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Found this on IMDB. As this scene was one of my favorites in TDK, I couldn't resist making a thread about it. Sure, it's a little far fetched, but so what?
From IMDB's Dark Knight Q&A:
What was the purpose of each step in the bullet/fingerprint analysis? And who is Melvin White?
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1. Batman takes a piece of concrete containing all the pieces of the shattered bullet since that is what he will need at the end.
2. The gunshots were to test different bullet types in hopes of finding what type of bullet was used by (a) matching the hole size made in the concrete and (b) matching the wave patterns between the two blocks of concrete through sonar.
3. Once the bullet type was determined, Fox's new type of sonar imaging was used in visualizing the bullet fragments and allowing them to be recombined to match the known bullet type. (a) Why the image could be gathered at the new Batcave but only be pieced together at Wayne Enterprises is unclear. (b) It is a plot point which allows the sonar device to resonate an image of a fingerprint since the oil found on someone's skin would not be picked up that easily (or clearly) by a soundwave.
4. The fingerprint is matched to all possible suspects who have their fingerprints on file.
5. Of the four, the one they chose (Melvin White) had a known address which was on the procession route for the funeral march.
Melvin White, at the time of discovery, is assumed to be the real name of the Joker (since Wayne thinks that the Joker is the one who loaded the bullet), but White turns out to only be one of the Joker's assassins. Wayne goes to White's apartment, where the Joker has set up the trap.
It is unclear how the Joker would know that Batman would a) take over a crime scene from police in order to collect evidence, b) specifically focus on a bullet, c) somehow have the technology to recombine a representation of the bullet and the fingerprint on it, d) know that of the four fingerprints found, the one belonging to Melvin White would be the one presumed to be him, and e) have the discovery of the apartment so perfectly timed that Batman would enter the apartment at the exact time a certain timer would go off. It's possible that Batman's discovery of the apartment was not part of the Joker's plan, since Batman would have thwarted the assassination plot if he had discovered the hostages sooner. It appears that Batman discovers the apartment too late and simply arrives in time to witness the chain of events set in motion by the Joker.
From IMDB's Dark Knight Q&A:
What was the purpose of each step in the bullet/fingerprint analysis? And who is Melvin White?
EditHistoryDelete Step by step:
1. Batman takes a piece of concrete containing all the pieces of the shattered bullet since that is what he will need at the end.
2. The gunshots were to test different bullet types in hopes of finding what type of bullet was used by (a) matching the hole size made in the concrete and (b) matching the wave patterns between the two blocks of concrete through sonar.
3. Once the bullet type was determined, Fox's new type of sonar imaging was used in visualizing the bullet fragments and allowing them to be recombined to match the known bullet type. (a) Why the image could be gathered at the new Batcave but only be pieced together at Wayne Enterprises is unclear. (b) It is a plot point which allows the sonar device to resonate an image of a fingerprint since the oil found on someone's skin would not be picked up that easily (or clearly) by a soundwave.
4. The fingerprint is matched to all possible suspects who have their fingerprints on file.
5. Of the four, the one they chose (Melvin White) had a known address which was on the procession route for the funeral march.
Melvin White, at the time of discovery, is assumed to be the real name of the Joker (since Wayne thinks that the Joker is the one who loaded the bullet), but White turns out to only be one of the Joker's assassins. Wayne goes to White's apartment, where the Joker has set up the trap.
It is unclear how the Joker would know that Batman would a) take over a crime scene from police in order to collect evidence, b) specifically focus on a bullet, c) somehow have the technology to recombine a representation of the bullet and the fingerprint on it, d) know that of the four fingerprints found, the one belonging to Melvin White would be the one presumed to be him, and e) have the discovery of the apartment so perfectly timed that Batman would enter the apartment at the exact time a certain timer would go off. It's possible that Batman's discovery of the apartment was not part of the Joker's plan, since Batman would have thwarted the assassination plot if he had discovered the hostages sooner. It appears that Batman discovers the apartment too late and simply arrives in time to witness the chain of events set in motion by the Joker.
