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[Inferno313]

Given the long running time, do you guys think the film will have an intermission?

Gotta say, I'm not entirely sure why, but a movie with a well placed intermission always seems a teensy bit more epic. Perhaps it's having your mind left to linger on a particularly dramatic scene preceding the intermission, or just the thought that "so much has happened and we aren't even close to the ending yet."

I dunno, do I sound crazy?

I mean, I doubt it'll be in there. I guess we've had just as long movies without intermissions plenty of times before.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

That would an awesome game over final shot.

Bane kills everybody, catwoman drives off

Hope is lost
[black]

"Gotham is such a drag. Guess I'll go to Metropolis!"

Cue Justice League movie coinciding with a Return of Bruce Wayne-type storyline. Book it.

 

[ezekial45]

Given the long running time, do you guys think the film will have an intermission?

Gotta say, I'm not entirely sure why, but a movie with a well placed intermission always seems a teensy bit more epic. Perhaps it's having your mind left to linger on a particularly dramatic scene preceding the intermission, or just the thought that "so much has happened and we aren't even close to the ending yet."

I dunno, do I sound crazy?

Avatar didn't have an intermission. It's too much hassle to have intermission during movies. Especially ones in IMAX theaters.

 

[G-Fex]

Let's hope the final part of the movie is.

Batman/Bruce is on his last leg just when Bane is towering over him, as he is about to follow through with the final strike, Batman closes his eyes. When bruce wakes up after the huge flash of light, he is on the street dressed in rags, he is very very cold and nearly shuddering so much he could feel his teeth wanting to crack as they chatter. He looks around and everything is nearly covered in ice or melted ice. He looks up as a strangely suited Batman approaches him and offers him his hand, the other Batman helps him up dusting off the ice off of Bruce. He gives him a small salute "Citizen.." Then goes back with another suited younger male and a blonde female in another batsuit. They leave on their hovercraft ice mobiles.

Bruce falls to the floor with his hands to his head, realizing the truth. He was never really Bruce.

 

[Dany]

John Blake returns to his apartment, with an unmarked gift next to a picture frame of his two parents. He opens the gift and and and is confused, he pulls out a mask and then hears a sound from the windowsill. A robin and bat are pirched outside and Blake then chuckles.

CUT TO BLACK
END CREDITS.

 

[shira]

Avatar didn't have an intermission. It's too much hassle to have intermission during movies. Especially ones in IMAX theaters.

I think there is gonna be a lotta pee breaks.
Then again guys can just pee in a cup.
Gonna be hell for those sardine pack imax

 

[MikeHaggar]

Let's hope the final part of the movie is.

Batman/Bruce is on his last leg just when Bane is towering over him, as he is about to follow through with the final strike, Batman closes his eyes. When bruce wakes up after the huge flash of light, he is on the street dressed in rags, he is very very cold and nearly shuddering so much he could feel his teeth wanting to crack as they chatter. He looks around and everything is nearly covered in ice or melted ice. He looks up as a strangely suited Batman approaches him and offers him his hand, the other Batman helps him up dusting off the ice off of Bruce. He gives him a small salute "Citizen.." Then goes back with another suited younger male and a blonde female in another batsuit. They leave on their hovercraft ice mobiles.

Bruce falls to the floor with his hands to his head, realizing the truth. He was never really Bruce.

John Blake returns to his apartment, with an unmarked gift next to a picture frame of his two parents. He opens the gift and and and is confused, he pulls out a mask and then hears a sound from the windowsill. A robin and bat are pirched outside and Blake then chuckles.

CUT TO BLACK
END CREDITS.

are you guys serious? both of those would be... awful.

i'm calling it now. the movie is going to end the like the dark knight returns with bruce faking his death. i'm going to wager that bane outs him as batman at some point to the public. he defeats bane, saves gotham, but fakes his death in the process so that he can move on with his life.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

Some of you guys want this to tank after opening weekend I see.

 

[Dany]

Selina Kyle stands over the marked grave of Bruce Wayne. The rain is pouring and Alfred walks behind providing an umbrella. She says "Bats don't have 9 lives", Alfred looks up and says "It looks like the storm is over, Ms. Kyle." Selina turns around and sees the sun breaking the horizon. "Dawn is coming"

CUT TO BLACK
END CREDITS

 

[DMczaf]

From August 2012 SciFi Magazine

Jonah on Bane

"It does feel evolutionary to go from a villain who doesn't really believe in anything, unless he just believes in the lack of belief, or just believes in just tearing things to pieces, to then move on to a villain who does believe in something very clearly and who definitively has a plan, and who is defined almost completely by that plan."

"David Goyer and Chris cast around for the story for a while and came back with Bane, and I was surprised at first, but was sold once we start talking about the character's backstory. Because Bane has so many photo-negative similarities, or sort of inverse similarities to Bruce Wayne's background. They are cut from similar cloth. But we thought that the backstory of a kid raised in Hell really resonates with and amplifies Bruce's story. Very, very different but tortured. That sort of tortured path to what they both consider righteousness. It was really, really sort of inspiring to me."

I finally ask Jonah...looking at Watchmen, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Iron Man 2, Spider-Man 3, and considering that The Dark Knight Rises will have Batman, Bane and Catwoman and a host of secondary characters, is he concerned about creating a comic book movie plot that might be too cluttered, as a narrative?

"Oh, I don't believe in any of that shit! Everyone is always looking for excuses as to why something worked or why something didn't work. Even The Dark Knight has three villains in it, or six depending on how you're counting them. It is just a question of whether you can pull it off.

 

[shira]

are you guys serious? both of those would be... awful.

i'm calling it now. the movie is going to end the like the dark knight returns with bruce faking his death. i'm going to wager that bane outs him as batman at some point to the public. he defeats bane, saves gotham, but fakes his death in the process so that he can move on with his life.

Cane Wayne does inspire me very much. I'll have to see what that injury is. If he broke his hip and he beats bane that's just goofy.

 

[G-Fex]

Bane is already fucking 100 times better than TDK's Joker.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Bane is already fucking 100 times better than TDK's Joker.

Yep, this is a Nolan thread.

Spoiler

U MAD

 

[DMczaf]

Yep, this is a Nolan thread.

Spoiler

U MAD

You fell for KOG's trap. Now you must Pokemon battle him.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

Scarecrow was better than The Joker. He set the Batman on FIRE

 

[G-Fex]

You fell for KOG's trap. Now you must Pokemon battle him.

WRONG

REVEAL MY TRAP CARD. CHANGE OF HEART

NOW YOUR BANE FANBOYISM BELONGS TO ME. MY MOVE.

 

[shira]

Scarecrow was better than The Joker. He set the Batman on FIRE

Well he was wearing nomex, he prep timed him just for that scenario

 

[G-Fex]

Well he was wearing nomex, he prep timed him just for that scenario

isn't that the scene where Batman escapes barely and he's crying for alfred to pick him up on his batphone?

 

[DMczaf]

isn't that the scene where Batman escapes barely and he's crying for alfred to pick him up on his batphone?

Fuck you, it was the fear toxin!

 

[shira]

isn't that the scene where Batman escapes barely and he's crying for alfred to pick him up on his batphone?

I think that was the weaponized hallucinogen effects, not burn damage. Nomex is fire resistant - firefighter gear.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

great Bane trailer using his theme

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlPB2L352ZQ&feature=player_embedded

I quite liked this, I saw it on SHH. Very ominous.

Too be fair, KOG, the second time around he basically shattered Crane's mind. Scarecrow Toxin Demonic Batman for the win:

 

[shira]

I quite liked this, I saw it on SHH. Very ominous.

Too be fair, KOG, the second time around he basically shattered Crane's mind. Scarecrow Toxin Demonic Batman for the win:

http://www.geekrest.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/BatmanBegins_BatmanDemonScarecrowCollectibleFigureSet_PR9.jpg[/IG][/QUOTE]
He shoulda put a little in flass' falafel

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

I love that scene, especially in the context of the second movie. Crane goes insane and then... just goes back to being Crane.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Scarecrow was better than The Joker. He set the Batman on FIRE

Let's be honest, all the villains fucked up Batman (except Zsasz):

1) Ra's pretty much beat the shit out of Batman on the train, those punches looked like they fucking hurt. And he got knocked down by a bloody log when he tried to take out Ra's.

2) Scarecrow dosed him and then torched him.

3) The Joker sicced dogs on him and then beat the shit out of him with a crowbar before knocking him out of a window.

4) Harvey shot him in the abdomen.

5) Bane beats the absolute shit out of him.

 

[MetalGuardian]

Blake: I just can't believe he's really gone. He gave so much, sacrificed it all for Gotham and her people. Did he ever give up hope, Alfred?

Alfred: Nevah

Blake: Then neither shall I. While we may weep over the grave of our watchful protector, silent guardian... our dark knight, if you will, Gotham still needs her hero. I'm going to protect her with my life, just as Bruce did with his.

Alfred: Shhh, you don't want da bloody League membahs to ovah hear you saying his damn name

Blake: They won't... because last night, I took those members to their final resting bed... inside of her, the city I am now sworn to protect.

Alfred: Are you up to da challenge, Mr. Blake?

Blake: I... I think so. I must do right by her, and by the Batman. If I can't, then my whole career as a low-level law enforcer will have taken me to nowhere but a dead end. I can't do this on my own though... I need some assurances.

Alfred: What sort of assurances, Mr. Blake?

Blake: The type of assurance that lets me know that she, this wonderful city, will always be in the thrust of my throbbing heart. That SHE, Gotham, may always have the stain of infidelity upon her, but that I will be her white knight, shining to protect her. That good people like us will take a stand against corruption, and we won't give up on her or her seductive appeal to the good life. Can you give me that assurance, Alfred? Will you ever give up on our lady of the night?

Alfred: Nevah.

[Blake walks slowly from the grave, and, in a surprising twist, takes a pet ROBIN out of his pocket, stroking its tiny, fragile head. Before leaving Alfred's line of sight, he turns his head to say one last thing]

Blake: May he rest in the peace of her bosom, and know the true delights of sticky, innocent air that he may enjoy forever in the eternal company of the esteemed Wayne family. Good night, sweet prince.

[Close up on Alfred, as we see him shed a single, manly tear of justice and truth]

CUT TO BLACK
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER NOLAN

 

[shira]

I love that scene, especially in the context of the second movie. Crane goes insane and then... just goes back to being Crane.

But then he gets out and turns into a drug dealer. Lame

 

[G-Fex]

Fuck you, it was the fear toxin!

Sure it was.

Bruce : Allfreeeeeeeeed *sniff* I failed as Batman. He got scary powder all over me.

Alfred: Of course Master Wayne.

I quite liked this, I saw it on SHH. Very ominous.

Too be fair, KOG, the second time around he basically shattered Crane's mind. Scarecrow Toxin Demonic Batman for the win:]

Yeah I liked it when the doctor got a taste of his own medicine.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Blake: I just can't believe he's really gone. He gave so much, sacrificed it all for Gotham and her people. Did he ever give up hope, Alfred?

Alfred: Nevah

Blake: Then neither shall I. While we may weep over the grave of our watchful protector, silent guardian... our dark knight, if you will, Gotham still needs her hero. I'm going to protect her with my life, just as Bruce did with his.

Alfred: Shhh, you don't want da bloody League membahs to ovah hear you saying his damn name

Blake: They won't... because last night, I took those members to their final resting bed... inside of her, the city I am now sworn to protect.

Alfred: Are you up to da challenge, Mr. Blake?

Blake: I... I think so. I must do right by her, and by the Batman. If I can't, then my whole career as a low-level law enforcer will have taken me to nowhere but a dead end. I can't do this on my own though... I need some assurances.

Alfred: What sort of assurances, Mr. Blake?

Blake: The type of assurance that lets me know that she, this wonderful city, will always be in the thrust of my throbbing heart. That SHE, Gotham, may always have the stain of infidelity upon her, but that I will be her white knight, shining to protect her. That good people like us will take a stand against corruption, and we won't give up on her or her seductive appeal to the good life. Can you give me that assurance, Alfred? Will you ever give up on our lady of the night?

Alfred: Nevah.

[Blake walks slowly from the grave, and, in a surprising twist, takes a pet ROBIN out of his pocket, stroking its tiny, fragile head. Before leaving Alfred's line of sight, he turns his head to say one last thing]

Blake: May he rest in the peace of her bosom, and know the true delights of sticky, innocent air that he may enjoy forever in the eternal company of the esteemed Wayne family. Good night, sweet prince.

[Close up on Alfred, as we see him shed a single, manly tear of justice and truth]

CUT TO BLACK
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER NOLAN

How much Miller have you been reading!?

I love that scene, especially in the context of the second movie. Crane goes insane and then... just goes back to being Crane.

Hahahaha, and he's just basically as crazy as he was before the dose. He's just fucking everyone up on fear toxin for no reason.

But then he gets out and turns into a drug dealer. Lame

He's not really a drug dealer. He's lacing everything with fear toxin and infecting more and more people. There's those Gotham Tonight reports on the Blu-Ray that go into what Crane's doing more (and there's more on Gotham Knight if you consider it canon).

He's still fucking insane.

 

[NYR]

Too much fan fiction in this thread.

 

[shira]

He's not really a drug dealer. He's lacing everything with fear toxin and infecting more and more people. There's those Gotham Tonight reports on the Blu-Ray that go into what Crane's doing more (and there's more on Gotham Knight if you consider it canon).

He's still fucking insane.

I will have to watch that

 

[bengraven]

Seriously would.

 

[G-Fex]

DM try to get me hyped on Catwoman again.

 

[DMczaf]

DM try to get me hyped on Catwoman again.

She'll hold your hand.

 

[G-Fex]

She'll hold your hand.

Oh gosh

I'm sold.

 

[shira]

Seriously would.

I think her mother warned her about letting strange men into her.

 

[Dany]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xguCYldVGY8&feature=player_embedded

http://vimeo.com/43751753

More batman fan trailers

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

I think her mother warned her about letting strange men into her.

That's the key: Befriend the mother.

 

[shira]

That's the key: Befriend the mother.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Watched batman begins again. Underrated hilarious line is when Alfred bashes the guy standing in front of the wayne mansion burning down and then he says "I hope you're not a member of the fire brigade".

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

 

[shira]

I don't think that's the password

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Have you guys ever found it weird how much Bruce and Alfred talk about Bruce's dad, and they almost never refer to his mom?

 

[Dany]

Trophy wife

 

[G-Fex]

Have you guys ever found it weird how much Bruce and Alfred talk about Bruce's dad, and they almost never refer to his mom?

in tv/movies nobody usually cares about the mom, it's always the dad.

 

[shira]

in tv/movies nobody usually cares about the mom, it's always the dad.

But Selina intentionally puts on that pearl necklace
Maybe we get a mention

 

[G-Fex]

But Selina intentionally puts on that pearl necklace
Maybe we get a mention

Selena: Hey bruce remember when your mom got killed wearing this? Lol. Do I look pretty ?

 

[shira]

Selena: Hey bruce remember when your mom got killed wearing this? Lol. Do I look pretty ?

Pussy gotta eat

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

That Bruce thumbs up has always come across as so lame.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Selena: Hey bruce remember when your mom got killed wearing this? Lol. Do I look pretty ?

We immediately get insight into Bruce's mommy issues when he immediately wants to bang her.

That Bruce thumbs up has always come across as so lame.

He is playing up the Dick-Bruce persona.

 

[Graphics Horse]

But Selina intentionally puts on that pearl necklace
Maybe we get a mention

He'll say 'That looks like the necklace my father showed me before he was murdered."
Poor Mrs Wayne won't get a mention.