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Originally Posted by HoovenIV

For some reason, it really bothers me how Reeves talks about making this movie grounded like never before. As if that hasn't been done. As if 3 whole movies didn't come out grounding and explaining how a Batman could function in the world.

Looking at these designs, it's getting to a point that you're grounding it so much, what exactly is the point? Yes, Batman is a man and has a street level feel, but there is also the fantastical. Draining all of that just makes this so unappealing to me.

That's what I'm saying. Nolan did it so good, there is no more reason to further try and make a "realistic" Batman. But at the same time the producers will milk the concept to try and replicate the formulas success to no end.

And nowadays the movie people have that concept stuck in their head and can't see Batman as anything else but a "real" superhero. And I mean that is part of his appeal, but only when you mix it with the fact that he fights against the most insane, fantastic and corny stuff. Not simple serial killers with a gimmick.

It also makes for boring action figures, as we see here. It's not just McFarlane's usual, well, "underperformance", the designs are lame to begin with.