In post 495, mastina wrote: To be honest.
With better writing (and by better writing I don't mean less puns, puns can be rather endearing), a tighter more coherent script less reliant on stupidity and downplaying rather than upplaying the sheer ridiculousness of comic books--with a more proper narrative?
The Mr. Freeze of that movie would be a
magnificent
villain. That aesthetic is actually kinda terrifying, and yet actually looks somewhat reasonably plausible. It's the sort of getup that would
almost
not be out of place in the Dark Knight trilogy. Almost. (It's a little more "out there" than, sayyy, Bane, but not by much.)
Like, looking at that image, the actual look of it is like a well and true, proper, villain--and the aesthetic of a villain permanently encased in ice pretty much was
magnificently
captured. A villain with that look, making puns, in of itself? Not a bad thing. It would actually be terrifying, and send
chills
down your spine. A casual, cool, calm, collected, deep, professional, yet cheesy line coming from a smooth-talking villain.
If that's what we got.
Then that film would've been AMAZING.
And if the problem was less "Batman slipping on ice" and more presenting the actual threat he posed.
Then the film would've been great.
You can clearly see the flashes of brilliance in the film, there, it just...wasn't quite...y'know. All...THERE. The writers, the director, the producer, took things in a different direction, ruining what was a really neat concept that could've been killer. (Plus, Mr. Freeze has pretty much always been a tragic villain, and having a tragic villain who still provides a source of actual real conflict, is an actual VILLAIN in spite of the tragedy and can play the part of one? Would've been so nice to see.)
But I digress.
