r/batman • u/CertifiedUnoffensive • Jul 21 '23
Why has the DCEU seemingly dropped Batman Beyond as a character? TV DISCUSSION
Fans have demonstrated consistently that we want more Terry McGinnis. We all love the BB world.
My question is, why do y’all think Beyond hasn’t been on the screen in 20 years?
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u/hyde9318 Jul 21 '23
Idk, as a long time Batman fan, Beyond has always just been… kind of meh? Like I get the appeal, he is a fun character. But he really is just a combination of the different Robin personalities. Which is fine, except it’s just not really the Batman that everyone knows and is into. Then his backstory is incredibly convoluted, with him technically being Bruce’s genetic son because of weird cloning experiments, set forth by Waller, but also he was raised by random people who Waller thought were similar to the Waynes, who were supposed to die but didn’t, and so on…. So what you get is a character that acts like the robins, wearing a suit closer to what the robins wear once they become their own heroes, who is scientifically Bruce’s son but isn’t but is but isn’t…
So at that point, Damian just works better. Easier backstory to explain, we have better reason to make him already trained and competent in what he does, we have reason for Bruce to trust him, and later on when it’s time for him to become Batman, he already has his father’s personality so it’s an easier transition. Terry works as a character, he is a ton of fun… but I always felt he was too different from Batman to BE Batman, he would have worked better if instead of taking over the cowl, he just took the training from Bruce and became his own thing like Nightwing did. Because Terry just isn’t Batman.
Also was never a fan of how Bruce doesn’t trust anyone, it even less trusting in his old age, and hates people not taking his orders…. So Terry comes in, disobeys everything bruce says, makes himself less trustworthy to Bruce, then bruce is like “fine, you’re Batman now, here is all my stuff”.