@Eternal19 you're clearly not understanding my point that I've spent quite a few points clarifying. It isn't about an audience believing a 10 year old beating up criminals (which is damn ridiculous, but that's besides the point).
The point is BATMAN HAVING A SIDEKICK, PERIOD. Kid or adult, a sidekick does not suit the Batman persona Bruce tried/is trying/has created. This inconsistency/contradiction flies in the comics and cartoons, but not as well for live action adaptations.
It's also kinda insulting assuming that since I like what Nolan did, I must not know Batman beforehand. I grew up with TAS when I came home from school when it first aired. I'm just not a fanboyish type to think the movie has to be exactly like the comics. Batman was not trained by the League of Assassins, but why would I be upset about that in the Nolan films (just an example)? Nolan got the essence and ideal of Batman across leaps and bounds beyond any live-action interpretation so far. And being a music guy with a BMus degree, I'm a sucker for the score. Watching TAS as a kid, Robin didn't make sense to me then for the same reasons I've been mentioning. But it was a cartoon, so it was something you have to put aside... like a no-superpower Batman leaping across rooftops as if his superpower was super jumps.
Nolan happened to think what I've thought since I was a kid - Robin doesn't work IRL interpretations. So, he made him into a cop/detective that acts as a behind the scenes help to Batman (a la Gordon and Fox). To me, Nolan has come very close to portraying the idea of Batman I've had since I was 8years old. So, I like it.
@r3d_rob1n : yeah, it makes sense for Bruce to take in Dick or any other of those characters. But to use them as sidekicks to his Batman? Not so much to me. To train them to eventually become their own heros independent of Batman? That works.
Batman could be partnered with the Punisher... it's the fact that Batman wouldn't come across as the inhuman demon figure Bruce created for the Batman if he had a partner on scene. All my favourite arcs have been solo Batman (at most with Robin(s) in the background for a few scenes, and/or Bats working with Gordon and shit).
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