2. It Lead To Christopher Nolan's Batman
Just as Joel Schumachers take on Batman was a direct response to Tim Burtons take on Batman becoming dark, Christopher Nolans version Batman was a direct response to Joel Schumachers Batman. Batmans film history has always been a bit of a tug-of-war between campy and dark and it switches between the two. The campiness of '60s Batman gave way to Burtons dark take, which then turned into Joel Schumachers effort to be more family-friendly. Most recently, we have Christopher Nolan responding to Schumacher by going very far back in the other direction and making The Dark Knight very dark indeed. Had Batman and Robin not been made, Batman would likely have continued to crank out sequels to the level of Batman Forever. We would likely have never had the breakthrough of the superhero genre known as Batman Begins because, as far as production companies are concerned, if it aint broke, dont fix it. We would have never gotten Nolans very grounded out-of-the-box take. Batman and Robin gave Nolan a movie to avoid at all costs. Nolans movie took Batman and Robin and its elements and threw them out entirely, starting from the ground up, in a completely new direction. If the price for getting The Dark Knight trilogy is Batman and Robin, its a price Im willing to pay.