Joel Schumacher died at 80 on Monday and let me tell you, this man lived a life. I can't even imagine what he would've said in response to Variety's breaking news alert about his own death, which described him as the "director of Batman films," which would be like remembering Spike Lee as the director of the Oldboy remake. I'm writing this appreciation because we need to put some respect on Joel Schumacher's name. First of all, Schumacher was a trailblazer as an openly gay director who was loud and proud about his sexuality -- and …