The Dark Knight Rises Tom Hardy as Bane

[Majik1387]

ditto, I've wanted to show Raimi how to properly film a masked character for a film without making him loose his mask for a reason.

A good actor (Hardy/Weaving) can perfectly act around hindrances.

Agreed.

Or Scarecrow from Batman Begins and TDK. Didn't bother anyone then either.

I would have mentioned him, but I didn't wanna hear people say his mask was only used with fear gas or that his role wasn't big enough where that a mask would hinder it, or any other lame reasons they could come up with.

We've apparently got a few of Sam "no masks, ever" Raimi fans in the Batboards today.

I hope they don't stay too long.

I do remember reading that originally, Nolan didn't want Jonathan Crane to wear a mask, until Goyer convinced him.

Thank god for that.

 

[Roids]

A mask is fine if done right it will add to him as actor/bane. I'm still thinking a gas mask like L.O.S had end of BB maybe attached to venom my view he will be millarty and brought in to hunt down batman, like my dc online char I think gas mask goggles and the wrestling mask like how an sas solider is all hidden up

 

[Nave 'Torment']

OR THE VOLKSWAGEN/DARTH VADER KID! Come on! He's probably done a better job than any of the actors you mentioned here.

 

[Nave 'Torment']

Anyway, to be fair. It all depends on a) the character, and b) the scene.
BANE is the kind of character who's worn the mask and had it removed in the comics. Don't see why that shouldn't be so in the film. Let's move on to stranger issues shall we?

 

[Majik1387]

No one's saying he should be wearing the mask 24/7 in the movie, but we are disagreeing with people saying he shouldn't/won't be wearing a mask at all.

I also disagree with those wanting a gas mask and those not wanting it to look luchador-esque.

 

[Travesty]

What if Bane actually has a gasmask on, and instead of having Venom that makes him stronger, it's a gas that spurts out around him, making his enemies weaker, so in a sense, making him stronger.

Just a thought.....

 

[KRIM]

I also disagree with those wanting a gas mask and those not wanting it to look luchador-esque.

As in cheap wrestling mask? I think it's more important to maintain the design rather than its origins.

 

[Majik1387]

As in cheap wrestling mask? I think it's more important to maintain the design rather than its origins.

No, as in the look of its design.
I'm not saying he has to get it from some luchador guy, but I'm disliking all these supposed fans saying that these fan manips make the mask look too luchador when one, his mask is luchador looking, and two, they don't look any more luchador than Bane's mask from the comics.

I'm all about costume transitioning faithfully to the screen, and all this talk of wanting to change Bane's recognizable look to something completely different is just plain stupidity to me.

 

[Paste Pot Pete]

Here's a quick Bane mask, just a standard ski mask. I tried leaving the mouth open but it just didn't look right. But I'm no costume designer, so...

 

[Parquagh]

From a Luchador store called eLucha:

 

[Charlie The Red]

I have a feeling this mask situation is going to turn into the new 'permawhite' whether he gets one or not.

 

[Ultimate Doom]

Pretty sure im not the first to post this but i kinda like it

 

[Boom]

This whole "Bane with a gas mask" thing is very distressing.

 

[Capt Throbberson]

I don't get the problem with a it looking Luchador-esque, or him needing some elaborate reason for him to wear a mask. He can wear it the same reason Batman wears one, which ironically is the same reason a Luchador wears one. As a symbol to strike fear into your enemies.

 

[KRIM]

This whole "Bane with a gas mask" thing is very distressing.

As with the muted predictions for Joker and Two-Face, this will fall by the wayside once Bane's reveal comes to light. I don't know why the fans insist that the villain's crucial design elements would be ignored.

 

[Doctor Jones]

All this mask talk still going on? Has V for Vendetta taught you guys nothing about how a mask doesn't make the performance any less powerful?

Completely different situation and different mask entirely. At least V's mask had an emotion and human features. Spider-Man has big bug eyes and that's about it.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Or Scarecrow from Batman Begins and TDK. Didn't bother anyone then either.


We've apparently got a few of Sam "no masks, ever" Raimi fans in the Batboards today.

Yes, because he had the mask off ALL the time! I mean it's like he never had the mask on at all early in the film. The mask was off at the most neccessary parts.

 

[KRIM]

Completely different situation and different mask entirely. At least V's mask had an emotion and human features. Spider-Man has big bug eyes and that's about it.

The features are static at all times, so I don't see the difference. Let's stop making excuses. Great actors have proven time and time again that hiding their faces doesn't hinder a performance.

 

[Doctor Jones]

They're not excuses at all. If he played that seen with Ock with the mask on it's not as intimate. He was trying to reach him. As a man. Not as people with powers fighting eachother. Both men came and went on separate journies in the film. Both men had something the other didn't before and after Ock's transformation. They're very much alike in ways, but one chose the wrong path. And the other was trying to reach him to make him realize he is better. You can't do that with a mask on. Even if the mask could be more flexible, it still doens't have that effect. You can't read the actor's face.

 

[Boom]

As with the muted predictions for Joker and Two-Face, this will fall by the wayside once Bane's reveal comes to light. I don't know why the fans insist that the villain's crucial design elements would be ignored.

I'm going to print this post out and hang it on my wall. Thank you .

Liam Neeson's Ra's al Ghul is still recognizable as Ra's al Ghul.
Cillian Murphy's Scarecrow is still recognizable as The Scarecrow.
Heath Ledger's Joker is still recognizable as The Joker.
Aaron Eckhart's Two-Face is still recognizable as Two-Face.

Compared to these guys, adapting Bane is a walk in the park.

He wears a black-and-white mask. And considering how tame Bane's "costume" is in general, this black-and-white mask is his one defining physical attribute. What is so infeasible about this concept that Nolan would completely change the look of the character?

The gas mask idea is boring, unimaginative, and not Bane.

 

[Yurka]

While I doubt he will have his simple black wife-beater, I have no doubts he will have the mask.

 

[Bat-Mite]

Pretty sure im not the first to post this but i kinda like it

I see a Mad Max villain, not a Batman villain.

 

[iamcitizen]

Yes, because he had the mask off ALL the time! I mean it's like he never had the mask on at all early in the film. The mask was off at the most neccessary parts.

Yeah, but Bane doesn't wear his mask all the time, even in the comics.

 

[Boom]

I'm not concerned about Bane not wearing his mask for the entire film. Like others have mentioned, there have been instances in the comics where Bane is maskless. And I believe that, like Batman's and Scarecrow's, Bane's mask will have exposed eyes.

What I am concerned about is the idea that Bane's costume (combat boots, cargo pants, tank top, and Luchador-esque mask) cannot be made to work in a big-budget film.

It's almost as bad as the suggestions that The Joker be dressed all in black, have pale skin, and have black hair.

 

[Majik1387]

And rarely smile and barely crack any jokes and cut chelsea grins into all his victims....