5. WB Should Take Inspiration From Bond Not Spider-Man
Despite the fact that multiple comic book versions of Batman can co-exist at the same time without fan backlash, or the issue of continuity spoiling any of the strands, film adaptations of the character have so far swerved the idea that Batman healthily exists as a property undefined by traditional linear narrative structure. In the comics, Batman is basically a serial, a grand soap opera cut into episodes and arcs that form a patchwork quilt narrative rather than one on a straight line as films do. The only major exception to the rule of linear narrative in the film world is the Bond franchise - a similarly character led property with multiple actors playing the same character in stories which are easily paralleled with superhero stories. Bond is effectively the purest ongoing comic book adaptation there is, and it is a model which should be adopted for big character properties like Batman, as they did back when Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer and then George Clooney played Bruce Wayne. That would mean that the best ideas from the Nolan universe could be explored without the need for the director of the main actor to return - Batman is a big enough character not to be associated with only one actor, and for me, Christian Bale isn't the best to have pulled on the cowl by some distance anyway. That approach would mean there would be no need for retracing the same storylines, and it would also allow for villains to drop in and out of the franchise as the film-makers saw fit, rather than having to kill off major antagonists who would never have suffered such an embarrassing fate in the comics. And if it works for Bond, it's good enough for Batman in my eyes.