10 Things Future Batman Movies Must Do

7. Embrace More Imaginative Production Design

One of the greatest things about Burton's two Batman films was the production design. As gaudy and fake as a lot of it looks now, certain touches bring some much-needed colour and flair. For example, the Joker's green-and-red colour scheme is fun, and the bizarre circus aspect to Batman Returns is visually appealing.

For all the brilliant touches in Nolan's trilogy, the visuals were a little drab at times. As much as Batman is about darkness and shadows, the choice of settings felt a tad lacking in imagination at times. In The Dark Knight, the climax features two stages, both of which take place in dark, dull, featureless environments: one building is under construction, and the other is totally burned out. It's darkness on top of darkness.

Future Batman films should introduce more bold visuals. Why not a climactic battle in an old amusement park serving as the Joker's hideout (as in The Killing Joke)? How about less fights in multi-storey car parks and office buildings, and more on neon-lit rooftops or atop speeding trains?

It must be hard getting colourful visuals right, and nobody wants to see the bizarre sets of Batman and Robin again, but there must be a happy medium. In an age where audiences are so used to seeing Iron Man soaring through New York City with aliens on his tail, or the Guardians of the Galaxy fighting in alien environments, there is no excuse to relegate Batman to dark, dingy locations again and again. Yes, he should be enshrouded in darkness at times, but in a visual medium, directors must take more inspiration from the comic books' generally colourful imagery.

By being less worried about 'realism' and more focused on satisfying the eye as well as the mind, future filmmakers can really give Batman's cinematic adventures more bold, dynamic, engaging aesthetics.