RagingBull80

I hadn't even thought about Batman being inactive for the eight years leading up to The Dark Knight Rises. It actually makes a bit of sense with what Paul_SD said.

It does add more meaning to the "Rises" in the title. Also, it does somehow make it more powerful that he comes out of "hiding" to confront Bane. Maybe by the time DKR story line picks up Batman has only been out of commission for a few years and not the entire eight? I kind of like that idea.

RocShemp

Roger Ebert said it best when he revied Batman Begins:

These films are not grounded in reality but give off a more realistic tone than their predecesors. But they still have nonsense like microwave emitters that seem to vaporise water deep underground but leave above ground humans untouched and a police force so incompetent that all it takes is for you to turn off your headlights to evade pursuit (with air support no less). This isn't Batman: The French Connection by any means.

Hokeyboy

Mike Gold used to edit the classic Mike Grell "Green Arrow" series in the 80s/early 90s... and one thing they did with the title was make it more grounded: trick arrows were gone, the tone was decisively more adult, the storylines more sophisticated and topical, and yes, more realistic.

So in the letter column, one self-righteous fanboy exploded with outrage, that Green Arrow was NOT realistic, because how could someone run around Seattle in a green outfit, shooting arrows around, with barely a mask on, and NOT have been hounded by the police and arrested by the FBI, that it was a joke to call the book "realistic".

Gold responded with something along the lines of, "No one ever said the book was realistic. However, it's more of a 'realistic compared to other superhero comics' title." Which pretty much nails what Nolan is doing.

RocShemp

^ What Hedy Lamarr just said.

Paul_SD

If the comparison were strictly limited to B&R and the other three previous movies, I would more than likely agree.

RoboDad

That's Hedley!

Solid Snake

man..a lot of you guys are sucking each others' dicks in trying to one up each other. Fuck. This thread is getting too bitchy for me.

My Other Self

Once I saw the back and forth over hypotheses I just skimmed over to this page. We need a new trailer or something to get the discussion back on track and then bitch about something else.

Hokeyboy

Self-aggrandizing above-it-all'ism.

Solid Snake

well when The Avengers gets closer we'll have the new trailer then we can stop all the bitching about the ending or whatever they're going on about now.

bluetoast

One thing stays constant, realistic or not: every actor ever complains about the suit.

RocShemp

At least Bale can turn his head and look up and down with relative ease. Other than Lewis Wilson and Adam West, no other Batman live action actor had a less restrictive costume than Bale's in TDK.

FRwL

Is that him? What the?

Solid Snake

holy shit it is...what the...also Brittney Murphy going stupid there too....
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My Other Self

I remember watching that when it first aired back in 2002 but I believe that's the 2002 MTV Movie Awards, not the VMAs. Nolan won an award for "Best New Filmmaker" for Memento.

Solid Snake

How awkward. And yes..that's 2002.

My Other Self

He looks so out of place behind Brittany Murphy.

FRwL

Well at least he looks like a DIRECTOR should stand, if he had moved a smidge like the guy on his right it would've been weird. But then again Sergio Leone was shaking booty in numerous nightclubs.

Nick Martin

I've never heard anything but compliments from Bale about his second Batsuit.

RocShemp

If your trying to say Bale likes the second suit, you failed to accomplish that with your use of a double negative.

outcastja

Some screenshots from the upcoming trailer:

RocShemp

I like that new DC Comics logo.

Why So Blu?

Where are the screenshots?

RocShemp

Groucho

That's too small. I, for one, will be waiting for the preview of the trailer before commenting.