The Dark Knight Rises

[weeeeeeez]

I don't know what I'm going to do when this movie comes out on Blu-Ray. I might just watch it on repeat for an entire day.

I just hope there's a director's cut.

[BlueNGold]

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I just hope there's a director's cut.

I doubt it. I don't think Nolan has ever done one for any of his movies, has he?

Besides, I love the movie as is. I know not everyone feels the same, but after 3 (and a half - on the computer) viewings, I can safely say this is a great closing to IMO the best trilogy of all-time and that I love it just as much as The Dark Knight and Batman Begins. There is no drop-off if you ask me.

It's going to be bad for my wallet when the inevitable trilogy collection with all the extra bonuses comes out. I already have Begins and TDK but **** it, I'm getting them again if I have to.

[sva91]

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I agree. I have seen Inception probably around fifty times now, saw it right before TDKR, and if I watched TDKR another fifty times without reading anyone else's opinion on the film, it would not have ever crossed my mind that the ending is perhaps a "dream sequence." In all honesty, it sort of sounds made up, like something people are just searching for, like an ink-blot test or a cloud in the sky.

But who knows? Maybe Nolan meant for there to be ambiguity. I also thought it was crystal clear that Blake is supposed to be the next Batman, not Robin or Nightwing. But again, everyone is jumping around claiming "Robin" to be the next hero in Gotham. That just doesn't seem right to me.

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Umm, how is it crystal clear he's not Robin...when his name is Robin?

[BlueNGold]

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Umm, how is it crystal clear he's not Robin...when his name is Robin?

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Because he's left with the Batcave, the Batsuit, the Bat, and a repaired Bat-signal?

The Robin name is just an easter egg for fans. If his real name was Dick Grayson or any of the other past Robin's, then it'd be a different story.

[Ampking101]

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Umm, how is it crystal clear he's not Robin...when his name is Robin?

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Even though I'm not the poster you are quoting I have an idea where he is coming from. The way it seemed to me was Blake actually isn't Robin but Batman's successor. Blake was a huge fan service from Nolan but he did state he would never do Robin and in actuality I felt he did a Robin tribute without ever actually doing Robin.

Firstly, though Blake had similarities to Tim Drake and Dick Grayson (not so much Jason Todd) his back story never really mirrors either. Unlike most of the characters (Selina Kyle was still a thief, Bane still a prisoner, etc).

Second and the most damning being that no Robin has ever been named 'Robin'. It is great fan service to hear him called Robin, it makes no sense for him to become Robin if his legal name is that exactly. Talk about horrible seperation of secret identity.

Had his name turned out to be Dick Grayson, Tim Drake, or even Jason Todd it would have been clear that he would become Robin rather than fan service to fans like myself (huge Robin/Tim Drake fan). It seemed more like he would carry on the Legacy of Batman (especially with the 'anyone can be Batman' storyline). However like I said that is just the way it seemed to me

Sent from: We Dat! Dirty Bird Nation.

[Ampking101]

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Because he's left with the Batcave, the Batsuit, the Bat, and a repaired Bat-signal?

The Robin name is just an easter egg for fans. If his real name was Dick Grayson or any of the other past Robin's, then it'd be a different story.

Got to it before I got a chance to post but glad I'm not the only one who noticed that.

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And yeah he was left everything as well. Though he wasn't left The Bat, seeing as it blew up along with the bomb. Guess the world just wasn't ready for such a beautiful creation.

Sent from: We Dat! Dirty Bird Nation.

[BlueNGold]

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Got to it before I got a chance to post but glad I'm not the only one who noticed that.

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And yeah he was left everything as well. Though he wasn't left The Bat, seeing as it blew up along with the bomb. Guess the world just wasn't ready for such a beautiful creation.

Sent from: We Dat! Dirty Bird Nation.

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At the end when those guys are checking the autopilot with Fox and find out Bruce fixed it, aren't they sitting in The Bat?

[DickDalewood]

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Because he's left with the Batcave, the Batsuit, the Bat, and a repaired Bat-signal?

The Robin name is just an easter egg for fans. If his real name was Dick Grayson or any of the other past Robin's, then it'd be a different story.

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Yup. Again, as Nolan likes to keep his universe a little more grounded in reality, JGL's character WAS Batman's Robin throughout the movie. Then, very clearly, at the end, he was positioned to take over the role of Batman when Bruce left.

Him revealing his name was Robin at the end was, as I said, to let the audience in on what his role had been throughout the movie; Nolan's take on Batman having a "sidekick". Like you said, it was made pretty darn clear.

[Altimus]

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Yup. Again, as Nolan likes to keep his universe a little more grounded in reality, JGL's character WAS Batman's Robin throughout the movie. Then, very clearly, at the end, he was positioned to take over the role of Batman when Bruce left.

Him revealing his name was Robin at the end was, as I said, to let the audience in on what his role had been throughout the movie; Nolan's take on Batman having a "sidekick". Like you said, it was made pretty darn clear.

In my mind this is what becomes of Blake:

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He takes the Jason Todd route.

[BlueNGold]

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In my mind this is what becomes of Blake:

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He takes the Jason Todd route.

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Not to go off-topic but can you elaborate on that picture.

It looks so weird seeing Batman popping guns.

[Nathan_OS]

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So I'm guessing we can stop going spoiler mode, am I right?

[Blzer]

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So I'm guessing we can stop going spoiler mode, am I right?

Haha just kidding, I have no idea. However, I don't know if people care or not whether we should leave comments about the novel in spoilers, even though it is, for the most part, taken directly from the film.

[TheMatrix31]

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Yes. I think it's time to get out of spoiler tags.

Anyone who hasn't seen the movie yet who is still willing to click on the thread....well....I don't know.

[thaima1shu]

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Maybe add something to the title warning that there will be spoilers in here?

[DaveDQ]

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I thought Bane's character was excellent. Yes, I had a really hard time understanding him but I was really impressed with the authority of his character.

I still will never quite understand the gushing over The Joker in TDK. In order of the first being most impressive I'd say:

Scarecrow
Bane
Joker

The scene where Scare crow asks, "Would you like to see my mask"...is still one of my favorites.