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How educated is Bruce Wayne/Batman?
Sure he is a billionaire, trained by the League of Shadows, pretty smart too but how does he manage to fix a sophisticated piece of tech like the Bat's Auto-pilot on his own(I assume he did that on ...
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Does Christopher Nolan's Batman have an overarching theme?
With the conclusion of Nolan's Dark Knight movies, we are now able to look at all three movies as a single entity, broken up into three parts (acts, if you will). Is there a specific theme, or set of ...
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Why does Blake draw the Batman symbols all over town?
Late in The Dark Knight Rises, Gotham is closed off from the rest of the world and the police are forced underground (both literally and figuratively). We catch up with the action when the government ...
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Why was there no hint of the Joker?
In Dark Knight Rises, we see a bit of history of what has happened to Gotham in the past 8 years.
Batman in seclusion, criminals being locked up for being part of organized crime, and Gordon's guilt ...
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Why did Nolan want to end the Batman series?
According to numerous sources, The Dark Knight Rises will be the end of the Batman series. I think all the three Batman movies directed by Nolan was successful and did well at the box office. Since ...
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What happened to Bruce Wayne/Batman's knee?
Early in The Dark Knight Rises, Bruce is seen limping with a cane. Some characters allude to an injury sustained from a fight, but we never see this in The Dark Knight. At the conclusion of that film, ...
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Why choose that birth name for John Blake?
Near the end of The Dark Knight Rises, we learn that
What motivated the Nolan brothers to include this in the film? Are they merely nudging and winking at the audience? Furthermore, why Robin? The ...
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Was this a representation of Batman’s fall?
During the end of The Dark Knight, Batman knocks Dent off the building, barely managing to catch himself and the kid. After Gordon gets the kid Batman falls. After his fall from the building the ...
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Did Batman break his one rule?
In the final scene of The Dark Knight, we see Batman go on a final mental barrage with the corrupted Dent. Dent, hell bent on making Batman and Gordon pay for Rachel's death, flips his trademark coin ...
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What is the reason for the color scheming of Nolan's Batman franchise?
Throughout the three Batman films, there has been one running theme in common. Each movie has its own color scheme.
Batman Begins - Brown & Black
The Dark Knight - Blue & Red
Dark Knight ...
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Why does Christian Bale deform his voice when playing Batman
As almost every Batman fan, I like the Christopher Nolan's interpretation of Batman. But why does Christian Bale deform his voice when playing Batman?
Is it to scare off/intimidate people? Or to ...
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What is the real reason for the Joker's clown makeup in The Dark Knight?
In The Dark Knight, The Joker told different reasons for his clown make-up. Initially he said that his father gave him the cuts on his cheek as a child after his father performed the same act on his ...
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Is Batman Begins based on any Batman comic or was it entirely written from scratch?
Were Batman Begins or The Dark Knight based on any particular comic(s) or was were they completely created from scratch?
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Why is there no Robin in the Nolan-directed Batman movies?
Although Robin seems to have an pivotal role in ruining earlier Batman movies, he's still an integral part of the Batman series. Is there a reason why Robin does not appear in Batman Begins/The Dark ...
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What is the main theme of The Dark Knight?
According to Wikipedia, the main theme of The Dark Knight is escalation, such that each event lead to an escalation that results from the choices Batman and James Gordon make. A separate source said ...
