There is this feeling of the people involved wanting to get it over with. The news that this third film will end this particular Batman incarnation before the Justice League film and a new Batman reboot is the clincher.
It is great to see that a giant production is still dedicated to film. However, the chances of seeing such film actually on film are increasingly slim. That would be my primary reason for seeing TDKR. These set photos while obviously not the intended image are seriously not promising. Guess we'll have another color corrected tone for this one, what greenish tint?
It's like the comics, every couple of years there is a new universe created and everything starts afresh with new writers. There's no truly definitive representation of Batman in any medium. (TAS is essentially that for me, but not everyone.) As much as I would like a great Batman adventure film, I'd love a dark adaptation of Knightfall or the big one-The Dark Knight Returns. For example, you can do the whole Batman never kills schtick-but originally Batman would even carry a gun! As long as the basic facets of the character are intact-it's still Batman.
I just don't think live action has been truly able to nail a superhero and universe yet. The DC Animated Universe proves it whether good, great or decent almost every time.
On the Burton films: Burton's wackiness usually turns me off, but I think Returns is the best thing he's ever done. And The Keaton really develops both sides of the character. His introduction to the movie is that great Batman moment of brooding in the darkness of Wayne Manor's study with the Bat-signal being reflected inside. Totally ridiculous, but fitting and a great little visual moment. It once again reiterates that HE HAS NO LIFE and that HE CEASED TO EXIST as a person. There are psychological complexities here that are skimmed over completely by the corporate drive of the first film and were submerged by in the re-cut of Forever.