The Dark Knight Sons of Batman?

[Catman]

The "copy cat" thing...is that a set-up for Sons of Batman?

 

[Aidan2209]

I'm pretty sure it served the story by showing some of the effects Batman's presence has on Gotham. A movie isn't made to set up another movie.

 

[paec_djinn]

Citizens for Batman.

If you've been following the virals, they're the official name for them, but I guess they do take after the Sons of Batman from TDKR

 

[Catman]

Well...the movie did end with [BLACKOUT]Batman running away from the law.[/BLACKOUT] You could assume that in the beginning of the third one [BLACKOUT]he's been keeping a low profile[/BLACKOUT] and that creates the Sons of Batman.

 

[Mister J]

You're reaching. CFB already exists and Batman made it exceptionally clear he didn't want them around (leaving them for the police to arrest, along with Crane and specifically reprimanding them). Besides, how much of an inclination do you believe there's going to be to emulate Batman in the future when 1) one guy who did so wound up being hanged from a building for everyone to see and 2) he's now branded as a murderer?

CFB is obviously a take on SOB, but beyond that, you're reaching. I doubt if any significant mention is made to it at all in a sequel.

 

[laudanum09]

hmmm but it does leave a lot of interesting space open for the third film...especially considering that the police are now on the hunt for batman, a copkiller.

Just a little day dreaming, but since in the third they'd have to seriously address batman's relationship to the police, I wouldn't mind seeing a situation where a police + mob conspiracy involves the training of fake batmen to further smear batman's reputation. instead of trying to protect citizens (although with hockeypads and a different set of rules) these fake batmen could harm them purposefully. on top of that a mob war could easily break out given the power vacuum, (maroni, the chechen AND the Joker out of the picture) and someone might decide that it'd be profitable to murder mobsters and push the blame on Gotham's new #1 most wanted man. instead of misguided vigilantism like CFB, we have purposeful manipulation. This could be a chance to really expand on the relationship between bats and the police (with the tension of year one) with a potentially more noir-ish direction a la Long Halloween.



a boy can dream can't he?

 

[comic_book_guy]

I have never heard of sons of batman :S, im guessing its a comic eara xD

 

[meadjl]

no mention of poor BriDog72's fate? I kind of wish it was explained a bit more that it was CFB trying to go good, instead of just "copycats".

 

[Magenta666]

he died, he was the copycat batman in the video who slammed into the mayors window

his name was Brian something or other, BriDogs real name

 

[Perdition]

it was brian douglas. what he's saying is the movie didn't present the cfb in a good light.

 

[Magenta666]

ah, true, but the copycats were barely in it

 

[Perdition]

i didn't really expect a whole lot of them in it...im just surprised they made they seem like bad guys. did anyone else notice where they showed the copycats? at a drug deal, something they had been talking about on the forums

 

[BatmanEVH]

he died, he was the copycat batman in the video who slammed into the mayors window

his name was Brian something or other, BriDogs real name

I loved that part in the video where Joker screams in absolute rage, what does he say exactly, I forget.

Anyone else notice that the card was not stabbed through his chest but with a paper clip?

 

[Magenta666]

I loved that part in the video where Joker screams in absolute rage, "LOOK AT ME!"

That really scared me, even when i knew it was coming the second time around

just the volume, and the complete silence after it

 

[Milkdudd01]

I think thats what the virals were for, to give a little insight of was going in gotham and that whole thing with the cfb gave pretty much the whole story about what cfb stood for. so we,at least I did, knew who brian douglas was and why he was dressed up as batman.

The virals were pretty much a internet prelude to the movie and I noticed that while watching the movie. Kinda Cool if you ask me.

 

[Mister J]

The fact that they were standing up to the mob puts them in about as good a light as a vigilante group that's not the hero or the focus of the film is going to get. Batman dismissed them because they're reckless, improperly trained and using deadly force. As he stated, that's not what he meant to inspire.

I don't get how they were portrayed as bad guys. You see Brian tell the Joker something along the lines of "he's taught us that we don't have to be afraid of people like you". Clearly, their intentions were good, but misplaced. What actually was shown was that they were in over their heads. Go start a neighborhood watch and leave the heavy artillery at home.

 

[djchristensen]

ah, true, but the copycats were barely in it

Thats because they wore Hockey Pads, unlike the real Batman.