10 Things Future Batman Movies Must Do

6. Address The Obvious Question Of Batman's Funding

Suspension of disbelief is crucial when watching movies, but sometimes familiar plot-holes rear their ugly heads again and again.

One of the major plot-holes in Batman movies is why nobody seems to ask where Batman gets all of his high-tech gear, vehicles, and costume. In The Dark Knight, one of Bruce Wayne's employees did try to blackmail him (via Lucius Fox), but generally, people seem unable to draw a connection between a man with immensely-expensive equipment and the billionaire who is on record for having a reason to loathe criminals and who is clearly in terrific shape.

In the age of the internet, when everything everyone in the public eye does is scrutinized, how hard would it be for Bruce Wayne to keep his secrets?

Again, this is something most viewers are willing to overlook, but it would be wise to address it in some form. Why not do as Grant Morrison did with his Batman, Incorporated arc? Not introducing multiple Batmen across the world, but having Bruce admit to bankrolling the vigilante's war on crime. This would take the story in a fresh direction we haven't seen on the big screen yet, and opens up other questions: what would villains do when they know Bruce Wayne is funding Batman, and how would Gotham itself react?

By addressing the freedom of information the internet offers and public-privacy concerns (particularly in light of Edward Snowden's revelations) in a Batman movie, filmmakers would help to embed their stories in our modern world, making them more relevant. While Nolan's films were set in the modern world, they failed to address how much of a threat the internet would actually be to Bruce's secrets. Theories of Batman's true identity would be an obsession for many online communities, many of whom would inevitably draw links between Bruce Wayne and the Caped Crusader.

Having Bruce implementing damage-control over such activities would be an original thread in a Batman movie, and steep the character in today's world to better-engage modern (and future) audiences.