'Batman Live' is not coming to Gotham. Maybe they think the bridges were all blown up?

One trend that's actually pretty amusing is the ongoing need to bring '80s classics to the stage.

If you've been following our coverage/humiliation conga of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark", you know two things.

While "Spider-Man: Injure The Stuntmen" has been stinking up Broadway like a $65 million dump, the Batman arena show called "Batman Live.

Joining such beloved science fiction properties that have absolutely no business being on stage, like Spider-Man, or Batman (which died, only for a new one to start up), or Star Wars, or Superman, or Lord of the Rings, or.