Catwoman and her romance with Batman have been part of the mainstream since LONG before King ever touched them, which is why she keeps being used. Even if King's take was ultimately bad (it was), it really is only a footnote in their shared publication history and media presence, so I wouldn't expect any of its influence in this movie.
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Is Jim Lee teasing a live action COIE or what? https://youtu.be/RADmFACrWWQ?t=12243
Some page back, Vakanai theorized it as a possible future WB/DC project.
Being fair, the length of the existence of the concept of the Batman/Catwoman romance doesn't disbar it from becoming a spoiled and distasteful concept to someone due to a particularly poorly executed and received iteration of it, as is the case for Korath regarding King's iteration.
I think personally it helps that mainstream comic Bruce has been more or less dead to me for a while now, so if Bat/Cat is spoiled there, it's just one more thing to add to the pile. Nothing Tom King does would be able to ruin it for me, we have plenty of alternative takes on it. And movies count for more anyway.
Well, now I'm glad I skipped King's run.
If anything, it will be Keaton himself that will be the draw. He's experienced a career resurgence from being in 'Robocop' to 'Birdman' to Vulture in 'Spider-Man Homecoming' to the 'Founder' and 'Tony Story '.
I think they wanted to do 'Flashpoint' and just needed somebody to fill in the Thomas Wayne-Batman role.
Though I wish they gave him an actual Flash franchise character to play. He would make a sick Eobard Thawn or Hunter Zolomon.
I imagine the writing and character dynamics for the relationship in the movie will come off far more natural than they did in King's run.
That's actually a good point. A lot of casual fans who got into DC media in the early 2000's, maybe from the Nolan Batman films and JL cartoon, probably don't consider it an iconic milestone. We've also had 3 live-action jokers since then, all clearly more recognizeable than Nicholson's. And I don't see it on TV that often.
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Outside of casting two planks of oak and drawing Batman and Catwoman on them, I funny know how else you'd match the scintillating passion witnessed under his pen.
I've never seen an artist have to do so much of the heavy lifting to sell romantic chemistry as I did during the times I bombed into that run for the art.