Could Batman exist in real world?

[Christopher]

I doubt that real ninjas got into hand-to-hand fights if they could help it. Kinda goes against the idea of an assassin striking from stealth. The whole "ninja fighting" thing is probably an invention of the stage and films.

The idea of ninjas wearing black, by the way, is definitely from the stage. Real ninjas would've dressed like normal people to blend into a crowd. But in Japanese theater, the stagehands wore all-concealing black and were treated as invisible and nonexistent by the players and the audience. So when they wanted to portray a ninja making a surprise stealth attack out of nowhere, they'd have the "ninja" player dressed in black so as to blend in with the stagehands and be ignored by the audience until they shockingly struck down one of the other players. Thus the myth of ninja invisibility was born as well as the myth of ninja fashion.

 

[JoeZhang]

Which is why I put "Ninja", the modern concept is one-part bullshit and two-parts nonsense.

 

[Meredith]

He would be sued to oblivion and charged with numerous crimes.

 

[The Wormhole]

It would take a highly-trained ninja with the bank account of Bill Gates to be a real-world Batman.

However, the real question of course isn't could Batman exist in the real world, but rather if he did, would he need time to prepare?

The guy in black is a highly trained 'Ninja':


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mA-Aceo6NU

They should have pitted him against a pirate. Ninjas can take pirates, easily.

 

[Davros]

Big Daddy is more believable than Batman.

 

[Kain]

To generally fight crime... Nah, could not exists.
If, though, he focused on ridding the world of one thing, like the "heroes" in Kick-Ass, I'd say it is indeed extremely difficult and dangerous, but not impossible. They would have to be really rich, smart and fit, though, have a LOT of free time, and know how to cover their tracks. VERY improbable, but not completely impossible. Not a traditional superhero, though. More like the Punisher, or even more like Mad Max, if you remember the first movie.

 

[Trekker4747]

If you haven't already check out the movie, Kick -Ass. It deals with this topic.

Sorta. But not really. In a couple of ways it's just as guilty of getting away with many cliches of the superhero genre as the very genre its trying to parody. It only does it in a universe where superheroes do not, and cannot, exist. (More precisely superpowers cannot exist.) And there have been the occasional nut-case who's gone out acting like a "superhero" with some success.

If you pick your targets properly and don't break any laws in the process of your "crime fighting" it could be done and even in this day and age you'd be able to pull it off with a degree or two of anonymity. But the problem is with heroes like Batman his tremendous wealth aids him quite a bit and no multi-millionaire in the real world is that excentric. So we're left with the occasional nerd with delusions of grandeur calling out "Stop!" to purse snatchers, scaring them away.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

I think if a Batman could have existed in real life, it would have happened before now.

 

[Trekker4747]

I think if a Batman could have existed in real life, it would have happened before now.

Well, it has to start at some point doesn't it?

 

[Brent]

For one thing, the gadgets don't really exist that Batman uses, there is no small portable grappling hook thing that can pull you up a wall with ease and retract again that fits on a utility belt and can be carried around and not get in the way

Jamie from the Mythbusters created an ok one, but it was big and clunky, and wouldn't exactly be field worthy for a Batman

Also, criminals in real-life aren't exactly like cartoon criminals... though I suppose a Batman could go after lesser thieves, like convenience store thieves, but again, catching them in time is the trick, and then being bullet proof, by the time a Batman got word of the crime in progress and actually got there, it would be over

 

[DarthPipes]

Couldn't exist for more than a month. A real-life Batman would not be able to withstand the potential punishment he would likely take. Also, it's very unlikely his identity could remain a secret, especially if he left his DNA at a crime scene. Plus, the cops would eventually catch up with him.

As for potential supervillains, they would not be escaping from jail on a constant basis.

 

[DarthPipes]

I doubt that real ninjas got into hand-to-hand fights if they could help it. Kinda goes against the idea of an assassin striking from stealth. The whole "ninja fighting" thing is probably an invention of the stage and films.

The idea of ninjas wearing black, by the way, is definitely from the stage. Real ninjas would've dressed like normal people to blend into a crowd. But in Japanese theater, the stagehands wore all-concealing black and were treated as invisible and nonexistent by the players and the audience. So when they wanted to portray a ninja making a surprise stealth attack out of nowhere, they'd have the "ninja" player dressed in black so as to blend in with the stagehands and be ignored by the audience until they shockingly struck down one of the other players. Thus the myth of ninja invisibility was born as well as the myth of ninja fashion.

Reminds me of something I read in Rogue Warrior. It was written by Richard Marcinko, the guy who established the Navy Seals anti-terrorism division. He wrote that if you have a chance to take someone out, you do it. You shoot them in the back, you shoot them if they're unarmed, etc. No throw away your gun and fight hand-to-hand. He said that if you have to fight hand-to-hand, then you pretty much fucked up.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ Marcinko. Now *there's* a superhero.

 

[DarthPipes]

^ Marcinko. Now *there's* a superhero.

Rogue Warrior, baby!

 

[Kain]

As I see it though, if someone tells me he wants to be a hero with a costume who saves lives, I'd say to him only one thing: Go become a Firefighter! Go become a Surgeon or a Police Officer! Now THESE are the real heroes!

There was an argument among fans that Batman is better than Superman, because he is not bullet-proof, and so he puts his life in danger every time he saves someone. Well, Firefighters and Police Officers beat Batman completely!