I'm not really sure what my thoughts are. I did see a video by one internet reviewer who brought up the point that, with Rachel dead, there are literally no female characters left in this franchise, so bringing in Catwoman is a good idea from that standpoint. That said, I have to say I was on the bandwagon of people who thought that they'd completely try to avoid Catwoman due to the atrocious Halle Berry movie. As for Tom Hardy, I don't really know anything about him (I got Inception for Christmas but haven't watched it yet), but from the Wikipedia image I pulled up... he doesn't exactly look like he has the, for lack of a better term, extreme physique I associate with Bane. But surely anything they do will be better than his role in Batman & Robin.