The Dark Knight Rises 8 Years: Active or Retired?

[Gianakin_]

Here.

"CHRISTOPHER NOLAN: You know, I probably haven’t thought it through intellectually, if you like. My feeling, particularly on an action film, is you want to be thrown into a situation that somehow takes your breath away early in the film. I think rhythmically — you know, I view these films as pieces of music — if you start with a bit of a bang, it buys you more time to then calmly move into the story and the characters. We have a lot of characters in this film, a lot of people to introduce, a lot of catching up to do with the audience. So I think it was important to really throw something big on screen and then take our time."

Not exactly 30 minutes, but it's implied that the pace will slow down after that. It may be possible we get no Batman until well into the movie.

 

[dark_b]

yes BUT this is a batman movie. and you dont show batman in the first 20 minutes in the second sequel?

hey in july i will find out how this will turn out. maybe i am wrong.

 

[Naked Shia]

that's bold!

 

[ultimatefan]

This new info doesn´t jive with the eight years thing. Batman clearly wasn´t so badly injured in his confrontation with Joker and Two-Face that he´d still be recovering eight years later.

 

[dark_b]

This new info doesn´t jive with the eight years thing. Batman clearly wasn´t so badly injured in his confrontation with Joker and Two-Face that he´d still be recovering eight years later.

i agree with this post. some fans need to realize that after 8 years if you still can not walk and run you never will.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

This new info doesn´t jive with the eight years thing. Batman clearly wasn´t so badly injured in his confrontation with Joker and Two-Face that he´d still be recovering eight years later.

EW brought up both in their old article as well as the new one Bruce is recovering from physical trauma/physically suffered from TDK. Bale also said "We wanted to show a character who is aging, who is damaged, who may not be in his prime," and "This is not the best time for him to encounter [Bane]."

 

[dark_b]

we know that he is old and that being batman for all those years is the reason why he will have problems with his body. in no way is it the leg injury from TDK.

 

[Brother Jack]

The article says Batman is exiled. That doesn't necessarily equate to full retirement. What I think it means is that Bruce has stopped being Batman far less frequently and openly to the public, which makes them think that Batman has gone away for good. More like a hated urban legend.

 

[ultimatefan]

we know that he is old and that being batman for all those years is the reason why he will have problems with his body. in no way is it the leg injury from TDK.

Ok.

 

[dark_b]

Ok.

its true. i dont know the story and i dont know what will happen. but i do know that there is no way that Bruce would be able to walk and run if after 8 years he still had problems with his leg.

 

[Nevincer]

The article says Batman is exiled. That doesn't necessarily equate to full retirement. What I think it means is that Bruce has stopped being Batman far less frequently and openly to the public, which makes them think that Batman has gone away for good. More like a hated urban legend.

Laying low, operating as a "silent guardian".

 

[kvz5]

The article says Batman is exiled. That doesn't necessarily equate to full retirement. What I think it means is that Bruce has stopped being Batman far less frequently and openly to the public, which makes them think that Batman has gone away for good. More like a hated urban legend.

Laying low, operating as a "silent guardian".

Agreed. As Darkhunt said in the other thread, peace can't happen overnight.

RE: Next sequence after the prologue - I think it will involve a Bruce scene at the manor. A scene showing how broken and damaged he was during those 8 years.

 

[ultimatefan]

its true. i dont know the story and i dont know what will happen. but i do know that there is no way that Bruce would be able to walk and run if after 8 years he still had problems with his leg.

I wasn´t sarcastic, I meant ok as in ok, good.

 

[Nevincer]

I'm not sure. The music the prologue transitions to before it's about to finish makes it sound like it's going to go to something slightly more tense, like a scene of Catwoman up to some mischief or something.

 

[kvz5]

^ But they could've just added that for the prologue because it will lead to the sizzle reel.

 

[Nevincer]

It's a possibility, but it seems to very much be mirroring the TDK Prologue and that transitioned with the same theme into it's respective sizzle reel that it did into the Batman/Chechen scene with the actual film.

 

[kvz5]

True but Nolan implied that the next scene will be more of a quiet/slow scene. He did say though that they needed to introduce a lot of characters so maybe I'm off as well and the next scene is a Selina, Blake, or Tatelia one?

 

[Nevincer]

Oh, he did? Is this all from the EW article? Does it really have that much that was left out from the transcript from the other day? Guess I got to read it.

 

[Pwz414]

Because a four story fall and a nearly point blank gunshot to the belly aren't serious?! I bet he shattered his femur and suffered major intestinal damage. For all we know that bullet could have ricocheted to his spine.

Not to mention that having lost his will Bruce likely hasn't been training.

Fully retired (8 yrs), emotionally and physically weak. Bet? That’s why he will lose to Bane, and his will is likely to be restored somehow while incarcerated.

 

[kvz5]

Oh, he did? Is this all from the EW article? Does it really have that much that was left out from the transcript from the other day? Guess I got to read it.

It's from the issue back in Jan. Gianakin posted what Nolan said a few posts up.

 

[Nevincer]

It's from the issue back in Jan. Gianakin posted what Nolan said a few posts up.

Ohhh.

Feel free to hit me.

 

[kvz5]

I was going to and then I noticed your sig. All is forgiven.

 

[Nevincer]

I was going to and then I noticed your sig. All is forgiven.

 

[BestGirl]

We wouldnt see him fight with the other villains anyway if he wasnt retired.

Yeah, but I could imagine their fights. If Bruce has been retired for eight years then that means Poison Ivy, Penguin, et al don't exist in the Nolanverse, which is a rather sad thought.

 

[BestGirl]

its true. i dont know the story and i dont know what will happen. but i do know that there is no way that Bruce would be able to walk and run if after 8 years he still had problems with his leg.

I've seen it theorized that his injuries from TDK were more psychosomatic, so that they would impede his ability to perform as Batman but could still be overcome.