10 Positives Joel Schumacher Actually Brought To Batman Movies

5. Wayne Enterprises

In the first two Batman films, Bruce Wayne is something of a mysterious and very lonely entity, either shutting himself away from Gotham or wandering its streets in an apparent daze. However, as shown in Batman Returns, he does have an interest in corporate matters, which begs the question of where his fortune comes from (not to mention all those Bat gadgets).

In Batman Forever, Schumacher brought about the long-overdue debut of Wayne Enterprises in film, which is housed in a modern building constructed over a dam using clean energy as its source of power (as opposed to The Riddler’s Nygmatech base on Claw Island featured in the closing stages of the film). Although the company is primarily used as a plot device to bring about the introduction of Jim Carrey’s Edward Nygma (soon to become The Riddler), it also shows us Bruce Wayne’s benevolent side in extending his profit-sharing scheme to the members of the Electronics Division.

On a more cosmetic level, Wayne also maintains a direct connection via an underground luge that connects his office with the Batcave so that he can been seen to be working late whilst Batman prowls across Gotham’s rooftops.

In Batman & Robin, Wayne Enterprises is donating a state-of-the-art telescope to the Gotham Observatory so that the city can peer into the heavens and around the globe for years to come, again demonstrating Bruce Wayne’s benevolence to Gotham. The telescope later becomes a major plot point in the film.