He also says, "I wouldn't let him become Robin until the third act, if that." He recognizes the past problems of trying to get Dick into the costume too quickly. Says Loeb of his Dark Victory comic book series: "[H]e doesn't put the costume on until the last chapter of that book." Keeping him out of the red and green would certainly reduce the potential for inadvertent camp, but would it matter? Even if Nolan did everything right, even if he found a way to get Dick Grayson into the movie that made sense and enriched the story and didn't lead to endless jokes, it would be a huge uphill battle to convince moviegoers to give it a chance. The Burt Ward and Chris O'Donnell versions burned certain images into people's retinas that are hard to see around. It probably isn't a battle worth showing up for, let alone one worth fighting.

Might not be a very heroic viewpoint, but it's a pretty realistic one.