Can you ever really get enough Batman? I mean, he’s without a doubt one of the most successful comic book characters of all time, and he’s been a staple hallmark of cinematic adaptation since Tim Burton first reimagined him in 1989. And what a journey it’s been, although it’s not without its share of ups and downs (lookin’ at you here Schumacher).
If you’ve been manning a space station for the last ten years, you might not have heard of Nolan’s super-budgeted, super-performing Batman trilogy; for everyone else, you likely spent a good few years hearing about nothing but. It wasn’t without its naysayers but in general, Nolan’s Dark Knight franchise exceeded all expectations in terms of critical and audience reception, and most importantly (to suit wearing Hollywood types) at the box office.
Although the news came recently that Warner Bros. studios are looking to feature the Dark Knight in their upcoming Justice League movie before he gets a new reboot of his own, with figures like those that Batman pulls in, the next solo Caped Crusader movie is probably only a matter of a few short years away. Will they decide to reboot completely, or will they look to, in some way, re-establish Nolan’s continuity, with it doing so phenomenally well for them in the past?
It’s impossible to say at this stage, but the latter could be done without too much difficulty. Here are ten ways we think Nolan’s continuity could rise again for the next Batman, and beyond.
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Interesting choices. Id rather instead of doing one thing, they take little bits from a few different comics like Nolan did and mould them into one big trilogy. Also, no Hush? some of the best Batman graphic novels in recent history and you fail to mention one of his greatest villains? Having Hush allows for an origin story between Tommy Elliots and Bruces Relationship growing up, rather than the same old, Bruces parents die, he became the Batman business. WE KNOW HOW HE BECAME BATMAN WARNER BROS!!! But yeah good read, good read =]
I always saw the John Blake character becoming Nightwing rather than Robin
Robin is your number 1 answer>…. WTF that is the last thing most people want. Encase you havent heard, Comics have grown up enough where adults can still watch comic movies without feeling childish.
A little Robin in Green underwear is not something that does that.(and yes no matter what they change, The Green Undies are a Permanent Stain.
I like the idea of John Blake failing as Batman, or perhaps Nightwing. He goes head on against The Joker and gets brutally beaten, hospitalized or even killed. Gotham quickly starts to fall under once again, and every time Bruce Wayne sees something about it on the news, Selina turns it off and tries to keep him from going back. Bruce struggles with whether or not Batman should return to Gotham, and of course, eventually does. Selina goes back as well, but now as a jilted lover bent on revenge. This might also be a good opportunity to bring in The Penguin, aka Oswald Cobblepot, attempting to use his family’s financial resources to help re-build Gotham (in Bruce Wayne’s absence), albeit with a criminal ulterior motive.
Okay, here’s an idea I had for this idea…why not go back from scratch? I mean, it’s clear that Batman is gone in this universe. Plus if we want a JLA movie to come in, we need a way to make Bruce Wayne come in.
Heck, maybe we can start the movie WITHOUT showing us how Bruce’s parents died right in the begining. Maybe they can hint at it since it’s so obvious. Heck, a slight flashback would be nice as iti s. Don’t spend the first 45 minutes of the movie to that.
Nolan’s Batman movies were a trilogy of cinematic stories, told by him in three acts. It was not a comic book movie.
If people want more “comic book” Batman there are thousands of existing comic book stories in print. Revisit those. Or watch the excellent animated adventures on video.
Nolan’s trilogy works because it is not a comic book movie, and because it never attempts to tell all of Batman’s past stories.
Many of the suggestions in this list are just repeats of stuff we have already seen. Nothing new, nothing fresh. And thanks, but no Lex Luthor please. This ridiculous character has been in too many movies already.