The Dark Knight Rises

[Tripe]

I still think that "When Gotham is in ashes..." line is screamingly camp.

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I get the meaning though, he knows Batman cares about Gotham city, and he won't let him  die until the whole city and its inhabitants are all dead and gone.

And the only sensible response to gradiosity on that level is to snigger and say "you go girl!" or similar.

I have great difficulty taking things like this seriously. 

[TheUnabeefer]

If it had been anyone but Bane, I think I'd be interested.  I really hate that character. Dig up Vincent Price even and have his skeletal form as Egg-Head and I'd be more interested.

You hate the actual character?!? Or are you basing your knowledge of Bane on the Schumacher film??

Don't get me wrong, he's not my favourite by far, but he is really the only villain to actually massively defeat Batman... and his story arch was actually very interesting.

[Smith Dr John Smith]

RAR! BANE BAD!

[Invader_quirk]

RAR! BANE BAD!

[TheUnabeefer]

RAR! BANE BAD!

Except I explained exactly why he's terrible. He says "might is better than wit or intelligence in Batman's world."  I didn't just say RAR.  That is, in fact, what Bane would do.

I dunno, I always found Bane to be rather intelligent, which is why I was so pissed at the "RAWR! BANE!" take on him in Batman And Arnold.

But hey, to each his own.... Personally, I always loved The Mad Hatter.  And for a GOOD Freeze movie, watch SubZero

[Tripe]

King Tut could so be made to work in a Nolan Gotham, really he could.

[TheUnabeefer]

Sure, they're both fine (Mr Freeze is awesome in all those animated incarnations). Not sure the Mad Hatter would work that well on screen, but I do like him.  I like the Clock King, I even like the weird villains like the little tiny mob boss, the ventriloquist guy.  Even Crane is cool--not so much the androgynous, mildly slimy Crane of the first Batman movie, but the one in BTAS is awesome.  I just think Bane is a copout, a product of '90s EXTREME MOUNTAIN DEW thinking.

OMG The Clock King is one of my favourites.... although I think he originated against a different superhero, and not Batman... which made me sad, because he's so good against the bat.

I think my personal anger against the ruined "knowledge" of Bane caused by Schumuncher is one of the real reasons I was happy Nolan chose him.  Then maybe people will at least know who the character really is, instead of him just being the Hulk.   Also, it's a good way to ensure they don't continue on this same Batman without him (Nolan)!

[BBQ Platypus]

Condiment King.  Make it happen.

[Smith Dr John Smith]

Condiment King.  Make it happen.

But make sure he is dark and gritty so he is true to his roots. Don't let him become a joke.

[BBQ Platypus]

Join us, won't we?

[Russell]

I just think Bane is a copout, a product of '90s EXTREME MOUNTAIN DEW thinking.

I think I know why he was needed though, because we need a villain who can actually stand toe to toe physically with Batman, and the tension is in part due to the risk of death(from a direct face to face confrontation) to Batman, something he's never had to face before. Yes, Ra's Al Ghul was strong, but in the end, Batman didn't have too much trouble overcoming him.

[daltysmilth]

I just think Bane is a copout, a product of '90s EXTREME MOUNTAIN DEW thinking.

I think I know why he was needed though, because we need a villain who can actually stand toe to toe physically with Batman, and the tension is in part due to the risk of death(from a direct face to face confrontation) to Batman, something he's never had to face before. Yes, Ra's Al Ghul was strong, but in the end, Batman didn't have too much trouble overcoming him.

Well, to be more accurate, the point was to create a villain who was a physical AND mental match for the Batman.  Though I still call foul on his victory in Knightfall, because he wasn't facing Batman at his best.  I'm not talking about him being tired from having to recapture every villain from Arkham.  That's just par for the course for Batman.  I'm talking about the fact that in addition to having to recapture every villain from Arkham, Batman was also sick.  (He had a cold, if memory serves.)  If Batman had just been tired from having to recapture every villain from Arkham, Bane wouldn't have stood a chance.

[anais.jude]

See, Superman never gets colds or Pan Fharrs or anything of that nature



I just wanted to say the plural of Pan Farr

[anais.jude]

Superman can't have sex with a normal woman. He'd blow his load like a shotgun through her back.

I would have been ok with that happening to the last chick who played Lois...

[Smith Dr John Smith]

Superman can't have sex with a normal woman. He'd blow his load like a shotgun through her back.

Why would you even think about that?  I think I am going to be sick.