schumacher

To a certain generation of moviegoers, Joel Schumacher, who passed away this week, will be forever remembered as the man that introduced the world to Bat-nipples.    But that assessment belies the legacy of a director who, for all his faults, wasn’t afraid to take risks and rarely regretted anything he brought to the big screen.   The Batman & Robin filmmaker even remained philosophical on the subject of those distractingly erect rubber appendages.  “Maybe I was just naive but I’m still glad we did it,” he later reflected.    Indeed, Schumacher once declared: “I’m not embarrassed about anything I’ve done.”   And, Arnold…