The Dark Knight Rises (Batman 3) - No Riddler

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Hero_of_the_Day said:
Dark Knight was six months(ish) after Begins. So the first two movies are still Year One Batman. Two years would be pretty crazy to have had the Joker running around since he appears at the end of Begins.
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"Come on Batman, he's robbed his 26th bank and murdered another 5 people! You gotta do something about this!"

"One man or the entire mob? He can wait."
 
DMczaf said:
Comingsoon.net posted another one.

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that's the first great picture of Bane
 
Hardy was Nolan's first choice for the role, although it at first seemed he wouldn't be available as, at the time, he was about to start on George Miller's Mad Max reboot (now Hardy's next project after The Dark Knight Rises). As soon as Nolan heard about the film's delay, the director gave him a call. According to Hardy (who does an uncanny Nolan impression, by the way), the conversation went something like this:

Nolan: Tom, I was just considering doing a new Dark Knight and I was just wondering....There's a character in it, which I think you would be perfect for. You might not be interested, because I appreciate...Um, I'm asking quite a bit of you as an actor to....wear a mask. For six months. It's something I'd like to talk to you about if you're interested and maybe you might consider, um, having a think about it. He's a villain. I think we're going to go big on this last one.

Hardy: Are you saying I'd have the access to all the stunt coordination team that I want to play with, martial-arts wise, all the weapons I could possibly want to play with, and I get to hang out with you for 6 months? And all I have to do is wear a mask?

Nolan: Yeah, basically.

Hardy: Fucking sign me up, man.
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We need more Hardy interviews.
 
I know Nolan stated this is his last Batman movie, but damn, I'd really like to see him direct The Dark Knight Returns with Keaton back in the suit.
 
Love the quote about Batman/Bruce being frozen in time hitting a brick wall.

Don't like the quote about how there will be even more day time scenes.

Anyway excite level is through the roof.
 
Isn't TDK is one year after Batman Begins? The Joker says it clearly on his first meeting with the mob.

The Joker said:
"A year ago these cops and lawyers wouldn't dare cross any of you. What happened? Did your balls drop off? See, a guy like me-"
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effzee said:
Don't like the quote about how there will be even more day time scenes.
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Why would there not be more day time scenes? They figured out he only comes out at night 8 years ago, will Bane and the city hold off on doing anything important until its past 6pm?
 
Makes tons more sense if TDK takes place no more than about a year or so.

I say this because why would it have to take fucking 7 years for the Joker to come out and start doing things? Batman told Gordon he'd look into the Joker. 7 years? Yo, chill.
 
bangladesh said:
Makes tons more sense if TDK takes place no more than about a year or so.

I say this because why would it have to take fucking 7 years for the Joker to come out and start doing things? Batman told Gordon he'd look into the Joker. 7 years? Yo, chill.
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The seven years thing was a misunderstanding, he was referencing the time Bruce leaves after Chill's death and his return to Gotham in Begins. He did say Dark Knight was two years after Begins, which is still incorrect. It is about six months.
 
I think Bane's mask is gonna be torn off by Batman and it'll end his reign over Gotham. And Batman will learn that killing is a necessity for the greater good.
 
Batman will hire Catwoman to REPLACE one of Bane's cannisters with a fluid he synthesized himself. When the fluid is triggered, Bane will die and shortly after explode in his fortress with his army.

The ending scene will be the camera slowly panning into a single object. A tangerine.
 
bangladesh said:
Batman will hire Catwoman to REPLACE one of Bane's cannisters with a fluid he synthesized himself. When the fluid is triggered, Bane will die and shortly after explode in his fortress with his army.

The ending scene will be the camera slowly panning into a single object. A tangerine.
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Im calling the water vaporizer from BB somehow plays a part in vaporizing Banes cans of anesthetic. Maybe that's the gun on the cover.
 
If this is really as "final" as it sounds there really aren't too many choices for how it must end.

Batman Dead, in jail, or Bruce deciding Batman is done and living happily ever after. Don't see the third happening. My random shot in the dark, dead, but nobody (other then maybe Gordon) ever finding out who he really was.
 
Still can't even fathom where Catwoman fits into this story. Maybe she'll be taking advantage of shit in Batman's absence.

Cue the random poster who says "Catwoman sucks! She shouldn't be in the movie!"
 
bangladesh said:
I think Bane's mask is gonna be torn off by Batman and it'll end his reign over Gotham. And Batman will learn that killing is a necessity for the greater good.
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Wasn't that already addressed in a kind of round about way in Batman Begins

"I won't kill you. … But I don't have to save you."
 
i_am_not_jon_ames said:
So if that amount of time has passed, will they have to age Bale via make-up effects?
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Well, not really. Bale already looks to be about the right age as a late 30's/early 40's Bruce Wayne.

In Batman Begins, Bruce was either still at Princeton or had just finished (not sure which), so he'd have to be in his early-mid twenties.

He does his travelling nomad/Ninja training stuff for 7 years, then returns to Gotham.

TDK takes place within the year after BB, and TDKR is 8 years after the events of TDK. So Bruce would be about 40, give or take.
 
With Nolan emphasizing how this movie is the end of the story of Batman, I wonder if that means Bruce will have sorted through the internal conflicts that led him to become Batman in the first place and retire at the end of the movie.

It's really interesting to me because, as a long standing comic series and a franchise, we're all so accustomed to Batman being a character who keeps going until he's too old or dies. And even then that story would never be touched upon.

But to think of Batman as a finite character that lasts for a few years as Bruce struggles to regain some sense of justice and normalcy gives a lot more depth to the character than I normally associate with him. It's easy to make his grief last forever to support Batman's never ending fight against injustice. But that's clearly not what drives his unhealthy obsession.

That's not to say that he'll return to a normal life right after he hangs his cowl, but he might find a way to deal with his obsessions in a better way. To limit Batman as a time in Wayne's life makes this series very interesting.

It should be noted that I'm not pondering over what Nolan will do, but simply musing over what could be done given the brief statements we've read.
 
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