The Batman Changed Hush's Origin, But Secretly Made It Better For Pattinson
The Batman opens Bruce Wayne's eyes to a staggering number of secrets and lies Gotham has kept over the years, but one of the most interesting is actually a subtle change to Hush's backstory that actually improves it. Matt Reeves' nearly 3 hour long Batman epic is finally out after a number of delays, and it's a genuine love letter to the character and his long history in pop culture. It juggles a sharp noir mystery with action-heavy thrills, as well as an atmosphere and central villain whose violence feels like it could belong in a horror movie, as many have compared the Riddler's murderous plans to Saw.
While many audiences were already aware that the movie would follow Batman unraveling a game of cat and mouse laid out for him by his nemesis The Riddler, there was no way of knowing just how expansive of a trip the movie would be down the aisles of some of Batman's greatest stories. There are deliberate references to Zero Year, No Man's Land, The Long Halloween, and Grant Morrison's Batman epic, just to name a few, and all of them go a long way in helping drive the world forward and giving Reeves a lot of room to play in. While a sequel hasn't yet been confirmed, there's no doubt that this movie sets up directions that a sequel to The Batman could go in.
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Part of that setup is an idea of who Batman might face off against in The Batman 2, and if this first installment is any indication, there are a lot of avenues to be explored. But arguably the most striking tease is a very deliberate change to the origin of Thomas Elliot, the villain Hush, making his vendetta against the Waynes a lot more justifiable. In the comics, Tommy Elliot is a successful
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