Quote Originally Posted by Archangel View Post
Probably because there's hardly any way to introduce the character to the setting without it feeling cartoony.
Or it could be dark and tragic... like Batman could save an orphan kid from some bloody carnage and adopt him and train him. It wouldn't have to be cartoony like adopting him after seeing his parents die at the circus. It could easily be as dark and moody as the rest of the new Batman movies. It would be tough to fit all that into the movie as well as the boy's death though.