John Blake... it could work, couldn't it?... Spoilers Contained.

http://entertainment.time.com/2012/0...w-bruce-wayne/


Very interesting article on John Blake in TDKR and of Robin as a character throughout Batman's long history in the Comicbooks.

If the many incarnations of Robin are handled in the same way Nolan handled the many incarnations of Batman to create his trilogy... could John Blake work?

I think he could.
This essay is pretty informed on the back history of Batman and it gives me more hope for what is seen at the end of Rises.


Discuss?

http://entertainment.time.com/2012/0...w-bruce-wayne/


Very interesting article on John Blake in TDKR and of Robin as a character throughout Batman's long history in the Comicbooks.

If the many incarnations of Robin are handled in the same way Nolan handled the many incarnations of Batman to create his trilogy... could John Blake work?

I think he could.
This essay is pretty informed on the back history of Batman and it gives me more hope for what is seen at the end of Rises.


Discuss?

Well, Blake talked about not being scared of the scum of the Earth and has definitely got the same heart for justice as Bruce had when he was younger.

I'm thinking... Bruce did it his way using revenge and his highly trained skills gained by globe trotting and The League Of Shadows...

...I'm reckoning he will leave Blake to his own devices to do it his own way from now on and find his own path.
If Blake decides not to use what's been left to him and simply stays as a Cop, then that's his way and so be it.
Bruce has left Blake the opportunity to take up the reigns of crimefighter vigilante due to having a similar background to Bruce and the same heart for justice (discovered during their conversation in Wayne Manor).
The ball is in Blakes court.
Will he be a Robin? Or a Nightwing? Or will he even become The Batman?

Batman doesn't have to be Bruce underneath. Alfred and Lucius are still knocking around, so there's the same backup team readily available too.

In Nolan's world, Batman is a martyr, a phantom, an incorruptible symbol.

"... as a man I'm flesh and blood I can be ignored I can be destroyed but as a symbol, as a symbol I can be incorruptible, I can be everlasting"




I reckon it would work if Goyer wrote it and a director with the same eye for realism as Nolan was brought in.
Nolan won't return, he's said he won't... however he's left the opportunity for someone to take up the reigns, just like Bruce did with Blake.

I really think it could work with John Blake. Reading that article has made me actually want to see where it goes, if anywhere.

Well, Blake talked about not being scared of the scum of the Earth and has definitely got the same heart for justice as Bruce had when he was younger.

I'm thinking... Bruce did it his way using revenge and his highly trained skills gained by globe trotting and The League Of Shadows...

...I'm reckoning he will leave Blake to his own devices to do it his own way from now on and find his own path.
If Blake decides not to use what's been left to him and simply stays as a Cop, then that's his way and so be it.
Bruce has left Blake the opportunity to take up the reigns of crimefighter vigilante due to having a similar background to Bruce and the same heart for justice (discovered during their conversation in Wayne Manor).
The ball is in Blakes court.
Will he be a Robin? Or a Nightwing? Or will he even become The Batman?

Batman doesn't have to be Bruce underneath. Alfred and Lucius are still knocking around, so there's the same backup team readily available too.

In Nolan's world, Batman is a martyr, a phantom, an incorruptible symbol.

"... as a man I'm flesh and blood I can be ignored I can be destroyed but as a symbol, as a symbol I can be incorruptible, I can be everlasting"




I reckon it would work if Goyer wrote it and a director with the same eye for realism as Nolan was brought in.
Nolan won't return, he's said he won't... however he's left the opportunity for someone to take up the reigns, just like Bruce did with Blake.

I really think it could work with John Blake. Reading that article has made me actually want to see where it goes, if anywhere.