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But do you want to do that with arguably the most popular comic book movie character? The issue is, either Supes or Batman or both are going to carry this film. And if Batman carries the movie, or is part of that, you will NEED to flesh out the new take on Batman.

I love Batman...so I'd be down for yet ANOTHER origin movie. I'm not sure if everyone would...and I'm not sure it would be necessary.

Honestly...my biggest fear is that a live action Batman simply can not stand up in the DC universe when you team him up with real superheroes and super powered villains. You can get away with his coping in the comics and cartoons by basically making him something far more than a man but not quite super-powered type of guy...but can that work in live action without looking or feeling silly? Don't know. I hope.

I just worry he'd come off as useless as Hawkeye standing next to Hulk. And if you only use his for his mental skills, then you really lose an exceptional character.

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Posted by Freauxzen

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Posted on 3/4/13 at 9:23 am to GeauxTigerTM

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Honestly...my biggest fear is that a live action Batman simply can not stand up in the DC universe when you team him up with real superheroes and super powered villains. You can get away with his coping in the comics and cartoons by basically making him something far more than a man but not quite super-powered type of guy...but can that work in live action without looking or feeling silly? Don't know. I hope.

I just worry he'd come off as useless as Hawkeye standing next to Hulk. And if you only use his for his mental skills, then you really lose an exceptional character.

Heck, some of the Captain America comments were about how bad he was compared to Hulk, IM, and Thor. So even a super powered character has big shoes to fill for a general audience. Think about Superman and Batman together, that could be worse than Hulk and CA.

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Posted by Murray

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Posted on 3/4/13 at 9:27 am to GeauxTigerTM

I get where all of you are coming from and I loved the Nolan Batman, but I just don't get that worked up about where it fit's in with the Nolan trilogy. If the movie is good, it works for me. That's all I care about.

I read comics a long time and while I appreciated a general flow of continuity, I always liked a good story overall.

fwiw, I would rather see a more athletic/action oriented Batman in the JL movies but I certainly understand the ticket sales that Bale returning would bring.

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Posted by OMLandshark

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Posted on 3/4/13 at 11:33 am to GeauxTigerTM

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I love Batman...so I'd be down for yet ANOTHER origin movie. I'm not sure if everyone would...and I'm not sure it would be necessary.

Honestly, I'm sick of Batman's origin. Debatably next to Superman himself (and as a side note I'm a tad bit bummed they're doing Supes origin again; just make it where he first appears in Metropolis), Batman has the most well known origin story. It doesn't need to be explained and can be alluded to pretty easily.

Really Batman should do what the Bond franchise does. Just have the films stand on their own terms and don't bother making a film that's merely set up (with maybe a few exceptions). I'd like to see a Batman film based around Arkham Asylum, Hush, Red Hood, etc, but they don't require much set up at all.

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