The Batman Wasted The Perfect Post-Credits Scene
Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Batman.
After months of pandemic-related delays, Matt Reeves’ The Batman has finally arrived in theaters. Moviegoers all across the world are being bowled over by the movie’s slick visuals, jaw-dropping action sequences, and Robert Pattinson’s nuanced turn as Bruce Wayne. Save for the exhaustive three-hour runtime, The Batman has been praised for just about everything. But viewers who sat through the end credits hoping for a sequel setup or a fun callback – or, at the very least, just something that could be described as a post-credits scene – were bitterly disappointed.
After sitting through the entire end credits sequence of a three-hour movie with multiple visual effects departments, fans are treated to the word “GOODBYE” typed on-screen in the style of the Riddler’s digital puzzles. Being told “goodbye” after watching hundreds of names scroll across the screen (particularly at the tail end of a tiresome midnight screening) was a huge let-down – especially since The Batman already had the perfect post-credits scene and squandered it by stitching it into the movie’s pre-credits epilogue.
The Batman Had A Bigger Deleted Scene With That Spoilerific Cameo Character
In the months leading up to The Batman’s release, the producers touted it as a standalone story with no connections to a larger universe. And while that is true to a certain extent, Warner Bros. didn’t miss a chance to tease franchise expansion. The Batman is unconcerned with fitting into the wider DCEU, but big chunks of the movie are dedicated to setting up its own cinematic universe inside that one. There’s a Penguin streaming series on the way, a Gotham P.D. streaming series on the way, and two sequels in
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