Posts Tagged ‘Batman 3’

Inception news has been incredibly quite for about a full month now and we’ve been struggling to keep to entertained until its production starts. (Which should be in about another month.)

Anyways, this isn’t exactly “new” news, but Teddy and I found it very interesting. This is RopeofSilicon.com’s “Top Ten Reasons to Make Batman 3 and Why Chris Nolan Needs To Direct It.”

10. Because to not do it would cause a global riot (except in Japan where they hated it)

Outside of Japanese audiences not taking to The Dark Knight the rest of the world couldn’t get enough and to deny such a large group of people the chance to see the caped crusader on the big screen yet again would not lead to a group of happy fans.

9. To shut up all the people who think Rachel Dawes is alive and is Catwoman

Argh, this is something that bothers me to no end, as well as does the “Two-Face is alive” argument. Fans of Chris Nolan’s Batman series love the films for their realistic approach to the storylines and yet still believe there is a chance Nolan would lower himself to the point of such a simple plot twist as, “You thought he was dead, but he really wasn’t” and use it as a cliffhanger…

8. Because Nolan’s Batman trilogy has the potential to become the first truly great comic book trilogy

There has yet to be a superhero to be featured in three consecutive great films. Superman had Superman and Superman II. X-Men had X-Men and X2. While I am not a fan of the Spider-Man films I know fans love the first two films in that franchise. Blade did well for two films until he lost his audience. Just imagine buying Chris Nolan’s Batman trilogy and actually wanting every film in it.

7. New Batmobile, Wayne Manor and Batcave

The Batmobile was destroyed so either Batman needs to just continue rolling around in his open-air Bat-pod or something new needs to be created. I remember when I first saw the Tumbler and thought how ridiculous it looked, then I saw it in action and couldn’t have been more impressed. On top of that we will get to see the rebirth of Wayne Manor and Bruce Wayne’s new Batcave.

6. The chance to finally explore Arkham Asylum

Arkham has been mentioned in both Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, but we haven’t really gotten a good glimpse at its inner-workings, an oversight that could be remedied in a third film.

5. Because we need to end all the villain rumors

I don’t know about you, but hearing the endless barrage of “Johnny Depp should play ___________” in every upcoming movie is getting so old. I can’t imagine Chris Nolan turning to a name the size of Depp as his next villain and the amount of speculation surrounding his involvement I would say has pretty much killed any chance of him being cast, and the same goes for Philip Seymour Hoffman.

4. Because you don’t end a franchise with your hero as the villain who the public now hates.

The end of The Dark Knight had Batman driving off into the blackness, characterized as the villain as Commissioner Gordon took an axe to the Bat-signal. Sorry folks, you just don’t end your franchise with your hero as the villain with the city he has saved hating him. That is unless you truly were going for the darkest superhero tale of all-time and never planned on offering your hero a chance for redemption. If that is the case, good on yah.

3. Because opening the film with Batman as the perceived villain is just too tasty to ignore

Continuing the idea of Batman as the villain, as much as you can’t end the franchise with him painted as the baddie it is just too good a conceit to leave it up to our imagination. How does he regain the trust of Gotham? What must Batman do to once again become the city’s savior and have them love him for it? It seems like such an impossible task, but I can’t imagine they didn’t think about digging the hole without knowing how they were going to fill it back up.

2. Because you can’t abandon such a unique and realistic comic book superhero

Chris Nolan’s Batman franchise is the most realistic approach to a superhero franchise I can think of, at least in terms of one where the hero dresses up in a suit and wears a mask. For all intents and purposes, should someone have enough money and the motivation there is no reason why someone couldn’t come damn close to becoming a real life Batman. The idea is crazy to think of, but it isn’t far from the truth.

1. Because if Chris Nolan doesn’t do it Brett Ratner will

Coming up with the #1 reason was quite simple. We all know Batman 3 is going to get made and we assume it will be made by Chris Nolan with his writing team including his brother Jonathan Nolan and David Goyer. However, if that didn’t turn out to be the case who would Warner Bros. turn to? Fox turned to Brett Ratner for X-Men 3. Ironically enough New Line turned to David Goyer for Blade: Trinity. Warner Bros. previously turned over their first Batman franchise from the hands of Tim Burton to Joel Schumacher and super-nipples were born. While I realize there are certainly other directors that could carry the Batman mantle into the future I can’t think of any reason why Warner Bros. would want them to. In my book we need Chris Nolan to direct the third Batman film just to ensure someone like Brett Ratner does not.

So there you have it. What do you think? Have you got anymore reasons why it should be made? I’m sure you do. Weigh in below.

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