… In the opinion of a person who has never made a movie in
her life!
I would warn you about spoilers, but if you hadn’t seen The Dark
Knight Rises by now you obviously wouldn’t care about it, and therefore wouldn’t even
be reading this. So read on.
So the Dark Knight Rises is over and done, Bruce Wayne as
the Batman rose to the challenge, and saved the day and the city for the last
time. Now he’s gone off, doing some well-deserved life-living with Ms. Kyle,
and we’re all very happy for him. It’s a good end to the story. Batman (read:
Christopher Nolan) thought of everything, and even passed on the Bat cape and
cowl to the young and spunky ex-detective John Blake. A smart choice
considering his morals are high, and his first name is Robin.
But here’s the problem; we want to see Mr. Blake in action. Please.
We got a taste of his upright character, quick thinking skills and
determination, and now we’re just dying to see more. We want to see some real
action. We’ve known Joseph Gordon-Levitt can dominate action ever since seeing
his amazing stunt work in Inception, and he’s had his share of solid lead
performances, with more on the way, so why cast this star, ever-increasing in
popularity in the role of Batman’s replacement unless someone was planning on
capitalizing on it? Maybe it was just because he was perfect for the role,
however small it was… or maybe not.
Would it shock you terribly if I said Joe Go-Le was my favorite part of the movie? |
Nolan say’s he done with all things Batman, and I say it’s
no big problem. It’s not going to happen with him, and it just doesn’t need to. In fact
it could help with that been-there-done-that feeling if there’s a new director
with a fresh take. I have no ideas as to whom, but it should be someone who can
honor Nolan’s work on the Dark Knight trilogy, but take the new franchise a new
way. This is very important. I would feel cheated if someone just tried to
mimic Nolan’s movies. It’s gotta be fresh. There’s only one thing I can think
of that should stay the same, and that is the realistic feel. That is the
quality that made this franchise exceptional in the first place. Practically everything
else that can reasonably change should.
Starting with the hero – no more Batman. Rises implies that
Blake becomes the new Batman, and that works great for that movie, but if they
give him his own movie, I don’t think being “Batman” is going to cut it. In the
afore mentioned very important spirit of not making Mr. Gordon-Levitt’s hero a
mere re-hash of Mr. Bale’s, it’s just a plain good idea to give Gotham’s new
Dark Knight a new name. So, no Batman, and no “Robin” either. He’s just
Batman’s sidekick, so that wouldn’t work, and what would he wear? Anything
that’s even slightly recognizable as a Robin costume would be totally
ridiculous. But everyone already knows the perfect solution anyway. Yep, John
Blake is Nightwing.
I mean COME ON. But here's a thought: call it "The Dark Knightwing"! Tee-hee. |
Nightwing is the best idea simply because then there would be no threat of him joining The Justice League. And it could work very well, though not without adding a
few more problems to the mix, like after Bruce tells Blake that “Batman” can be
anyone, why would he go and make up a different identity? Or like the fact that
John Blake isn’t Dick Grayson, or, in fact, any comic book superhero at all. I
personally don’t care, but I suppose some might… anyone? No? And who would the
bad guys be? I don’t know anything about Nightwing villains, are they
translatable to film? What if they keep using Batman villains? I say yes to
that.
Personally, I think it can be done, and I think that if
“they” want it to happen it will… but I’m beginning to doubt they do; wouldn’t
there be some rumors about it at least by now? Still, I’d like to see Blake
as Nightwing; similar to the Batman, but with obvious and
original differences, using his smarts over strength in a slightly smaller scale film, where he could
take on less powerful baddies, like the Riddler, one of my favorites.
Fan art of David Tennant as the Riddler. Um... Yes please. |
But honestly, if someone, anyone, makes a movie, that
casts Joe Gordon-Levitt as the same character he was in The Dark Knight Rises,
no matter what his “name” is, I will want to see that movie. But until that
happens – if it ever does – I’ll just enjoy watching the character in Rises,
and fill in that character’s blanks myself. Something tells me that’s exactly
what we’re supposed to be doing anyway…
I rather agree. He was great as Robin in Dark Knight Rises. Even though I think that the batman films purposely left Dick's future uncertain it wasn't exactly a cliffhanger. But I would watch a Nightwing movie. Perhaps him saving his orphanage from the Riddler and his henchmen? There are tons of story ideas you could use. I don't see this movie getting made anytime soon but if it does I would certainly watch it.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it could be awesome, but I seriously doubt the likelihood of it happening now. Especially with Batman being rebooted for The Justice League. If they were to do another Robin, or a Nightwing, it wouldn't have JGL in it, and that was the best part in my opinion. Too bad.
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