The Dark Knight Rises The TDKR General Discussion & Speculation Thread - - - - - - - - - - - - Part 29

[Kane52630]

Wiseau Serious people?

 

[chicagobat]

A forum member at IMDB wrote this about why Gordon is in the prologue:

"No one will inspire us like Dent for a long time..." Cut to Bane. Bane will inspire Gotham. He clearly has inspired his henchmen to the point of being alright with killing themselves for him. "


I think he's halfway there but I'll go one better.

Bane may inspire his men, but eight years later (a long time...) it will be Batman who inspires the rest of Gotham to rise up against Bane's army, surpassing how Harvey inspired the city and being the type of hero Gotham truly "needs" at the conclusion of this trilogy with the threat Bane's plan poses.

I think the rumor that floated around this summer about the production sourcing secondary market Batman costumes for extras may play into the ending beyond the battle between the GPD and Bane's mercenaries, as Batman's army rises, borrowing some from "The Dark Knight Returns" graphic novel where Batman won over the mutant army. After all, Hardy's Bane seems an amalgam of Bane, KG Beast, and the Mutant Leader in "Dark Knight Returns".

The Nolan brothers have distilled the best highlights of Batman's long history into this trilogy, and I think they'll be borrowing some story elements from "The Dark Knight Returns" given the 8 year jump in time that Nolan has confirmed and that represents the throughline of Gordon's eulogy in the beginning and where it will lead.

Would be kind of kickass too if the rumors that Batman dies ARE true, but with Bruce actually surviving and guiding a new army of Batmen and "inspiring" them the same way he did at the end of "Dark Knight Returns". Could be the clever twist ending none of us would expect with all the Batman death rumors floating around.

I love how Nolan decided to use Bane for the trilogy finale and how he's been interpreted. Was also musing how when "Batman and Robin" was made, what the hell was ****maker thinking hiring a no name actor to play Bane instead of casting Schwarzenegger instead of for Freeze since he was the right physical type? Oh well. Thank God Nolan had the brains to adapt Batman properly for contemporary audiences.

Thoughts?

The God Damned Chicago Bat

 

[TinkerTailor]

Wiseau Serious people?

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY BANE PERFORMED A BLOOD TRANSFUSION!!!!!

 

[Great Mind(s)]

I didn't see a blood transfusion in this prologue but it was really blurry and shaky... did it happen?

 

[camp Blood]

maybe you like this one better

 

[MOVIELORD101]

I think I know who that body was in the body bag. Could it possibly be....

Spoiler

our old pal RA'S AL GHUL?

 

[Polaris23]

Yes.

 

[The_Raganork]

 

[Mako]

 

[DC2739]

I didn't see a blood transfusion in this prologue but it was really blurry and shaky... did it happen?

It wasnt really a "transfusion" in the normal sense...they took blood from Dr. Pavel and injected it into the body in the body bag. Obviously to fake that the body in the eventual wreck would have Pavel's DNA so they would think he died in the crash.

 

[MOVIELORD101]

Uhhh...I think I just explained it. It has something to do with a certain someone......

 

[Travesty]

Eh I like a lot of minimalist posters, but not that one. It looks like something from a Cohen Bro comedy then a Batman poster. I love the "Legend Ends" one a lot.

It looks like Catch Me if You Can meets Batman.

 

[camp Blood]

which was a great movie

one of if not leo's best

 

[Mako]

Uhhh...I think I just explained it. It has something to do with a certain someone......

It's not Ra's.

 

[Polaris23]

Simplicity is great, but it doesn't always mean good. That one just doesn't have the tone of Batman.

 

[camp Blood]

i thought it was a nice change of pace to the graphic have posters we've been seeing

 

[Polaris23]

It's not Ra's.

Agreed

 

[Kane52630]

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY BANE PERFORMED A BLOOD TRANSFUSION!!!!!

Bane: "I DID NAUT BREAK HIM, ITS NOT TRUE ITS BULLS***, I DID NAUT BREAK HIM...I DID NAUT.....oh hai Catwoman."

 

[MOVIELORD101]

O RLY? And why not?

 

[MOVIELORD101]

Bane: "I DID NAUT BREAK HIM, ITS NOT TRUE ITS BULLS***, I DID NAUT BREAK HIM...I DID NAUT.....oh hai Catwoman."

YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, SELINAt:!

 

[StarLord]

Didn't they leave the dead body?

 

[MOVIELORD101]

Dunno. Hard to tell with that vid. Couldn't see ****!

 

[Anita18]

Everyone's assuming the CIA are operating in a country they have any jurisdiction in.
They could be there illegally and in that case there's no way they could investigate the crash site themselves.

That's a VERY good point!

Yeah, I'm down with the decoy theory. It's the simplest one, after all.

 

[TinkerTailor]

They did.

 

[JackLucas]

More from the kid on IMDB who claims to have watched the trailer at his theater....

"The trailer opens with a little boy singing the national anthem at the football field with Bane walking up stairs to detonate his death machine. This explosion, mind you, is extremely powerful. There's also Alfred saying, "You are as precious to me as your mother and father. I swore to them that I'd protect you and I haven't." It also shows Selina dancing with Bruce at a masquerade party saying something along the lines of "you've lived so large and left so little for the rest of us."