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Illustration for Dr. Will Brooker's io9 article, A Few Ways to Reboot the Batman Movies After The Dark Knight Rises

"The pitch: The 1939 Batman meets Boardwalk Empire and The Wire.

When Bob Kane first sketched his 'Bat-Man', around 1934, crime lords like Al Capone were still very much at large, and classic gangster movies like Scarface, Little Caesar and The Public Enemy were still playing in cinemas. Batman hit comic book racks before the United States entered World War Two. It was a different world; a world of tommy guns, Cadillacs, suits and hats.

So let's take the Bat-Man back there, and name the show after his first adventure, 'The Case of the Chemical Syndicate' from May 1939. Bruce Wayne is a drawling playboy who smokes the occasional pipe with his pal Commissioner Gordon. Gotham is run by mobsters and hired thugs, and Gordon and his boys are powerless to break the racket. But all that changes when a stranger appears one night — a muscular figure in a gray leather get-up, built like a linebacker with a helmet covering his face — and starts bringing his own justice to the city.

The Syndicate is a 24-episode drama, a mosaic told through the lives of the heroes and villains, but most importantly, the ordinary people of Gotham — the institutions, the police department, the schools, the society balls, the businesses. And the real twist? We never actually see Bruce Wayne change into costume. Even dedicated fans will start wondering: is Wayne actually the Bat-Man in this show? Expect discussion boards to go crazy with speculation every time
The Syndicate drops a clue."

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Description
Illustration for Dr. Will Brooker's io9 article, A Few Ways to Reboot the Batman Movies After The Dark Knight Rises

"The pitch: The 1939 Batman meets Boardwalk Empire and The Wire.

When Bob Kane first sketched his 'Bat-Man', around 1934, crime lords like Al Capone were still very much at large, and classic gangster movies like Scarface, Little Caesar and The Public Enemy were still playing in cinemas. Batman hit comic book racks before the United States entered World War Two. It was a different world; a world of tommy guns, Cadillacs, suits and hats.

So let's take the Bat-Man back there, and name the show after his first adventure, 'The Case of the Chemical Syndicate' from May 1939. Bruce Wayne is a drawling playboy who smokes the occasional pipe with his pal Commissioner Gordon. Gotham is run by mobsters and hired thugs, and Gordon and his boys are powerless to break the racket. But all that changes when a stranger appears one night — a muscular figure in a gray leather get-up, built like a linebacker with a helmet covering his face — and starts bringing his own justice to the city.

The Syndicate is a 24-episode drama, a mosaic told through the lives of the heroes and villains, but most importantly, the ordinary people of Gotham — the institutions, the police department, the schools, the society balls, the businesses. And the real twist? We never actually see Bruce Wayne change into costume. Even dedicated fans will start wondering: is Wayne actually the Bat-Man in this show? Expect discussion boards to go crazy with speculation every time
The Syndicate drops a clue."

clayrodery.com

Please follow my blog on tumblr!