The Dark Knight Rises Bane

[Antonello Blueberry]

All the Hugo Strange talk got me thinking.

How important is it to have a visually interesting villain?

Well, Nolan succeeded in giving us a lame version of a a visually interesting villain like Scarecrow.

 

[Boom]

And Ra's al Ghul, for all intents and purposes, wasn't that interesting looking.

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

They might spice up Hugo Strange's physical appearance somehow, my suggestion is to make him a cyclops, no eyepatch, give him a glass eyeball that he has custom made, in fact give him a rack of eyeballs like Luthor's wigs in the Superman movies. So when he is on tv, he uses his Marty Feldman eyeball, and when he is facing Batman in his apartment he uses his Darth Maul eyeball.
Don't have to know the backstory, maybe just a passing ref to how Strange happened to be leaving the gent's toilets in an olde English pub, and got a bit too close to the dartboard.
and at the end of the movie, Batman knocks his eyeball out and crushes it under his boot with an appropriate McBainism/Goyerism..''Eye' don't think so Strange.'

 

[Boom]

and at the end of the movie, Batman knocks his eyeball out and crushes it under his boot with an appropriate McBainism/Goyerism..''Eye' don't think so Strange.'

I think I just threw up a little bit.

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

I think I just threw up a little bit.

Good for you, it was an obvious gag, but i still like the idea of a one eyeballed Strange, and if you look at his appearance in Batman no.356, in the last two panels, he looks like he only has one(because he has been punched in the eye), and it's a good look.

But we do need a gag to underscore the dramatic final takedown of the one eyed Strange, so I would have Batman ko Strange, his glass eyeball flies out of his socket, Robin appears on the scene, catches the eyeball and says 'Socket to him Batman!'

Ok, get yourself a bucket.

 

[Travesty]

.''Eye' don't think so Strange.'....'Socket to him Batman'

 

[raybia]

Well, Nolan succeeded in giving us a lame version of a a visually interesting villain like Scarecrow.

I would have to agree. If Nolan hang up was realism then he could have given us a visually interesting image of the scarecrow seen thru the eyes of those affected by the fear gas.

 

[TheBatman072]

I would have to agree. If Nolan hang up was realism then he could have given us a visually interesting image of the scarecrow seen thru the eyes of those affected by the fear gas.

It's such a shame. What a missed opportunity that was.

He could have been riding a horse through a sea of terrified people, seeing him as a demon, the horse breathing fire.

That would have been SO cool to see.

Oh well. Damn Nolan and his "realism."

 

[raybia]

It's such a shame. What a missed opportunity that was.

He could have been riding a horse through a sea of terrified people, seeing him as a demon, the horse breathing fire.

That would have been SO cool to see.

Oh well. Damn Nolan and his "realism."

Yes, there was a scene where Scarecrow was seen thru the eyes of those affected but I didn't think his appearance was altered though the horse breathing fire was awesome.

 

[regwec]

They might spice up Hugo Strange's physical appearance somehow, my suggestion is to make him a cyclops, no eyepatch, give him a glass eyeball that he has custom made, in fact give him a rack of eyeballs like Luthor's wigs in the Superman movies. So when he is on tv, he uses his Marty Feldman eyeball, and when he is facing Batman in his apartment he uses his Darth Maul eyeball.
Don't have to know the backstory, maybe just a passing ref to how Strange happened to be leaving the gent's toilets in an olde English pub, and got a bit too close to the dartboard.
and at the end of the movie, Batman knocks his eyeball out and crushes it under his boot with an appropriate McBainism/Goyerism..''Eye' don't think so Strange.'

I would like to point out that this is a gimmick used by Charles Dance's character in the the critically acclaimed Arnie vehicle, "Last Action Hero".

 

[Boom]

You know, reading Nolan's recent comment about Hardy having a "key role"... I'm suddenly hit by this feeling that he won't be playing the villain. I have no idea why.

 

[Solidus]

I still think he will be a main villain. Which I think a major event will happen because of him though.

 

[Sith Scotti]

You know, reading Nolan's recent comment about Hardy having a "key role"... I'm suddenly hit by this feeling that he won't be playing the villain. I have no idea why.

So the Joker or Two face wasn't a key role in TDK. I think we should know Nolan will not come out and say he is a villian yet .

 

[Sith Scotti]

You know, reading Nolan's recent comment about Hardy having a "key role"... I'm suddenly hit by this feeling that he won't be playing the villain. I have no idea why.

So the Joker and Two Face werent key roles in TDK ?

 

[Travesty]

So the Joker and Two Face werent key roles in TDK ?

Yes, but I mentioned this on another thread, but when Anthony Michael Hall was cast, I remember hearing he would play a "key role", and people were theorizing he was going to be The Riddler, when he was just a new broadcaster.

Although, he could easily play a main villain, it still doesn't mean he'll even have as big of a role as people may think.

 

[batman11]

^To be fair Trav, did Nolan himself ever say that Hall had a "key" role?

 

[Travesty]

^To be fair Trav, did Nolan himself ever say that Hall had a "key" role?

I'm pretty sure he did. That's why there was such a debate on what villain he was going to be, because Nolan gave his regular vague answers. I remember him saying to the effect of either "key role", or "important role", etc..

 

[Gianakin_]

I'm pretty sure he did.

Link? Cause I remember only AMH selling his role that way.

 

[Matt Mortem]

To my knowledge it was just AMH that said he himself had a "key role" but then again I haven't read anything TDK related since they film came out

 

[Travesty]

Link? Cause I remember only AMH selling his role that way.

I don't have one, nor do I care to look. I'm just going off of memory. Maybe I'm wrong, but I swore I remember Nolan saying something to that affect. But you can look if you want.

 

[Gianakin_]

I don't have one, nor do I care to look. I'm just going off of memory. Maybe I'm wrong, but I swore I remember Nolan saying something to that effect. But you can look if you want.

Nah, I'll go by my memory, that Nolan never said such a thing, it was all AMH.

 

[Travesty]

Nah, I'll go by my memory, that Nolan never said such a thing, it was all AMH.

Well, I just tried, and I can't find either of them saying anything. So, I'll go off my memory, and say it was both.

Either way, I don't see how it matters. What we know of the Hardy's character, is reminiscent of AMH's character at the time. The point, was both of their characters were vague at one time, and we're just blindingly throwing suggestions in the air from a simple quote.

 

[Laderlappen]

It wasnt even AMH. It was just the fans overhypeing it as usual.

 

[Bat-Mite]

"I signed a confidentiality agreement, and I can't say which part I'm playing because it affects the story," says Hall. "I can't give away the suspense — it's a $200 million surprise, and I don't want to be the guy to ruin it."

"It's really a great role. I'm in throughout the whole movie, and I'm really looking forward to working with Christian and Morgan and all these real Hollywood heavy hitters."

 

[raybia]

It took a lot of work on Nolan's part but they were able to edit most of his scenes from the movie.