Christian Bale's Batman could've headed in the direction of supernatural/unrealistic villains. I just thought in Batman Begins he was dealing with the mob and things would eventually escalate (I still feel that way after re-watching Batman after knowing where things go in The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises). Plus there is Scarecrow. With the fear toxin/gas he had and all the hallucinations, Scarecrow did seem like that transition/in-between villain that kind of teased the eventual escalation of villains like Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy, Clayface, Killer Croc, Bane with venom, and so on. Oh and then if you read the novel tie-in to Batman Begins, Ra's is actually a couple hundred years old. I want to say 500-600 years old. The novel includes journey entries from Ra's, and in those journal entries, the Lazarus Pit was mentioned and Ra's has used it a couple times.
But The Batman could do the same as well. Things can always escalate. It's just for now, Batman is dealing with more realistic villains. And with everything going on in the events of The Batman, it didn't seem like there was a right time (or downtime) to mention the supernatural/unrealistic aspect of Batman or that other heroes like Superman, The Flash, Aquaman, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, and Wonder Woman existed in the universe. There is nothing supernatural about The Riddler, Penguin, sort of Joker, all the mob bosses, and maybe Catwoman (they are turning her more into a hero lately), so there really was no point to mention the supernatural/unrealistic stuff about the Batman character and his universe and well known villains. And I wouldn't call BS if The Batman 2 or 3 included more supernatural/unrealistic villains. From how The Batman played out, I just figured we haven't got there yet and they aren't rushing stuff and are saving stuff for sequels. Just like I'm not expecting every Pattinson Batman movie to be a detective/investigation movie.
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