[THE DARK KNIGHT RISES]

jungleroomx

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

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The first reviews are in, and they're highly positive.

The third and final installment in the highly lucrative, highly influential, and groundbreaking superhero series from Christopher Nolan in coming July 20th.

Set 8 years after happenings in The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises shows Gotham City teetering on the edge of collapse underneath the significant weight of supervillain Bane, a highly intelligent and physically imposing criminal that appears to have been more than a match for Batman. Being dubbed the "epic conclusion to the Dark Knight legend", the film looks to be as dark and gritty as we've come to expect from Christopher Nolan's vision of Gotham.

THE CAST

The regulars Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Gary Oldman reprise their roles for this movie.

New cast members of note:

Tom Hardy as Bane
Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle/Catwoman
Joseph Gordon-Levitt as John Blake
Josh Pence - Young Ra's Al Ghul

emnmnme

How much does fire insurance cost in Gotham City?

Julius

SO WHAT ABOUT THE RIDDLER???


Seriously, I ignored the rumours for a while because it got to a "who can speculate the hardest?" contest but it seems clear that The Riddler is in this one. I'm curious what they'll do with him.

Quid

It does? Cause Nolan specifically said it isn't.

stevemarks44

Why does it seem clear that the riddler is in this at all?

I mean, I don't read blatant spoilers but seriously I've never heard anything about the riddler outside of like, fantasy casting.

So It Goes

Why is it clear the Riddler's in this one?

stevemarks44

That poster is for "The Dark Knight Returns"...

that is not the same movie as the movie that is coming out.

JMan711

The Riddler isn't in it at all. That is a fake fan made poster. Hell, it even has 2011 on it when it won't be out till next year. Here is the real poster for the op: http://assets.flickchart.com/blogassets/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/344099522.jpg

Julius

Are...are you guys not seeing that poster? Am I going mad?

Edit: Wait...is that a fake poster?

Z0re

So have they said how long after TDK this takes place?

So It Goes

darkknight-returns-fan-poster.jpg

jungleroomx

My bad, wrong link. Poster fixed to the rubble-shrouded bat logo city scape.

stevemarks44

In the Nolan-verse, a Riddler villain would probably play out much the same way The Joker did. There is too much grittiness in Nolan's gotham to really be able to differentiate the two.

jungleroomx

My bad, wrong link. Poster fixed to the rubble-shrouded bat logo city scape.

Julius

JMan711 wrote:

The Riddler isn't in it at all. That is a fake fan made poster. Hell, it even has 2011 on it when it won't be out till next year. Here is the real poster for the op: http://assets.flickchart.com/blogassets/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/344099522.jpg

fuck. guess that means I won't be watching this as without the riddler it'll suck.


I admit I'm a little drunk but still. How awesome would it be with the Riddler?

Caveman Paws

So what about the Clock King?

Quid

Julius wrote:

JMan711 wrote:

The Riddler isn't in it at all. That is a fake fan made poster. Hell, it even has 2011 on it when it won't be out till next year. Here is the real poster for the op: http://assets.flickchart.com/blogassets/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/344099522.jpg

fuck. guess that means I won't be watching this as without the riddler it'll suck.


I admit I'm a little drunk but still. How awesome would it be with the Riddler?

I imagine about as good as the last two.

So It Goes

Julius wrote:

JMan711 wrote:

The Riddler isn't in it at all. That is a fake fan made poster. Hell, it even has 2011 on it when it won't be out till next year. Here is the real poster for the op: http://assets.flickchart.com/blogassets/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/344099522.jpg

fuck. guess that means I won't be watching this as without the riddler it'll suck.


I admit I'm a little drunk but still. How awesome would it be with the Riddler?

sober up. it would not be awesome.

jungleroomx

Nolan isn't one to play it straight, so it's going to be interesting. It's the final film in the trilogy, so nobody is safe.

stevemarks44

My dream of seeing Scarface as the antagonist of a gritty Batman movie is nigh ruined.

Archonex

Oh man. I really don't want to see Bane

Spoiler:

Break the Batman

But I have a nasty feeling that given how this trilogy has gone so far, that it's going to have a bittersweet ending, at best.


Also, why is Gordon at death's door? Is that ever mentioned in the comics?

Julius

So It Goes wrote:

Julius wrote:

JMan711 wrote:

The Riddler isn't in it at all. That is a fake fan made poster. Hell, it even has 2011 on it when it won't be out till next year. Here is the real poster for the op: http://assets.flickchart.com/blogassets/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/344099522.jpg

fuck. guess that means I won't be watching this as without the riddler it'll suck.


I admit I'm a little drunk but still. How awesome would it be with the Riddler?

sober up. it would not be awesome.

Well I'm thinking a bit along the lines of Moriarty in "Sherlock". A game of cat and mouse with Batsy and Riddler being very clever but now that I think about it a little more it doesn't fit with the Nolan Batman. It it too serious.

Rorus Raz

Man, I was kinda hoping for Mr. Freeze. Not so fantastic as the animated series, but with the same tragic roots. Then again, we'll probably never see his face on film again thanks to Schumacher.

Mr_Rose

Archonex wrote:

Also, why is Gordon at death's door? Is that ever mentioned in the comics?

He doesn't look at death's door to me, just really beat up. Like a few limbs and ribs snapped and concussed all to hell beat up. Almost like he had an unfortunate encounter with a certain muscle-bound freak of a villain.

Speaking of Bane, I really hope they actually put Bane in the film and not a shaved gorilla in a lucha libre mask and call it bane like in that other movie we don't talk about...but then, Nolan seems to have been paying attention so odds are favourable.

EDIT: @Rorus Raz we haven't seen "Mr Freeze" on film yet, just like how we haven't seen Bane either. Or Poison Ivy.

Delta Assault

Rorus Raz wrote:

Man, I was kinda hoping for Mr. Freeze. Not so fantastic as the animated series, but with the same tragic roots. Then again, we'll probably never see his face on film again thanks to Schumacher.

You're not sending ME to the COOLER!

Mercy? I'm afraid my condition has left me cold to your pleas of mercy.

Tonight, hell freezes over!

Ice to see you!

Prepare for a bitter harvest. Winter has come at last.

What killed the dinosaurs? The Ice Age!

In this universe, there's only one absolute... everything freezes!

Cool party!

Can you be cold, Batman? You have eleven minutes to thaw a bird.

If revenge is a dish best served cold, then put on your Sunday finest. It's time to feast!

Allow me to break the ice. My name is Freeze. Learn it well. For it's the chilling sound of your doom.

Let's kick some ice!

The Ice Man cometh!

My passion thaws for my pride alone.

Stay cool, Birdboy.

Freeze in hell, Batman!

So It Goes

ha oh boy

those were good times

Wank

As someone who never read the comics, who is John Blake?

i am so excited that JGL is in this

jungleroomx

Wank wrote:

As someone who never read the comics, who is John Blake?

i am so excited that JGL is in this

Created for the movie...

...but it's JGL, so who cares?

Atomika

I find it really weird that people are clamoring for/disappointed in the lack of the really, really outlandish characters in the Batman rogue's gallery in Nolan's films.

The series has firmly established a grounded reality for all the characters, in some cases by seriously altering their comics-canon origin. Ol' Bats has plenty of more realistic villains, probably more than any of his contemporaries, for people to be put out that Killer Croc or Man-Bat isn't going to show up.

wandering

The best part of Batman and Robin is the pop-out Bat Ice Skates. Also the Bat Credit Card (Expiration: Forever). Also when Poison Ivy kisses Batman but Batman reveals that he always wears lip-protection, just in case of poison kisses.

Yeah so I am basically the only person on earth who likes Batman and Robin. It's a great comedy! Well maybe it's not great - I mean, it's no Batman: The Movie. ("What's yellow and writes?" "Of course! A ball point banana!") But it holds up about as well as your average Mel Brooks movie. It's too bad it occasionally tries to be a serious film, and asks you to care that Alfred is dying and whatnot. Imagine if Airplane! wanted you to feel genuinely sad during the Vietnam flashbacks.

Snork

oh my god i seriously thought i imagined the bat credit card
unbelievable

So It Goes

haunting memories you wish you could forget

but you can't

you can't unsee it

KalTorak

Mr_Rose wrote:

Speaking of Bane, I really hope they actually put Bane in the film and not a shaved gorilla in a lucha libre mask and call it bane like in that other movie we don't talk about...but then, Nolan seems to have been paying attention so odds are favourable.

Yeah, if he were planning on doing that he wouldn't need to hire an actual actor like Tom Hardy.

TehSpectre

Mr_Rose wrote:

Speaking of Bane, I really hope they actually put Bane in the film and not a shaved gorilla in a lucha libre mask and call it bane like in that other movie we don't talk about...but then, Nolan seems to have been paying attention so odds are favourable.

Bagginses

wandering wrote:

The best part of Batman and Robin is the pop-out Bat Ice Skates. Also the Bat Credit Card (Expiration: Forever). Also when Poison Ivy kisses Batman but Batman reveals that he always wears lip-protection, just in case of poison kisses.

Yeah so I am basically the only person on earth who likes Batman and Robin. It's a great comedy! Well maybe it's not great - I mean, it's no Batman: The Movie. ("What's yellow and writes?" "Of course! A ball point banana!") But it holds up about as well as your average Mel Brooks movie. It's too bad it occasionally tries to be a serious film, and asks you to care that Alfred is dying and whatnot. Imagine if Airplane! wanted you to feel genuinely sad during the Vietnam flashbacks.

Really, it's the best of the four. The previous two did the same shit but forgot to instal the lighting fixtures so you couldn't see the jokes.

emnmnme

What is Bane's motivation? Ras' wants to destroy any country that gets too powerful. Joker wants to cause chaos just because. Bane wants to ... rob banks? What's Bane's obsession?

Wank

That was Bane climbing out of a well, right? And doing prison push-ups?

KalTorak

emnmnme wrote:

What is Bane's motivation? Ras' wants to destroy any country that gets too powerful. Joker wants to cause chaos just because. Bane wants to ... rob banks? What's Bane's obsession?

IIRC, he wants to beat Batman. Or something.

So It Goes

I forget which comic book had some good backstory on him, I read it recently

Quid

emnmnme wrote:

What is Bane's motivation? Ras' wants to destroy any country that gets too powerful. Joker wants to cause chaos just because. Bane wants to ... rob banks? What's Bane's obsession?

I believe Bane's a highly intelligent criminal simply bent on taking Batman down.

Delta Assault

That's really good. Though Batman here would be both Apollo Creed and Rocky.