The Dark Knight Rises The TDKR General Discussion & Speculation Thread - - Part 19

[Tacit Ronin]

The back will be broken at the end of act 1.

 

[Blue Sugar]

The back won't be broken at all.

 

[Secret Fawful]

Bane will do the most cunning thing imaginable. He'll wait sixty years until the ravages of time have taken their toll and given Bruce such severe back problems that his back breaks all on it's own.

 

[poo-storm]

I think Bane should break his back, as it's such a crushing thing to show and really what Bane is known best for doing. I'm guessing it doesn't happen though. The scene of Bruce talking to Gordon in the hospital room, to me suggests Bane's already taken Batman down, and that is Bruce coming back after. Obviously though, who knows.

This could be more like BTAS, where Bane is right about to break his back, and someone steps in to stop it (Blake?).

 

[ThePhantasm]

I don't think the back breaking will happen at all.

 

[venus_ice]

I think a severe enough beating will do for the purposes of the film.

 

[DoomsdayApex]

I will be really put out if all of Gotham learns Batman's identity. What a horrible idea! To me that would be worse than anything Schumacher did to Batman.

Let's not say things we can't take back here.

To me, it doesn't sound too bad of an idea. Perhaps Bane doesn't break the Bat in the stadium but I would assume that Bane would indeed present evidence of the feat for the world to see.

Personally, I don't want the world to discover Batman's identity and I doubt the scene is going to play out that way, but Nolan is one to pull the unpredictable so who knows what he has in store for us when arriving to the stadium scene.

A member here selected to come back for the second day did say something spoiler-ish and enormous happens before the slaughter and after the mad scientist is murdered.

 

[dark_b]

we know that Bane has Gotham under control for months. maybe in context Bruce could recover. maybe

 

[Tacit Ronin]

Nolan doesn't do unpredictable or unexpected stuff for the sake of it. There is always a thematic significance behind it.

 

[DoomsdayApex]

Of course, but we, the audience and fans, are still taken off-guard by what he infuses into the story.

Every little twist he implements is for a reason. What makes you think that breaking the Bat for the world to witness is not significant?

Bane is a dictator-ish figure, and dictators do kill in public to illustrate a point.

 

[joker27]

What if Bruce is exiled from Gotham and sent back to the leagues fortress? Takes months for him to finally escape while Bane is busy conquering Gotham.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

What makes you think that breaking the Bat for the world to witness is not significant?
.

I don't. I agree with you.

 

[DoomsdayApex]

I don't. I agree with you.

Oh okay, I thought you were stating that it wasn't.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

What if Bruce is exiled from Gotham and sent back to the leagues fortress? Takes months for him to finally escape while Bane is busy conquering Gotham.

Would that be as poignant as Bane forcing him out?

 

[joker27]

It would definitely be Banes doing. I wonder if that were the case, what would happen to Alfred? lol

 

[Tacit Ronin]

It would definitely be Banes doing. I wonder if that were the case, what would happen to Alfred? lol

He would have a stroke. Oh wait.....that's the other TDKR.

 

[joker27]

If Bruce were imprisoned in the leagues fortress, Bane and Talia take everything that belongs to him and use Bruce's resources to take over Gotham.(tumblers) Bruce escapes and returns to witness the new order Bane has created. Batman must reclaim his city. Alfred in the meantime is Bane's personal b**** lol.

 

[Boom]

just look what he posted in august. if this is true i will scream in my theater.

''If you think about it, say this Heinz Field stuff occurs toward the beginning of the film...say around the 40 minute point. Batman goes under into the sewers to stop Bane from using this machine. Bane absolutely owns and devestates him. CUT TO -
The game. Punt kick. Explosion. Bane climbs out. Announces that Gotham is his. People are like, "really...?" And then his thugs drag the beaten Batman out.
He tears off Batman's mask, revealing him to be Bruce Wayne, and then breaks his back in front of Gotham. Then, cue the EARTHQUAKE and Gotham is broken along with its hero.
That is a stakes setter and a potentially amazing moment in the film. ''

I don't recall Bale being at the Heinz Field shoot.

 

[Nevincer]

The chances of his back not being broken are about as slim as Marion not being Talia.

 

[Reek]

a severely injured back doesnt have to be a broken back. just a back injury will work for me for the sake of the film.

im curious though about bane

Spoiler

if he is in fact the first choice for Ra's to lead the league of shadows like some speculate, has there been any mention as to why Ra's decided not to stick with Bane and choose Bruce? i doubt the whole reason could be because Bruce is ideally placed in Gotham

 

[Nevincer]

I'd like it to be that Bane was simply too ruthless, even for the League's standards. Someone like Bruce who steered away from their teachings, except for all the wrong reasons, and then with the disappearance of their leader they ended up turning to him.

 

[TheDragonator]

LOL, nothing to do with the discussion, but I found this post on Tumblr:



ORIGINAL POST

That's almost as moronic as the "Heath Ledger is still Alive" blog.

Link that to me. Right now.

I need a good laugh.

 

[Alex Logan]

The back won't be broken at all.

I don't think the back breaking will happen at all.

Agreed.

 

[Boom]

http://heathledgerisnotdead.blogspot.com

Anyway, I have a question for those who believe Bane will break Batman's back.

How will he do it? Clearly, Hardy's Bane is not tall and strong enough to lift Batman above his head and bring him down upon his knee.

 

[slimshady247]

http://heathledgerisnotdead.blogspot.com

Anyway, I have a question for those who believe Bane will break Batman's back.

How will he do it? Clearly, Hardy's Bane is not tall and strong enough to lift Batman above his head and bring him down upon his knee.

Is that sarcasm or a legit question?

But yeah, it would be a little weird for Hardy to lift Batman into the air and then bring his knee into his back. It's one of those things that works in comic books but probably not in the film since they're both relatively the same size.