Batman 1989"s New Sequel Admits To A Huge Plot Hole In Tim Burton"s Original & Finally Fixes It

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The clever thing about new Batman (1989) sequel Batman: Resurrection is that writer John Jackson Miller sought to use existing holes in the original plot to build out a story. In doing so, Miller manages to write two of the most famous Batman villains who’ve never appeared in a live-action DC movie, as well as centering the story around the hugely popular figure of Jack Nicholson’s Joker. It’s a brave thing to do, given how believed Tim Burton’s Batman movies are, but Resurrection is a resounding success.
Not only does the novel introduce Clayface as a natural continuation of Joker’s story, but it also poses a question a lot of Batman fans have asked since 1989: was Joker really dead? It always seemed so final, and the character’s brand was so strong that his abrupt end turned desire to see more of him into that irresistibly nagging question. That’s the same anxious question Batman faces, as a new villain weaponizes Bruce Wayne’s own troubled psyche against him to give the Joker a new life in DC’s movie timeline.
That it all comes back to Miller’s own fandom and the question of a couple of long-discussed Batman "89 plot holes makes this whole endeavor all the more impressive. And to enjoy both how that’s done, and how the plot holes are resolved, you have to start where they do.
Batman 1989's Big Plot Holes Explained

Batman "89’s ending saw Jack Nicholson’s Joker fall from a helicopter off the edge of Gotham City’s towering Cathedral. He landed in some style, denting the street that became his grave, with his laugh box initially offering a haunting taunt of his eternal life even after his death. Rewind a little though, and you come to one major plot hole and one very confusing one.
Let’s deal with the latter first: faced with the man responsible for the death of Bruce Wayne’s parents, Batman wrestles with his need for vengeance:

Batman: I"m going to kill you!
The Joker: You IDIOT! You made me. Remember?
You dropped me into that vat of chemicals. That wasn"t easy to get over, and don"t think that I didn"t try.
Batman: I know you did… You killed my parents.
The Joker: What? What? What are you talking about?
Batman: I made you, you made me first.
The Joker: Hey, bat-brain, I mean, I was a kid when I killed your parents. I mean, I say "I made you" you gotta say "you made me." I mean, how childish can you get?

That “I was a kid when I killed your parents” line never made sense, because Joker never knew Bruce Wayne was Batman. To accept he did creates too many other plot holes, and there’s just no hint of it in the rest of the movie.
The other issue came a little earlier when Batman chases Joker up to the roof of the Cathedral, with both somehow emerging in preposterously quick time up the winding staircase. Joker radios to say he’s heading there to convene with his escape helicopter, but when Batman makes it up to the roof, several of Joker’s men. The goons include Lawrence, the boombox carrying henchman who returns in Resurrection as a key figure as well as the Martial Artist and the Boxer.

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