I think killing off someone like Harvey is a big mistake. Sure, maybe that's what was written into the script originally, but since it played out on screen rather vaguely, I see it as an opportunity to bring him back. Honestly, I thought since the first time I watched The Dark Knight, that Gordon and Batman decided that they should have a public memorial for Dent so that he could be remembered as the White Knight, as the good man he was, knowing full well that Two-Face was alive and would likely come back to terrorize everyone. (ie, to spell it out, Harvey is dead, the body is not, the Two-Face persona continues)
I also don't like the idea that the only way to deal with a villain is to kill them off. In Batman Begins, to get Ra's al Ghul out of the picture, we let him die in a train accident, and now in The Dark Knight we're killing off Dent so that we don't have to deal with him any more? Lame! Of any of the characters, I would think that Harvey would be the best to maintain as a recurring role/adversary in Batman's life since Batman carries such guilt about what happened to Harvey that the friends/enemies dynamic can always haunt him.
But then again I suppose we have to keep in mind, this is the Nolan-verse. They're not in it for the long haul (just the there films, as I understand it). Likely they want to bring other villains to the screen instead of dealing in the long-term, as we see in the comic books.
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