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Here be Spoilers for The Dark Knight

Finally went to see The Dark Knight for the second time yesterday. (Going again this evening, *squeee*)

A second viewing certainly enables you to see the funny of the movie, of which there were lots, actually. The Joker was so unexpected in this incarnation that I had time, the first time around, to actually enjoy the film - seeing as I was constantly cringing, turning away, feeling slightly nauseous and otherwise speechless and shaken from the tension of the film.

Unlike the first time I saw the movie and was utterly blown away from the philosophical/moral/ethical overtones and utter coolness in the movie, I am able to see where I'd really like Christopher Nolan to improve.

Mainly, to have a female main character (or two or three), that with any luck, won't bloody well die.

With the untimely (and weep worthy - yes I cried, shaddup) demise of Ms. Dawes. There is now ample opportunity to bring in three of the bestest women the DC universe has ever thought of.
Selina Kyle (a.k.a Catwoman), Talia Head (a.k.a Talia Al-Goul) and Dr. Harleen Quinzelle (a.k.a Harley Quinn a.k.a The Harlequin).

Selina Kyle is by far the best option, for various reasons, but for three main ones:
#1 She rocks. Period.

#2 With Batman now considered not just a Vigilante, but now a public enemy and considered a real criminal and not an "un-official" crime-fighter, we'll be able to see the toeing of the line between so-called criminality and so-called decency. Selina always toed the line, even in the Silver Age when she was created as a Dominatrix Feline-Fatal who used her sexuality to throw off Batman when she was soothing her kleptomania, or the need to screw the rich, depends on how you look at her persona. I always preferred the latter, by the way.
So the moral questions that would be asked in this movie with her in it would have to do more with day to day matters, since she's not a psychopath, but someone Bruce can actually relate to.

#3 With Rachel Dawes no longer in the living, there's now a chance for some romance, or at the very least some sexual tension (if Bale and whoever the actress will be find the right chemistry).
Yes, I'm a Selina/Bruce 'shipper, no frelling apologies \m/!!!

The second option is Talia Head, nee Al-Goul.
Talia would be a great tie-in from Batman Begins. There's nothing better for character development than a revenge story, also how cool would it be to have a daughter avenge her father.
Though if she does appear, I hope they don't reduce her to a glorified honey trap or Mata Hari as they've done a few times in the comic books.

The third would be Harley.
Oh, Harley.
What would Gotham look like without at least one clown-ess.
Smart and cute and utterly out of her mind, I think she's be a good compliment to what the Joker had done in The Dark Knight.
I very unexpectedly (and contagiously - I'm looking at you morin!) developed an Inner!Harley.
Mr. J is soooooo dreamy in the movie, dontcha' think!!!
Ooops, gotta run! *back flips back into my brain*

Unfortunately, I very much doubt Nolan can bring the same brilliance to the third movie to be.

If in the end Selina is to be in the third Nolan Batman and her origin is that of a prostitute like Effing Frank Miller wrote I will be severely, utterly disappointed.
Also, if I catch a whiff if Miller anywhere near the Batman movies they can forget my money. I'd rather wait for it to be on television than know that a percentage of my money is lining that sexist, racist, over-rated so-called "writer".

Here are the opinions of other comic books writers of what they'd like to see in the third Nolan Batman movie. All the writers are men by the way, just FYI, of course.