I thought Dark Knight was a sequel to Batman Begins?

[Deja Q]

How are "batman 3" and "Batman 4" being called as such?

What happened to the four BM movies of the 1990s?

Or the 1966 entry?

It sounds ridiculous, especially with so many BM movies this decade and we already went back to "1" for some reason.

Even Sylvester Stallone, empty as his pet character has become, was man enough to make it "Rambo IV", right?

[DarkTirade]

1. Wait... you're expecting hollywood to be consistant with their numbering?

... :rofl:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=33473112

[JTG of the PRB]

2. This franchise is a "reboot" of the series.

I.E., they're giving it a fresh start after previous attempts by unqualified posers *COUGHMICHAELSCHUMAKERCOUGH* left the series all but dead and unprofitable.

[RoyGBiv]

3. It's not all that odd ...

Consider the comic book franchise itself.

There are different incarnations of who Batman is and who the villains are. Heath Ledger's Joker is not Jack Nicholson's Joker by any measure, and neither are Cesar Romero's Joker. One can like any of them, but not for the same reasons. Continuity in numbering would just be confusing because they aren't the same set of characters under the surface.

[Mojambo]

4. I'm hoping the age of numbering sequels is over

It's not necessary.

They have it right in the James Bond world.