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I thought Kilmer certainly looked the part, and I enjoyed his Batman (although, the performance oftentimes felt like a Keaton impression).

His Bruce Wayne left me a bit cold, but I'm not sure if that's due to the performer, writer, or direction. 

While I can't stand BandR, I certainly thought Clooney handled the material that was presented to him quite well.

Its no secret that I, along with pretty much everyone else on this board, would love to see what Burtons 3 would have been. Realistically though, I think a novelization would probably be the way we could get it.

I think this is the most likely scenario out of the three possibilities listed.  I would love to see an animated film, or a graphic novel, in the Burton 'world of story.'  But I'm not sure we'll see that anytime soon, if at all. 

I respect him ALOT aswell, he stood by principle and turned down alot of money. I was just saying, that if he had stayed, the film possibly could have been better. With Keaton being the star and voicing his opinion, WB may have pulled joels power in some.

While I would have loved if Keaton stuck around for Batman Forever, I have a feeling he'd really have a diminished role in the decision-making conversations.  This is mostly speculation, but if WB really were interested in keeping him, they would have paid him an obscene amount of money.

Keaton mentioned in Les Daniel's book how he did not wish to see a character he and Tim develop over two films to turn into a cartoon character--and I respect and appreciate his point of view.  I'm not sure very much would have kept him at the table with Joel Schumacher's take on the franchise on the table.