Originally Posted by
John Venus
-Circus's are still around. I recently saw a YT channel dedicated to a trapeze artist family.
-As per 'Untold Legend of Batman', Alfred becoming butler for the Wayne's was due to his father's dying request. Alfred never intended to stay as a butler but circumstances like the Wayne Family murder resulted in him prolonging his butlering days. Alfred's real passion was the theater.
As for things that don't work now:
-The Batmobile: at least, the big obvious ones with the bat symbols. The more understated ones that could be mistakes for a regular sports car would be more fitting for the modern day.
-CCTV and camera phones would make it harder for Batman to operate as easily especially using his other vehicles. But Batman is also supposed to be a master of disguise. When was the last time we saw his go under cover as Matches Malone or even just a regular guy? There are ways to write around it.
Anyway, I don't need Batman to exist in the real world. I had enough 'real world' Batman after TDK. To me Batman lives in an alternate present, in a fictitious world that operates differently from our own.