The Dark Knight When does TDK take place?

[Conebone69]

So if TDK takes place in 2008 then BB must take place in the same year

 

[Nays]

shouldnt two years be enough time for wayne manor to be rebuilt? no need for a penthouse then.

 

[strider]

wow just wow...

 

[Conebone69]

shouldnt two years be enough time for wayne manor to be rebuilt? no need for a penthouse then.

Yeah thats what I was sayin, BB must take place in 2008

 

[Batman FREAK]

Batman Begins did not take place in the year of 2008....it was 2005 at least.

 

[Conebone69]

Batman Begins did not take place in the year of 2008....it was 2005 at least.

If it did then wouldnt the wayne manor be built already

 

[Batman FREAK]

Not necessarily...houses like that could take a very very long time.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

If it did then wouldnt the wayne manor be built already

How long does it usually take to rebuild an entire mansion from stratch?

 

[Nepenthes]

Since it's taking place in 2008, and 3 years is a hell of a lot of time for the Joker to be comitting crimes, I guess we'll have to assume that Begins has been updated to 2008.

It's not really that big of deal.

I'm suprised more people don't seem to grasp this.

 

[Conebone69]

How long does it usually take to rebuild an entire mansion from stratch?

I would suspect not any more then three years

 

[Thespiralgoeson]

People, at no point in Batman Begins was it established that the movie took place in 2005. I thought it was a given that it was supposed to take place a few years into the future.

 

[Conebone69]

People, at no point in Batman Begins was it established that the movie took place in 2005. I thought it was a given that it was supposed to take place a few years into the future.

Well it would make more sense

 

[Justice Bringer]

I thought Nolan said it was a present day take on Batman...in the present (hence 2005 for Batman Begins).

There may be a reason within TDK while the mansion rebuilding is taking so long.

Werent all the newspapers and license plates for BB dated 2005 also? I'm almost certain I saw 2005 dates on them.

 

[Thespiralgoeson]

I thought Nolan said it was a present day take on Batman...in the present (hence 2005 for Batman Begins).

There may be a reason within TDK while the mansion rebuilding is taking so long.

Werent all the newspapers and license plates for BB dated 2005 also? I'm almost certain I saw 2005 dates on them.

I seriously doubt it was thought about that much. I think "present day" is whenever you watch the movie, not when the movie is made. I mean, I don't think Batman 89 is necessarily supposed to take place in 1989. Just "present day."

I seriously doubt that three years are supposed to have taken place between Begins and TDK.

 

[BurtonBat]

Again, is it not possible that Nolan will use a flashback to show Batman and Joker's first encounter which ends in his capture and being placed in Arkham? He then escapes 3 years later out for revenge. This is ONE possible way of dealing with the time difference.

 

[Conebone69]

I thought Nolan said it was a present day take on Batman...in the present (hence 2005 for Batman Begins).

There may be a reason within TDK while the mansion rebuilding is taking so long.

Werent all the newspapers and license plates for BB dated 2005 also? I'm almost certain I saw 2005 dates on them.

I dont remember seeing 2005 on anything

 

[Batman>all]

there were no evidence of 2005 in BB unless you can prove otherwise then show me.

TDK will take place in 2008 as evidence showed through those pics.

 

[The Mighty Wind]

How likely is it that we will see any of those licenses or plates in TDK? Begins probably had all thsoe cool little details but I'm fairly certain the cript took care in making sure that no specific date was named. I think that as much as this franchise is meant to be a part of our world, that Nolan is setting it up as a series where you can't exactly name a time in which it was made.

Based on that, I'd assume that no matter what the plates say, that the storyline will still be fairly close to that of Begins, and that you can expect, with Wayne Manor still being rebuilt, the Joker being introduced in Begins, and the way that Nolan is shaping this story, that TDK will take place a mere matter of months or weeks after the event of Begins.

 

[Conebone69]

there were no evidence of 2005 in BB unless you can prove otherwise then show me.

TDK will take place in 2008 as evidence showed through those pics.

I dont have any evidence but somebody else might

 

[The Mighty Wind]

Again, is it not possible that Nolan will use a flashback to show Batman and Joker's first encounter which ends in his capture and being placed in Arkham? He then escapes 3 years later out for revenge. This is ONE possible way of dealing with the time difference.

That's about the only plausible explanation I could see. It would also account for the Joker's scar's healing. Still doesn't explain the manor though.

 

[Batman>all]

we know that TDK is set in 2008

the time frame from BB and TDK can't be more then a couple of months

 

[Batman>all]

That's about the only plausible explanation I could see. It would also account for the Joker's scar's healing. Still doesn't explain the manor though.

yup

and it shouldn't take 3 years for a Billionare to get his manor done

 

[BurtonBat]

Maybe the manor is done and the penthouse is a more convenient launching pad so to speak for Batman rather than having to drive miles into the city each time there is trouble. Although of course he would still be at the manor sometimes and use the batcave and such.

 

[lixdexia]

the way ifigure these all take place in "movie time" at some point this decade. anything more specific would force them to come up with what's going on between movies, and 2 years is too long for joker to be running around without being caught.

 

[sasquatchs]

He'll be upgrading the batcave throughout TDK I assume, no-one else can do it for him. The "panic room" just sounds like an emergency costume store, with Bruce holed up in the cave for serious work. Maybe he'll have to abseil down into the cave when not in the car, other entrance is a bit conspicuous