing! Here are few other choice ones for your entertainment:

One year ago today Michael Jackson died. In memory, I listened to Thriller while breaking a pedophile’s legs. Rest in Peace, Jacko.

Found the Twilight novels under Robin’s bed. Thought about mocking him, but considering his life expectancy decided to let him have his fun.

You know what gives crime a concussion at 127 decibels? A Vuvuzela batarang. Sometimes bat-gadgets just invent themselves.

First day of summer. Maybe I’ll open a lemonade stand. Where the lemonade is compound fractures.

Was going to stop Joker from interrupting live broadcast of the Tony awards, but since no one is watching anyway decided to just stay home.

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