what kind of film should the next one be? (TDKR spoilers)

[DocLathropBrown]

What I want? A Batman film that's tonally more Burton/Schumacher than Nolan. And start right off with the villains being Clayface and Man-Bat.

[thecolorsblend]

What I want? A Batman film that's tonally more Burton/Schumacher than Nolan. And start right off with the villains being Clayface and Man-Bat.

Can somebody buy this guy a beer already?

[Bobthegoon89]

New villains are clearly key to the next iteration. Nolan started very well indeed with Scarecrow and Ra's al Ghul. I wanted him to handle more foes that have never reached the screen before. I never wanted him to follow up that Joker card ending of Begins. I admit it gave me a thrill at the time but I was vastly disappointed when The Joker was announced in 2007.

It's interesting I think that Nolan on taking the job in 2004 chose deliberately not to use any villains that had previously been seen in earlier movies.

In the making of the Dark Knight Trilogy book there is a section in which David Goyer made suggestions to Nolan of what new villains they could have used for Begins. Nolan rejects every one of them (I can imagine him raising an eyebrow at the mention of each character). Names such as Mad Hatter, Killer Croc, Calendar Man and Clayface were all stated to him. It's very funny to read at how he shot each of them down but nevertheless hurtful that he never had the faith to go for something totally new and obscure for the later sequels.

[thecolorsblend]

Been thinking about this a bit lately. A page one reboot just seems like a fundamentally bad idea to me because inevitably comparisons will be drawn to the Nolan series. Whether anybody likes it or not, that is Batman in cinema for people right now.

So why not do a continuity-agnostic film (or series of films) which riff on everything that's come before? One way of suggesting/supporting that concept is the Batcave. Say Bruce goes down there at some point and the camera pans around the Batcave...



... and we see all or most of the Batmobiles from the other movies in there? Adam West, Batman 1989/Returns, Forever, & Robin as well as the Tumbler?

Since we're at it...



... why not do the same with the various Batman costumes up to this point? The Adam West stuff may not fit in too well (although maybe it would) but the other costumes could all be used (and, yes, include the O'Donnell and Silverstone costumes too). The idea is to validate all previous eras but endorse/continue none of them. This has been done in the comics to no end in the past several years so I don't see a reason why something similar couldn't also be done on film.

[The Laughing Fish]

If a new film goes back to being only for the family, then hopefully it's something like this.

[Batman88]

Been thinking about this a bit lately. A page one reboot just seems like a fundamentally bad idea to me because inevitably comparisons will be drawn to the Nolan series. Whether anybody likes it or not, that is Batman in cinema for people right now.

So why not do a continuity-agnostic film (or series of films) which riff on everything that's come before? One way of suggesting/supporting that concept is the Batcave. Say Bruce goes down there at some point and the camera pans around the Batcave...



... and we see all or most of the Batmobiles from the other movies in there? Adam West, Batman 1989/Returns, Forever, & Robin as well as the Tumbler?

Since we're at it...



... why not do the same with the various Batman costumes up to this point? The Adam West stuff may not fit in too well (although maybe it would) but the other costumes could all be used (and, yes, include the O'Donnell and Silverstone costumes too). The idea is to validate all previous eras but endorse/continue none of them. This has been done in the comics to no end in the past several years so I don't see a reason why something similar couldn't also be done on film.

I really like your ideas !

[Azrael]

this would be a great idea for a game

[The Dark Knight]

this would be a great idea for a game

Definitely. People are always wanting movie bat suit skins in the Arkham series, and to drive the vehicles. Straight up giving a spread of filmic history in an original type story would sell like hotcakes.

[The Laughing Fish]

I for one am getting sick of kevlar Batsuits. I don't care if it looks absurd that Batman doesn't wear a bulletproof costume - I wouldn't mind if they design a more flexible costume that helps the actor move easily.

[Batman999]

IMO you could have some REAAALLY cool NOIR effects in the cave which has been posted above. via the use of glass, ultra-sonic beams, lenses waterfalls etc,,,

some really freaky/cool distorted images of him looking gigantic/normal-sized whilst walking through the cave. just to sort of disorient and freak the audience out.