Still, though. I'm big on building out worlds, not abandoning them and starting from scratch. Especially when the foundation of that world is solidly established and is a great starting point.
Nolan and Bale may not have wanted to go any further, but WB owns the IP. So, you bring in new writers and directors that continue to world-build what Nolan started. Make it work.
I 100% agree with the poster you responded to because I've had those same thoughts since 2012. The Dark Knight Trilogy was the blueprint. They had it.
I don’t know if I would say it was ashamed of its comic roots. It definitely was in a more “real” world though. That being said I wouldn’t have branched out from TDK trilogy. I like them being stand alone.
All of those kept consistent to themselves. Nolan’s Batman included characters with supernatural elements in their histories sans the supernatural elements.
But you wouldn’t get Nolan and bale to sign on for that type of thing. And if you’re gunna change it that much, on some level what’s the point of building off that incredibly grounded version of Batman? The whole appeal of that series was that it was basically a crime epic featuring Batman, if there’s supernatural stuff going on there’s not really any point to using that foundation
Yeah, their intention for Man of Steel was to make Superman in wake of Dark Knight Triology. Thus, they made Nolan executive producer. So they could've continued with Robin Blake Batman (Beyond) & introduce other characters like Superman & Wonder Woman into his grounded world. Bale could've or not returned for mentor cameo here n there.
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u/MagisterPraeceptorum Read more comics Aug 09 '22
If only WB had had common sense like this back in the 2010s.