Why reboot batman

After 7 feature films all being heavily grounded in reality, it's time for The Batman to break that streak. To do what the past 3 franchises have already done would be very limiting. Sure, Affleck's Batman certainly broke this mold, but without a solo franchise, we didn't get the chance to explore his Gotham in the same way as the other Batman movies, as he was more of a supporting character in Superman's world. Despite Batman fighting a lot of villains that are only humans, his mythology actually does involve sci-fi and fantasy.

Even if a lot of Batman stories are extremely dark, it doesn't always include a criminal like The Joker or Two-Face. Bruce's rogues' gallery is one of the best ones that have ever existed in fiction because of how varied so many of them are. There is a good chunk of enemies that Batman faces that are metahumans and, in some cases, not even human.

One of Batman's greatest foes is Kirk Langstrom who literally becomes a Man-Bat , giving Bruce an actual monster to take on. It's appealing to see Batman having to figure out powerful ways to actually stop villains that have powers.

It also becomes a great example where a story can depict just how intelligent he is. The purpose of seeing The Batman be set in a universe where anything is possible isn't to make the stories less dark.

It's more about how to give Batman new powerful threats on screen. It's just as compelling to see Bruce take on a psychologically driven antagonist like Hugo Strange just as it's to see Bruce battling a Venom-fused Bane who is also a psychological threat to him. The notion that it'd somehow make a Batman film silly or not serious because he goes up against non-human threats limits the storytelling. There should a balance of what kind of stories that Batman movies do where it can be serial killers like the Riddler as well as someone that can shape-shift like Clayface.

Currently, it's not entirely clear what The Batman universe looks like in terms of other DC characters existing or how grounded in reality it's. Update : Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Lifestyle Tech. Prosecution alleges Rittenhouse is a killer because he played Call of Duty. Amber Heard looks washed up in shocking new photo.

Games Prosecution alleges Rittenhouse is a killer because he played Call of Duty. That would be unlikely, but quite possibly brilliant, whether Nolan was involved or not. It just means the bar has been set very high. The crucial factor will be the choice of director, and Warner Bros needs to be genuinely bold, here. Or perhaps they could tempt Scorsese?

My only real problem with the talk of the reboot is the timing of it. It might go horribly wrong, granted. But am I the only person who wants to see Batman again on the big screen once Christopher Nolan has left Gotham? Follow Den Of Geek on Twitter right here. Simon Brew SimonBrew. Editor, author, writer, broadcaster, Costner fanatic.