The Dark Knight Rises Will Bane break Batman's back?

[dark_b]

1. i think the cane has nothing to do with Bane
2. after the football game there will be no party in Gotham. so Bruce has the injury before the Bane fight IMO
3. Bruce is able to walk in the underground prison. if he is able to walk than he can not have a broken back.

i think now in december we know a lot what is happening in TDKR . not details. but events. but when it comes to the first Bane fight we are in the dark.
we knwo that Bane breaks the mask. we saw it in the prologue and in the poster. for the poster they didnt use half the mask because it needs to be clear to the public that its the batman mask. but in the prologue you can see that the mask is broken in half. in the trailer we also see that Bruce has a big wound on his forehead. so there will be a big punch or kick to the head.

is there any back paralysis injury ? so that Bruce would not be able to walk for lets say3 weeks? that would be a good compromise right?

 

[Batbreaker]

1. i think the cane has nothing to do with Bane

Starting to agree. Bruce has copped a few hits over the past 10 years in the gig. I still Bane will give him a nice little knee in the back to make the injury worse. Bane doesn't play nice kids.

 

[dark_b]

i am looking at BB and TDK. and you see that Bruce gets a lot injury from smaller villains than Bane.

so a normal beating is not enough IMO. Bane needs to stand out. breaking the mask is not enough . he needs to beat him up so much that he will not ebe able to walk for days or weeks.

 

[Chris M]

I agree back injury, but not broken.

 

[Batbreaker]

i am looking at BB and TDK. and you see that Bruce gets a lot injury from smaller villains than Bane.

so a normal beating is not enough IMO. Bane needs to stand out. breaking the mask is not enough . he needs to beat him up so much that he will not ebe able to walk for days or weeks.

Bane will bring pain to Wayne. Sorry. If this does happen it will be interesting to see why Bane chooses not to finish him off completely.

 

[AnneFan]

Bane will bring pain to Wayne. Sorry. If this does happen it will be interesting to see why Bane chooses not to finish him off completely.

We already know why he doesn't finish him off completely.

 

[elgaz]

Hardy's interview about playing Bane -

‘He’s brutal, brutal. He’s expedient delivery of brutality,’ Hardy told Empire magazine. ‘He’s a big dude who’s incredibly clinical, in the fact that he has a result-based and orientated fighting style. The result is clear.’ But Hardy didn’t stop there when it came to explaining the fictional character’s violent persona. ‘The style is heavy-handed, heavy-footed, it’s nasty,’ he added. ‘Anything from small joint manipulation to crushing skulls, crushing rib cages, stamping on shins and knees and necks and collarbones and snapping heads off and tearing his fists through chests, ripping out spinal columns. It’s anything he can get away with.

If he's that brutal, I don't think Batman will just get a beatdown. I think Bane will want to make an example of Gotham's greatest hero, and to do so, he'll try and cripple him.

 

[elgaz]

Bane will bring pain to Wayne. Sorry. If this does happen it will be interesting to see why Bane chooses not to finish him off completely.

I'd imagine Bane has no interest in killing Batman. Just as the Joker didn't want Batman to actually die ("you complete me!"), Bane's end result is to force Gotham into a state of despair and hopelessness by leaving their only hope in a crippled state, or unable to help them any more.

Killing Batman would martyr him in some way, and perhaps goad people into action. Leaving him crippled would have a much more demoralising effect on Gotham, and as I mentioned in an earlier post, there is also the symbolic effect of breaking Gotham's backbone.

 

[dark_b]

I'd imagine Bane has no interest in killing Batman. Just as the Joker didn't want Batman to actually die ("you complete me!"), Bane's end result is to force Gotham into a state of despair and hopelessness by leaving their only hope in a crippled state, or unable to help them any more.

Killing Batman would martyr him in some way, and perhaps goad people into action. Leaving him crippled would have a much more demoralising effect on Gotham, and as I mentioned in an earlier post, there is also the symbolic effect of breaking Gotham's backbone.

Batman is a lucky guy. no villain wants to kill with him. t:

 

[elgaz]

He's just too much fun to be around

 

[AnneFan]

He is. And if they want to, it has to be in the most perfect way imaginable.

 

[mignano]

Well, based on the footage and screenshots that have been made available, it's obvious that Batman will have at least two big hand-to-hand fights with Bane. One that looks like it takes place in the Batcave or some other underground location, and the one that was shot in Pittsburgh. The shots from the underground location look like Batman is winded and Bane is winning. The shots from the Pittsburgh set look like Batman is kicking Bane's ass pretty badly, and it's definitely Christian Bale in the batsuit, ie not a surrogate or replacement Batman.

So it appears that after the first showdown in the underground location, Bane injures/maims Bruce, but Bruce makes a quick comeback for the win in Pittsburgh.

 

[Chris M]

So it appears that after the first showdown in the underground location, Bane injures/maims Bruce, but Bruce makes a quick comeback for the win in Pittsburgh.

I don't think so - we've seen way too much footage of that scene for it to be the climax. Remember Nolan was very good at withholding the climax details from any of the promos in TDK.

I reckon that's their first meeting given the way they're cautiously sizing each other up. The fight probably gets interrupted and ends in a draw.

 

[MechaOrga]

I don't think so - we've seen way too much footage of that scene for it to be the climax. Remember Nolan was very good at withholding the climax details from any of the promos in TDK.

I reckon that's their first meeting given the way they're cautiously sizing each other up. The fight probably gets interrupted and ends in a draw.

nah, the pittsbugh/Wallstreet riot scene is there 2nd or last fight (unless they shot something on a set that's their last fight)

this is straight from an AD's mouth on set (i was a thug extra)

Its the good guys triumphantly returning after months of being kicked ouf of the city, with batman "leading" the charge.

 

[The Joker]

His back? No. If his back was broken he'd be bed ridden and then in a wheelchair. Nolan is not going to miss the realism of an injury like that.

I think he'll just injure him badly enough that Bruce is not physically fit to be Batman and needs a cane.

 

[Banes_Dealer]

He's walking with a cane! There's an 8 year difference! Of COURSE Bane's gonna break his back! BARE MINIMUM, he's going to beat on gravel-voiced billionaire so hard that Robin's uterus hurts.

 

[The Joker]

He's walking with a cane! There's an 8 year difference! Of COURSE Bane's gonna break his back! BARE MINIMUM, he's going to beat on gravel-voiced billionaire so hard that Robin's uterus hurts.

You don't honestly believe Bane and Batman meet, Bane breaks him, then there's an 8 year gap and Bane comes back again?

You can't possibly be suggesting Gotham is under Bane's rule for 8 years either lol.

 

[Banes_Dealer]

Oh man... Either one of those options would literally have my crying tears ofjoyin my theater seat :-D

 

[The Joker]

I wouldn't bother bringing any handkerchiefs

 

[AnneFan]

I think he'll just injure him badly enough that Bruce is not physically fit to be Batman and needs a cane.

I'm not sold on Bane being responsible for Bruce's cane use.

 

[The Joker]

I'm not sold on Bane being responsible for Bruce's cane use.

Me neither actually. He seemed to have it in the bulk of the trailer, including the dance scene with Selina where she warns him of a storm coming.

 

[raybia]

One of the most iconic images in Batman's comic lore. I am sure Nolan has been inspired by alot and used alot of comic material. There is also a reason why he chose Bane as a villain as well and this plot-line will do wonders.

We see in the trailer that Bruce Wayne is walking in a cane...It can take years, maybe 8 for it to heal back to an extent

Spoiler

Now, based off the things we have in front of us right now...
Does Nolan have Bane break Batman's back?

So Bruce had his 30th birthday in BB and this movie is set 8 years after TDK which makes Bruce between 38 to 40 and if it takes another 8 years for him to heal his back, now he is about 48 years ago. Who knows, maybe it will happen.

 

[kvz5]

I'm not sold on Bane being responsible for Bruce's cane use.

Agreed. I think the cane was pre-Bane. He was using the cane in the masked ball where Selina said that "a storm is coming" meaning it hasn't arrived yet.

 

[TinkerTailor]

Has it actually been confirmed that the story is going to be told in a linear fashion? What if Bruce starts the film with the cane and then it works backwards to show how he ended up like this. I don't know if I actually like that idea anyway, but Nolan does love to play around with structure.

I still don't think Bane does the initial breaking either way. Bruce is going to be in poor shape when he first meets him both mentally and physically. Bane's just going to add the finishing touches.

 

[Banes_Dealer]

I hope he's at 100% when Bane ruins him. That way there can be no argument that Bane is the MAN, both physically as well as intellectually.