Authorities. The Major stated publicly they weren't able to prevent it.
Why weren't they able to prevent it? I don't remember that. I would think they would want to arrest the guy who's been killing random people by poisoning cosmetics?
Same happens in BB. Last time Batman and cops met, Bats ran his tank over police cars smashing them with cops inside them, and put small bombs on streets so the cars would turn over and crash violently with cops inside them. Several cops could have been seriously injuried and/or killed. Then, Gordon is publicly - and 'officially' (from Gotham PD roof) - calling Bats to help the Police Dept insterad of arrestiung him for putting so many policemen lives in jeopardy (let's remember, just and only in order to save his chick's life.)
I agree, but we do know that somehow nobody died in all of that. We also know that the police, in Begins, are corrupt, though to what extent, exactly, it is never specifically stated. Which does not excuse Batman's having driven over them, really, but it does suggest that they are not likely to want to talk to Batman regardless. Loeb, so far as I know, never warmed to the idea of Batman running around in his city.
Why do Police officially trust Batman now? Because he made a train to collapse telling there was a very dangerous man inside it? Ok, maybe Gordon knows the truth, but making the whole Police Dept. to "officially" trust Batman and consider him an official help by calling him with the bat-signal from the PD roof? It's not like Gordon called him by phone privately which would have been more realistic and plausible.
I'm with
P-Cubed on this one. I think that, while the Bat-signal was not a discreet way to contact Batman, it was the only option that Gordon really had if he wanted to talk to him. And I'd bet that the bat on that searchlight is removable. LOL. I think Gordon did it to call Batman because Batman used it as a signal to Gordon before. Again, it was only Gordon on that roof with Batman, not Loeb or anybody else.
And, Gordon seems to show some degree of wariness towards Batman. The whole "escalation" talk stopped just short of being an indictment of Batman's tactics. After handing off that evidence bag, Gordon stopped just short of saying, "Nice work, jackhole."
Then at the end they sort of kiss and make up. The, "I never said thank you" is sort of a reversal, it's Gordon being like, "hell, you know, I'm not sure I like what you're doing, but, you are trying to help, and, dammit, I like your car."
In Burton's Batman case I felt - and this is no defense or justification - it was like the Police Dept was so So very inefficient (they couldn't prevent Joker's parade) that they finally gave up and went 'Meh, let's call this guy, we're not going to be able to take care of future Jokers by ourselves if weren't able this time, that's for sure.'
I wish I knew exactly what the dealio was with the cops in Batman '89. Because I think you're right, but, it's sort of curious. The cops seemed corrupt, or at least some of them were. Eckhardt was clearly on the take, helping cover up for Grissom. And Gordon didn't seem to be able to do a lot about it, which I always wondered about.
I guess with this characters you have to suspend your belief sometimes. That's why I always find hard to swallow the word 'realism' or 'gorunded in realism.'
I think "grounded in realism" is a reasonable statement, which describes Batman Begins. "Realism", on the other hand, does not describe any Batman movie I have ever seen, including BB.
