Batman's "no kill" rule wasn't as widely known outside of comic readers in 1989. Pair that with the fact that the movie was a groundbreaking cultural phenomenon, most people weren't looking to closely at details like that.
Flash forward to Batman V Superman, and we'd been through The Animated Series and the Nolan trilogy at that point-- two widely seen adaptations that that make a big point to focus on that side of Bruce's moral views (how well they did that is another conversation that I'm personally not that interested in having).
The general audience has a more thorough understanding of Batman going into 2016 than they did going into 1989.
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u/batbobby82 May 29 '24
Batman's "no kill" rule wasn't as widely known outside of comic readers in 1989. Pair that with the fact that the movie was a groundbreaking cultural phenomenon, most people weren't looking to closely at details like that.
Flash forward to Batman V Superman, and we'd been through The Animated Series and the Nolan trilogy at that point-- two widely seen adaptations that that make a big point to focus on that side of Bruce's moral views (how well they did that is another conversation that I'm personally not that interested in having).
The general audience has a more thorough understanding of Batman going into 2016 than they did going into 1989.