The ending of The Dark Knight Rises bothers me for the silliest of reasons.
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He should've been Officer Drake. It would've been a telegraph to any Batman fan but being a law enforcement version of Tim Drake would've been better than bludgeoning you with his name being Robin.
Nolan practically brags about how his Batman films are meant to be realistic, he takes pride in the fact although I never bought it being grounded in reality for reasons some which you explained. If I'm not mistaken, that is the prime reason why these movies didn't kickstart the DCEU and Christian Bale was recast as Ben Affleck as Batman
Well Blake is an amalgamation of the first three Robins more than he is just Tim.
He's a beat cop, like Dick Grayson was in (pre-new 52) Bludhaven
His dad was killed for a gambling debt, like Jason Todd
He figures out Batman's secret on his own and insists he needs help, like Tim Drake
Then everyone would have whined for years about the weird ass ending where Michael Caine just looks at the screen, smiles and nods, and breaks the 4th wall. They'd have called it the ultimate troll.
Better than what we got, honestly. As far as discussions go.
"Did he actually see Bruce?"
"Sure. And we saw a woman's hand on the table too, I bet that was Selina!"
"Or he's just a senile old man having hallucinations."
"Come on, Nolan's not that obtuse--"
I mean, i agree, but a guy named Robin is going out at night as a hero named Robin, is just too dumb.
