The Dark Knight Rises *SPOILERS*

[DiFabio]

Well if they went with what you suggested Bakura, the gifs wouldn't have a nice ring to them.


I just sort of loled at the last dozen or so posts that a couple of gifs generated. Gifs that were probably created by some kid who has spent too much time on Superherohype. Admittedly, I started it by being a bit of a douche but it just shows how analytical we all are.

That's all humans want to do. Analyze crap and categorize it meticulously. Dolphins do the same ****, but at least they're rewarded with a nice treat.

What do I get out of knowing that the end of Prestige is similar to the end of the Dark Knight Rises? What have I unlocked? Can I eat it? Can I **** it?

 

[TheProcrastinator]

That guy sucked.

I have no idea, who's that Calvin Candi, You are all talking about, but he liked the Caine/Leo gif. I mean how bad could he really be?

For him films are like magic tricks and dreams

It's just how Nolan views films. As magic tricks

That's obvious to anyone interested in his filmography, but I would argue that this element is mostly gone in his bat trilogy. The funny thing about his bat-films, is that they went into fresh and unorthodox places(TDK especially), using pretty traditional storytelling themes. Despite the modern-day, high-tech look of it all, his trilogy is in many aspects, constructed like a classical, operatic, super-hero saga, a myth. There's little of Nolan's structural trickery in this.

And it's not like the film needs The Prestige to work. It's just a fun little nod. Like I said. Nothing more, nothing less.

Oh, I can agree with it being just a nod. After all, such little directional quirks will always show through. I would just argue, that when viewed as a whole, the BEGINS.FALLS.RISES. structure is much more archetypical, and any connections with Prestige are frail and unintentional.

The Pledge.The Turn.The Prestige. - those concepts were original and novel in the context of that movie.

Begins.Falls.Rises. - those are traditional "hero's journey" themes, that were being used in fiction, for millenia.


No seriously, somebody go and make that CAINE NOD gif.

 

[DarthBakura]

Well if they went with what you suggested Bakura, the gifs wouldn't have a nice ring to them.


I just sort of loled at the last dozen or so posts that a couple of gifs generated. Gifs that were probably created by some kid who has spent too much time on Superherohype. Admittedly, I started it by being a bit of a douche but it just shows how analytical we all are.

That's all humans want to do. Analyze crap and categorize it meticulously. Dolphins do the same ****, but at least they're rewarded with a nice treat.

What do I get out of knowing that the end of Prestige is similar to the end of the Dark Knight Rises? What have I unlocked? Can I eat it? Can I **** it?

That wasn't so much an analyzation as it was poking fun at how it "rings."

 

[ZaCHw117]

I see 9 gif pictures. all Batman related. Originally there was just 3 gif pictures pertaining to the Prestige.


Below that? Your sig.

Below that another post.

Below that the original prestige gif that wasn't there.

Yes, but those 9 gif pictures are suppose to be combined to make a few sentences, therefore I couldn't post the other 3. because they were meant to make one statement. (See that would go over the limit of images).

9+3=..... 12. 12>10 and 10 is the maximum amount of gifs/pics in one post.

So, while after posting the prestige gif, I was browsing the site I found it from. And saw the the 9 gifs that I thought was fancier. Then I edited my post to use them, and later posted the original prestige gifs again (didn't want to double bump). Notice how I replied to your "clever" post right afterwords?

It's not like I edited to avoid your "clever" post if that's what you're trying to get at.

 

[IrishJedi]

That's all humans want to do. Analyze crap and categorize it meticulously. Dolphins do the same ****, but at least they're rewarded with a nice treat.

Jesus, the contrived pretension of the past few pages...

 

[Devil_666]

It's nothing new that Nolans films all have the same ideas running through them

So you're saying he recycles ideas? Garbage ass director.

 

[ZaCHw117]

So you're saying he recycles ideas? Garbage ass director.

 

[DreaAlGhul]

I think the last few pages are responsible for my headache.

 

[DiFabio]

I think the last few pages are responsible for my headache.

You better check that out. Batman threads, specifically Nolan Batman threads have been known to cause toomas.

 

[DarthBakura]

Jesus, the contrived pretension of the past few pages...

Good god. That looks painful.

 

[CelticPredator]

So you're saying he recycles ideas? Garbage ass director.

Nolan is a dumb stupid hack idiot.

 

[Fernandofan08]

We still on about magic and presitge and shizz?

Well I only know one bit of magic

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KX3OriDpgg[/ame]

 

[CelticPredator]

 

[intothevoid]

 

[IrishJedi]

Begins.

Bends.

Quits.

 

[crows]

there is one thing I dont get,

Batman's message, the message of the 3 movies, is that no one can be batman, being batman destroyed Bruce, the love of his life died, his family's fortune gone, his body hurt,
so being Batman will kill you, and hurt the ones around you,

at the end that is pretty much the message no?

so why would Bruce give Blake the batman stuff, when being batman almost killed him, I don't get that, plus Bruce was rich, Blake isn't, Blake doesn't have Alfred of Fox either,

also, the end of Rises things are kinda just as bad as they were in the beginning,
Batman is gone, the prisoners were released, the Harvey Dent Act will be gone too, the criminals are out, so Batman really didn't change much by the end of Rises,

 

[Deckard]

All Nolan's Batman did was drive Gotham, and probably the US completely into the gutter since Gotham is heralded as one of the US's econimic capitals. It's kinda like us going into Iraq, killing Saddam and leaving them with a pile of **** to deal with.

Become Batman, dethrone mafia boss, cause mob war.

Ra's returns for revenge on Bruce, burns down father's mansion, completely destroys Narrows making thousands of poor people and police phsycotic and freeing all the crazies from Arkham. Arkham never reopens from it.

Joker shows up terrorizing the city, burns millions and millions the city wanted to confinscate and use itself, kills his girlfriend and makes him quit.

Talia comes back for revenge on Bruce, almost nukes the city, destroys his company and legacy, destroy's infrastructure and financial sector completely for a year which would affect the world's economy severely, destroys his relationship with everyone he loves including Alfred (he doesn't love Selina in the movie at all, he loves Miranda but settles for Selina when Miranda dies, What?), desroy's the city's trust in elected officals, destorys the prison and Bruce quits with more criminals then ever still free(thousands) allowing a cop with zero ninja training who couldn't take on 4-5 mercs on his own to fend for himself. And before anyone gives me the will is everything bs line about Blake, he already had the will to stop the nuke and couldn't do it without Batman so what suddenly changed?

Forget the Joker, forget Bane, Batman is far and away Gotham's most damaging villain.

 

[Alex Logan]

This place is full of disillusioned and clueless people.

 

[Deckard]

Yes we all know your here, you don't have to accounce your arrival.

 

[intothevoid]

there is one thing I dont get,

Batman's message, the message of the 3 movies, is that no one can be batman, being batman destroyed Bruce, the love of his life died, his family's fortune gone, his body hurt,
so being Batman will kill you, and hurt the ones around you,

at the end that is pretty much the message no?

so why would Bruce give Blake the batman stuff, when being batman almost killed him, I don't get that, plus Bruce was rich, Blake isn't, Blake doesn't have Alfred of Fox either,

also, the end of Rises things are kinda just as bad as they were in the beginning,
Batman is gone, the prisoners were released, the Harvey Dent Act will be gone too, the criminals are out, so Batman really didn't change much by the end of Rises,

- Blake has the will and the drive, just as Bruce did
- Bruce's fortune was lost due to bogus trades, even within the film Fox says with time they may be able to prove fraud (would be a open and shut case) and get his money back
- The money would go to Alfred
- Who said Blake doesn't have Alfred? For me, Alfred would continue to live at Wayne Manor with the Orphans and would play a father figure role for Blake
- Who said Blake doesn't have Fox? @ Deckard - he has to will but he didn't have the equipment, now he will.

Also
- Batman is not gone, there is a new Batman in town
- Prisoners will be rounded up by the police and Batman 2.0
- Harvey Dent Act is no longer needed (that's the whole point of the film ), because now citizens have real hope based on a real heroic act, not the lie of Dent's death.
- He changed everything.