Things You Might Have Missed in TDKR

Things You Might Have Missed in TDKR

Did Gotham city figure it out?

Review Opinion
By aaronversch - Jul 21, 2012 07:07 AM EST
Filed Under: The Dark Knight Rises

-Unless I missed it, there was no explanation as to why Bruce died. Either no one knew he died or no one cared enough to go to his funeral. So did Gotham City figure out Bruce was Batman?

-Talia died just like her dad. The vehicle that was carrying them and a bomb dropped and crashed.

-There were at least three actors from the Fox show Prison Break in TDKR. Reggie Lee, Robert Wisdom, Wade Williams. Maybe T-Bag was in the body bag on the plane?

-Hardy was going for the Gypsy King accent but sounding like Sean Connery's and Darth Vader's love child. "Bruce, Ra's is my Father...I am Bane; Bane Bane."

-Bruce and Selena lived off of Martha's pearls.

-Don't you think Bruce or Alfred would've had a brief conversation? I mean come on?! Alfred thought he was dead! Bruce clearly forgave him!

-How come Batman, Gordon and the others didn't really have too much fear of falling through the ice even though they all were relatively bunched up. Plus the whole ignition and burning wire going across the ice.

-No one handling Bruce's estate thought it was strange for Bruce to leave Blake with a map of the Wayne Estate grounds with exact coordinates? No one at least thought it was curious enough to check it out? No one thought what would a billionaire be hiding on his land? Sure it would be illegal but wouldn't you check it out?

-Wouldn't the bomb be easily found close to the time it goes off? Gotham City is a lot bigger than 6 miles in diameter so the most impact would be for it to go off in the middle of the city.

-Most importantly, Bane had the bomb and the city for 5 months. People are questioning how come Bruce healed so quickly, escaped so soon into his prison stay/back injury, got back to Gotham too quickly, etc. Bruce had roughly 4 months in prison and 3 weeks to get back to Gotham.

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BIGBMH
BIGBMH - 7/21/2012, 8:36 AM
I didn't remember Reggie Lee from Prison Break, but I recognized the other two. plus William Fitchner was in TDK, making it 4. I also found it kind of interesting that Wade Williams was in Blackgate when they were taking Selina in.
jeanpauljeanpaul
jeanpauljeanpaul - 7/21/2012, 10:38 AM
"Unless I missed it, there was no explanation as to why Bruce died. Either no one knew he died or no one cared enough to go to his funeral. So did Gotham City figure out Bruce was Batman?"

A: Bruce was shown as ailing throughout the course of the movie to the citizens of Gotham; and had been a recluse for about seven+ years--It wouldn't surprise me if someone with that state of health, just "died": people "just die" all the time. But if you want a COD, how about "Septicemia"? And, it may have been part of the official funeral plans that no one was allowed on the grounds of Wayne Manor except "special guests"...fwiw
jeanpauljeanpaul
jeanpauljeanpaul - 7/21/2012, 10:41 AM

"No one handling Bruce's estate thought it was strange for Bruce to leave Blake with a map of the Wayne Estate grounds with exact coordinates? No one at least thought it was curious enough to check it out? No one thought what would a billionaire be hiding on his land? Sure it would be illegal but wouldn't you check it out?"

A: Lucius Fox could've handled the estate settlement; and the interior entrance to the cave (via the bookcase) could have been permanently sealed.


Geektality
Geektality - 7/21/2012, 1:49 PM
The bomb might have had a 6-Mile radius, but the residual radiation would have made Gotham completely unlivable and the resulting EMP blast would have turned Gotham into a ghost town.
KingLobo
KingLobo - 7/21/2012, 3:58 PM
Other Questions....
Why did the old dudes help Bruce in the PIT? It sure didn't look to be a rough kill or be killed place.

Did Lucious make it out of the Rector chamber alive - maybe he did...i don't remember him at the "funeral".

Why destroy the "Dick Grayson (sp?)" myth?
Why destroy the Damien Wayne Myth?
Why Kill Martian Manhunter?
Bread
Bread - 7/21/2012, 4:09 PM
Here are two Easter eggs I found-

Killer Croc- when Blake was at Wayne's house he said "they asked me if I saw any giant crocodiles down ther"

Red Hood- when bane was taking over the stock exchange, he was walking around wearing a red motorcycle helmet
KingEmperor
KingEmperor - 7/21/2012, 6:28 PM
Bruce Wayne was thought to have been killed during the riots. I think this was mentioned.

As for Alfred not talking to Bruce in the end, I chalk it up as them better off not being seen together. Kind of like a "plausible deniability" on Alfred's part, since Bruce supposedly died.

Maybe the coordinates for the Batcave was seald in an envelope. Or nobody knew what the coordinates were for. Handling estates is highly confidential, so any lawyers dealing with them probably didn't think twice about anything.

Also the theme when Ra's was killed is the same theme as when the Joker fell off the building and Talia driving off the overpass. I guess it's the official "bad guy falling" theme.
MrReese
MrReese - 7/21/2012, 7:38 PM
^ Like when Selina was walking handcuffed she could have just looked into cells & seen a guy playing with a rubix cube or a red head girl caressing a flower.Or at the bar Selina was at could have been called the "Iceberg Lounge".
CrimsonDynamo
CrimsonDynamo - 7/21/2012, 9:08 PM

"How come Batman, Gordon and the others didn't really have too much fear of falling through the ice even though they all were relatively bunched up. Plus the whole ignition and burning wire going across the ice"

Yes, that was a sticky point with me as well - Batman's first order of business when returning, possibly on foot from Asia , was to perfectly draw his symbol on a building when the city was in tatters, and then perfectly place an ignition wire on the already thin ice and expect someone to light it?? Hmmm... sounds plausible.
I guess Batman watched Daredevil one too many times...
msullivan1945
msullivan1945 - 7/22/2012, 3:59 PM
Ra's didn't have a bomb in the first one. Fairly weak points in the end. Failed attempts at humor with the pearls and bane voice comments. Overall I say that someone kick this faggot in the junk while we laugh. It would be more entertaining than this article.
aaronversch
aaronversch - 7/22/2012, 7:24 PM
TDK had the villian telling Gothomites leaving the city while TDKR had the villian forcing people to stay.
This focus on Gotham City was based on Ra’s’ desire to destroy the city.
kong
kong - 7/25/2012, 5:17 AM
The killer Croc reference was awesome
aaronversch
aaronversch - 8/13/2012, 7:06 AM
What about there seeming not to be much of style/technology advancement from TDK and TDKR. Eight years have passed and the clothing styles look the same. The cars look the same. You would think something changed in eight years besides the cast aging a little.
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