Does “The Batman” Earn its Universe Beyond the “DCEU?”
A grim, gorgeous epic that renews yet regresses… The Batman has answered the question of whether or not it belongs, and has earned its place as a separate universe and franchise right alongside whatever newly-re-rebooted, or magically-revived, or clumsily-redirected, or finally-focused version of the “DCEU” comes out of these new efforts from Zaslav leading Warner Bros Discovery.…