What would have happened if the DCU started with Christian Bale's Batman?

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00:00They give us a gem to watch, and the next one is garbage. One year it's a gem, the next year it's

00:04trash. Gem, trash, gem, trash. And many of us would have loved to see an almost perfect plan

00:09like Marvel Studios had. In other words, for each film to be a step or connection toward a bigger

00:13movie that brought all the heroes together. So today, let's play a little game. What if the DC

00:17extended universe had started with Batman Begins? Let me clarify that I'm basing this entirely on

00:21the order followed by the Marvel Cinematic Universe and various DC releases. This is all

00:25just a, what if, something I personally would have liked to see on the big screen. That said,

00:29Let's begin. Phase 1. The year is 2005, and after several attempts to bring Batman to the big

00:34screen, Christopher Nolan steps in as director. In 2008, the sequel to The Dark Knight is released,

00:39The Dark Knight. In this case, everything stays the same as the first film, because it's a

00:43masterpiece. However, a few small details are changed to allow for better connection to a

00:47shared universe. For example, Heath Ledger doesn't die. Let's say he received the right help after

00:51separating from his wife and didn't fall into prescription drug abuse. With help from Lieutenant

00:55James Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman intensifies his war on crime, attempting

00:59to dismantle the remaining mob groups in Gotham. The plan is effective until a lunatic criminal

01:03known as the Joker unleashes chaos in the city. In the end, Batman manages to capture the Joker

01:07and sends him to Arkham Asylum. In the final scene, when Two-Face tries to harm young Barbara

01:11Gordon, Batman intervenes. Two-Face doesn't die, but he is presumed dead so that Gotham's new law

01:16can be upheld. Batman doesn't go into hiding, and the public is led to believe the Joker was

01:19responsible for the deaths, keeping Harvey Dent and Batman as heroes in the public eye. I repeat,

01:24these changes are made to keep the story connected with future films and avoid losing great

01:27characters like Aaron Eckhart's Two-Face. The film is released and remains a massive success,

01:31both critically and at the box office. It receives eight Academy Award nominations,

01:35winning for Best Sound Editing. Heath Ledger attends the ceremony to receive the award for

01:39Best Supporting Actor. With all that success, Warner Bros. executives give even stronger support

01:43to a full Cinematic Universe project. So, in 2010, Sinestro Corps is released. In the second part

01:48of that film, we see Bruce Wayne himself investigating a small village in London, where he finds a buried

01:53and familiar symbol, that of Superman returns. And may God, or rather, Christopher Nolan,

01:57be willing to work on this shared universe, as long as he has creative freedom and keeps an eye on

02:01everything. Alright, from this point on, with Batman as the foundation of the universe, having two solo

02:06films and a Sinestro Corps movie that introduces a future threat, we would get Man of Steel, a solo

02:10Superman film with no concerns about shared universe ties, telling a self-contained story. In the

02:15post-credits scene, Clark mentions Bruce Wayne. We would then get the third Batman movie and follow

02:19the original DC release schedule, but without Batman v Superman and without the Justice League

02:23film, focusing only on solo movies. After that, we would finally get the Justice League film.

02:28I'd love to know if you liked my version of the cinematic universe, or what productions you

02:31would include instead, maybe even your own fancast for each movie. Also let me know if you'd like me

02:35to continue with phases 2, 3, and as many as my imagination allows. Anyway, if you liked this video,

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