As a kid I bought into the Batman who obeyed the letter of the law, who never used a gun and never took down a bad guy at the expense of his moral grounding. His ethics were on show in the 60's TV show and comics. 60 years on I think that for the sake of the 21st century we need to come full circle to this time again. Things are very, very different for the Batman in the comics and movies right now. His gravitas has been severely lowered by murky moralistic trade offs as far as I am concerned. The Dark Knight cult that started in the 80's is still being perpetuated 40 years on. I feel we are at the end of this dark cycle. In his latest big budget movie outing he had to go through some real nasty stuff to come to the realization that he has to be a beacon of hope. He always was prior to the 80's. Anyway, if that's the direction his storyline is going in then here is my mini story board for the next Batman film. Here we will see an aging Batman dealing with his midlife as he looks to an uncertain future. Trying to hang onto his 60's cool while being seen to address more up to-date social issues. Is there any dark aspect left that hasn't been explored in the past 30 odd years of the movies. I hope not because I miss letter of the law Batman and not just because he was regulated by a TV or comics code authority. But because the western world really did believe in a set of moral standards in its media. I am tired of the Dark Knight persona being sold to us as his ideal. The world may have moved on but we need a Bat-media reset more than ever. bring back Batman for everyone and lighten it up, old chums.
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