Did Aaronofsky sell out for doing "Batman: Year One" with Frank Miller? Or Tim Burton for fighting for Michael Keaton in the role of Batman? (And, hell, that museum scene with Joker from the first film is one of the most subversive moments I've ever seen in a summer film.)

I'll happily call "sellout" on Nolan if he pulls a Joel Schumacher. But Batman isn't your traditional franchise. It requires a cockeyed visul director who leans to the dark.

he's sold out! he's sold out! finally i can start selling these bootleg-nolans on ebay!

how much would you pay for an authentic taiwanese chris nolan knockoff. five bucks! ten bucks! ya-hooooo!

And I've still got the infamous DVCAM footage of Nolan at a party giving the infamous "I'll sell out before you make your first movie" speech to several aspiring filmmakers. The one that caused Jim Jarmusch to spit his drink out all over Vincent Gallo. Great stuff, man. And to think, his Five Year Plan's worked out just the way he laid it down.

That footage sounds like pure gold, Ed.