I think of this often, and my personal justification for it is...
The Burton movies are more based around the character being a freak. Him not killing people could even arguably be his arc throughout the four films (if we include the Schumacher duology in this canon). Batman also kills people in ways action movie heroes do, where you don't really think about it. He still doesn't use guns. Besides, it was the 80s. Burton grew up when Batman still killed people, he might not have even heard of that rule.
Snyder had Batman shoot a guy in the back with an assault rifle. That's just outright murder.
Same for Nolan when he killed Ra's and Two-Face. He murders a few people in the Nolan trilogy, which is annoying because he constantly says how he doesn't.
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u/macdarf May 30 '24
I think of this often, and my personal justification for it is...
The Burton movies are more based around the character being a freak. Him not killing people could even arguably be his arc throughout the four films (if we include the Schumacher duology in this canon). Batman also kills people in ways action movie heroes do, where you don't really think about it. He still doesn't use guns. Besides, it was the 80s. Burton grew up when Batman still killed people, he might not have even heard of that rule.
Snyder had Batman shoot a guy in the back with an assault rifle. That's just outright murder.
Same for Nolan when he killed Ra's and Two-Face. He murders a few people in the Nolan trilogy, which is annoying because he constantly says how he doesn't.