In the early days, director Tim Burton brought one of the most famous comic book heros from the depths the comic book world and presented him to us in a dark, interesting manner. Batman, the blockbuster of 89, revitalized the aging franchise and brought it to millions of people around the globe.

The Batman movie grossed 251 Million since that summer of madness. And why not? Not only was the movie well done, but you could hardly go wrong with Jack Nicholson as the Joker. In my own opinion, he stole the show. The franchise was ready to go on the up and up. Hell, it's opening weekend was 45 Million, which is nothing compared to our Spidermans and Harry Potters, but back then, Theater movies were rarely raking in that kind of money.

Batman Returns, released in June of 92, was also a great movie. With the introduction of the Penguin, played by Danny DeVito, and the immeasurable Catwoman played by Michelle Pfeiffer, the movie continued to be directed by Tim Burton, and held to the darker version that most of the fans knew and loved. Hell, the comic book never had any disillusions of what Gotham city was... it was a dark, 20's kind of town, film noire style without the black and white.
The US gross on this movie was a lot less. People didn't respond to it. It's total domestic gross was 162 Million and some change.

Then, the terror stuck. Batman Returns. The mega cast movie, and Jim Carrey's first 20 million pic. It had a strange feel to it, might have had something to do with the directorial change. Joel Schumacher took over the helm and changed it, more hollywood-ized it. The floruescents, the camp...it was a little too much for me. We also have the introduction of Chris O'Donnel as the whiny, rebel wanna be Robin. There were so many things about this movie that I liked and didn't like. It gorssed 184 Million, far short of the projected gross, I might add.

Batman and Robin. Total Gross: 107 Million. This one just sucked. Do I need to go into it?

Now, 7 years after the last movie, we have Batman Begins. Ardent Batman fans are waiting for every little teaser or pic that shows them what the lastest creation. So far the cast looks good. We have Christian Bale taking ht elead from George Clooney, we have Liam Neeson, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman and more. Check it out at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372784/

The new Batmoblie was introduced in Las Vegas last month, and to me, it looks like a vechical belonging in Mad Max. It looks like a armor-plated dune buggy. With Principle shooting done, and only editing, reshoots, and CGI inclusion, the movie is set for release sometime in 2005.
The villians of this movie will be a lot different from all the others. The plot synopisis is that this movie will tell a in-depth look at the making of the superhero we know today. We follow Bruce Wayne in his training and to avenge the death of his parents. We are introduced to the man that trained by (Ken Watanabe) and the introduction of a old Batman villian, the Scarecrow.

Fans on the message boards are already angry.

Christoper Nolan, most notably praised for his work directing the hit movie Momento, does not have a lot of big movie experience. " My goal is to bring back the dark Batman and really get to the root." Whether he has the ability to do that has yet to be seen.

What villians could have been introduced without killing the original movie storylines. " None," Nolan replies. " I want people to forget about the past movies, and give this movie a fresh chance." Considering it is subtitled Batman 5, people might have issues.

Will Christian Bale make a good Batman? What other characters could they have introduced? What does the public want? Stay tuned, same Bat time, same Bat Channel.