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#1  Edited By Brickabrack

Yeah, there is no way his goal could ever be accomplished. Alone or with an army of thousands it makes no difference. All he's doing with Batman Inc. is creating another (costumed) police force on top of the ones that already exist. Can he do good? Can he help reduce crime? Can he save people that need it? Yes he can. It's like ending world hunger. You can't end it, but there is nothing  stopping you from feeding who you can.  
 
(For the record, I still hate the idea of Batman Inc. and there being more than 1 Batman. With a passion.)
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#2  Edited By Brickabrack

Bruce Wayne going public with his financing? = Worst idea ever. I hate with a capital H this whole concept. Bruce Wayne has always been my favorite character since I was a small kid and I feel like he's being shunted aside.

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#3  Edited By Brickabrack

I think the heads of DC and Marvel are really out of touch with what fans want.

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#4  Edited By Brickabrack

I agree with Sara. We don't need another universe. I can barely keep up with what we have. Do we really need yet another version of the same characters? I don't think so. If this is an example of what Disney marketing is bringing to Marvel then color me concerned.
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#5  Edited By Brickabrack

Bruce Wayne needs love. He's human. Romance (or at least matters of the heart) is a critical ingredient in most (all?) of Nolan's movies. You'll see what I mean if you look at the plots of the movies Nolan has made so far.

Nolan isn't afraid of inventing new characters to suit his purpose either. Rachel was his invention (I believe) and she lasted 2 movies. People are looking at established female characters in the Bat universe but Nolan is equally capable of simply making one up to fit the plot.  
 
Batman is a hero and a heroes save people. But audiences won't care if he's just saving random people. Giving him (Bruce) a romantic lead makes sense to his characteres motivations as it serves the movie. There aren't many people left alive that Bruce cares for on a personal level. So who can he save from death that will mean anything to the viewers? His butler? Fox? Gordon? His choices are all old men. If he had Richard Grayson as a ward, he could save him and that's a possibility in the upcomming film, or he could have a romantic lead and save her, or he could make a very good friend and save him/her. Those are the choices. 
 
I thought The Dark Knight showed people that a comic hero movie could be about more than simple fights and action. Romance has it's place too. Let's see what Nolan does.

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#6  Edited By Brickabrack

Of course he was responsible. Yes he was brainwashed and tricked into doing it, but he's still the one that pulled the trigger. The people responsible for his conditioning are even more responsible for it than him, but it's worse for him since he was an American soldier that turned traitor, whether he knew it or not.  
 
Should he be punished for it? No, I don't think so. He can better atone by continuing to be a pro-active force for American interests and justice than he can by rotting in some cell or even worse, excecuted. That said, I never thought he should be Captain America and I still don't. He should do his own thing.

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#7  Edited By Brickabrack

I'll also add that Superman was never supposed to be the one we the readers related too. That job is supposed to be handled by Clark Kent. We relate to Clark Kent and his struggles with daily like despite his super powers. When worse comes to worse Superman can come out as Mr. Perfect and save the day, but in the mean time, the troubled Clark is what grounded the character. Writers have lost sight of that to a large degree.
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#8  Edited By Brickabrack

I think it's a little of all the things you listed Sara. It takes a writer with a plan to write a good Superman story. The recent Superman arc probably isn't doing so well because when you boil it down it's litterally "Superman takes a walk". I mean, really? Maybe the next arc can be about how he goes shopping for food. It's boring.  
 
If he really wanted to relate to people he would take a walk as Clark Kent and see how people act when they aren't in the presence of a Super Star hero. People aren't going to act normal around a cop in uniform, let alone Superman. 
 
So yeah, Superman is unrelatable because of the nature of what he is, but that doesn't mean a good writer can't write fantastic stories about him that are entertaining and sell well. The fact that the character has been around for the better part of a century proves there is something there.
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#9  Edited By Brickabrack

Looks ok. I think I'll wait for the trade to come out.

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#10  Edited By Brickabrack

Because when you're Batman, you're everyone's daddy .