TDKR: Bane Co-Creator Chuck Dixon Discusses Tom Hardy's Portrayal Of The Character

I still dont know if Bane died. Im guessing he did when Selina blasted him with the batpod.

"Worst final battle ever?" Have you seen Captain America: The First Avenger? or Iron Man? or Iron Man 2? or Thor? They were no better. Ok before Whiplash arrived Iron Man 2 was pretty good then Whiplash comes and it's over in seconds.

vader!best bane ever

@Vegakingblade, man if that joker cameo you mentioned would've happened. I would have shat my pants so hard. that woulda been so freaking awesome. I just got excited reading that lol

We could bring up superman and Kumar kicking his ass or green lantern and that shit storm of and ending. Bane was badass but killing him like that Idk it was extremely anti climactic. I new he had to die but cat women blasting him and saying a cheesy 1 liner was dumb. Bane deserved a better death but it didnt ruin the movie for me I still enjoyed the film.

The first fight between Bane and Batman will be remembered forever.

@Bizzaro Did you pay attention to the movie? Did you not listen to the doctor's assessment of bruce's injuries? no cartilage in his knees and elbows, scar tissue on his organs, etc? There's your answer on why he was in such bad shape after eight years, those kind of injuries don't just heal; you can't regrow cartilage, trust me, i know from experience.

Now, with that being said, i think Tom hardy's Bane was very good. Was it an exact copy of the character from the comics? No. But it was a true enough interpretation of the character on film. And anyone who says, "where's the venom?" is a mark to actually think that a movie trilogy based on a realistic interpretation of the characters was going to have venom in it.

@Bumble Also, he had gas pumped into his body for the pain. A direct reference to VENOM.

@Petty I'll give you that. I was referring to the people who wanted it to be some body bloating, super steroid. I totall got that refernce to it being a steroid of some sort that allowed him to live and deal with the pain from his injuries.

@Vegakingblade - I think Arkham would be unaffected because the narrows is over one of the blown up bridges.

"The first fight between Bane and Batman will be remembered forever." Already forgot about it until you brought it up. Both fights were lame; sorry not buying the "imposing" Bane as portrayed by a 5'9" actor. No venom then Bane somehow is able to punch through a concrete pillar. Downright stupid!

it's my opinion that people should sort of change their expectations sometimes when it comes to a final fight scene. for instance in IM2 the "fight" with whiplash should just be looked at as part of the entire climax/fight. i would argue that as soon as the drones starting flying that's when the fight began. the drones were deployed by whiplash. so in my mind he was fighting whiplash that whole time. when he came in at the end that was just icing on the cake. would i have done different? probably. was i happy and satisfied with what i saw? of course!

as for the second fight scene with Batman and Bane. what do you want? MORE punching? after we already had them fight once? again, thats just a small piece of a giant, action-packed climax that included car chases and air battles. and for those saying batman didn't even beat bane, catwoman did. story-wise batman DID beat him. he had him dead to rights. then the twist came in the form of Talia! he was better than bane, he did beat bane. but the patient knife was waiting for him. Banes death scene was more about catwoman's redemption.

instead of saying "this would have been better" ask yourself why the director decided to do what he did. why am i being shown this as part of a visual story? Nolan is a smart guy, if you think he went wrong somewhere that's cool! everyone has their opinion. but i didn't make the batman movie. Nolan did. and any "mistakes" you think were made might have a deeper meaning to them.

I'm sure im going to get fried for "telling people how to watch movies." but thats just my two cents. i loved the final scenes in TDKR.

does no one remember that some of nolan enthusiasts were HAPPY about bane being small? and they did make bane seem much bigger in the movie, which i like. but its odd that the people who were wanting bane to be small were also happy about him being big. the people who love everything about it just because its nolan make the rational people that enjoy it for what it is look bad

I liked this interpretation of Bane, he was ruthless, brutal, and seemed nearly unstoppable.

Until of course that moment when it turns out he did Talia's bidding, everything that he was built up to be just crumbled into dust, to think I believed he had destroyed the Henchmen Bane from Batman and Robin.

I have to admit, I initially thought the casting was all wrong. Hardy, while pretty yoked, is no where near Bane's size. And Hathaway...what has she done to make me think she could pull off Catwoman? Now, I think Hardy did a great job as Bane. I even enjoyed Hathaway's Catwoman.

What I found interesting was how different they are from their comic book counterparts. It's like my kids say, they're those characters, but not really.

Just my opinion, but it's like Bane and Catwoman, in name only. I don't think anyone even called her Catwoman. And her 'ears' were just her goggles sitting on top of her head. And while they did use some elements of Bane's story in the movie, most of it wasn't.

Nonetheless, still loved it. I'll definitely make room for on my home video shelf.

Bane was perfect and he didnt look small(looked huge),lifting batman off the ground one handed choking him. Also watch the last fight when banes mask starts to break he goes rapid,punches through the pillar

I personally thought the final fight was great. Batman bests Bane in combat. That was what mattered. Outside intervention from Talia put Bane in position to kill him and outside intervention from Selina put a stop to it. Was kind of full circle for me. But that's just my opinion.

The final battle was awesome batman thrashed bane the second time after getting himself ready to fight him again beating the crap out him... WHERES THE DETONATOR!!!! I loved that sh*t!!!!!!

How many years does this trilogy span? How old is Bruce at the end of TDKR?

Uncliche- your relentless love for tom hardy is hilarious. i hope it's a joke, or else it really doesnt make sense to use the word "gay" as an insult to loki/hiddleston

@Adiel I've been wondering that myself. In Batman Begins we see Bruce on his 30th birthday towards the end. We can assume that Dark Knight happens almost directly after BB since Wayne Manor is still being rebuilt and Batman is still using the same suit. But its clear that some time has passed since criminals are now generally fearful of Batman, also Joker has been up to at least some shenanigans since BB. At most two years have passed between BB and TDK, so Bruce is, at most, 40 in Rises.

At least thats the conclusion I came too, but I'm not sure on how much time passed between BB and TDK.

Bizzaro: Nice of you to pull the "articulation" line to get yourself out of losing an argument. You have a nice day as well :-)

Tom Hardy did an incredible job! He made the film, the breaking bat scene was incredible. What he did with his eyes really pulled you in. His attitude poured through the screen I've never had that feeling from a villain before. You knew every time Batman screwed with Bane you he was gonna [frick]ing kick his ass! I can't wait too see the movie again.

I would argue that Thor's end battle was worse than Batman's.

what is uncliche talkign about how would the fights in avengers work without cgi. Whats wrong with a badass fight between thor and hulk on a massive airbourne ship?