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The Cancelled Bruce Wayne TV Series

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SUBSCRIBE for weekly comic book videos! ▶▶ /owenlikescomics WATCH NEXT: 'Batman Unchained: The Failed Sequel to Batman & Robin' /watch/gCqJWUf1-Di1J ▶ Support the Channel: http://www.patreon.com/owenlikescomics When it comes to live-action superhero TV shows, we seem to have experienced something of a golden age in recent years. There has been an abundance of different series based around the characters and stories of Marvel, DC and beyond; from Daredevil to Doom Patrol, to the Arrowverse, to Legion to Riverdale to The Walking Dead, comic book TV shows are everywhere. But this wasn’t always the case, only a decade-or-so ago, superhero TV shows were a rare sight, with only a handful of shows existing on mainstream channels, and even fewer existing within years of each other. Years before any of the aforementioned beloved shows were ever even considered, there was a singular trailblazer that aimed to deliver a faithful, yet grounded, take on one of DC Comics’ iconic superheroes, years after his days on the big screen had seemingly ended, and proved an enormous success, spanning 10 seasons, 217 episodes, and almost 10 full years. I’m talking, of course, about Smallville… However, it may surprise you to learn that Smallville wasn’t always going to be a Superman TV show at all, and in fact, originally, the producers behind the series were heavily working on creating a similar-style of show about Batman, even going as far as planning multi-season arcs and plans that would follow Bruce Wayne from a scared orphan, to a Dark Knight of Justice. If before Superman, there was Smallville, then before Batman, there was Bruce Wayne, and in this video, I want to discuss how this proposed series came to be, how it would approach bringing Batman to the world of TV, and the factors that caused it to never see the light of day. ▶ Read the Pilot Script Here: http://thetelevisionpilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Bruce_Wayne_1x01_-_Pilot.pdf ▶ Follow Owen Likes Comics: Website: http://www.owenlikescomics.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/owenlikescomics Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/owenlikescomics Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/owenlikescomics ▶ Thanks to HiTop Films for helping out in this video! /channel/UCDmd40nGOGL3IxKNVeRb9-w ▶ ▶ Watch More Owen Likes Comics: Comic Case Studies: /playlist/PLK-UuVTE1uAei1DiWA_45gfMs8sVSEKWh Latest Videos: /playlist/PLK-UuVTE1uAc9fK2qFdeZzx21pgjvgWWW Marvel Videos: /playlist/PLK-UuVTE1uAcNnIjGsrSYHhueLEBK5_sA DC Videos: /playlist/PLK-UuVTE1uAcgNX1tplCukF6DydNDwu1R ▶ Music Used: https://soundcloud.com/user-400507865/aso-sunsets https://soundcloud.com/iamharriscole/birds https://soundcloud.com/leavv/driftwood http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/Music_For_Podcasts_3/03_The_Secret_to_Growing_Up https://soundcloud.com/chillhopdotcom/melodiesinfonie-meditation-on-god https://soundcloud.com/masked-man-peace/grandiose-soul-from-chillhop-essentials-fall-2018 https://soundcloud.com/joeypecoraro/singing-with-no-voice #Batman #Gotham #Smallville

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    @OwenLikesComics4 years ago If you enjoyed this video, consider supporting Owen Likes Comics on Patreon: 4
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    @aurahoneydew96075 years ago Just hate they don' t do a flat out show based on the a-list characters superman, batman, and green lantern. Smallville was alright but still you could tell it still wasn' t all in. 211
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    @Christ2010Grad5 years ago Second
    gotham is the closest we will ever get to the bruce wayne series proposed back then.
    on another note, i await your video on the clone saga.
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    @monoveloso5 years ago I enjoy the dc shows but man they gotta stop dancing around batman. 90
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    @loudstatic39055 years ago I really wish we got this instead of gotham. A series of a young bruce wayne training to be batman would be really great. 10
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    @fungirl9615 years ago The bruce wayne show is literally gotham. 72
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    @mcurran65055 years ago The bruce wayne series could have been big but due to the studio focusing more on movie ideas instead and scrapping the project was just wrong and stupid. . ...Expand 44
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    @rcbmmines45795 years ago While widely believed by fans and creators, the idea that bruce is just a disguise is a worn out simplification that darwyn cooke, ed brubaker and gra edit: also, was that alex from hitop films?. ...Expand 13
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    @randomericthings75065 years ago So what happened?
    ad on taco bell
    me answering the question: taco bell apparently.
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    @arcadiaberger92043 years ago I remember when smallvillewas first running on television. I got a kick out of telling people that it was " one of those shows about clark kent. ". ...Expand 2
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    @blackphoenix775 years ago I remember reading about this in wizard magazine back in the late 90s/early 20s. When smallville eventually came out, i figured that it had morphed from the bruce wayne concept, and it looks like i was right. 7
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    @pescad0r7585 years ago It actually sounds interesting, im glad we got gotham and if we got this (bruce wayne) series we probably wouldnt have gotten gotham, but i still wouldve liked to see what wouldve happened if we actually got bruce wayne. 19
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    @j.k.12395 years ago Making a batman tv show will result in character losing it' swhy wb didn' t allowed it. 8
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    @RadinV15 years ago Well we technically got something similar in gotham. 9
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    @JokerFan-hj4iv5 years ago I still want a batman show dang it! Something like daredevil or titans proves they can make dark gritty shows and that' s perfect for batman. I don' t . ...Expand 4
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    @Zavi13135 years ago I really don' t know, after watching gotham and the arrowverse, i feel they would do the source material injustice. 46
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    @outpostalpha5 years ago Super interesting, i' d never heard about this before. Considering the state of live-action batman and live-action superhero franchises at the time, . ...Expand 7
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    @heartbeatcity235 years ago Ahh bruce wayne i know this show well. 15
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    @TheLoneChemist5 years ago This video was awesome, and i had no idea about this. Owen getting me learned. 10
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    @daniellowther48635 years ago I think they should do a live action batman tv show where like arrow where it shows flashbacks to where he learnt all of his skills from his parents death training with alfred and leaving gotham for 7-10 years. 1
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    @gemnist84625 years ago One idea that' s been circulating in my head for a while is a league ofof shadows series. I think that would be a great idea of introducing a pre-batman bruce wayne while keeping ansuperhero-feeling premise, something smallville could never really be. ...Expand 2
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    @josecintron59575 years ago I hope that they still do. Don' t make it nothing like gotham. Make it that he is traveling, training, and becoming the dark knight. 2
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    @lloydcaskenette10955 years ago Damn i would absolutely would' ve loved a good bruce wayne tv serie. Following him on his journey to become the dark knight. Personally i think that tom willing would' ve been amazing as bruce wayne. 4
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    @DCMarvelMultiverse5 years ago Ah smallville. Better fx than titan' s connor episode. How it that possible? Smallville is nearly 20 years ago? 1
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    @ThatOneGuy75505 years ago The pitch for this sounds really cool, too bad it didn' t come to fruition in the way they hoped. 3
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    @ZZZZ-ie7vt5 years ago Yeah i' m glad they did not touch the bat, it would have ended up like smallville, with chars that don' t belong in that time period and elongating . ...Expand 3
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    @joeycoe859 months ago Plus, in a tv format, you can really dive into the characters. Scarecrow, particularly, has never been done properly in any adaptation! Hes essentially f . ...Expand 1
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    @SirTyJensen5 years ago I first heard of bruce wayne on wikipedia but this is the first bruce wayne vlog i seen.
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    @Ben10man25 years ago It would seem a lot of this was adapted into gotham. 2
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    @GameOverJesse5 years ago People thinking this was gotham or something it, it was very different. 3
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    @dcmarvelcomicfans94585 years ago I would have loved to see a bruce wayne tv show the script and plot sounded amazing plus it would have been cool to finally have a tv show that actually . ...Expand 2
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    @krispalermo81335 years ago Dean cain staring in.
    lois & clark: adventures of superman.
    best follow up on george reeves superman series from the late 1950' s. all of the superman movies have been a joke.
    as for smallville, clark was not " nerd/ spock" enough
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    @AmonsRealm5 years ago That show would have been cool it sounds like the joker movie with batman. 2
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    @billlucas46754 years ago It could still be done. Concentrate on the training years when bruce went abroad. Expand on league of shadows from batman begins. Looking forwards to your denny o' neil tribute.
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    @davenierop15405 years ago This bruce wayne show should have happened on the wb before it became the cw like in arrow for example barry allen appeared in s2 then the following year . ...Expand 5
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    @DCMarvelMultiverse5 years ago Who wants conroy and hamill in a batman beyond film? 22
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    @iwritechecksatthegrocerystore5 years ago I mean it sounds cool, now. But i feel like thats looking thru a 2019 lense. Where we are used to gritty well thought out comic accurate (somewhat) serie but i bet you anything in the 90s? This wouldve been a total shit show. Hell small world is basically unwatchable now unless you grew up watching it back then. ...Expand 13
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    @wajahathussain55855 years ago Alex from hitop brought me here and i' m so glad he did. 17
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    @ericadler96805 years ago Very interesting, thank you. So that' s where the cave scenes in smallville from season 2 onwards came from? I thought the whole idea was a bit strange . ...Expand 3
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    @juangotclips82245 years ago Most of us want gotham renewed and we should try and get it renewed by requesting netflix in its request tv shows or movies sections to renew gotham. 12
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    @kiyenmoodley70135 years ago Gotham and smallville should take place in the same universe. 10
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    @paulcagliarini80995 years ago Sounds interesting but i' m glad it wasn' t made as it would haveproblems. 2
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    @skreen2theworld8095 years ago This is a video i needed so much, owen youre next up believe it. 2
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    @vengeance21754 years ago Batman is a house whole name it makes so much money on the big screen. 1
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    @TheGreenDragon77775 years ago I think that they were really working on a batman beyond series.
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    @DavidTSmith-jn5bs5 years ago I liked gotham during the first 2 seasons, but i wanted to love it. The series later seasons became less enjoyable when they threw " you thought he/she . ...Expand 1
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    @gunnerdobbins70085 years ago I might in the minority, but it sounds interesting! But it could go really bad! 8
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    @cyborgdiego34545 years ago I want the creative team of daredevil to make a batman show. My opinion. 1
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    @simmiemagnsusson70455 years ago Imagine this they didnt make this but they made batwoman. 1
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    @jaydav65215 years ago Everytime a fight scene breaks out on arrow i tune out and start looking at my phone until the dialogue begins again. Thank god 60' s batman made fight scenes so simple.
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    @comicfan725 years ago I would have loved to have seen bruce wayne make his rumored appearance on smallville all those years ago! 3
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    @BatmanKnightfan5 years ago I hope one day we get live action batman tv show. Dont say we have gotham no i want a tv show and cal it the adventures of batman. Inspired by batman the animated series. 2
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    @Kal_g5 years ago I heard about this show. I'm surprised that Alfred Gough and Miles Millar were involved in its development. I know that because of this show not seeing the light of day, is why we have "Gotham", and, now, "Pennyworth", but, in my opinion, if anyone wants to do a modern Batman TV Series, with Batman actively involved in it, I think that this is how it should be done. Here's a link to a reimagining of the "Gotham" TV Show:
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    @darkavengermanowar4 years ago Wb was stupid, they should have given the bruce wayne series a chance and see where it could have taken the legend of batman in live action. I feel that . ...Expand 1
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    @dellparks62734 years ago Hm, maybe a dark, brooding, and menacing figure would be exacting revenge for bruce wayne' s parents in hisand/or Ya know. Showing the " mental episodes" playing out in bruce' s mind. Maybe even introduce some kind of mental health professional talking to bruce and helping to shape those thoughts. Oh well. ...Expand 1
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    @the.sketch.projekt88513 years ago I have seen the aronofsky script for his batman movie and its fucking awesome. I saw it or i should say heard through a podcast who read through the script.
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    @exchanegedtag5 years ago you may enjoy thinking about it. but some one could just go to earth 3 and find out for themselves!
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    @_LilRascal_4 years ago With hbo max out now, hopefully we can get quality dc shows about the big three, without the teen-oriented melodrama of the arrowverse or the ip restrictions of gotham.
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    @raheelmohammed79663 years ago Gotham is better than smallville because at least they gave us a look at bruce in the batsuit but we never saw clark wear the superman suit. 1
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    @LANCCC93223 years ago Why is it so hard to make a bunch of a-list character shows? Or about underrated characters why?
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    @ezj82625 years ago That would have been better. considering Bruce Wayne's training seemed extremely rushed, like they took shortcuts. I didn't like the weird choice to add some kind of prophetic element with Ras Al Ghul. The comics do a much better job -- not creating a storyline that suggests that darkness elements came to Bruce Wayne under some prophetic notion that he would be anything. Not that he would be on the side of spiritual evil anyway, right? It's a better story, that he was self-motivated, and had an intense self-drive to seek out the best trainers in the world and develop his skills. not because anyone told him to, but because that's the kind of person he was. The origin story that Gotham did, really cheated the character. though this has nothing to do with David Mazouz as an actor or his portrayal. it's just the writing choices and the direction that they chose that I thought was weak.
    The Alfred Pennyworth origin story "Pennyworth" is looking really good so far, even though I just watched the Pilot, though it felt like a full-length movie to me.
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    @johngurnhill46335 years ago A least we had gotham i l really loved that tv series. 8
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    @mechajay33585 years ago I wish we could have gotten a bruce wayne prequel series at let' s the people behind it knew what they wanted to be. We ended up getting gotham, and to me that show is just not good at all. 7
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    @cjhepburn74065 years ago Crazy. Who watches all this non costume stuff? They' ve made a series on alfred right? Wth?
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    @joshadcock23305 years ago A drawn out, source material teasing tv show about bruce wayne and the penguin and other characters sounds pretty lame. The fun and interesting part about . ...Expand 1
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    @perlamunoz27075 years ago I think the cancelled bruce wayne show wouldve been good. Hitop films is a wonderful channel, it was a great surprise of seeing him in this video.
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    @TevyaSmolka5 years ago Honestly in my opinion i feel like the whole bruce wayne show sounded like a bad idea but that' s just my opinion. 7
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    @xdecatron29852 years ago After the success of bruce wayne, the studio went on to produce a show about a young and hungry reporter, lois lane, investigating an increase in crime i . ...Expand
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    @playstar27275 years ago why does he show BDSM Robin Hood fighting a rubber band?
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    @marcusward62355 years ago If we got a bruce wayne show, we wouldn' t have gotten smallville. 1
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    @residentevil4onps25 years ago I honestly think the trope of bruce wayne being the disguise that batman wears is so overdone and i' m kind of over it not going to lie. I really do . ...Expand
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    @jibrael57055 years ago So they gave fucking batwoman a shitty show but didn' t make a bruce wayne series. 2
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    @ianmcneely24465 years ago Tell me you dont want a batman show with game of thrones budget.
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    @nakyer5 years ago Cancelled? Tryeven above your video title, the showis listed along withthe bruce wayne until after smallville, and we had five (sort of) seasons of gotham, which everyone knows was the smallville series for the batman characters. ...Expand 1
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    @briandaleske51395 years ago Now the (bruce wayne) show series might of been canceled for right now; but that doesnt mean that someday down the line the writers arent going to go id="hidden37"back to their writing pads.
    i can imagine that maybe just maybe in a few years a (bruce wayne) show series could hopefully get made.
    to add i imagine that in the (bruce wayne) show series it could show in it how much training bruce had done before returning to gotham city, and how many journeys did he go on, and what types of skills did he learn to master, and to add how many new friends did he make along the way, and also to add did he ever have any other romantic relationships as well, and much more.
    plus to add i can imagine that the (bruce wayne) show series could maybe possibly connect with the (gotham) show series storyline, and to add i can imagine scenario in the story of how bruces face no longer looks 100% the same as it once did because he had gotten his face very badly damage when he was on his journey away from gotham city, and now there is only a 80% similar looking facial looks compared to his former looks
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    @dwightstanley14474 years ago This bruce wayne show sound like gotham but in gotham bruce wayne was a side character in bruce wayne it all about bruce. 1
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    @matti.84654 years ago " bruce wayne is the disguise and batman his real identity"
    okay that' s kind of bullshit. Obviously bruce fakes a playboy persona . ...Expand
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    @martinr82785 years ago Loved smallville. Always thought they developed the dc characters well. Really tried to give gotham a chance but i just hated that series, just boring. . ...Expand 1
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    @SonnyDlicious5 years ago Ya. They already did that. It was called gotham.
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    @stingfan45 years ago We got it. It was called gotham and it was amazing and gave us one of the best ever jokers! 1
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    @briandaleske51395 years ago I have something to say involving this subject:
    first off, i think that it makes some small amount of sense that the (bruce wayne) show series but i still wonder if maybe there might of been a proper reason to why it was canceled?
    now despite that i strongly think that maybe a different type of batman story should be made into a show series.
    i have can imagine a number of different types of batman comicbooks stories; one is (the batman) story, the other is (batman the brave & the bold) story, the other is (batman prime) story, and another one is (batman dark knight) story, and another is (batman warrior knight of arkham city) story, and to add another one is (batman the blue lantern) story, and also to add i can imagine many other different types of batman stories that could be used to be made into a show series
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    @HerbertWest-5 years ago I don' t know why they have to dance around it so much. Just make a batman show and give it a modern startrek production budget. Honestly how bruce . ...Expand 1
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    @commandershepaaarrrdwrex28815 years ago So i just realized the biggest problem with dc and i can be explained with two letters, and that is " wb" 4
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    @MonkeSama4 years ago Bro, this show got made its called gotham.
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    @Tuxin14 years ago Fucking bullshit, i wanted a gotham series sequel.
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    @gabgame3005 years ago I' m pretty sure it' s actually gotham. 2
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    @dcmarvelcomicfans94585 years ago I love gotham but i felt it was the exact opposite of smallville and the bruce wayne tv show intended to series to beat. 1
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    @demianoff2 years ago What a shit take from ign. Par for the course i guess.