The Dark Knight Rises Batman...RETIRING? What about his PROMISE after the death of his parents

[hopeisreal]

I might be the only one confused about this....

But from the comics...I thought that Batman makes a promise to his parents that he will try and rid Gotham of the crime that killed them and make sure that a child does not have to go through what he went through.
So how is it that in the TV Spot, we have Batman retiring or even thinking about it? When he does so...he'll just be a businessman and sit on a yacht? Does it not lessen the gravity of what happened to his parents?

Would like some insight into this.

HH

 

[DrMylesOBoogie]

This film has really changed the notion of what Nolan's Batman is. I very much thought from the first two films, that we were getting the definitive realization of the Batman I love from the comics onscreen but it's turned out differently. It's just another artists take on the Batman myth.

 

[KalMart]

I might be the only one confused about this....

But from the comics...I thought that Batman makes a promise to his parents that he will try and rid Gotham of the crime that killed them and make sure that a child does not have to go through what he went through.
So how is it that in the TV Spot, we have Batman retiring or even thinking about it? When he does so...he'll just be a businessman and sit on a yacht? Does it not lessen the gravity of what happened to his parents?

Would like some insight into this.

HH

He could still achieve what he vowed (to himself, at least) and retire, if he has the confidence that the people of Gotham will learn from his example and carry a philosophy of justice forward.

 

[KalMart]

This film has really changed the notion of what Nolan's Batman is. I very much thought from the first two films, that we were getting the definitive realization of the Batman I love from the comics onscreen but it's turned out differently. It's just another artists take on the Batman myth.

Which is what I like most about it. I actually found it to be an 'elseworlds'-like take from the very start....with strong ties to 'Year One'.

 

[Boom]

Bruce doesn't make that promise in these films.

 

[Nevincer]

I might be the only one confused about this....

But from the comics...

Stopped reading there.

THESE ARE NOT THE COMICS.

...Thank you.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Nolan's Batman wanted to show the citizens of Gotham that is does not belong to the criminals and to the corrupt. That's what he said in Batman Begins. Gotham goes into peacetime (Jonah Nolan said what if Batman's plan succeeded--stamping out crime), a time when "Gotham no longer needs Batman" until, obviously, things change. I think they (Nolan brothers and Goyer) were influenced by Miller's The Dark Knight Returns.

 

[Narsil]

Bruce doesn't make that promise in these films.

This. And mainly I guess he retires because there is no need for a Batman anymore,
there is no such crime that the police couldnt handle, so in a way he achieved everything he wanted,
gotham is in a really good state until Bane arrives and then he comes back, its as simpel and logic as that

 

[BatLobster]

I might be the only one confused about this....

But from the comics...I thought that Batman makes a promise to his parents that he will try and rid Gotham of the crime that killed them and make sure that a child does not have to go through what he went through.
So how is it that in the TV Spot, we have Batman retiring or even thinking about it? When he does so...he'll just be a businessman and sit on a yacht? Does it not lessen the gravity of what happened to his parents?

Would like some insight into this.

HH

Well, in this series we don't see him make that promise. What he does vow is to "show Gotham that their city doesn't belong to the criminals and the corrupt."

After the events of TDK, and realizing the harm that he himself was causing Gotham, the best way he knew how to work towards achieving that goal was to make Harvey Dent into the symbol that he believed Gotham needed to repair itself.

These movies don't treat crime as something that can be completely eradicated one mugger at a time, because it's not.

 

[shauner111]

I might be the only one confused about this....

But from the comics...I thought that Batman makes a promise to his parents that he will try and rid Gotham of the crime that killed them and make sure that a child does not have to go through what he went through.
So how is it that in the TV Spot, we have Batman retiring or even thinking about it? When he does so...he'll just be a businessman and sit on a yacht? Does it not lessen the gravity of what happened to his parents?

Would like some insight into this.

HH

This is NOT the comics. These films are Nolans version of Batman, and how he would exist in our world. For the most part he has gotten rid of the crime. When he retires it's because Gotham has cleaned up its act (mainly because of the lie) and they don't need Batman. The concept fades away and Bruce retires. He doesn't just sit on a yacht and act the businessman, im sure he's neglected Wayne Enterprises and is acting like a hermit in his mansion as he's depressed. He'll come out of retirement to save the city.

I suggest you watch Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and read up on bits of the plot for TDKR lol before you post this kind of stuff.

 

[Morg]

I might be the only one confused about this....

But from the comics...I thought that Batman makes a promise to his parents that he will try and rid Gotham of the crime that killed them and make sure that a child does not have to go through what he went through.
So how is it that in the TV Spot, we have Batman retiring or even thinking about it? When he does so...he'll just be a businessman and sit on a yacht? Does it not lessen the gravity of what happened to his parents?

Would like some insight into this.

HH

this isn't about the movie but the comics, please go visit the comics section.

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