Batman is my all-time favorite superhero. He's "just a man" who raised himself to the level of commanding respect and admiration of super-powered beings by his own efforts. And he keeps on going … and going. Batman is "Man as Superman," by the power of his own will and desire. The best he can be and then some. Batman is a man worthy to walk among the gods. Man as scientist, creator, inventor, fighter, moralist. Man as a force for Good. Batman is also one of the richest men in the world! If I wrote Batman, I'd make use of this concept. Batman is man at his best, period. My ideas for Batman are still far beyond the trite, generic creation he - or rather, his franchise - has become. But limited minds are always condemned to limited forms of expression. My Batman is not a scared, helpless, traumatized little boy at heart. He's the man who has overcome all that, including juvenile thoughts of revenge. My Batman would be really scary. He'd have no psychological scars to cripple him and make him more "identifiable." My Batman would be an incredible engine of pure will-power - a force capable of enormous destructive and constructive energy, held in absolute control by a man you absolutely trust to be a force for good. Kinda like Bruce Lee in his movies - an absolutely lethal killer that you know you can trust implicitly, but he still scares the shit out of you in real life. I guess now I know why I like Bruce Lee so much.
