DuracellEnergizer said:
I like TDKR as an alternate universe story about an aged Earth-One Batman who gets a little mean in his later years. As an influence on the mainstream comics or films, though? I can't stand it.
That's pretty well said, though I wouldn't even say it needs to be Earth-One Batman (then again, I'm not really into canon classifying period.) It's a neat alternative interpretation and works as a one-off, but when a canon is created around it -- ie, All-Star B&R -- it fails.