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I was thinking about this earlier and just wondered what IF the history of the 4 first big films were different or reversed!?!?
What IF WB started with campy Batman with some dark edge in '89 that later basically became B&R?And from there get a bit darker with BF instead of Returns and then FINALLY go all dark&more serious in the late 1990's with Burton instead of'89&'92!
B'89/B&R-Being in the cheesy campy style&late 80's..I think there could have been a chance Steve Guttenberg or David Hasselhoff would have been Bruce/Batman,The villain would likely have been Joker and I think Robin Williams would have gotten the role,I think the film would have had a smaller budget than Burton's But still much bigger than 60's!!
Batman Returns/Forever-IF that first movie I described had happened&actually be successful..I think most of the cast&characters would return including Joker,IF they still wanted to go the Forever route then story could have been Joker breaking down Batman mentally&emotionally where he's about to quit..Pretty much like TDK But much less gritty/serious&cool!!
BF/Burton-In late 90's IF WB decided to go full dark&serious in a reboot and still go for Burton&IF he still had the same career success..I think the budget would have been almost B'89&BR combined,I doubt Burton would still have been interested in Keaton by that point and so we'd likely have Johnny Depp as Bruce/Batman!!
After that Batman Begins could very well have been the sequel or a third film for Burton,Instead of new origins we could have had Dark Knight Returns or something!!
All that could have changed how we got shaped up as fans,I was 3 or 4 yo when B'89 came out and I instantly became hooked on everything Batman and into comics when Returns came out,As a kid I loved watching reruns of the 60's show But IF B'89 had been B&R and Returns had been Forever..I'd be a fan But would not have checked out the comics until the Burton films,Although I loved Forever as a kid and still kinda enjoy it..It just wouldn't had been the same!!!!
Other stuff would have been different too,Keaton without the role could be having an even much worse career right now/Jack would still have a great career But would not be loved as Joker/The animated series would likely not have been as awesome
But instead being more like"The Batman" !!
What IF WB started with campy Batman with some dark edge in '89 that later basically became B&R?And from there get a bit darker with BF instead of Returns and then FINALLY go all dark&more serious in the late 1990's with Burton instead of'89&'92!
B'89/B&R-Being in the cheesy campy style&late 80's..I think there could have been a chance Steve Guttenberg or David Hasselhoff would have been Bruce/Batman,The villain would likely have been Joker and I think Robin Williams would have gotten the role,I think the film would have had a smaller budget than Burton's But still much bigger than 60's!!
Batman Returns/Forever-IF that first movie I described had happened&actually be successful..I think most of the cast&characters would return including Joker,IF they still wanted to go the Forever route then story could have been Joker breaking down Batman mentally&emotionally where he's about to quit..Pretty much like TDK But much less gritty/serious&cool!!
BF/Burton-In late 90's IF WB decided to go full dark&serious in a reboot and still go for Burton&IF he still had the same career success..I think the budget would have been almost B'89&BR combined,I doubt Burton would still have been interested in Keaton by that point and so we'd likely have Johnny Depp as Bruce/Batman!!
After that Batman Begins could very well have been the sequel or a third film for Burton,Instead of new origins we could have had Dark Knight Returns or something!!
All that could have changed how we got shaped up as fans,I was 3 or 4 yo when B'89 came out and I instantly became hooked on everything Batman and into comics when Returns came out,As a kid I loved watching reruns of the 60's show But IF B'89 had been B&R and Returns had been Forever..I'd be a fan But would not have checked out the comics until the Burton films,Although I loved Forever as a kid and still kinda enjoy it..It just wouldn't had been the same!!!!
Other stuff would have been different too,Keaton without the role could be having an even much worse career right now/Jack would still have a great career But would not be loved as Joker/The animated series would likely not have been as awesome
But instead being more like"The Batman" !!
