Are We Being Hypocritical?

In 2008 a movie named “The Dark Knight” hit theaters, ever since fans everywhere have been trying to figure out and piece together what Mr. Nolan is thinking about putting in his upcoming, highly anticipated Batman 3. Here is where the problem I have starts. I'm all for creativity and uniqueness, but some of these wild assumptions have made me question the validity of some fans’ logic.

I know that Nolan could probably do whatever he wants with this next movie. Most people would think it’s the best thing since sliced bread. I love all of his movies just like everyone else. He could kill Batman (many people have suggested it), he could make Selina Kyle never be Catwoman, he could introduce Nightwing and completely ignore Robin, and last but not least, he could make the biggest wimp of a villain, the Riddler, into a hardcore, psychopathic, Jigsaw mixed with the Zodiac style mass murder, who by chance might leave small riddles at crime scenes (but that’s not really that important, now is it?).

I love how so many people have suggested to change the classic core of this epic story spanning over decades, and completely be okay with changing so much just because they might have a funny costume and dumb jokes (Robin) or isn’t physically imposing at all (Riddler) or hell just go ahead and kill the main character (who cares about him he’s only one of the most legendary comic book heroes to date). When the X-Men’s classic costumes and line up were changed, we all through a fit. When Spider-Man was gifted with the ability to shoot webs out of his wrists instead of using a home-made web shooter, we wanted to burn Raimi on the stake. And most recently it was announced that Thor, the thunder god, would no longer be a god but an alien, we all almost s#!t a brick. It seems many of us are just peachy with their changing so much about a hero that most of us claim to be our favorite.

This bothers me every time I read a "I think the Riddler should be" or a "God I hate Robin so much so let’s skip over him and get Nightwing (aka cooler, grown up Robin). I’m not really sure why it’s okay to change so much about one character's story and supporting characters, but it’s not okay to change things about others. Now correct me if I am completely wrong here: I don’t think the Riddler has ever killed someone in the comics. Like I said I could be wrong-- I'm almost positive he hasn’t. My understanding of the character is that he steals things, makes complex riddles to outsmart Batman, and gets caught every single time. Now as fun as that would be to sit through for three hours, I don’t think that is the EPIC ending most of us want to such a great trilogy.

Now's the part in this article that I say who I think should be in the next movie, right? Wrong. Honestly, I have no idea who should be in it, no one does. My guess is that no one will for another few months or longer.

I know many people will hate me for this and most people will call me wrong for writing this article but this issue has bothered me for too long to stay quiet any longer.