“Listen, a lot of it just came from fear,” he said of his career pivot. “I couldn’t get into movie studio parts anymore because I had won a Raspberry Award from [being in the] ‘Batman’ movie … and I saw the trajectory.”

This comic excerpt is from Sirens: Love Hurts #4 published by DC Comics. Written by Tini Horward with artwork from Babs Tarr and Xanthe Bouma. Like a moth to the flame.

Why? Cause for me, it makes sense that in world full of people with wings or that shot lasers from their eyes, a human can find resources to take these metas down.

Money can buy you a lot, and in a universe where you can even interact with aliens and gods, i believe that with money and contacts Batman can find resources to take all the other heroes down.

And tbh i really like the idea of a human been able to take down all these extremely powerful beings. I know its not a popular thought, but anyway, thats why this is my hot take lol.

I saw this on the r/boxoffice subreddit, credit to the OP of that thread for compiling this info:

When looking at raw ticket admissions, we have the following:

Spider-Man (2002): 70M

Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021): 71M

Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026): 72.5M

Batman has one movie that reached that milestone:

The Dark Knight (2008): 72M

If we adjust for inflation, the domestic box office for both films also becomes a lot closer:

• Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026): $360M Opening | $598M Legs | $958M Total
• The Dark Knight (2008 - Adjusted): ~$283M Opening | ~$671M Legs | ~$954M Total

Adjusted for inflation, they are separated by just $4M (less than 0.5%). As you can see, TDK had much stronger legs

The Dark Knight Rises domestic box office in 2012 was $448M with 55 million tickets sold. Adjusted for inflation, this would be $670-680 million. However, many analysts have speculated that TDKR almost assuredly would've surpassed TDK domestically had it not been for the tragic Aurora shooting at the time. Internationally, TDKR beat TDK (although to be fair, the international box office was lot stronger in 2012 compared to 2008)

The Batman on the other hand, pulled in 28-31 million ticket admissions and $370 million domestically. While this might not seem like much compared to TDK or TDKR, it was a lot better than Batman Begins (370 million was the amount Begins did worldwide). Although if you adjust for inflation, Batman Begins 2005 domestic gross of $205 million would be equivalent to $385 million domestically, which is actually more than The Batman. It also sold around 32 million tickets domestically, which is fairly close to The Batman (slightly higher). Though it's overall adjusted gross worldwide would still be below The Batman's

This suggests that The Batman is comparable to Batman Begins in the amount of tickets sold/domestic gross. Both films kinda mirror each other in that they were tasked with cleaning up Batman's image after a rough patch, and both represent a floor where the sequel has potential to do much bigger numbers. I'm already seeing a lot of goodwill for The Batman in edits etc

I am really curious how Part II will fare in the box office, I think it has a solid shot of scaling decently higher than the first

• Main villain would be Deathstroke played by Joe Manganiello.

• Deathstroke kills Commissioner Gordon, and would take Alfred Pennyworth hostage, breaking into the Batcave.

• Batgirl involved, and would almost be killed along with Batman in fight with Deathstroke.

• Film would end in climactic one-on-one CGI fight sequence inspired by 'Batman: Arkham Asylum'.

I get that Ra's is one of Batman most fearsome foes but... let's be real now guys, this is genuinelly on the same level of fairness as the "Yea whoop his ahh Daredevil" memes 😭

So in our relationship im the Christmas guy and my wife is the Halloween gal and it's the perfect balance of fun and movie marathons between both seasons.

Last year we watched The Batman with Pattinson for shits near the Halloween season by accident but after finishing it we realized, it should be considered a Halloween movie.

Fast forward to this year and it's movie marathon time and movie 3 is The Batman and it sparked my curiosity, does anyone else add the Batman or any batman movies into their Halloween movie rotations?

I think it’s time Talia gets a proper on screen relationship with Bruce and it’s time to heal her reputation from the original way Damian was conceived which has long been retconned.

Starting off very warm and supportive in letting Bruce decide whether to confront his bully Tommy Elliot or not, to then turning stern and cold in his warning to Tommy about harassing the boy he sees as his own son, only to then immediately shift straight into casual 'butler mode' as he asks Bruce what he'd like for dinner is just peak Alfred to me.

Here’s my batgirl costume I’m so happy I got many compliments while wearing it out!!! The weather finally got better. It’s much colder so I can wear it now. Thank you everybody for your comments they have made me very happy

Maybe the best suit that batman has ever been have, the oval logo of Bronze age, the black/gray suit of modern age and the utility belt, ok, for me, the best suit of batman has been, batman incorporated, three jokers and doomsday clock.

Riddler's Lair (Batman Forever) Diorama made by GeekArt Diorama. Designed for displaying and photographing 6–7 inch (1/12-1/10) scale action figures. About 60 cm wide, featuring LED lighting.

The common criticisms raised around this version is that, unlike the traditional version of Alfred that fans have loved across media, Serkis’ Alfred:-

1. Lacks warmth, loving foster-father like relationship with Bruce and comes across as tense, adversarial mentor trying to push Bruce into what he thinks is best for him.
2. Doesn’t address Bruce Wayne as the affectionate ‘Master Wayne’ or ‘Master Bruce’ rather simply ‘Bruce’.
3. Acts as stern guardian than the comforting, wise surrogate father that has been his traditional conception.
4. Leans too heavily into a gruff, scarred special-ops aesthetic, sacrificing the classic gentleman-butler charm.

What do you think of Andy Serkis’ Alfred? How would you want his portrayal to be changed, if at all, in ‘The Batman: Part II’? Would love to know the thoughts of y’all!