HQ Bane Promo Art For THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

looking badass

@SaintSpidey67Re: "It's amazing what a little bit of photoshop can do..."

I know right?!?

If that's not Bane, well by those rules then Heath Ledger wasn't the Joker either. Never saw the Joker with long hair before, and never saw him take off his makeup either. Joker in the cartoon/comics doesn't seem to have defined lines where his face scars either.

This is a damn good pic, most impressive I have seen of Hardy-Bane to date. Still agree it doesn't look much like comicbook or animated Bane, and if there were other people in the same picture, it would look worse, because he is short.

Heath Ledger nailed the Joker with just his voice in a trailer. Still waiting to see or hear Hardy nail anything.

Grif is right. Worst. "Bane". Ever.

Keaton was the worst looking Batman, BIG head, little body, ridged suit with moulded muscles he could barely move in.

Bane looks better than the stupidity in the comics with the leotard and wrestling mask. You can get away with that silly costume in cartoons and comics but not in a live action movie, nobody in their right mind would put that on and try playing bad guy looking gay as hell!

Would you really want him walking around with a mask that looks like a Mexican wrestling mask on? I don't know, I barely give a sh-t about this character but like the idea behind Bane being this destructive force for Gotham and Batman so I think they nailed it with his look. If I had to watch 2 hours of some hulked out beast with a wrestling mask on...It would distract from what Bane is meant to represent, at least to me. But, again, never cared for the character so I have no ties to Bane. I guess I can understand people hoping it was spot on like the comics but...Joker's look wasn't and Ledger completely represented the essence of the Joker.

Anyone with a bat cowl/mask on their head will look like they have a bigger head than they actually do. At least he didn't look like a freaking bobble head like Bale does.

SetGecko- Look at the picture you put up, measure the arms and compare them to the picture up top. The article's pic has Bane's arms looking twice the size as yours.

TDKR looks sooooooo good! Nolan is one of the few BEST directors working today.

FROM THE BODY ACNE I'M THINKING MAJOR STEROID USAGE.

Loving this version of Bane. So much better than the Batman and Robin screw up. For those of you who don't think he looks the part, for a realistic, modern day Bane this is actually pretty true to form as far as Knightfall goes. Bane wasn't a Hulk-like brute like he is portrayed in recent comics or in Arkham Asylum and City. Pre-venom he wasn't much larger than the Batman, and even on Venom he still didn't gain that much bulk. Bane was more expert combatant and meticulous planner than over the top "Hulk smash" type of villain. I am definitely looking forward to seeing Nolan's portrayal of Bane in TDKR.

Awesome pic.

Too bad his mask still sucks ass and looks absolutely nothing like his CB counterpart.

I love how all the nolans here worked On the film. W

I freakin' love this - just wait, Nolan knows how to make movies.

Third movie in and people can't accept the aesthetics of the trilogy? This is the best Bane ever, looking like the comics and being the character are two different things, was Fassbender any less of a Magneto before he put on the costume? If looks were all it took Peter Sarsgaard would have been one of the best villains in a CBM but we all know how that turned out...

@Gunsmith - wow, that Bane up top, and the Bane you posted pics of in the comments are not the same person, lol. Thanks for posting those, I almost fell for the veiny muscled fake pic up top.

As for masks, I do not see how that thing he is wearing (which brought out laughter when seen by some friends not into all things geek) is more acceptable than a luchador (spelling?) mask.

As for height, I do not think Bane needed to be 7 foot 6 or something, but at least tall enough to be seen in a crowd easily. Hardy is average height, and obviously not near as ripped as that pic up top is! Oh well, the film is filmed and it is what it will be.

On a side note, and not to do with TDKR or CBM's, I have found the majority of people I know that got heavily into body building were 5 foot 8 or shorter, like a compensation thing.

Amazing...people never learn. Hope everyone has a taste for shyt sandwiches cuz when this film comes out, omg, all the HATERS are gonna get the shyt rubbed in there [frick]in face.

Looks badass! Just give him another mask.

Would have made Bane look more menacing and imposing.

"If that's not Bane, well by those rules then Heath Ledger wasn't the Joker either."

I don't think you are getting what some people are saying. If a year or more prior to TDK you would have seen a first image with no description of Batman and the Joker you would still know it was the Joker, even if the hair was longer, etc. The first picture of Batman and this Bane with no description, it would be a stretch to immediately go...."oh, that's Bane". That's the difference.

Ashes2Phoenix@ That's all lighting and a typical lifter pose where you push out your biceps with your hand to make them look bigger. Other images don't suggest he is that big. The image Gunsmith posted is what has been the consistent size we have seen to date.

TheDetectiveComicRises@ No, Chris Hemsworth isn't as big as the Thor from the comics, but he is a helluva a lot closer and more accurate to the comic book Thor in looks and size than Hardy is to the comic Bane. Had they cast someone who is the size of Dwayne Johnson for Bane, I would be perfectly happy. They would have a physical stature that would be imposing and larger than Batman.

If this article's image is going to be accurate for what we see in the film, then it is better than what we have seen and they are going to enhance him through CGI, because that image is not Hardy's actual size. Still don't like his lack of height, but perhaps that is being dealt with post-production. Everything we have seen so far shows him shorter than Bale.

I just don't care for Bane's look. I don't get that people say the Bane from the comic's don't fit the Nolan realism. If you can have a guy wear a gunnysack over his head and be Scarecrow, that is less real-looking than a character whose roots are latin wearing a luchador-style mask that is a traditional wrestling look from south of the border. More real and acceptable than a gunnysack covering your head as far as I am concerned. Not saying I want the Bane from Batman and Robin, but a more accurate Bane could have easily been done by someone who wanted to stay a little more on track with the adaptation.

AlexDeLarge87@ Yes, that would have been much more acceptable for me.

I'm not feeling that full mask, it looks like a Gimp mask!

While the film isn't released yet there's just lots of speculation that this film won't work.

Nolan has already made 2 successful Batman movies and while it may not be to everyones taste they've been quality movies none the less.

Whilst both trailers released have been nothing to write home about, I have a confident feeling that Nolan will serve up a fitting Batman movie to top them all.

RealGothamite@ Well i kinda meant it should be something in the line of that mask not necessarily THAT mask.

@Rhino nah he's done. I think there are directors that can take over and do just as well. Who knows.

@Alex That full mask is pimp. Nice find. I would be able to not care about his height if the mask looked like that.

I just feel like they completely missed a huge part of why Bane works. When I picture Bane, I see him looking DOWN at Batman like he is a little bitch. Now Batman will have to fight a smaller, brawler, type bane. I really want to like what i'm seeing from this movie but I don't. And it sucks.