thosemortalmen
God Will Give Me Justice.
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heya guys, new member here and big fan of Bats and Nolan interpretation character, been reading this thread for a while and can't resist to supply something helpful to the cause. Hehehehe.I actually liked that line. Because it's just so earnest and sincere. Which is Batman in a nutshell. If it's Spidey or Iron Man, it would have been a witty one-liner...but that's just not Batman's style.
I'd say if there was one think I found "disappointing", and it's VERY minor indeed, it would be we didn't get to see the burlap mask from Crane. I couldn't figure out why we didn't see him put it on at least once...maybe when he was handing down a sentence.
Then I started to think...Nolan doesn't do anything without a reason. Surely, there was a reason he didn't want Crane to wear the Scarecrow mask.
I came up with a theory (just for fun, really). Crane primarily put on the Scarecrow mask to instill fear in others. By the time Bane takes over and Gotham is ruled by martial law, the citizens all live in fear. Therefore, he retired the mask because it was no longer necessary. His dream of a Gotham City in fear was fully realized.
Just as Batman would retire his mask when his job was done.
Just read pages of The Art and Making of The Dark Knight Trilogy (super recomended for the people who loved Nolan Bats and behind the story of it), and yes in the book it said that Nolan actually didn't like Scarecrow's mask and told Goyer to find reason for Crane to wears it. And finally they make it as protection for Crane from inhaling his own toxin and to scare his victims. Since in TDKR, he didn't need his toxin (at least in his scenes) hence there is no reason for him to put the mask.