10 Reasons We Don't Want Batman Reboot After The Dark Knight Rises

10. Bruce Wayne Must Survive!

It's been strongly implied that Bruce Wayne is going to bite the big one at the end of The Dark Knight Rises - or at least that he will kill off Batman in some grand symbolic gesture. For instance he states in every trailer that he hasn't given everything to Gotham City: "no yet". Say it ain't so Christopher Nolan! Whilst this would be a powerful and unprecedented end to a summer superhero tentpole franchise, it's probably not the right one. Batman can't quit: he's the goddamn Batman. And he shouldn't die because of reasons 1-9. We need this version of the character to continue. The actor can change, the director can leave, but this is the definitive movie version of the character and - given that Warner Bros. will continue making films whatever happens - this is the version that should continue for the foreseeable future.
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A regular film and video games contributor for What Culture, Robert also writes reviews and features for The Daily Telegraph, GamesIndustry.biz and The Big Picture Magazine as well as his own Beames on Film blog. He also has essays and reviews in a number of upcoming books by Intellect.