Batman is a little...unoriginal?

Batman is a little...unoriginal?

I realised something about Batman when rewatching The Dark Knight Trilogy.

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By Boyle360 - Oct 20, 2013 01:10 PM EST
Filed Under: The Dark Knight
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Did anyone else notice this? In each film, a supporting character says a significant line at some point during the film; about halfway in. Then, near the end Batman repeats the line himself. Every significant line Batman has had during the climax of each film is him just copying someone else. Doesn't that make him seem a little less impressive?

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arkhamknight
arkhamknight - 10/20/2013, 2:01 PM
No.
DukeAcureds
DukeAcureds - 10/20/2013, 2:06 PM
He even repeats the line "You ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight" line to The Joker, at the end of Batman 1989.
And, in Batman Returns, he repeats the line "But a kiss can be even deadlier if you mean it" to Catwoman.
And again, in Batman Forever, he repeats the line "Two against two are better odds" to Robin.
And finally in Batman and Robin he repeats the line "Sometimes depending on someone else is the only way to win" to Robin.
All of them at the end of the film and all of them to the people who originally coined the lines.
You really are onto something here, @Boyle360.
BANE5000
BANE5000 - 10/20/2013, 3:45 PM
BB still had the better suit :]
Boyle360
Boyle360 - 10/20/2013, 4:28 PM
@DukeAcureds
Well spotted! Why can't he have his own lines?!
PrinceOfChaos
PrinceOfChaos - 10/20/2013, 5:34 PM
I don't know about everyone else, but I noticed this when the movies came out. It was quite obvious during the film that he was repeating the lines once said to him, and with the possible exception of TDKR, it was for a reasonable purpose that he did repeat those lines. I also don't see how this could damage the character in any way.

That being said, @DukeAcureds I did not notice it being done in those movies!

I still don't think it makes the character any less impressive, nor do I think this is something that unnoticed that it needed to be posted in attempt to create a negative reflection on Batman.
StatenMan18
StatenMan18 - 10/21/2013, 7:09 AM
Lol I noticed it for the the first two but not TDKR, maybe it's just a batman thing.
Knightrider
Knightrider - 10/21/2013, 11:44 PM
Mate, it is called foreshadowing, or setting the theme of the movie.

Watch every movie ever, then you'll discover this sort of thing all the time.
AC1
AC1 - 10/22/2013, 2:07 PM
Yeah I noticed it eventually, it's something that happens in every Nolan/Goyer written superhero movie, it happens in Man Of Steel as well ("A good death is it's own reward" as stated by Faora and repeated by Hardy). Once you notice it, it does become annoying. It's the laziest sort of "foreshadowing", and the only major gripe I have with all those films collectively.

I will admit, it worked very well in The Dark Knight, and to an extent in Batman Begins. But it just didn't work in The Dark Knight Rises, while it wasn't necessary in Man Of Steel.
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