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I'm in the minority here, but


I actually liked Arnold's version of Mr. Freeze. He was funny, very unique looking, deliciously evil, and eventually Batman resolved things with him without having to kill him at the end. I have a feeling it was Arnold Schwarzenegger's idea to write the character this way, just to put his own unique stamp on it, and he succeeded. Plus, who could disagree that his "what killed the dinosaurs" cheesy quip wasn't at least a little bit funny?

To be honest, I didn't like the comic book version of Mr. Freeze at all. I got to see what he was like in the Animated Series, and he truly lived up to his name. The story involving his wife was far more tragic too. Though it was kinda funny how Batman defeated him in one episode of the cartoon, using chicken soup that was originally meant to treat his cold, hehehe.

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Apart from "holey rusted metal Batman", the only line I remember from this film is Arnold going "cawld, like my cawld heart". you could see he was literally reading a script in an amusing "Arnold" "I've received quite a large pay packet for being in this film" style. couldn't hate it. I've only watched this once and it was when it was in the cinema. I remember one of the icicles being slightly springy

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I'll never forget in one scene, he's re-watching his wedding to his wife on a tv in his lair, one of his minions comes in with the latest newspaper trying to get his attention, he shoots the guy with his freeze gun, and says, "I hate it when people talk during the movie." lol

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