5. Where Were All the Gadgets?!
Ok, so Ill admit that this might be nit-picking now, but I cant help feel that Nolans franchise brushed quickly over Batmans reliance on gadgetry. Its by far one of the cooler elements of the character and Ive always felt its just one of the many ways the Dark Knight combats his inherent humanity. In fact if were boiling him down to his power-set, what would you say Batmans is in the greater DC Universe? Probably Technology. Nolans Batman of course relies on technology to get by, but the gear he uses seems to be at its lowest common denominator a big ass car, or a stupid looking flying bungalow monstrosity, or a gun that fires energy bolts, or a sticky bomb. What happened to the Grapnel Gun, the Sonic Batarangs, the Line Launcher, the Cryptographic Sequencer, the Bat-Goo Gun? Hell, Nolan put the utility belt on his version of the character and I could be wrong, but I dont think I saw him reach in there once. The fact that I don't remember though says it all. Batman Begins started to explore the ingenuity of these clever inventions with the Sonic Bat Call, but the franchise thereafter quickly starts to forget about this fan-favourite aspect of the character. I guess theres a fine line between Gadgets and Bat-Mastercard but its a line Ive always wished Nolan would have tread just that little more.