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Or maybe they should just leave it alone and let it be while thinking of new things to do... like Teen Titans movie

I think a complete Batman saga needs to have more than 3 movies.  There's just too much material to fit into a trilogy.

1 - Origin story, setting up main characters, and Batman rising to fame
2 - Taking on the responsibility of a sidekick, and then letting him leave (Robin/Nightwing)
3 - Replacing a sidekick, and then dealing with his death (Robin 2/Joker)
4 - Dealing with failure, and replacing yourself (Bane/Azrael)
5 - Learning to work with a team (Justice League)

I really think that all of those stories are essential to really telling the story of Batman.  The villains for the first two movies could really be any of the big name Batman baddies (Riddler, Two-Face, Penguin, Catwoman, etc.)

You are of course entitled to your opinion.  However as a parent, I find the story of Robin to be one of interest.  Discovering how Bruce Wayne learns to basically parent an orphan when he grew up without parents himself is innately interesting.  And to watch him do that while at the same time training a sidekick, and personally dealing with how much danger he is willing to expose someone else to is also interesting.

And as for Robin, I also think it is interesting to see how he deals with growing up.  Starting in a state of brokenness from his own parent's deaths and his desire for revenge and his distrust of Bruce Wayne.  Then transitioning to a developing sense of justice as well as trust and even admiration for Bruce later.  And finally transitioning again into adulthood, and having to figure out how to separate from Bruce AND Batman in a way that can end well for both of them.  I just think that is a story worth telling.

To put it another way, their relationship evolves from dork needing Bruce without knowing it, but Bruce not needing dork.  Then to both of them needing each other but Bruce not knowing it.  Then dork not needing Bruce anymore.  And finally to Bruce being alone and realizing that he needed dork after all.

*** I just realized that Robin's real first name gets changed here on the forum to dork.  It is really an abbreviation for Richard, for anyone who doesn't know that for some reason.***

That was the most hilarious thing I've ever read on the boards. At first I was like, "wait, dork? I thought he was pro-Robin" and then when I realized what was going on I lost it for real.

But seriously, Robin just can't work anymore. Brangelina jokes aside, you can't just go get an orphan these days, even if you are Bruce Wayne. It's possible that the series could be a period piece and the JLA set in the past (I don't remember seeing anything in the Man of Steel trailer that fixes it in time), which could actually be kind of cool, but a present-day (future, no less) setting has no place for Robin.

Jonny Nolan should direct a spin-off trilogy involving Robin John Blake, Batman's successor.