The Dark Knight Rises The TDKR General Discussion Thread - - - - - - - Part 156

I've never experienced a buzz quite like the TDK marketing. Even on these forums alone it was magic. Like practically everyone, even some of the Mods were getting involved in it. It was epic. Words cannot describe.

I don't think we'll ever experience anything quite like it again with a CBM.
 
The marketing was perfect buildup to the film. The I Believe In Harvey Dent truck, if I remember correctly, actually came to my local town. The whole thing was pretty much a perfect storm. You couldn't ask for a better build up of hype and excitement for a film and it actually paying off like that. I remember when people were able to decipher the Harvey dent image early to reveal our first look at Ledgers Joker. Was so special.
 
The Joker said:
I've never experienced a buzz quite like the TDK marketing. Even on these forums alone it was magic. Like practically everyone, even some of the Mods were getting involved in it. It was epic. Words cannot describe.

I don't think we'll ever experience anything quite like it again with a CBM.
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Back in those days I wasn't even a poster, but you bet your bottom dollar I was lurking this site every day to try to keep up with it. It was the only way I was able to really follow it because it was such a complex campaign. I STILL haven't really absorbed all the details of it to this day.

One of the things that really suck with me was the phone number that was revealed in skywriting over SDCC. I remember calling the number and hearing the hostage read The Joker's message, and then get blown away. It was legit unsettling. I had chills.

Still have my Gotham newspapers saved too.

Yeah, that whole experience won't ever be recreated.
 
BatLobster said:
Back in those days I wasn't even a poster, but you bet your bottom dollar I was lurking this site every day to try to keep up with it. It was the only way I was able to really follow it because it was such a complex campaign. I STILL haven't really absorbed all the details of it to this day.

One of the things that really suck with me was the phone number that was revealed in skywriting over SDCC. I remember calling the number and hearing the hostage read The Joker's message, and then get blown away. It was legit unsettling. I had chills.

Still have my Gotham newspapers saved too.

Yeah, that whole experience won't ever be recreated.
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I was a poster here back in 2006 under a different name and I remember how crazy this place was with the hype in 2007. Haha the phone number in sky is something I'll never forget and I just thought it was so awesome. I actually do remember calling it myself now that you mention it. I'm pretty sure G4 was covering that live haha. Also I didn't get any of the newspapers, but I followed everything.

Anybody remember the rotting pumpkin in fall of 2007?
 
Gothamsknight said:
I was a poster here back in 2006 under a different name and I remember how crazy this place was with the hype in 2007. Haha the phone number in sky is something I'll never forget and I just thought it was so awesome. I actually do remember calling it myself now that you mention it. I'm pretty sure G4 was covering that live haha. Also I didn't get any of the newspapers, but I followed everything.

Anybody remember the rotting pumpkin in fall of 2007?
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Who could forget Rory the Pumpkin?! :D
 
That whole marketing campaign was what brought me to this site in the first place. I was on the IMDb forums a lot back in the day (RIP sort of) but migrated here because this was where all the clues and games and such were being solved first. It was really a special time, and I think the secret weapon of TDK's box office success.
 
The hype for TDK was unreal, really. Since it's first blurry pics, like this
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I was already freaking out. And then, came the first official Joker pic.
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(still disturbing today).
 
Rick190293 said:
The hype for TDK was unreal, really. Since it's first blurry pics, like this
heathjoker1.jpg

I was already freaking out. And then, came the first official Joker pic.
heath-ledger-joker1.jpg

(still disturbing today).
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When that second pic dropped, I was literally speechless
 
It was shocking. Nolan/Ledger were so brave, no one was expecting a dark take on Joker like this.
 
Gothamsknight said:
Seeing a lot of slander for these films on cbm twitter lately. It's a damn shame.
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I must admit, after Rises I was Nolan'd out. I loved Begins, I struggled with TDK and I liked Rises. I loved Bale but hated the voice and suit. I wanted something more "comic accurate" in every sense.

After being thoroughly disappointed with the Snyder fare I found myself on youtube watching clip after clip of the trilogy and my god, you really don't know how good something is until it's gone. I still don't love TDK, it's no contrarion rubbish or anything, I can objectively see and agree with all things it gets praised for, I just don't connect with it like I do the other 2, but if you gave me a choice between the bvs warehouse scene or the Prewitt siege, it's prewitt every day of the week, it's pure Batman, it's like something straight out of a comic, that thing I thought I wanted, I already had. Even something like Batman's first night back in TDKR, the bike chase, the lights going out, that score.... just magnificent.
 
Twitter is largely a dumpster fire of bad faith takes, so there's that. :funny:

HarveyHarris said:
I must admit, after Rises I was Nolan'd out. I loved Begins, I struggled with TDK and I liked Rises. I loved Bale but hated the voice and suit. I wanted something more "comic accurate" in every sense.

After being thoroughly disappointed with the Snyder fare I found myself on youtube watching clip after clip of the trilogy and my god, you really don't know how good something is until it's gone. I still don't love TDK, it's no contrarion rubbish or anything, I can objectively see and agree with all things it gets praised for, I just don't connect with it like I do the other 2, but if you gave me a choice between the bvs warehouse scene or the Prewitt siege, it's prewitt every day of the week, it's pure Batman, it's like something straight out of a comic, that thing I thought I wanted, I already had. Even something like Batman's first night back in TDKR, the bike chase, the lights going out, that score.... just magnificent.
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Prewitt scene is so good. Great escalation of stakes and obstacles being thrown at Batman throughout, a great payoff with him figuring out a badass (and non-lethal way) out of a jam. Classic Batman stuff. Love the score during that whole section too. I'd easily take it over the warehouse scene any day.
 
BatLobster said:
Twitter is largely a dumpster fire of bad faith takes, so there's that. :funny:



Prewitt scene is so good. Great escalation of stakes and obstacles being thrown at Batman throughout, a great payoff with him figuring out a badass (and non-lethal way) out of a jam. Classic Batman stuff. Love the score during that whole section too. I'd easily take it over the warehouse scene any day.
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The perfect Batman moment in the entire trilogy, IMO, and that's a hard choice.
 
BatLobster said:
Prewitt scene is so good. Great escalation of stakes and obstacles being thrown at Batman throughout, a great payoff with him figuring out a badass (and non-lethal way) out of a jam. Classic Batman stuff. Love the score during that whole section too. I'd easily take it over the warehouse scene any day.
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Agreed! Absolutely adore that scene.
 
I watched TDKR for the first time in years the other night and couldn't help but compare it to what we know of so far regarding the new film coming next year. With The Batman's marketing campaign about to get dialled up a notch as it's release date is fast approaching, I couldn't help but wonder why Nolan opted for Bane as the film's primary antagonist, rather than The Riddler.

TDKR partly deals with the fallout from Harvey Dent's actions in the previous film. Matt Revees seems to be using The Riddler to expose a dark secret that's being kept from the general public of Gotham. I think The Riddler could have easily been used in TDKR to expose the cover up for Dent's crimes, being a more natural fit for TDKR than Bane.

From the looks of it, Paul Dano's Riddler is the closest we'll get to a Nolanverse Riddler.
 
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