Warner Bros. just released a 13-minute featurette for The Dark Knight Rises online in HD. The video features interviews with the cast, a behind the scenes look at the movie, and much more. Check it out!
13-minute featurette for 'The Dark Knight Rises' released (video)
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Goosebumps!!!!!! I'm almost crying here... man, the grandiosity of this movie... it's unbelivable! I've catched a few sweet spoilers too... the boy in prison = young Bane??
"People of Gotham. We have not abandoned you"
"What's that mean?"
"It means we're on our own"
Hell yeah - No Man's Land!!!
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not too much of a spoiler because in the trailers we notice that bridges are destroyed. And also at the end of almost every single tv spot you can notice that gotham is in fire with airplanes flying over the city.
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What's interesting is that the bridges in Gotham were on Bane's blast map, meaning that he wanted to destroy them. So for that reason I still believe that it is Bane who will be destroying the bridges.
1 likei'm not sayin it's destroyed by airplanes dude but i mean airplane means that you don't have ground report so you need air support to see/know what's goin on in the CBD
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Yeah That's the vibe I got from that line too.
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Wowww..... I have been catching up on The Dark Knight Rises from like friday with the newest trailer. Men this is something else... That latest trailer.. I couldn't stop watching it every morning I came off bed! hihihihi The dialogues... My favourite dialogue right now between Batman and Catwoman: " You don't owe these people any more." "You have given them everything." Batman: "No." " Not yet!"
With that trademark deep voice! Friggin' jawdropping for sure. What about Bruce Wayne saying: "I'm not afraid." " I'm angry!" while doing push ups. That's very very great stuff! Oh and bytheway I'm GLAD to be back FB! I was released last tuesday morning on 7:30 am after a tough prison sentence of 120 days. I made it!!!!! Now I'm FREE!!!!! Yeah! Just in time for the kick off on July 20! I told you I would give you a heads up when I was released! haha I found a temporarily home with a computer and Internet so! Hope you're great to men!!
It's friggishly GOOD to be back @ batman-news.com!!!!0 likesWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW! Looks who's back! Yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
I'm so happy to see you here again! Look a few posts back,I talked to Ebostock about you and told him I missed you and was worried about you.I'm so happy the shitty sentence is finally over,pal ! And.............Yeah!You've missed so much great stuff and I understand your excitement right now.The third trailer(if you're counting the teaser too) was epic,man! Yeah I know! And very emotional! Soooooo much great stuff! The posters,stills,TV spots,....You need some time to chill out! But you ain't got much time! We are only 12 days away from July 20th!1 likeThank you so much men. I just got home after a little adventure outside. I'm currently living in my old hometown.... So HOME SWEET HOME haha Yeah men time to chill out definitely. Already had a beer and some ice cream hahaha Oh and I found the posts you were talking about men! Thank you so much. And you're right. My absence shows I was in that sad place. It was from March 5th to July 3th.
Most important thing to remember for the rest of my life: It was really really really hard but I kept thinking:
The Dark Knight Rises! I have to survive this godawful prison sentence because I will be free to watch it on the day of premiere!!! YEAH!! Even made a nearly perfect drawing of the batman logo while I was in prison. And that freaked other prisoners out let me tell you hahaha they hated me for that and I got into some SERIOUS trouble because of it but I survived! hahahaha It's so good to be back here on batman-news and to look at all the new cool stuff!
July 20 is coming FB! The most epic, amazing, thrilling and historical day in the history of cinema! Now I'm free and I already have the 'I can't wait virus' in my blood again! hahaha1 likeCheers,bro!
0 likesJust learned that in some cinemas here in the Netherlands they feature a Batman Marathon! I bet it will sound familiar.. The marathon starts with Batman Begins and ends ofcourse with The Dark Knight Rises! All three movies as one single story starting from Thursdaynight the 19th at 00:00 am.
That's AMAZING!! :-D1 like
Welcome back, bro!
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Wow...... we are all getting emotional! I'm so stoked for this film.......=D
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Love this featurette, this got me more pumped than the critics reviews.
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Does it have any spoilers??
0 likesno there's no spoilers. it's much more teasing you just to make wait 2 more weeks.
few unknown shots but no plot indication or anything like that....but yes it does come in black haha
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My friend saw the movie last Tuesday, I posted a bunch of spoilers in the comment thread of the recent HD images post if anyones interested.
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not really spoilerish. Just behind the scenes of what we already knew
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there's maybe 10-15 seconds of actual film footage we hadn't seen, so you won't really be spoiled if you've already seen all of the trailers.
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It shows Bane as a child in prison.
3 likeswrong statement!
2 likesWhat are you talking about?
1 likebane as a child. I don't think we will be able to see that. It's a complete non sense in the history of nolan's cinema. Vilains are not portray in their past or childhood in nolan's cinema. Past is always something trivial with nolan's approach concerning that kind of character (joker, two face, scarecrow even ra's isn't portray in the past only forgotten souvenirs and memories)
;) but IMO my friend so no offense.
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Wrong Statement. Nolan in the video: "Through the course of TDKR we will uncover more about what drives Bane, where he comes from, what he wants."
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Or it could be young Talia as she is bald back then as well.
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If Warner Bros. released this and this only as their marketing campaign, I would still be happy. Teases of everything coming full circle is all I need to satisfy my hunger until the 20th. CAN'T WAIT!!
P.S. who agrees that the child was Bane as a kid?! Are Bane and Batman really polar opposites in this movie (even from a biographical standpoint)?!
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I believe that Bane is a dark reflection of Bruce Wayne.
12 likesIt makes sense too. Maybe Bane and Bruce have some sort of prison connection? ie the beginning of Begins.
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yeah, i,m starting to feel a tommy elliot vibe, maybe Nolan's bane has some of it in the mix.
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This.
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what time is this kid present in the video...?
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12.10 only for a second
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Where is the kid-bane part? I must keep missing it...
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I'm sure he is young Bane.
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Sho 'nuff. Looks like kid Bane.
0 likesWelcome back, Jenique! Yeah, i think it's young Bane too! But someone said that's could be young Talia... [Joey King had to shave her head for the role]
0 likesYes, I'm back, though I don't exactly know where I've been! lol. I had no idea Joey King had to shave her head for the role. Now that's devotion! I guess we'll have to see!
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It looks like there are two 'the Bat' but one operational in black and a gray prototype that is nearest to the entrance.
I suspect that Gordon doesn't really want to know the identity of Batman. Gordon: "Someone local in Gotham with a lot of money to buy things like the Tumbler, Batpod, custom suit, the Bat...has to be a billionaire."
The new Batcave has borrowed elements of GoldenEye. A hidden satellite that is under a lake. The platform is a cube according to production notes, that rises from the water. I guess in Gotham City, contractors don't find it unusual to build inside a Batcave after Batman made headlines in Batman Begins.
Possible spoiler:
Borrowed from Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, in which Gotham City goes to hell, and a retired Bruce Wayne spends his sleepless nights going to the Batcave and itching to return. We see Bruce sitting alone at the computer and in front of his suit asking himself should he make a comeback.
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so as we are on a batman fan website i was wondering about something
What kind of honor Chris Nolan can receive from DC Comics. Because from my point of view he truly and completely belongs to those great artist who draw the caped crusaders and his marvellous stories. For me he is now on the same level. He creates his own universe and mythology with his own characters (except ra's, bane, catwoman, alfred, rachel, Gordon joker, scarecrow and two face), his own technology. He brings the dark knight to a level thas has overpassed all the previous scheme regarding comic books in cinema.
Can he be considered as a true artist of the dc comics family like kane, finger or miller? he really deserves such an honor for what he has done.
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Batman: WAR !!
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This was great! I love Tom Hardy and his thoughts of feeling like a 3 year old when he saw Christian in the bat-suit for the first time. hehe. Funny how he doesn't have any hair on his head but he still has a beard. I guess there was no need to cut that off with the mask on. "No one knew how long my beard was until I took off the mask."
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"No one knew how long my beard was until I took off the mask."LOL! That was a good one! A very good one! I'll always remember this!
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Oh wait wait boy! I'm now half way through with the vid and I felt I needed to write this now!
Oh My God ! Oh My God ! This vid brought a tear to my eyes and I've never felt like this with the other trailers of this movie.It really is awesome seeing the cast and crew in the first featurette.And it shows some really cool shots of the movie.Did you catch this? Maskless Batman in the Batcave with Alfred and The Bat is behind them.I'm loving all the atmosphere of this movie.And this featurette presents it well.
God ! Nolan is a genius.
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no raccoon eyes hahah
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I remember once bro you left a comment on this site , it said something like " you complete this site EBo " I always remember that comment when I come to this site it ment so much to me and it still does to this day , I ballsed up my rep here and now I have to pay for it with this stalker B.S it has completely ruined any enjoyment I had by coming here , I only come here now out of some sense of obligation to my friends , but I want you to know you complete this site FB .
2 likesNo.Look.Let's end this here please.Every site you go,it has some commenters or users who have contributed to it more than anyone else.And every site manager respects those guys just like Chris has respected EBo.I have been here for more than a year.And I have seen EBostock and OneEyedWillie have been the best contributors and we respect them because they've been important to the site.They've been here for a long time making the comments sections full of discussions about the movie.And I am their friend.So yes.I do care when he remembers what I said.
1 likeHey man ! Tears in my eyes! Look you don't know how much I feel sorry about your trouble with these impostors.'Cause no matter what you did,he has no right to mess with you and the comments sections we've all kept clean so far.Yeah I said that before and I'm going to say it again. YOU COMPLETE THIS SITE !
Why did I say that? Because:
I remember those days.You and OneEyed were the ones who kept the comments sections full of interesting quotes and idea and things about the movie more than anyone else including me.Damn you even came part of this site much earlier than me.You were the power commenters.Every post was full of your comments.The others left one or two.But you created discussions.And I truly miss those days.
I have one criticism and one request though.You do them,you become the PERFECT guy here.
Criticism: Sometimes after somebody does something to you,you make a comment saying goodbye to everybody.Then after a while you return.And you've done that for a few times.That's not a good way to deal with things.And whenever you make those comments,everyone knows you'll come back again.So what's the point? SO : STAY and don't make those comments.No one wants you off the site if you even mean it.Just stay.
Request: I will tell you my request later.It's nothing.I'll just say it later.1 like
So gay for the EBo. I love it.
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You're fully right men. And what's with this stalker crap? Can't people let eachother respectfully enjoy this magnificent website without annoying eachother. To my opinion, it's just a low intelligence kinda thing. I'm not suprised if it would be very low. And also think that comments should be about the post above and not focused on certain regular VERY VERY COOL gents like EBo Rises and FB. Go take you're jealousy somewhere else thank you very much and leave those cool people alone I would say.
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holy epic mother of god sweet jesus goddamn cant it just be july 20th already?!?!?!?!?!?!
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Too much awesomeness, I almost cried.
I seriously have great respect to those people who made the stunts in that airplane scene. Ground action is hard enough, but the one in the air? If I were any director, I would just ask somebody to do special effects (or whatever it is) for me.
And Tom Hardy quoting Alfred. Hehe, somebody is a fan too...
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I can't wait for that conversation between Bruce and Alfred
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WOW. Just fucking WOW. That was extremely awesome.
Only thing that sucked were the commercials every few minutes. Christ, they even got through my Adblock.
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the featurette is awsome. I got to see this movie. The only thing that bothers me is this is the last one.
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Amazing!!!
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This was pretty awesome to watch, I've liked Batman ever since I was a kid.
Christopher Nolan has done such amazing job bringing Batman to life in his own vision; and I can't wait to see how he ends his trilogy.
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Major Plot Spoilers:
Stop here.
No crybabies.
The featurette did spoil something. N. Crowley, set designer said at 9.00 that there were a lot of underground sets...like Gotham Sewer and this is Bane's home field advantage. Batman gets info from Gordon in the hospital bed, on the location of Bane's underground base, after being flushed out and found by John Blake seen racing in the reservoir in the trailers. Batman goes in knowing it's a trap. The scene of Bane: "Mr. Wayne" and tossing a broken cowl from the trailers is not in the Batcave but the sewers.
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Yeah, i dug that mid spoiler too. Interesting stuff...
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Nolan is doing some subtle social commentary, "controversial" as reported in the press screening. Look at the Harvey Dent Act. That is easy to draw parallels to reality, Patriot Act, PIPA, SOPA, CISPA...it's an attack on civil liberties in the name of fighting terror. Then you have this W. Bush character, played out by Batman that has declared "war" and will do anything, even operate in the daytime, to fight Bane. We have seen the magnitude of collateral damage in real life and now it will play out similarly in the movie. Nolan's epic movie will tackle modern issues like the 99% versus the 1%.
M. Caine said in an interview about TDK, that movie works on two levels. You can read the social commentary on fighting terrorism, but "you only know it's there if you look for it"....otherwise it's just a great action movie, and that's fine too.
I'm betting that Nolan has come back to tell a story much more layered than a simple Batman fights Bane. The youth will see that story but that's just a vehicle for the mature people will see another story built on top of it.
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there is some extra footage on dew gotham city that just came out
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Screen-grabs possible Spoilers:
Don't complain.
SWAT: buried alive
Blake: "What now?" "War."
Bat: entering the Cave
Gordon: "People of Gotham, we have not abandon you." "What does that mean?" "We're on our own."
Anarchy: militia and police both armed choose to fight with fists? Bane's orders?
Stadium: Bane's grand entrance
Bat: 3d model
Bane's men: skyjacking and rescue Bane & Dr. Pavel from prologue
National guard: as they approach the center of the bridge to retake Gotham, Bane detonates bridges
Tumbler: prisonbreak
Batman: still chased by cops
Two planes: prologue
Exterior: prologue
Prison: dinnertime
Bale: getting ready to suit up
Bane: "...your punishment must be..."
Alfred: the green drink from Batman Begins
Batman: surrounded by gunmen in the sewer
Selina Kyle: the maid outfit- the white parts come off
Batcave: waterfall covers entry point
Bat signal: 8 years later and still broken.
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You're the troll. Why do come to this site anyway but to troll? Lame that's what you are. I don't see you do jack on this site but complain like a big baby. Sod off, and go troll on SHH. You don't get to police what I do. Your dependence on profanity shows how unintelligent you are and even more immature. Get a clue punk. Your ignorance stinks up this website.
2 likesI'm Batman, every time I stop by this site, if you're not spamming with multiple posts, you're fighting someone, or cursing at someone, or calling someone a troll. You really make me want to skip the comments after the articles. You Sir, need a timeout.
8 likesthe truth has been told
3 likesLike you know anything about the truth. Stealing my videos and pics and re-posting it as your own? You think nobody else saw that?
Last time I checked, there's only Chris running this site, and the last month has been a tsunami of information, don't you think it makes more sense that everyone chips in? My posts reflect what hasn't shown up yet, I wouldn't be wasting my time if it did. You come to this site for what? I'm keeping everyone update, and I get a bunch of sissy boys complaining I post too much.
I don't even ask for any acknowledgement, but you lot have been ungrateful pricks. I got news flash for you, after this movie is out, this website won't matter anymore. The trolls that have been coming here, they have taken every joy that this site was leading up to the movie's release. Replacing space that was useful with more profanity.
So go on then, stick your head in the ground. You can ignore my posts, which is more civilize than flaming the few people giving a heads up. You ought to be ashamed at how these trolls fester like maggots silencing people because god forbid, anyone should express themselves with good English.Why come to this site at all?
2 likesto I'm Batman: stealing your videos and pics? o.O what the hell are you talking about? I posted the featurette video after you because I didn't read your post before and I thought it was cool to share, what's the big deal about that? it was an accident, and since when there are "yours"? don't make me laugh, really, we don't need someone like you here man, go with your "truth" and spread it elsewhere
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Unless you're the webmaster, there isn't limit on how many posts people can do. You want to impose your totalitarian regime, go to China, you'll like it over there.
You need to get your facts straight, spamming is junk posts unrelated to the site. By your definition your post could be spam to someone else. I put stuff up that you and others may or may not have seen or heard. Nobody put a gun to your head!
This troll, after reading past the spoiler warning, complains about any post I do. They didn't have to read it. They came to this page for the article, when they continue down the page it's their risk- not mine. They chose to see other people's ideas, and it's their mental problem that they think they can police others like a high school bully. They are a public embarrassment sooner or later.It's not my fault so many immature, ungrateful, losers come to this site and complain about how there isn't enough updates, and if the updates are too spoiler-ish.
Then you have these morons, they police other people's comments with profanity to intimidate, because they had a very poor education, and are emotionally insecure. These trolls, if you don't speak against them, they bring down the site to their level. These worthless people, so lazy to contribute anything positive to the site, are no fans, all they indicate is their inability to put together an intelligent sentence.
These same trolls, they probably are just going to download the movie instead of seeing it at the theater. Punks like these, they can't make it in the real world, they don't have the balls for it. So they boost their weak egos behind a computer, and attack anyone who dares to contribute or speak against them. These trolls need to be banned.
You want to skip the comments, that's your choice. Don't put it on me, that's censorship. I have just a right as anybody else to post here, deal with it.
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what's wrong with you dude? Your recently showed up on this site, and in each new story you full the comments section with extensive posts trying to figure out every detail of what you see, "trying to save us from our ignorance" and that's fine with me you know, I don't mind if you post your theories and several pics (
even though others are calling it spam), but who the hell are you to tell everyone: "your ignorance stinks up this website" "some people makes this site looks amateurish" "some people here cry as a baby when it comes to spoilerish comments" and blah blah blah ???? I know I'm not Ebo or One-Eyed you know (two guys I respect here, cuz I have a year sharing and reading comments with that kind of people) but let me tell you something, this site is for all type of fans (as Chris has stated before) so show some respect and stop trying to impose your order3 likesThere's nothing wrong with me. Reality check: In a couple days the movie is out, people will have the story, and this site traffic will go down eventually.
In that short time, I've been only sharing what I don't see here. Seems fair enough. The frequency is related to the rise in marketing, out of my hands. If everyone else did more, I wouldn't have to do anything. I somehow stumbled on the one Internet site, where people find reading a chore.
Then you have the issue of these trolls, they don't contribute any positive energy only policing people who are. If people don't share details about the movie here, then where? I want to know the other sites that smart people want to talk about this movie, because this site just offers lazy armchair critics in the comments. After warning for spoilers, they read it, then they complain about it, how is that my problem? Of course I'm going to call them on it. You read the spoilers you waive the right to complain, it's simple. I'm not bossing anyone, I didn't even have to put a spoiler warning, something for you to think about.
Since I can't see or hear the trolls in person, their poor spelling/grammar and heavy reliance on profane gives me the right to assume they are ignorant, immature, and not fans enough to pay to see this movie. They could have simply skip my comments, but no, they feel necessary to post a negative comment of their own that has no constructive critique, only to put people down. I don't think Chris wants that.
These trolls have pathetic lives, this is their only power in life. I've been following this site for a year, only lately decided to lend a hand in pooling all the news faster. The people who use this site can benefit from it, rather than hunt down different sites for info. There's no reason I should take this crap from trolls who don't post pictures or videos or links, they want to air their dislikes and you should ask yourself, are these people good for this site?
In a few days, the movie will be here, and this site will mean less and less to everyone. I know my team got info to this site quickly, but the site has too many trolls that would rather be ungrateful and attack people for commenting. What's the point of having a fan site when non-fans troll and have nothing useful to bring to the table are allowed to degrade this site with their ignorance?
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Why are you offensive? What has anyone ever done to you? You come to a fan site and you act like this when people show their appreciation about the film? You sir, are the fucking retarded one.
2 likesYour rudeness exposes how poorly your parents raised you. Your immaturity will close many doors in your life.
You don't get comment on anything once you go past the spoiler warning. Even though the post doesn't jive with you, someone else may find it useful. So stop embarrassing yourself trying to troll other people's comments, it's not going to work. You're wasting everyone's time. You should go back to school, learn how to give constructive criticism. You sound like a hoodlum that nobody should take seriously. Don't come to this website and attack people who support this movie and not yours.
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I get your point, but you're really being a smartass. Just live and let live, and stop feeding the "trolls".
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I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS MOVIE TO COME OUT I AM DYING I CANT CONTROL THE URGE TO LOOK AT SPOILERS
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Cool. Not too spoilerish either.
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Simply Amazing!!! We are almost there!
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Tom Hardy looks great. I wish Heath could have been around to talk about his character in the TDK featurette and other marketing interviews. No looking back though, everything happens for a reason.
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Michael and Squid win the internet!
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Thank you, Chris! ;]
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Ahhhhh No Man's Land!!!!!! I can't wait!!!!!!!
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Cop: "What now?"
Batman declare: "War." Very exciting to see Batman as a military general.
'Spoiler' Alert:
The inmates of Blackgate Prison stage a breakout after hearing there's a BYGOF at Foot Locker.
The mayor of Gotham City, frustrated with the dog walkers leaving crap in his city, sends in the National Guard after passing the "I'm not f****** around" Act. Must be re-election season.
Alfred: "I see you're Facebook-stalking Gordon again Master Bruce."
Bruce: "Should I poke him?"
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Lame
3 likesWhat's really 'lame' is yourself, like you couldn't continue to live unless you had to post a one word comment that the whole world needs to hear from you. Keep immature negative comments to yourself. Let the rest actually contribute something that your lazy self couldn't do.
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God forbid anyone criticizes your posts huh?
5 likesYou never heard the term 'troll'? Uneducated young people, who can't contribute anything original, entertaining, or news worthy. They exist solely to put people down, an angry fat kid. I'm open for constructive critique, but this is an arm-chair critic that can't even scrabble a complete sentence of thought. It's basically censorship; god forbid anyone should say anything that doesn't ruffle the feathers of trolls.
3 likesOk.... You're right. Lol I just felt bad for the little guy. Thought you may have taken it overboard, but I respectfully take it back. I must say, you do contribute some seriously thought-provoking comments on this site.
But now that I've got your attention, I've got a question for you! Will Batman die in Nolan's epic and true conclusion of this trilogy!? Awhile ago I said hell no, but now I'm seriously beginning to ponder the thought. End the speculation Batman!
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It's actually your own fault for reading pass the spoilers. There's a bunch of crybabies that complain about spoilers even though they came to this fan site. Nobody put a gun to their head or yours making you read. I was mocking them or did you not understand 'spoilers' in quotations mean? I don't see you enriching this site, you're too immature to even watch this movie. You're the lame one here, not I.
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IMO, Michael Mann's influence is still pretty strong in this movie. I bet that conversation between Bane and Bruce Wayne will become a classic.
And the way Nolan portrayed Bane in the featurette, it's almost like McCauley and Hanna. Same person, same spirit in the same chain but totaly at the opposite place.
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Holy!!!!!!!
CHILLS.
This will be..the finale to end all finales.
I am so impressed with Chris Nolan; phenomenal director doing real justice to Batman as a trilogy.
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Can someone please get us a downloadable link or a youtube video of the song that starts at 6:27 sounds really great!
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This movie is gonna shatter preciptions about how the entire genre of comic movies are concepted, and I predict another billion made
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Am I the only one who feels as thoughthe dark knight trilogy is a live action version of Batman: the animated series?
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