Removed the spoiler (which was pretty unnecessarily included) and fixed "there -> their" in title (which was really bugging me). + fixed grammar.

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edited Apr 13, 2018 at 7:31

JAD

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In the 2008 movie The Dark Knight, Lucius Fox and Bruce Wayne hashad the following conversation in Hong Kong:

Bruce Wayne: What's this?
Lucius Fox: I had R&D work it up. Sends out a high-frequency pulse... records the response time for mapping an environment.
Bruce: Sonar. Just like a...
Lucius (interrupting with a smile): Submarine, Mr. Wayne. Like a submarine.

My question is: Why did Lucius interrupt Bruce and interject with "submarine"?

Was it just a subtle bit of humour to subvert the audience's expectations that they were going to compare it to bats using sonar to navigate? Or am I missing some other context (I'm not a reader of the comic books)?

For reference, one can watch the relevant clip here, starting at 5:10 (it's not my clip).

Removed the spoiler (which was pretty unnecessarily included) and fixed "there -> their" in title (which was really bugging me).

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edit approved Apr 13, 2018 at 7:31

John Hamilton

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Why did Lucius interrupt Bruce during theretheir Sonar/Submarine discussion?

In the 2008 movie The Dark Knight, Lucius Fox and Bruce Wayne havehas the following conversation in Hong Kong, prior to Batman capturing Lau (err, spoiler alert? :-)):

Bruce Wayne: What's this?
Lucius Fox: I had R&D work it up. Sends out a high-frequency pulse... records the response time for mapping an environment.
Bruce: Sonar. Just like a...
Lucius (interrupting with a smile): Submarine, Mr. Wayne. Like a submarine.

My question is: Why did Lucius interrupt Bruce and interject with "submarine"?

Was it just a subtle bit of humour to subvert the audience's expectations that they were going to compare it to bats using sonar to navigate? Or am I missing some other context (I'm not a reader of the comic books)?

For reference, one can watch the relevant clip here, starting at 5:10 (it's not my clip).

Why did Lucius interrupt Bruce during there Sonar/Submarine discussion?

In the 2008 movie The Dark Knight, Lucius Fox and Bruce Wayne have the following conversation in Hong Kong, prior to Batman capturing Lau (err, spoiler alert? :-)):

Bruce Wayne: What's this?
Lucius Fox: I had R&D work it up. Sends out a high-frequency pulse... records the response time for mapping an environment.
Bruce: Sonar. Just like a...
Lucius (interrupting with a smile): Submarine, Mr. Wayne. Like a submarine.

My question is: Why did Lucius interrupt Bruce and interject with "submarine"?

Was it just a subtle bit of humour to subvert the audience's expectations that they were going to compare it to bats using sonar to navigate? Or am I missing some other context (I'm not a reader of the comic books)?

For reference, one can watch the relevant clip here, starting at 5:10 (it's not my clip).

Why did Lucius interrupt Bruce during their Sonar/Submarine discussion?

In the 2008 movie The Dark Knight, Lucius Fox and Bruce Wayne has the following conversation in Hong Kong:

Bruce Wayne: What's this?
Lucius Fox: I had R&D work it up. Sends out a high-frequency pulse... records the response time for mapping an environment.
Bruce: Sonar. Just like a...
Lucius (interrupting with a smile): Submarine, Mr. Wayne. Like a submarine.

My question is: Why did Lucius interrupt Bruce and interject with "submarine"?

Was it just a subtle bit of humour to subvert the audience's expectations that they were going to compare it to bats using sonar to navigate? Or am I missing some other context (I'm not a reader of the comic books)?

For reference, one can watch the relevant clip here, starting at 5:10 (it's not my clip).