I do find it interesting that Gorshin's Riddler from the 60s TV series influenced Carey's Riddler WAY more than many of the other characters that have been updated in later series. For example, Danny DeVito's Penguin is very different than Burgess Meredith's or any Joker vs Caesar Romero's.
@RickiTarr I mean the critical consensus is the Joker, and I can definitely get behind that. But my personal favorite is Two-Face. Harvey Dent seems to represent both sides of the Batman/Joker coin, always in mid-flip. He's unpredictable far beyond other villains because he may end up not doing anything bad at all, and he's constantly struggling with his darker side (until it takes over). He's like a walking microcosm of the whole Batman universe, but with a heaping helping of extra pathos.
@RickiTarr Scarecrow is likely my favorite, I like that he is not committing crime, rather he is doing large scale unethical science experiments, just because he can’t look away from the void of pure fear.
Heath Ledger took it to a whole other level, mesmerizing.
In general I do enjoy The Joker characters and watching different actors bring their own twist to it. In a way they represent the sociopaths we have to deal with more realistically than others.
Close second is Harley Quinn, and Margo Robbie killed it in Birds of Prey, and that movie is criminally underrated.
The ambiguousness.
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