After the release of Joel Schumacher’s “Batman Forever” in theaters in 1995, he quickly became one of the most profitable films of the year (he reported more than $ 336 million worldwide). But is Schumacher’s point of view on Batman good? Well … The answer is a bit complicated, because “Batman Forever” was generally loved during his release, even if he collected mixed criticism of criticism. Some aspects of the 1995 film are really worth it to be highlighted, as Its revolutionary use of CGI in the form of the first digital double ever used. The rest, however, is a frivolous exercise in excess kaleidoscopy.

With hindsight, the resounding success of the film is rather confusing, because its imperfections seem more blatant every passing day; The term “camp” cannot lift heavy lifting before being stretched at its limits. Of course, this is the kind of entertainment that attracted a large demography (including children, who were the target of the film’s linked toys at the time), and the light and humorous tone of the film helped increase its general popularity. However, this does not change the fact that “Batman Forever” is a fairly harsh watch, where His impressive technical achievements are in mastiff with his absence of surprising depth.

That said, it is not surprising that Warner Bros. Greelit immediately had a suite of Schumacher, expecting it to work as well as its predecessor. Unfortunately, “Batman & Robin” in 1997 quickly became a franchise entity that everyone prefers to forget, because this critical shooting title did not inspire confidence despite producing a decent performance at the box office. Although there is a lot to say about the quantity of missteps “Batman & Robin” (Batman & Robin “Although some believe it is an important comic strip movie), its reception led to the cancellation of a third suite of Schumacher which was planned for a while. Let us shed light on “Batman Unchained”, the story of Crusader canceled that could have been.

After Warner Bros. decided to move forward with the rest of “Batman & Robin”, Schumacher hired the writer Mark Protosevich (“The Cell”, “I am Legend”) to write the script at the end of 1996. A release date from 1999 was temporarily announced with the gallery of the Rogue which does not happen. However, the details on the Protosevich script reveal a darker and mature tone, which would be closer to the deliciously eccentric entrances of Tim Burton “Batman” who explored a more grumpy Gotham. “Batman Unchained” was supposed to move away from stupidity and embrace a pure psychological horror – the genre where Batman is emotionally worn out by his enemies and forced to count with his painful past.

This obviously seems promising, and we see a similar premise being achieved at a brilliant effect in a video game acclaimed by criticism of the years. Yes, “Batman: Arkham Asylum” in 2009 is mainly inspired by comics “Batman” (including the graphic novel by Grant Morrison, “Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth”), but its narrative overlap with the “Batman Unchained” could be more than coincident. After all, the two stories include Batman hallucination because of the toxins of the fear of Scarecrow, with bad guys like the joker and the riddler (as well as a harley quinn erroneous) to push him to his absolute limits, so that they can have him thrown in Arkham Asylum.

“Batman Unchained”, however, was also supposed to present Robin, who would appear at the last minute to save his partner from Scarecrow claws (despite the separation from Batman earlier for disagreements). Although Schumacher’s treatment of his films “Batman” feels best confused, “Unchained” could have exploited his best director instincts, including An affinity for without restraint style and unconventional outsiders. I mean, could it have been as casual and inconsistent as “Batman & Robin?” I am inclined to believe that “Unchained” could have been more than decent, but I suppose that we will never know.

In case you want to discover songs from this thrown scenario, then play “Batman: Arkham Asylum” (and even “Batman: Arkham Knight”) could help fill this inexplicable “Unchained” vacuum.