Batman has been such a “dark” character for so many years that audiences will likely forget just how sappy DC’s superhero potential must be … and how sappy he was in both the 1966 TV series starring Adam West and Joel Schumacher’s Batman. films that relied on the comic elements of the world (e they were ahead of the curve, according to one of our editors ). Tim Burton kicked off the “darker” Batman with its 1989 origin story and 1992 sequel, Batman returns. But nowadays, he finds it incredibly amusing that his films are called “dark” given how dark modern Batman movies are … and he has a few words chosen for Schumacher’s costume decisions (which were part of the reason Michael Keaton didn’t come back for batman forever).
On the occasion of Batman returns celebrating his 30th birthday, Tim Burton recalled his management of the Warner Bros. Batman series for two films, which it came with a lot of extra pressure but it definitely broadened Burton’s unique vision for Gotham and its protector. Although Burton was invited to return for a third Batman movie, he and Keaton have chosen not to return. And when he recalled the decisions that led to huge style changes in Batman Forever, Burton thought empire magazine :
[Back then] they went to the other side. It is funny. But then I said, ‘Wait a minute. Good. Wait a second here. You complain about me, I’m too weird, too dark, and then you put your nipples on the suit? Kiss my ass. Really. So yeah, I guess that’s why I’m not done [doing a third film]…
Since it’s been around for so long, we’ve seen several iterations of the character, ranging from the raw and realistic world of Chris Nolan and the muscle bomb from the universe of Zack Snyder to the world of Gotham that we saw on TV, that focused only on the classic Batman villains and a young Bruce Wayne. But as the movies evolved, Batman got darker and darker, until we ended up with Matt Reeves and his inspirations as a serial killer for The Riddler (Paul Dano) in this year’s edition the Batman.
Do you know what would be so funny? Tim Burton returns to the superhero genre while Sam Raimi, the pastor of the Spider-Man saga, has returned to Marvel to star in the sandbox of Doctor Strange in the multiverse of madness. Burton has stopped his career in comics and is clearly a fan of that type of storytelling, so give him a Superman movie. Give him Swamp Thing, or Plastic Man. Get him back to work in the genre. He won’t give you nipples on your suits. But he’ll bring a different level of magic to the screen, and that’s what we’re here for.
Source: Cinemablend
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