MICHAEL KEATON AND THE RETURN OF BATMAN 

A reworking of BATMAN BEYOND: RETURN OF THE JOKER would be ideal. Computerized cyborg technology would be the best way to resurrect Jack Nicholson's Joker. Whoever would be the vessel for Napier's consciousness could give one hell of a performance.

Especially considering he totally outperforms Ben Affleck as the same character, in the same movie

Twenty-five years ago, we were promised a final Burton film (although Schumacher would have directed it) that would have featured, among other things, one last appearance by Jack Nicholson as the Joker (in a dream sequence featuring other past villains). George Clooney would have starred, which would have been a major liability, but at least we'd have had the Batman saga coming full-circle after BATMAN & ROBIN took it down a road where it was never supposed to go. I'm left unfulfilled. The closest we've gotten to a direct sequel to BATMAN RETURNS was Sam Hamm's BATMAN '89 comics miniseries a few years ago, and that did NOT meet with my approval. All we got was a "realistic," politically charged crime drama that just happened to be set in Burton's Gotham - and it no longer even looked like Burton's Gotham, except for some pointless fanservice. I feel that the people who've been charged with upholding the "original" Batman legacy are no longer trying. Both BATMAN RETURNS and the '89 film left me with a number of questions, and I want them answered. I really wanted Kim Basinger, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Robert Wuhl to all come back. I wanted to see, for good and all, whether any sort of Robin or Nightwing figure ever made an appearance. I was even looking forward to the imminent arrival of Jack Napier's daughter (either Madonna or Courtney Love in the '90s, although now it would most likely have to be someone else); pitting Batman against the orphan HE created would be a poetic way to end everything, with history more or less repeating itself.

Pretty sure that's the only reason why the movie made any money, and the studio knew it

I only watched the Flash for Michael Keaton

"The Flash" is actually REALLY good... especially after Keaton rethurns! Do yourself a favor, and watch it!

And Jonathan Majors unfortunately and in the same year no less.

The stupidity of not seeing a movie based on his personal life. Pretty much all my favorite actors make pathetic choices but I don't give af. I ain't there to chill with em

@@jakobsmith1432 Most of those actors aren’t pedophiles though. If I choose to not see a movie cause I don’t support a pedophile having a starring role then that is completely justified. Your point is irrelevant.

He was really interesting because his world was so distinctly different from the one Flash came from but you could see how they overlapped. It was crazy to see him fighting kryptonians alongside Flash and SG. I thought the movie was totally full of surprises.

I think Keaton's Batman was taken out of his universe and placed into the altered DCEU. I think that whole spaghetti analogy was supposed to be that message that this is the same Michael Keaton Batman we saw back in 1992 but was just taken out of his world. Many didn't seem to get that distinction. The reason why younger Barry recognizes the Batmobile is because as the reality changes, so does its history and memories to fit this new reality. The same could've happened with George Clooney. Also Keaton's Batman did have a Robin. I didn't read Batman '89 but I'm assuming that at some point Marilyn Wayne's Robin probably did help with Batman since he was originally a car mechanic who was hired by Bruce Wayne and then eventually Robin left. Alfred later passed away and Batman was all alone with Gotham City becoming a better place and no longer needing him. That's how I interpreted the Flash movie.

@@atavious2491 I’m not sure. Because when Barry arrives in Batman 92’s universe there’s no Wonder Woman or Superman. But who knows if the universes all get scrambled any time someone alters time. I enjoyed the spaghetti scene. I enjoyed the whole movie. I think it’s totally underrated. The irony is that it actually ends perfectly. That Barry can never get back to the universe he came from but he gets to live out a hopefully satisfying existence working with Clooney’s Batman and Aquaman in the universe he’s in.

@@robfalgiano Now all that needs to happen is for Peacemaker to screw things even further for season 2 of his show and then we'll entirely be in the DCU! 😄🎉

@@atavious2491 Absolutely. Both Marvel and DCU have discovered what comic book writers figured out decades ago: time travel and alternate realities lead to infinite storytelling possibilities, ret-cons and complete do-overs. A sci-fi staple as well, though not in Star Wars interestingly. 🤷

Exactly.

No. He wasn’t shocked, he was just in awe. Up until that point Ben Affleck was his Batman, and he just encountered some old athletic dude with a beard and stringy hair and talking about spaghetti. It was just a reinforcement, but also yes, a callback. You can’t have Michael Keaton as Batman in a movie 30 some years later and he doesn’t say it. That now iconic line of dialogue wasn’t even written in the 89 script, Michael Keaton created that ad-lib. You do understand that, correct? He invented the most famous and iconic line of dialogue for the character, ever. He has to say it. He just delivers it as a tired old man and it is a reaffirming confirmation for both Ezra Miller and the audience. It works on both levels. An example of forced and nonsensical callback dialogue painfully inserted into a movie where it doesn’t make sense would be the Get away from her you bitch from Alien Romulus

@@mitchell7309 nah.

@@tomlee982 yah

@@mitchell7309 nahu

@@Onomoki … I moved and my new recording space is empty and it echoes.

@@VI_V2 oh; congrats on new place - but fix the audio!

There wasn’t enough of Supergirl or quality of Supergirl to even make that claim. Michael Keaton was definitely the best part, and even though he’s a total weirdo, Ezra Miller actually gave a really good acting performance, and there was some quality heart to the film.

The Flash is a great movie.

The Flash is a great movie.

The Flash is a great movie.

Gotta happen soon, he’s 73 years old and it’s only a matter of time before he has to retire due to age.