8. He Invents Nothing
Originally, comic book Batman is a genius, empowered by an unending cheque-book that makes even the most ludicrous of inventions a possibility. That was always the best portrait of the character: when he was inventing his own gadgets, there was more to him than a brat with a company behind him that invented everything for him, and the magic of the character was born. But thanks to Nolan's commitment to realism, and his intention to build Waynetech as a legitimate and complexly planned business - in order perhaps to atone for the giant financial holes that would otherwise have appeared in the company's books. It's a question that Batman fans have always had to contend with the who built it, and how did he get away with it issues but the comics never really suffered for it, even when realism sneaked in and took the inventing away from Bruce Wayne. But then Nolan took that logical jump even further, and incorporated the hidden side of Waynetech's portfolios, as well as reimagining Batman as a tinkerman, who personalised inventions appropriated from his business like giving them a paint-job. So basically, in Nolan's hands, Batman went from being a master inventor, with a genius level intellect, to a playboy pimping gadgets someone else was making for him. That man was of course Lucius Fox, who went from charity-driven financial genius, to single-handed tank and aircraft builder, apparently.