What is this, the fiftieth Bruce Wayne in Smallville thread? Jesus! He's not going to be on the show, no matter how cool it would be! It's too much! First Flash, then Aquaman? If it followed pattern, Bruce would be some goth kid attending Princeton University who writes depressing poetry, and it would be horrible!
Flash was kick ass, Aquaman was a douche, and Batman in Smallville will never happen! Wish it could, but it won't. Get over it.
No. No no no no no. Not going to happen. Bruce will not investigate the things going on in Smallville, even if they did make him older. You know why? Because he was in the Far East for nearly a decade before he came back to Gotham. Before that, do you think he had any training as a detective? No way! He was just a depressed rich kid.
The only way Batman would be in Smallville at all is if Wayne and/or Wayne Enterprises were mentioned in the press, or Lex mentioned one or the other in passing, like he does Cadmus Labs.
Chances are they won't show him, and I hope that they don't cause, like stated above, he should be off in another country somewhere at this time.
What I would like them do though is say something like how the Kents are poor and have someone say "It seems like everyone who isn't a Luthor or a Wayne is considered poor." Something simple like that would be efficient...or some sort of hint...like, ok picture this...
A bat flies around and scares Lana. She screams and turns around, going into Clark's arms.
Clark - "It's just a bat Lana, its ok."
Lana - "Ew I can't stand those, they're so creepy."
Clark - "Yeah....still...."
Then continue on with the scene without him finishing the thought.
OK PEOPLE FROM AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PRODUCER AL GOGH THIS WEEK Jan 18th, 2006
OG: What about Bruce Wayne? Is that still being worked on or have you given up on having him as a guest character?
AG: We can't do it now with the movie [Batman Begins]. Dammit, it was really good. Now they're making another one. That dream unfortunately has died.
Now let this be the end of this damn question already. Sheesh
I did read once that the Adam Knight character, while obviously not being bruce, was intended to be in some ways a homage to the Bruce Wayne/Batman character. The last name, obviously, could be taken as such, as well as his penchant for wearing purple and black, and some other stuff. Of course, he ended up being a psychotic zombie, but that's beside the point I guess. It's mentioned here, in part: