10 Mistakes Fanboys Won’t Admit Upcoming DC Movies Have Already Made
3. Not Bringing Back Joseph Gordon-Levitt As "Robin"
If the rumours that the new Batman stand-alone will focus on the Under The Red Hood storyline from the comics (its in no way confirmed at this stage either way), Warner Bros are missing a trick if they dont borrow some of Nolans continuity. By dropping the audience into the middle of a timeline where Joker has already apparently killed Jason Todd, and then following it up with a storyline that returns him to life in disguise for a shock-twist, it robs the story of a key ingredient. Theres no reason to care about Jason Todd. The audience might be mature enough to not need an origin story for Batman, but without the right emotional context, that sort of Columbo switch ending wont ring with any authenticity. Which is precisely what it would have had if Warner had used the open ending of The Dark Knight Rises to establish John Blake as a stand-in Batman (or Nightwing even) and have him killed off by an escaped Joker. That would have been the perfect way to bring the retired Bruce Wayne out of retirement, allowing the two timelines to come together.
