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**Nowhere Man** · 10-27-2008, 07:01 AM

Exactly. If WB is going to start trying to link their movies together, they've got to bear in mind that Batman is just a small facet of the DC Universe, not the other way around. They shouldn't be trying to re-fit a whole universe's worth of characters in order to shoe-horn them into one guy's mythos.

As for "realism" in the Nolan movies, come on. The first movie was about an ancient ninja cult who tried to set off a made-up WMD, only to be stopped by a guy who trained with them for a montage or two rather than his entire life like the others. The second one was about a mass-murdering clown who was able to stuff ferry boats and entire buildings full of explosives without anyone noticing him, and made plans so dependent on advanced prior knowledge of the heroes' decisions that he might as well be a psychic, and the same rubber-suit ninja stopping him with X-Ray vision that he gets from cell phones.

That's not to say Batman Begins and The Dark Knight aren't awesome. They kick ass in more ways than Baskin Robbins has flavors (so at least 32) What I'm saying is that the whole notion that there's no room for fantastical elements in the Nolan movies is absurd, because there's plenty of it already there. As long as it's written properly, you could add in Robin, Mister Freeze, Clayface, or the goddamn Bat-Mite if you wanted.

10-27-2008, 07:01 AM	#347
Nowhere Man Now. Here. Man. Posts: 8,370	Exactly. If WB is going to start trying to link their movies together, they've got to bear in mind that Batman is just a small facet of the DC Universe, not the other way around. They shouldn't be trying to re-fit a whole universe's worth of characters in order to shoe-horn them into one guy's mythos. As for "realism" in the Nolan movies, come on. The first movie was about an ancient ninja cult who tried to set off a made-up WMD, only to be stopped by a guy who trained with them for a montage or two rather than his entire life like the others. The second one was about a mass-murdering clown who was able to stuff ferry boats and entire buildings full of explosives without anyone noticing him, and made plans so dependent on advanced prior knowledge of the heroes' decisions that he might as well be a psychic, and the same rubber-suit ninja stopping him with X-Ray vision that he gets from cell phones. That's not to say Batman Begins and The Dark Knight aren't awesome. They kick ass in more ways than Baskin Robbins has flavors (so at least 32) What I'm saying is that the whole notion that there's no room for fantastical elements in the Nolan movies is absurd, because there's plenty of it already there. As long as it's written properly, you could add in Robin, Mister Freeze, Clayface, or the goddamn Bat-Mite if you wanted. Last edited by Nowhere Man; 10-27-2008 at 07:04 AM.