6. Crazy Twists
A brand-new continuity, relatively liberated from DCs crushing editorial constraints, has all kinds of potential for outrageous, shocking developments. We already have a recent example in the form of the Arkham video games, which threw in everything but the kitchen sink in terms of familiar Batman elements, amped the stakes and the action up to epic levels, then threw in some game-changers (no pun intended) that marked the games world out as a distinct universe where anything could happen. A new TV show could do anything that would work within the show's universe; kill Scarecrow, redeem Two-Face, make Bruce Wayne President, anything. Stand-alone stories where nothing ever really changes wont cut it in the current age of television, where gripping developments and drawn-out storylines are expected, and the makers would have to mark out this new Batman from the countless portrayals that have come before by getting seriously experimental with the setting.