The Dark Knight Rises Debunked and True Rumors

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  1. SPIDERMAN117 Registered

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    So... Now that this movie is out, what rumors were true, and weren't?
     
  2. DDS Registered

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    I remember reading that Fox and John Blake would die, which obviously didn't happen.

    And of course, Talia ended up becoming a reality, which seems to have really divided the fans...
     
  3. Frontier Arkham Asylum Inmate

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    Guess it depends on POV on some...

    Liam Neeson [BLACKOUT]was indeed back as Ra's in both flashbacks and a hallucination. [/BLACKOUT]

    Miranda Tate [BLACKOUT]was Talia[/BLACKOUT]

    Bane did [BLACKOUT]break the bat, even said "I will break you" before. It wasn't a true spine-snap, rather a budging vertebrata, but it left Bruce immobile in immense pain. [/BLACKOUT]

    JGL's John Blake [BLACKOUT]was not Robin-robin, but was an homage of said characters whose legal name (dunno first/last) was Robin - and he was given the batcave in the end.[/BLACKOUT]

    Batman [BLACKOUT]died, but Bruce didn't.[/BLACKOUT]
     
  4. MagnarTheGreat Web Ninja

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    I, myself, was half expecting the Lazarus Pit to show up ever since Liam Nesson and Josh Pence joined the cast. Glad to be wrong.
     
  6. Polaris23 Registered

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    Batman
    flying off with the bomb and 'dying'
    ... I knew this forever ago and never thought it was true or serious, in fact I thought people were joking since obviously that's what Adam West's Batman does in the popular gif image. I thought it was a gag. But it turned out to be true.
     
  7. XtremelyBaneful xoxxxoooxo

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    i thought the prison was the lazarus pit
     
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    There were some little things that I were rumored at the time that didn't come to pass.

    - I heard something about there being an explosion at the hospital, but that didn't come to pass.

    - Alfred was also rumored to have been admitted, but it turns out it was just Gordon

    - Wasn't one of the first scenes filmed post-India supposed to take place at a police station, where one character was being interrogated, followed by a subsequent escape/chase?

    - I heard someone mention a SWAT team breaking into Wayne Manor; and it possibly leading into the previous rumor above?

    - The speculation of Bane being injured in a fire.

    - Some speculation Bruce was in the box suite at the Rogues game, or at least at the game.

    - The notion Bruce would unmask or be unmasked at some point in the film.

    - The notion that the black tumbler could possibly re-appear, thanks to a spy pic.

    - One of the supporting characters (Alfred, Fox, Blake) getting killed at some point.

    - Catwoman eventually upgrading to a cat-cowl.

    - The fusion bomb actually being an Earthquake Machine.

    - Selina's stripper background.

    - The identity of the 5 people Dent killed being revealed.

    - Crane appearing in the courtroom scene in Scarecrow gear.

    This is all I can recall, but these are all the rumors I remember that didn't come to fruition.
     
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    The character went by his middle name of John; his first name was [BLACKOUT]Robin[/BLACKOUT], which, along with the general role he played in the film, was a homage to the mantle of Robin and the various characters to have used that identity in the comics.
     
  10. XtremelyBaneful xoxxxoooxo

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    we never get to see bane's face
     
  11. Mace Dolex Powerful User

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    A few I remember reading as true or rumored:

    - Bane seriously injuring Gordon which is why from the teaser he looked really wrecked and of course now we know that [blackout]Bane hardly even touched him but Gordon was shot in the leg.[/blackout]
    - Miranda killing Lucius Fox (didn't happen)
    - Alfred dying (didn't happen)
    - all the released inmates ransacking Wayne Manor (didn't happen)
    - Batman getting his back broken earlier in the movie (didn't happen until later)
    - Lazarus Pit (didn't happen)
     
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    We see his face, pre-injuries
     
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    I read a while back that JGL's character was related to Falcony. Which isn't true.
     
  14. KalMart 239-Bean Irish Chili

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    I didn't think that would be the case, but in seeing this movie I'm kinda' not surprised because what I was worried about in general is pretty evident, even though I didn't think it was a bad movie. It was at least tastefully done altogether.

    Some things I and maybe some others thought before they were actually rumors were:

    That Batman dies but secretly survives as Bruce Wayne

    That there would be a memorial-type speech at the beginning and end of the movie by Gordon.

    There would be a memorial statue of Batman.

    That he'd have a 'Bat-Plane'

    The eight years being retired/inactive.

    And maybe a few other minor ones.

    The [BLACKOUT]statue was a bit of a disappointment because I had imagined one being more 'majestic', like a bigger, mythical bronze one outside of city hall representing the city's savior, instead of a more life-sized one inside that wasn't featured as majorly.[/BLACKOUT] Maybe even [BLACKOUT]one on a horse like e image from the DKR comic.[/BLACKOUT]
     
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    Yes we do.
     
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    We also had:

    The spoilers that there would be a cafe scene in the finale, and that Robin was John's real name

    Of course, we didn't believe that originally.
     
  17. XtremelyBaneful xoxxxoooxo

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    no i meant that guy was writing a list of false rumors and i was adding one to it
     
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    I heard about a Catwoman vs [blackout] Talia [/blackout] fight
     
  19. Mace Dolex Powerful User

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    This is one that I thought during the moment that John Blake says to Bruce that "we've met before" I immediately was thinking that he was going to reveal himself as the kid from the Narrows in Batman Begins.
     
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    Yeah, this was when he was first cast. People thought he was going to be Alberto Falcone.

    I thought Blake was going to be revealed as the kid from the Narrows, too. I was expecting a quick flashback to that moment.
     
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    Same here.
     
  22. Homer J. Fong Not a golem

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    I thought that too at first.
     
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    Didn't happen:
    Gotham getting blown to bits.
    Gotham finding out about Bruce being Batman.

    Happened:
    Cafe ending
    Back breaking
     
  24. KalMart 239-Bean Irish Chili

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    No kidding! I'm glad he wasn't, though....and then they'd probably go into Rachel too.
     
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    I don't think you were wrong. It just wasn't as the Lazarus Pit is in the comics. There was definitely a pit, from which some people have risen and become immortal after a fashion.:cwink:
     

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