How To Incorporate Christain Bale's Batman Into A Superman Teamup

 

The largest debate going on right now within the movie sites I visit, in particular Screenrant.com is how to incorporate Nolan's realistic Batman in a movie with Henry Cavill's Superman. At first glance it seems unlikely, how could a hero that barely succeeds in facing none super powered villains such as The Joker and Bane take on aliens and others with powers. I believe the answer is within the dynamics of the character and how its possible to evolve him. Forget what he has done within Nolan's Trilogy and think about the collection of incarnations that can be utilized into this one character. What we clearly know is Bruce Wayne (Bale) is not the best fighter in this incarnation, he uses parries and the environment to damage his enemies with more often than not relying on dodging and using his foes strikes against them. That however would no work against Superman or anyone with powers, they would break his arm with one punch. He also relies on a series of semi-logical gadgets to effect the environment or the enemy itself (never to strictly hurt them). He is a good detective but never to the affect of the comic book counterpart, and this is where the evolving can begin.

With a different writer or even the same the advancement of Bale's Batman can be pretty simple. He is clearly a much older hero now and would need some sort of initiative to step out of retirement, like the world is serious danger. It's not hard to believe that Bruce Wayne still has money somewhere, if not that Alfred has it all and would likely give it back. As for his gear and cave who says that Joseph Gordon Levitt couldn't be Nightwing? He was clearly written as a collection of Batman's best sidekicks Dick Grayson, Jason Todd and Damian Wayne. He doesn't have to take the cowl from Bruce he can just be the replacement hero for the time being. That is just tying up the loose ends that would be inevitable if you WB decided to continue the story.

As for the character himself and how he could fit in this super-powered world it all hinges on an advancement of the character. After his experiences with Ras, The Joker and Bane/Talia he is clearly more wise than he has ever been. The writers would need to advance his technology, his tactics and his overall skill. He doesn't need to be a better fighter necessarily, he needs to be a better strategist and have more effective gadgets. His technology can easily be advanced because it is what technology does, it gets better. They need to write him as if he is the wisest person in the group and he knows everything that they don't. He knows how to stop Superman if he goes rouge, he knows how to take down any villain that has been thrown at him. It's that simple, advance the character based on his wisdom and experience and allow for a character that is more gadget heavy while everyone else throws the punches. Yeah, he can land some hits now and then but he doesn't have to be that member of the group. You have Superman to throw the heavy punches and do the major damage. Let Batman be the shadow, turn him into a detective. It's smart to have a hero that is getting older be less of a fighter and more of a behind the scenes guy. Turn Bale's Batman into a strategist and recluse and you have yourself a Batman that fits perfectly within the realm of fantasy.

With age everything besides your physical attributes improve, and that is the angle they should rely on. This is clearly the logical reasons why it would work, the financial reasons are outstanding.

What do you think guys? I would love to hear some opinions, let me know in the comments below!