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I thought the Tumbler was amazing in Begins and TDK but got over it by TDKR. Now the tank type batmobile is super overrated after the tumbler, BvS/JL and Arkham Knight.
Burton's is still my favorite in live action. I've always preferred the sports car type in the comics and the Telltale game really makes me want it for this film
This is where I'm at. Back in 2005, fans hadn't ever really seen a Batmobile like the Tumbler before. The closest thing we had to compare it to was the more overt Bat-Tank from The Dark Knight Returns and it looked sick. Especially considering how over the top and toy-like the Schumacher Batmobiles both looked. There was a certain uniqueness to it that gave it charm back in the Batman Begins/TDK era.
But by the end of the Nolan trilogy, the Tumbler stopped being a new take on the Batmobile and was just a Wayne Enterprise tank hijacked by evil ninjas. Especially since Bruce never actually bothered to repair the vehicle in TDK and spent the whole second half of the trilogy either using the Bat-Pod or the Bat(wing) instead.
And then we started seeing more Bat-Tanks appear in following Bat-Media. The Tumbler itself is still a pretty great design and worked perfectly for Nolan's take on Batman, but its influence on other Batmobiles outside of that universe has largely been a negative IMO.