The Dark Knight Rises The TDKR General Discussion & Speculation Thread (NOT A LOUNGE) - - Part 57

[Nevincer]

If it's in front of Avengers we should be getting runtime details soon.

*crosses fingers for 3 minute trailer* Go for it WB, damn it!

 

[The_Raganork]

Honestly being pumped for the Avengers and being "meh" for TDKR is just the cool thing to be right now in the nerd community.

I enjoy having a rival though.

 

[Nevincer]

Lol.

 

[Miranda Fox]

Nothing yet.

http://www.albertafilmratings.ca/recentclasstrailers.aspx

Darn.

Honestly being pumped for the Avengers and being "meh" for TDKR is just the cool thing to be right now in the nerd community.

Yup.

It has been said before, but the same thing happened with Iron Man.

 

[Ramsay Snow]

you're the same person!!!

Hey, Rag, be quiet!!!

 

[Sharkboy]

Honestly being pumped for the Avengers and being "meh" for TDKR is just the cool thing to be right now in the nerd community.

I enjoy having a rival though.

It's the "against the grain" thing, lord knows they won't root for the mainstream sequel to the avatar esque sucess story TDK that everyone's grandma went to see.

If there's any slight drawback to TDK's success its that everyone loves to take a shot at the film even their girlfriends sister's friend is psyched for, and lord knows if she likes it, it's not cool to like.

 

[Boom]

**** Gary.

I kicked his sorry ass .

 

[antsman41]

"This is a man, who's dignity should be pummeled to the ground right now, who just lost the woman he loved, who is pushed to his physical and mental limits, and yet he runs around, beating SWAT officers, sacrificing his own reputation as one of the good guys, just so that he could save those people in time..."

Perfect sum-up. And, this is why I've always loved Batman. He never gets the claps, oh-yeahs!, or congratulations. But, it doesn't stop him, ever. And, to top it all off; sidekicks get shot or murdered, girlfriends die or leave him, his city gets viruses/earthquakes, and no one ever fully trusts him... yet, he never backs down. t:

Those last 20 minutes are the purest Batman moments ever on screen.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

All my friends cannot wait for TDKR to the point they taking work off on that day (which is a shame because they all work at the same place), and they "might" catch Avengers if work permits them to.

Ditch your friends...join mine, you seem to fit in much better.

For example heres what my friend said as we were talking about this on FB...

even on that point Nolan still felt the need to get rid of almost anything colourful in batman. the bad guys are all black and grey and gritty and the environments are black and grey and gritty. even the joker looked drab when compared to the comics. fantastic films but they do lack the confidence in the source material that really just leaps out of almost every single Marvel movie. Even the crap ones like Fantastic Four look really good

Eh...

 

[Nevincer]

Perfect sum-up. And, this is why I've always loved Batman. He never gets the claps, oh-yeahs!, or congratulations. But, it doesn't stop him, ever. And, to top it all off; sidekicks get shot or murdered, girlfriends die or leave him, his city gets viruses/earthquakes, and no one ever fully trusts him... yet, he never backs down. t:

Those last 20 minutes are the purest Batman moments ever on screen.

Too bad it's looking like they want to implicate that he did back down at the end of TDK, for some reason. Hopefully it's somewhere in-between the eight year gap instead, though.

 

[The_Raganork]

Yes that's one of the many terrible things about Nolan's Batman...

they don't look good.

Too bad it's looking like they want to implicate that he did back down at the end of TDK, for some reason. Hopefully it's somewhere in-between the eight year gap instead, though.

Don't start this up again!

 

[The Joker]

So I went to see it, knowing the ending, basically knowing all the twists in the film. I also didn't see BB before it, and I also didn't like Batman much. In fact, he was probably my least favorite superhero back then.

If someone had a picture of me during the time I was watching TDK for the first time, I would probably be starting at the screen with my jaw on the ground. I was literally stunned. Man I will never forget the moment right in the middle of the film, they had to change the reel - just when Batman breaks the glass and enters the mall on the Batpod... I felt so irritated that I had to wait for the film to continue, I just couldn't stay still on my seat. At that point, I admitted to myself, "****, that is good, that is really, really good!"

And the last 20 minutes? I realized I cared for a character I didn't even like before, and not only I cared, I cared for him more than I ever cared for any other character in a superhero film before. The action scene in the end, with the SWAT, that was very emotional for me somehow. Instead of thinking about the action, I was thinking "This is a man, who's dignity should be pummeled to the ground right now, who just lost the woman he loved, who is pushed to his physical and mental limits, and yet he runs around, beating SWAT officers, sacrificing his own reputation as one of the good guys, just so that he could save those people in time..."

And the ending? That awkward moment when you're trying to brush your tears away, while watching a Batman film, trying to make it look like something else, only to realize the person next to you is trying to do the same.

I got laughed at when I recommended the film to all my friends, they were like "Really? You of all people? A die-hard Marvel fan who doesn't even like Batman? Wow, it must be really good"


Man I hope TDKR brings some of those feelings again...

 

[Tacit Ronin]

So all my friends are pumped for The Avengers... and
in their own words, ''aren't really fussed about TDKR''.

It doesn't matter. Most of them will see it when the time comes. The reverse is true also. Those that claim to be indifferent to the Avengers will see it.

 

[Naked Shia]

So all my friends are pumped for The Avengers... and in their own words, ''aren't really fussed about TDKR''.



So I say... let The Avengers have it moment to shine. Then *BAM*, WB should go all out and release trailer no. 3 with Dark Shadows.

And simply lay it on THICK until July.

You have to find true friends.

I'm warning those who're trying to frame Rogue Agent, he's my pal, and if you are against him, you're against me!

 

[antsman41]

Too bad it's looking like they want to implicate that he did back down at the end of TDK, for some reason. Hopefully it's somewhere in-between the eight year gap instead, though.

We'll, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt... Gotham isn't 24/7 (per-say). Think of it like 24. Jack Bauer's reign covered 8 crazy-mofo days over ~14 years. He might have retired, been fired, or what-have-you. But, the second there was something, he was back... no matter what.

This is Nolan's Batman. He doesn't mess with the dime-store knock offs, because in the end that will never end. But, if you take out the head-honchos or the main baddies, everyone under them falls into line. There will always be murders and thefts, but there is an over/under and Batman's presence keeps it on the under.

 

[Kane52630]

I find it hard to find people on these boards who are extremely excited for both films like myself.

 

[Nevincer]

Yes that's one of the many terrible things about Nolan's Batman...

they don't look good.

This is sarcasm, right? I usually pick up on it but I've become so accustomed to the smiley being used at times like this I'm not sure.

Don't start this up again!

Can't help it when this ugly posssibility is rearing it's head still.

 

[Norek]

I find it hard to find people on these boards who are extremely excited for both films like myself.

I am too, man! You're not alone.

 

[Sharkboy]

In that line of thought, I want to admit something. Way back in '08, and before that, I couldn't care less about Batman. I didn't see BB, and I was looking forward to Iron Man, because not only I was a huge Marvel fan, I was also a huge IM fan. The only thing that interested me in TDK was the fact that both Heath Ledger and Christian Bale (my top two favorite actors at the time) were starring in it, and the fact that they were going against each other sounded pretty cool. But other than that, I didn't care much about it.

I remember when I first saw Iron Man, I was like "Oh man! That was awesome, one of the best Marvel films I've ever seen, way better than last year's SM3, FF2, Ghost Rider or whatever. Great film, I'm not sure something will be able top that for me in the near future.

A couple of friends saw TDK before me and they actually spoiled the ending (and most of the story for that matter), and I didn't even care. From what they told me, I wasn't really impressed. As I said, I planned to see it only because my two favorite actors were in it.

So I went to see it, knowing the ending, basically knowing all the twists in the film. I also didn't see BB before it, and I also didn't like Batman much. In fact, he was probably my least favorite superhero back then.

If someone had a picture of me during the time I was watching TDK for the first time, I would probably be starting at the screen with my jaw on the ground. I was literally stunned. Man I will never forget the moment right in the middle of the film, they had to change the reel - just when Batman breaks the glass and enters the mall on the Batpod... I felt so irritated that I had to wait for the film to continue, I just couldn't stay still on my seat. At that point, I admitted to myself, "****, that is good, that is really, really good!"

And the last 20 minutes? I realized I cared for a character I didn't even like before, and not only I cared, I cared for him more than I ever cared for any other character in a superhero film before. The action scene in the end, with the SWAT, that was very emotional for me somehow. Instead of thinking about the action, I was thinking "This is a man, who's dignity should be pummeled to the ground right now, who just lost the woman he loved, who is pushed to his physical and mental limits, and yet he runs around, beating SWAT officers, sacrificing his own reputation as one of the good guys, just so that he could save those people in time..."

And the ending? That awkward moment when you're trying to brush your tears away, while watching a Batman film, trying to make it look like something else, only to realize the person next to you is trying to do the same.

I got laughed at when I recommended the film to all my friends, they were like "Really? You of all people? A die-hard Marvel fan who doesn't even like Batman? Wow, it must be really good"


Man I hope TDKR brings some of those feelings again...

Bravo my man!

 

[The_Raganork]

Do people have to be extremely excited for both?

I'm excited for one for sure more than the other.

 

[Nevincer]

I find it hard to find people on these boards who are extremely excited for both films like myself.

What about me? I'm excited for both films! Do I not exist to you or something?

 

[Tacit Ronin]

and the environments are black and grey and gritty

This is demonstratably false.

 

[Kane52630]

I am too, man! You're not alone.

What about me? I'm excited for both films! Do I not exist to you or something?

You guys are the exception.

 

[Nevincer]

We'll, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt... Gotham isn't 24/7 (per-say). Think of it like 24. Jack Bauer's reign covered 8 crazy-mofo days over ~14 years. He might have retired, been fired, or what-have-you. But, the second there was something, he was back... no matter what.

This is Nolan's Batman. He doesn't mess with the dime-store knock offs, because in the end that will never end. But, if you take out the head-honchos or the main baddies, everyone under them falls into line. There will always be murders and thefts, but there is an over/under and Batman's presence keeps it on the under.

Good post, and I agree that is a good comparison with 24. In fact when the [BLACKOUT]fake death[/BLACKOUT] rumors started coming up Jack Bauer's almost the first thing I thought of. That show ended too soon, or maybe not soon enough, give or take. I didn't like that it dragged to the point the ending wasn't very satisfying. Good thing Nolan's going out nice and early with this one.

 

[Travesty]

I find it hard to find people on these boards who are extremely excited for both films like myself.

I'm excited for more than just The Avengers and TDKR.