Questions tagged [nolan-batman-trilogy]
A trilogy of Batman films conceived and directed by Christopher Nolan between 2005 and 2012. They are Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises.
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Why didn't Batman just kill Joker when he had the chance?
In The Dark Knight, why didn't Batman just drop Joker off the roof?
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In the Dark Knight, why did Batman choose to save Harvey Dent, rather than Rachel Dawes?
In Nolan's The Dark Knight, when the Joker kidnapped Harvey Dent and Rachel Dawes and trapped them in a weird oil drum showroom:
Why did Batman tell Gordon that he was going to save Rachel and they ...
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Why was Bruce Wayne spared by the mugger?
One of the fundamental aspects of Batman's origins is that one night, a mugger, usually Joe Chill, shot his parents in an alley. Barring the occasional "What If?" story, Bruce is always spared by the ...
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By the end of the Batman Trilogy, how many people came to know the true Identity of Bruce Wayne?
In Batman Begins, very few people knew about the true identity of Bruce Wayne, but as the series progressed the number of people knowing this fact dramatically increased.
Can you provide the list of ...
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Why was Gotham City changed from a mostly fictional city to New York City in the Nolan trilogy?
In Batman Begins, Gotham City has a futuristic/fictional and run down look: think of Oldtown, the trains built by the Wayne Corporation etc.
In The Dark Knight Rises, Gotham City looks like plain ...
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Were Batman's phones used to map surroundings using custom hardware? How did he distribute them?
In Nolan's Dark Knight, Batman (or rather Lucius Fox) develops a technology which allows using a phone as a mini-radar (I didn't quite catch if it was using EM like radar or sound like sonar, but ...
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What was injected into the doctor at the beginning of The Dark Knight Rises?
Bane seems to inject something into the Doctor's arms before kidnapping him. Is it like a sedative, so that he will be easier to kidnap or some sort of drug?
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Wouldn't the use of WayneTech by Bane fully expose Bruce Wayne's identity as Batman?
As everyone sifts through the rubble of Gotham after retaking the city, it quickly becomes clear that the Tumblers used by Bane's forces were manufactured by Wayne Enterprises. They're all the same, ...
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How was Bruce Wayne able to reclaim control of Wayne Enterprises in Batman Begins?
In Batman Begins, after Bruce Wayne's extended absence, we learn that Wayne Enterprises has had him declared dead, and that all of his assets have been transferred to Alfred as per his will.
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Did Bane break Batman's back in The Dark Knight Rises?
In The Dark Knight Rises, during the sewer fight scene we see Bane lift Batman up and drop him on his knee, reminiscent of the comic book scene where Batman's back is literally broken.
Are we to ...
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What happened to Bane that requires him to breathe using an apparatus?
In The Dark Knight Rises, Bane's ailment is never explained. All we know is that his breathing apparatus keeps him alive (and pain free).
What happened to Bane that requires him to wear such an ...
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Why does Batman have to take the fall?
The end of the Dark Knight leaves
Why does Batman need to be the one? By this point, the Joker is in custody and has been known (both to viewers and the police) to use henchmen. No one would believe ...
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Bane's age and his physique in The Dark Knight Rises
We know that
The background story arc of "Lazarus Pit" takes place 30 years before the time of Batman Begins.
The time difference between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight must be approximately 6 ...
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What is the time frame for Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises?
In The Dark Knight Rises it is made clear that it is eight years on from the fallout of The Dark Knight, and Batman Begins was at least a year before The Dark Knight, so what year was each movie based ...
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What did the people in the prison chant in The Dark Knight Rises?
As the title says, what were the words that the people in the prison chanted when anyone attempted to climb out of it? What language was it in?
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Is the guy with the shotgun at the start of Dark Knight a regular comic character?
I know the bank is mob owned, but is the manager of the bank a named character from the Batman comics?
This is the character I am referring to:
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Are armouries, weapons and the Bat in "Dark Knight rises" attainable by current technologies? [closed]
Batman has a lot of fanciful armouries and weapons and the Bat in "Dark Knight rises". Are all these attainable by current technologies? If yes, how much it will cost to be a Batman in the movie?
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Nolan's Dark Knight: Why would Dent's convictions be overturned?
In The Dark Knight, when Batman interrupts (what would probably have ended in) Dent killing Thomas Schiff, Batman tells Dent that if people saw him doing this, then all of the criminals he'd locked up ...
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What would have happened if Gothamites on one of the ferries had pressed the detonator
What would have happened if Gothamites on one of the ferries had pressed the detonator before the other? The question might look trivial but considering the vile, twisted and sharp witted mind of the ...
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How did John Blake make his discovery?
Early in The Dark Knight Rises, when John Blake is talking to Bruce Wayne he reveals that
He says he figured this out because
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Who was the judge in The Dark Knight Rises?
The man "judging" (offering them the choice of exile or death) the rich and the police brought in front of him in The Dark Knight Rises looked very familiar. Have we seen him before?
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Why is fear "good" in The Dark Knight Rises?
In the first two movies of Nolan's trilogy, fear has always been detrimental to the one experiencing it. The entire first film was Bruce overcoming his fear and as a consequence becoming stronger and ...
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Why does the Batmobile have a changing seat?
In the Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy, the Batmobile has the driver's seat change between driving and attack modes. Is there an explanation for this? It seems like the "attack" mode would be hard on ...
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Why did Talia Al'Gul have to forgive her father?
In the scene in The Dark Knight Rises where
she says something about her finally forgiving her father when he died. Why did she have to forgive her father in the first place? And did she willingly ...
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What kind of bats live in the Batcave in Christopher Nolan's Batman?
Near the start of Batman Begins young Bruce Wayne falls down a well and gets attacked by bats. Later we meet the bats again when he first discovers the bat cave and in one scene Batman uses the bats ...
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Why would Batman discard his disruptor? [closed]
During the chase sequence in which Batman reveals himself during The Dark Knight Rises, there is a sequence when Batman uses a pump action disruptor weapon against Bane's getaway motorcade.
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Is the Dark Knight trilogy part of the same "DC Cinematic Universe" as Man of Steel and Batman vs Superman?
Title pretty much says it all.
As far as I can recall Batman vs Superman did not make any specific references to events in the Dark Knight trilogy that would confirm this, and the director and lead ...
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Who built the large-scale cell phone sonar device?
In the Christopher Nolan Batman movies, Lucious Fox seems to be the primary technologic mastermind. In fact, we're never shown Batman/Bruce actually inventing anything new himself - just devising ...
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