User blog comment:Night Watch the revenger/Miss worded last blog/@comment-5190500-20120625233359/@comment-5190500-20120627143402

I would agree that Rachel Dawes is a useless character. Bruce Wayne has had many love interests that were far more appealing. I for one would have preferred to see Vicki Vale or Jezebel Jet as the love interest of this series.

To address your second point I think realism is unavoidable for any modern live-action batman movie. Though the "tumbler" isn't the most creative vehicle choice for batman it is certainly the most logical. Realistically, Batman would probably prefer a more tactical vehicle over something as flashy as the Batman Returns vehicle. As a fan of the current, franchise I believe Nolan has written in most of the villains in a realistic manner. I could totally imagine the Riddler and Penguin as members of the Nolanverse. However, I would not be able to imagine over the top CGI monsters such as Killer Croc, Solomon Grundy, or Great White Shark.