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Should a sidekick be included in batman 3

After watching "The Dark Knight", I was blown away. Though it had its flaws, which were very buried and easily egnorable, I loved this movie. I have since been thinking about what they are going to do in the third movie (if they make one). One of my immediate thoughts was about having a sidekick for batman. So, I want to hear everyone else opinion on the subject matter "Should Christopher Nolan have a sidekick for batman in the third batman".

I say, absolutely no. Their are several problems I see with having a sidekick for batman. The first thing is, the kind of sidekicks we have to pick from. I can think of Robin and batgirl off the top of my head and I could never see them working in C. Nolan's films.

My other point is, what does batman need a sidekick for. The two reason I see them putting in a sidekick, is so they can have multipule villains in or more chaos and/or they want batman to be kidnapped. The kidnapping of batman would work in Nolan's world because we are heavily focused on batman's transformation and him being saved by a sidekick doesn't work. As for have multiple villains, Nolan's films also focus on the stories of the villains and if they add to many, they kill the theme.

So, in short, there should never be a batman sidekick in a Christopher Nolan Batman movie.

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Permalink Reply by AcE! on July 23, 2008 at 7:12pm: Even though I'm completely against Robin, this criticism makes no sense. Do you really think Nolan would use the bright red tights? Seriously?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by corey vire on July 23, 2008 at 7:15pm: What? Fisrt of all, without a Robin like costume it's not Robin. It's some kid with BATMAN. So I'll ssay it again. There is no way to do Robin.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mr Yakushi on July 23, 2008 at 7:21pm: ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by corey vire on July 23, 2008 at 9:33pm: Heh. Emperor Popeltine.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by corey vire on July 23, 2008 at 9:34pm: Or Darth Paul.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Cyrus on July 23, 2008 at 8:22pm: Well, I don't agree with that. Batman's costume in the Nolan movies doesn't completely look like the comics version. But either way...no Robin please.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by AcE! on July 23, 2008 at 8:38pm: Batman's suit in the movies isn't gray pajamas and black gloves. The colors on Robin's suit would obviously be changed.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by corey vire on July 23, 2008 at 8:46pm: It is close enough that you don't mind the way it looks. . I 'm guessing we all can agre no robin for whatever the reason.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by AcE! on July 23, 2008 at 8:51pm: I suppose, but I don't like it when people use reasons that don't make a lick of sense. No one minded the absence of Doc Oc's green suit in Spiderman, I doubt they'd miss the speedo either.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by corey vire on July 23, 2008 at 9:17pm: Yeah, but they did mind dude running around topless. What was that?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Martin Joseph on July 23, 2008 at 9:27pm: Actually, I do. I think the rubber bat suits look horrible. Ever since Michael Keaton was walking around looking like a giant bat dildo.

But all of this talk ignores the simple fact that the character of Robin is integral to Batman, and has been paired with Batman since the 40's. He's kind of expected. Like Superman flying.

Not that they have to use Robin, though. They could continue on without him. And it is easy to see that Robin would be a tough fit in this version of Batman.

And that's the challenge. How to write Robin into this version of Batman. Nolan doesn't seem up to or interested in that challenge with his steadfast "No." And that's fine.

Personally, I think they may fine they need to use Robin before too long because they're kind of painted into a narrative corner when it comes to giving Batman some drama that hits home. They've burned through one character that he was particularly close to already, and there aren't very many more unless they kill Alfred or Lucius or something. No or something. Those are the only people in his life and the only ones who could get hurt to effect him.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Chig Champa on July 23, 2008 at 9:30pm: How is Robin integral to Batman?

I think the fact that The Dark Knight was 100% Robin-free and was completely fucking awesome takes that argument out back behind the chemical shed and puts a bullet through its skull.; ▶ Reply to This