12 Things Warner Bros Want You To Forget About Batman Movies

9. Dr. Chase Meridian's Romantic Pursuit Of Batman (Batman Forever)

Nicole Kidman's Dr. Chase Meridian was clearly supposed to be an alluring sexpot of a character, but she ended up being more creepy than anything. For starters, she sets off the Bat-signal to lure the Caped Crusader to a rooftop, where she attempts to seduce him and shows just how sexually aggressive she can be. What's even odder is that her behaviour wins Bruce over, to the point that he plans to reveal his true identity to her in a declaration of love, all while Meridian, still unaware that Bruce is Batman, rejects Batman as she tells him that she's fallen for someone else (Bruce, of course). Why Warner Want You To Forget It's a clumsy romance and just really, really dull, all the more embarrassing because it stars an A-list actresses in such a forgettable part (thankfully for Warner). Batman's cinematic romances have been a bit questionable at even the best of times, but at least the others weren't this weirdly unsettling and vaguely disturbing. Above all, Meridian's disposable nature just exemplifies the revolving door of women Batman has had in his life, something that's becoming less and less acceptable on screen as the outcry for strong, well-developed, present female characters becomes louder. Though the Batman v Superman trailer already vaguely teases some frisson between Bats and Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), it'll surely be handled with a ton more tact than Kidman's possibly-nymphomaniac character.