The Dark Knight Rises Anticipation Station

[Samuel Walters]

JonnyQuest037 wrote:

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What, you want it to be silly and cartoony like all those other sneezes out there? Nolan's sneeze had SO much more depth!!! It was the most realistic sneeze ever, you guys!!!!

Oh please. That was hardly a momentous sneeze. In fact, I bet that he could have even held that sneeze in, if he really wanted to. Face it. The sneeze was just for show! Now everyone is all "bless you, Mr. Nolan." As if he wasn't already blessed with filmmaking talent to begin with!

[RoJoHen]

Frontier wrote:

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Or "The Dark Knight Falls" is even slightly better.

It also means the opposite of the current title.

The Dark Knight: Reloaded

[Christopher]

JonnyQuest037 wrote:

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I agree that Shadow of the Bat would be a much better name, though.

Well, in B:TAS that was the name of the story that introduced Batgirl, so it seems weird to me if applied to a solo Batman story with no sidekick involved.

[JacksonArcher]

Not RoJoHen wrote:

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It also means the opposite of the current title.

What about The Dark Knight Trips followed by The Dark Knight Falls and then finally The Dark Knight Rises?

[Owain Taggart]

JacksonArcher wrote:

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What about The Dark Knight Trips followed by The Dark Knight Falls and then finally The Dark Knight Rises?

The Dark Knight Falls Downstairs... Oh hell, Robot Chicken could have a lot of fun with these titles. Gotham City Rising would have been a better title.

[captcalhoun]

don't care as long as it's awesome...

as for villain...

Azrael?

[JarodRussell]

GeneralShepherd wrote:

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don't care as long as it's awesome...

as for villain...

Azrael?

Isn't Azrael that cat in The Smurfs?

[Captain Craig]

JarodRussell wrote:

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Isn't Azrael that cat in The Smurfs?

Not familiar with the character? Azrael was introduced in 1992.
Replaced Bruce as Batman, at Bruce's choosing, when his back was broken.

[Emh]

Damn, that's a crappy title. Even "Rise of the Dark Knight" would better. Ugh.

And no Riddler? I have faith that whoever Nolan picks as the villain will be great, but I'm still disappointed about no Riddler.

[JarodRussell]

Evil Headhunter wrote:

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Damn, that's a crappy title. Even "Rise of the Dark Knight" would better. Ugh.

And no Riddler? I have faith that whoever Nolan picks as the villain will be great, but I'm still disappointed about no Riddler.

Seriously, Nolan doesn't have to remake every villain from the Burton/Schumacher films.

[RoJoHen]

No, he doesn't, but I think he could have done a really kickass version of the Riddler. I'm sure the villain will be awesome regardless, but a Nolan Riddler would have been pretty sweet.

[Captain Craig]

JacksonArcher wrote:

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I catch the old series on TVLand all the time.

That's great if you do. Still shouldn't be a deterrent to naming A movie Caped Crusader, 50yrs later reruns or not.
But TVLand doesn't list Batman in their shows listing.

[T'Baio]

I think the film needs something more than Batman vs. villain. Riddler is too similar in the public consciousness to the Joker, and I think it would come off as a real bad move on the part of the creative team to use a character that Joe Blow might see as a 2nd rate Joker...especially when considering all the "replacing" Heath Ledger talk it would create.

[Emh]

JarodRussell wrote:

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Seriously, Nolan doesn't have to remake every villain from the Burton/Schumacher films.

Who said anything about Burton/Schumacher? When I think of The Riddler, I think of the version as seen in the Timm animated series. I believe The Riddler is one of the more interesting villains in Batman's rogue gallery and I would love to see Nolan's version of the character. Alas.