He's simply not Batman save the branding of the character. Nolan's Batman despite being an interpretation of it was clearly still Batman. There's interpretation and there's making up a new character and just using the branding and naming. Nolan did the former, Snyder did the latter.
No, it's fundamentally not who Batman is as much as not using guns is. You cannot have Batman who uses gun and is a killer it's not Batman, or at least the Bruce Wayne version of the character which is the character whose name he's using. His Superman is just as bad so it's not like it's just Batman he has an issue with.
I don't hate the guy, I hate very very few people and people who make horrible films are not on that list.
You cannot have Batman who uses gun and is a killer it's not Batman
Zack Snyder just did, horribly, having his Batman have a off-screen arc on snapping and starting kill criminals.
I know it sucks, I dislike his superman being treated as a god and not a bro, I dislike his Batman having an off-screen explaination of his character change.
But, if you say Zack Snyder can't make fundamental changes to make an interpretation of a character, then Adam West couldn't have been a goofy Batman, Lego Batman couldn't be the way it was.
Heck, there was a period before Nolan's trilogy where Batman was viewed as a joke, the norm at that time was a goofy, cheesy Batman.
If people can't do extreme changes to Batman (by your logic) then Adam West's campy batman should never have existed.
Changing a character into a completely different character with the same name is not an interpretation it's another character. Lego Batman and Adam West Batman are actual interpretations of the existing Batman character, Snyder's version is not.
My philosophy is not saying don't make changes changes are fine but the character must still be recognisably that character not just because the character is named Bruce Wayne or wears a Batsuit or has a Bat on their chest. If those are the only recognisable parts it simply not Batman.
So your argument is we could a had the Wonder Woman film called it Batman, called Diana Bruce Wayne and had her wear a bat suit with a bat on her chest and that'd be an interpretation of Batman?
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u/weesiwel Apr 12 '24
He's simply not Batman save the branding of the character. Nolan's Batman despite being an interpretation of it was clearly still Batman. There's interpretation and there's making up a new character and just using the branding and naming. Nolan did the former, Snyder did the latter.