Anita18
DANCE FOR ME, FUNNY MAN!
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I think the very angle that Nolan took in his films forbid it from happening in his franchise. When they started to write BB and shoot it, it was something they had to consider. So they mandated that Batman existed in a world without other superheroes, because that positions the audience into the kind of universe that the character is operating in, and how the other characters plausibly react to him. I think it's also why BB and TDK resonate so powerfully for me personally, because I had never seen that angle before.2) What Nolan wants and what is in his films are two completely different things, as I wrote previously. He might very well be against Supes being in his Batman's world, but there's nothing in his films that explicitly forbid that from happening.
Once a new director comes in, he's free to bring in a new screenwriter and then they can write their movie fresh from another angle, but not necessarily have to reboot the whole storyline up to that point. There's nothing in there that actually specifies that no superheroes can ever exist in this version's Gotham. It's just the abstract feeling that the movie has, and I think it would do Nolan's franchise a disservice if he were shoe-horned into putting another superhero in there if the first two movies have that feeling that it shouldn't happen.
Right, but I'd be surprised if they went into super-specifics. It should be pretty basic stuff like make sure he has the cowl and cape, and that he doesn't kill people and use guns. Beyond that, there has to be artistic license. And there are Elseworlds stories too.In the comics there is editorial mandate, instructing writers on what they can and cant do, helping them keep the continuity, etc. And i think its good because the character isnt the writers' or the directors'. They are borrowing him/her to do a story and leave him/her for the next guy to carry on. Why should some director do his extreme take on the characters and then force us into another reboot? I want a balanced take on Batman that goes on after the first director leaves and which would shrug off a potential bad film and keep going (Spiderman for example could have gone on).

And I don't see how Nolan's Batman is all that far off from Frank Miller's realistic take in Year One or TLH. Just because you like other interpretations doesn't mean it isn't legitimate. Or that it isn't canon.
