Yeah, I noticed that. That and the whole "...well with prep time he can beat God..." thing. That's probably why Year One is my favourite book, it's dialed down a bit.
The 00s and early 10s were full of insufferable Batfans that had elevated him to the point of GodHood. The entire internet was full of those memes, from battleforums to normie sites. Things like "lmao Batman woulc beat lung cancer with a pack of cigarettes lololololololol" and the such. It can all be traced to TDKR, then Morrison's JLA, then The Tower Of Babel, and then finally Nolan's TDK which brought all that to the forefront. It's around that time that I began to really dislike Batman.
Batman has evolved that way because little boys don't like 'striking from the shadows' for very long. That's puzzy. They want big macho man who simply puts fear into you, marches up to your quivering *** and with one punch sends you flying into a wall. Kids like Terminator power. A walking menace. That's why so many fanboys love the Batfleck with his ridiculous fatsuit made of muscles. Batman is not a sneak. He's ripped, cut and ready to pummel you. Oh, and he's a super genius detective too.
To balance this monstrous visage the writers were forced to add the 'no kill' rule...
Batman is a power fantasy but for a very specific demographic. The lonely little boys who want to revell in their "sadness", but aren't all that edgy. See, Batman is a character who's supposed to be all about "kewl" things like darkness, but he's ultimately a giant pansy and a huge moralist. Most kids like Spider-Man because he's funny, has a cool costume and powers. The rest like either Batman or Superman, depending on whether they prefer gadgets or superpowers. The problem is that Batman's gotten progressively "darker", without actually going all the way. When a kid grows into the edgelord phase, they go for Ghost Rider, Spawn, Punisher, JonCon and the such. *******s, killers and the like. Batman's this uber-moralist stuck in a world of sadism who sits atop his high horse, refuses to get his hands bloody, then goes around and sobs. Moron, if you can't do it, step aside. Nobody's forcing you to be the Batman. You don't want to be a killer and off the multiple homicidal maniacs in your city? Back off and let someone else take over. But noooooooo "this is muh City" screams Batman as he tries to be intimidating.
Bale had Alfred. Alfred took care of ALL his needs for those 8yrs. They literally broke up and made up at the end of the film.
Sadfleck was still crying about his mommy and daddy getting shot. He was a fat 50 years old still fighting crime for 20 years with no end in sight because he sucked at his job. Even is lame *** Joker was still around causing chaos.
Bale overcame his parents death, saved the city, tricked some ***** to dress like him while he gets the credit, and he retired to live happily ever after with a somewhat hot chick.
To be fair, across all universes, most Batmen do just sit around and mope for their DEEEEEEAAAAAD PAAAAAAAAREEEEEEEEEENTS. The Punisher lost his wife and kids, but you don't see him breaking down every 5 issues.
This is the exact reason why I've come to dislike Batman. A rich, smart detective ninja going on Holmes x Capes adventures? Sure, I can buy it. Him tackling some darker killers with fun gimmicks? Sure. But when the killer's returning every 10 issues, when every attack ends with thousands dead, when the MC refuses to snap some scum's neck, then goes to cry atop the Gargoyle, I can't take him seriously. He comes off as a coward who's doing it all for attention and a masochistic desire for punishment. When you upgrade him to the point where he's an ubergenius tillionaire who can take out entire Martian armadas with his Bat-Ships, then how the Hell am I going to get invested in the "thrilling" new story of him hunting down a Puzzle-Themed serial killer who dismembers his victims and has Batman piece the corpses together, which ends with Batman punching him in the face then going to his cave to cry about mommy and daddy? It's just too tiresome. Batman's more of a gimmick and less of a character.
Is that a new name for the finger test on a female. 
