Clayface? Really? Let’s stay away from any CGI character that would ruin the real-ness of Nolan’s Batman.

as for Crispin Glover… He can play a great Riddler but he can also play a great comic book look -a- like joker as well.

Let me be frank … Harley Quinn is never going to happen in a Nolan Batman film. Maybe if Joel Schumacher was directing it. And I don’t Harley is very crazy as she is goofy. She’s bubbly, not bright and not very interesting. That, and, without the Joker* she’s pointless, because she the side kick. Some characters only work in cartoons, and I have to say she’s one of them.

*Hypothetically speaking, if Ledger was alive to reprise his role (which I’m still against; villains should never return into a franchise) this version of the Joker just doesn’t work with Harley Quinn. (I could see her along side Batman Forever’s version of Poison Ivy). She needs to be with Mark Hamill’s and I don’t think anyone can capture Arleen Sorkin’s voice work for the character anyway.

Clayface is too much of a supernatural villain for Batman.

Wow…I’m beginning to realize I’m very picky LOL.

Anyhow, I agree Man Bat and Killer Croc would never work, and Poison Ivy I think is a stupid character.

As for who you think would work, I agree!

Penguin: Realistic. A stout, gentlemen-like mob boss arms dealer who owns The Iceberg lounge where alot of crooked deals are happening. He also loves birds. take away the flying umbrellas & you got yourself a real threat. Bob Hoskins or Joe Pesci would play him well.

Catwoman: Realistic. a female cat burglar that wears goggles & cat ears, sounds plausible to me!

Riddler: Realistic. we could even have the riddler win at the end

Black Mask: Realistic

Villains that would Never, ever work in a Nolan Batman movie:

Clayface
Poison Ivy
ManBat
Killer Croc

Villains that just might work in a Nolan Batman flick if done properly & if tweeked majorly:

Mad Hatter: Jervis is highly psychotic, he would be a very dark character. take away the whole Alice in Wonderland nonsense. & mind control is not that far away from reality & his origin & look would have 2 b changed.

Mr Freeze: 2 b frozen in suspended animation is realistic, to have to wear a special suit so that you can survive in subzero temperatures is scientifically plausible. A freeze gun….unrealistic. Mr Freeze could work if done right.

Scarface: I dont expect to ever see Scarface in a Batman movie. the whole split personality thing would have to go, but you could have Arnold Wesker toying with his henchmen, pretending he has a split personality causing others to believe it thus fearing him; thats just crazy in itself. & once his chronies/henchmen leave, he throws the puppet on the ground & laughs his ass off.

Drop me a line & tell me what u think, do u agree with any of this?

A few other characters that could use a real world makeover

Mr. Zsasz he was featured in a minor way in Batman 1

The Penguin. please undo the danny devito damage

The Mad Hatter .. a Cultist

Dr, Hugo Strange… Definite possibilities

I could also see Talia being a good foil for Catwoman if you put both in there - nothing stops a thief like a corporate woman with an extreme sense of “Security”. And they could fight alot.

I’m trying to figure who I’d cast to play Talia. She’d have to be “Liam Neeson’s daughter”, since Ras Al Ghul was British this time around, not Japanese. And she’d have to look good in a suit while snogging Batman. Bale has a weird face, so hiring women that look good beside him is actually a bit harder. I think they hit on a good one in the first movie, the second movie, I don’t know if I bought her being interested in Bruce as much (which was fine since she loved Harvey).

Actually, I could see Erica Durance (http://www.askmen.com/women/galleries/actress/erica-durance/picture-1.html) playing a good Talia. Though if they want to go with a more established movie actress, obviously a Smallville alum is not going to work. Bale is working with Moon Bloodgood (http://attentialcine.blogosfere.it/images/moonbloodgood.jpg) on T4, and she could work for Talia, but Liam’s not asian - though I suppose it’s possible Liam got horizontal with an asian woman and that was the result.

And I gotta say, for Catwoman, I have to go with Megan Fox. Not just because she’s hot, that’s not it, but more because she LOOKS like a cat person. She has those eyes, that nose, that makes me think cat. If she could bring her acting game up to Bale’s level, I’d totally be there.

Oh and for Harley? Our dear lady from Xena hasn’t aged well, as was proven in “Fastlane”, and I wouldn’t cast her anymore. She’d have to be a believable offshoot of Ledger’s joker, so I think the girl was a good choice, but I’d want to cast someone a bit younger now. I can’t think of anybody with the crazy eyes off the top of my head though.

I dunno, I can’t think of any other Batman villians off the top of my head that I’d want to see. Ultimately the villian has to suit the mood of the piece that Nolan wants, and I don’t know what mood he’s going for.