Batman uses it to defrost people hit by Mr. Freeze’s ice gun, which, OK, we see where it could be useful for that specific purpose, except the very same movie shows Batman using his Bat-laser ...

Here is Newsday's review from June 15, 1995 of "Batman Forever" by our then-movie critic Jack Mathews: Riddle me this, Bat fan: What was dark is light, what was hip is flip, what was old is new ...