I was recently in need of a good Batman fix. I have been following all of the Dark Knight Rises stuff and can honestly say that none of it has me very excited. So, I decided to look for my fix elsewhere. I went to my local Gamestop and pre-ordered "Arkham City". The excitement of this quickly wore off as the realization that October 18th is pretty far away.
This of course left me smack in the middle of the same "I need more Batman!" conundrum that I was in before. I did what any rational man would do...
I started playing the original again for 8th time (not exaggerating!)
This time however something stuck out to me. I found myself time and time again fighting a Nolanized Bane!
Ok, well not really, but here have a look for yourself!
Don't the knife wielding henchmen in Arkham Asylum look remarkably like the Nolanized/ Tom Hardy Bane?!
Is this where Nolan found the idea for his (arguably) horrible Bane mask?
What do you think? Are these two separated at birth or has my need for more Batman reserved me a cell at Arkham?
(UPDATED):
I found this pic of Arkham Asylum concept art for Bane...
Even these designs have a somewhat similar design to Nolan's Bane (except for the fact that he is actually BIG and bad @$$!). Is it possible that Nolan just got lazy on his TDKR costumes? After this (and Catwoman!) I would say: YES!!!!!
Leave your comments below,
Till next time (unless you have me committed) Woodinator