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But ita, he had a knee brace! Problem SOLVED.
I thought he should have maintained the limp as Bruce Wayne, but since basically everyone finds out who he is anyway, I guess it's not super-important.
On that note, anyone bothered by the fact that none of Bane's henchman immediately went on Twitter right after the back-breaking scene to post "Batman is Bruce Wayne!" It didn't especially bug me, but thinking back on it...how was that not completely public knowledge within about ten minutes?
On that note,
The same thing happened in Spider-Man 2, when Spidey's mask got ripped off (or he took it off, or something that I can't remember) on the train, and all the good people of New York opted to NOT immediately whip out their camera phones. I can suspend my disbelief for a radioactive spider bite, but NO ONE took a picture of Spidey without his mask, in a world where everyone has a camera phone?
NOPE.
The same thing happened in Spider-Man 2, when Spidey's mask got ripped off (or he took it off, or something that I can't remember) on the train, and all the good people of New York opted to NOT immediately whip out their camera phones
At least in that case, though, he wasn't wearing a tattoo on his forehead that said "I'm Peter Parker!" And Peter Parker in his everyday life isn't famous.
Whereas Bruce Wayne is almost as well known as Batman. If I suddenly found out that Batman was Michael Bloomberg, I would tell people!
If I suddenly found out that Batman was Michael Bloomberg, I would tell people!
Maybe Bane screened his henchmen for people ignorant of social media.
Man, Bane could probably post to Twitter directly from his mask dealie. That would be cool. "Blew up Gotham Stadium. If you weren't there, check YouTube in about 30 seconds." "Did 10,000 sit-ups this week. Considering an AbRoller."
"Blew up Gotham Stadium. If you weren't there, check YouTube in about 30 seconds."
@Bane Pics or it didn't happen!!!
If I suddenly found out that Batman was Michael Bloomberg, I would tell people!
Oh god, I wouldn't! People already let that guy control way too much of their lives, and that's without being physically impressed by or scared of him!
I'm sure Bane is the sort of nice guy who wouldn't take that away from his enemy. All the better to set up his eventual tragic downfall...
I'm okay with Bane's henchmen being slavishly...well, anything. He's a fucking scary guy, with an impressive exit interview and maybe an ESL understanding of terminating a position.
The same thing happened in Spider-Man 2, when Spidey's mask got ripped off (or he took it off, or something that I can't remember) on the train, and all the good people of New York opted to NOT immediately whip out their camera phones
As I recall, one guy said, "he's just a kid" and everyone just stared at him in awe. I can believe everyone was just too shell-shocked and astonished to think of taking a picture until it was too late.
That was a great scene.
That was a great scene.
It was. And the point of the scene is that they won't tell. There is a bond of trust between Spidey and these New Yorkers.
Regarding Bruce's knees and back. With the knee they addressed it with a magic Lucius Fox knee brace so awesome he can kick out a brick wall. So, that wasn't hard to swallow. Mostly Bruce's medical checkup reminded me of Batman Beyond when we have Bitter Old Bruce and his wrecked body. So that was also a compelling reason for him to pass it down to somebody else. We're used to Batman's age getting rebooted frequently but if you compare his prime to that of an athlete like a football player or a boxer, he's probably not going to be doing it for more than 10-15 years tops. Plus he spent 7 years training before he even put on the mask. Because I had Bitter Old Bruce in my head, I had an emotional point of comparison to this Bruce's decision to leave the role. To move beyond Batman. Again, something that would never (could never) happen in the comics. But felt right for these movies.
I'm really supposed to buy that he had the knee brace on after Bane stripped him of everything else? I can't even remember if he was wearing long pants, but the idea that Bane took all but one of his things is...well, I think it's as weak as the idea that Blake has the skills to be Batman, pretty much.