The original post: /r/television by /u/precita on 2024-04-28 21:42:43.
After seeing how people react to Luke Skywalker in Episode 8 and other modern sequels that treat the original heroes similarly, I’m wondering how Batman Beyond’s Bruce Wayne would be viewed if it happened today. I watched Batman Beyond in '99-2001 and loved it for the reference.
lIn Batman Beyond, Bruce Wayne is an old loner living in his mansion with all his friends and family abandoned him. He never got married or had kids (Damian didn’t exist at the time the show was made), Dick, Barbara and Tim all moved on from him and had their own issues. We never see Dick in Batman Beyond, Tim becomes The Joker, and Barbara and Bruce clearly have issues together as Terry discovers.
On top of that, despite all of Batman’s efforts, we see crime is just as rampant in the 2050’s (or whenever it takes place) as it was in his era. I know you can never defeat all crime or supervillains, but despite all of Bruce’s efforts Gotham is still the same.
Bruce himself is disgruntled, is slow to trust Terry, gave up on being Batman in his 60’s due to heart problems, and spends most time monitoring Terry’s whereabouts on missions. How do you feel old man Bruce would be viewed today?