Okay, I haven't seent he film yet, but I'm very intrigued by the meta discussions I have seen. And I gotta say now, I'm not a big fan of Noaln's love for man!pain-at-the-expense-of-a-woman trope he's so fond of. :/
Loved your Avengers comparison, btw. International teamwork ftw!
I've been thinking about Avengers vs. Batman a loooooooooot (not one but TWO posts!) I wonder if I hobbyhorse overmuch or not, but... I see what I see there. :/
I saw the first post too! I've never met a spoiler I didn't like so I pretty much no most of the main plot at this point. And seems pretty decent on paper but I can already tell I'm going to have Thoughts about it.
I can't answer where the prison was supposed to be, I do believe some of its composite locations are in India. The trailer for The Fall shows two of them: the blue city at 0:40 and the reservoir with the neat stairs at 1:49. The DVD commentary mentions specifics, but broadly: India.
At least in Avengers, the billionaire/nuke scenario completes Tony's character arc? He didn't spend six months or years angsting about creating a potentially dangerous source of clean energy. He took a massive skyscraper off the grid as his character introduction. I suppose Dark Knight Rises about how burning fossil fuels is a secure and terrorist-proof source of sustainable energy? WTAF.
I salute your DC knowledge! *salute* Also, Julie Newmar. Always salute her, for REASONS.
Right then. I thought the thirty seconds of Talia and Bane's backstory was more interesting than either of the other emotional plots. Michael Caine was perhaps the best thing about the film, and he NAILED that breakdown scene early on--I just thought that Bale's response was horrible. Like, were the actors in the same frakking room when they did that?? Because WTF!
I've seen some wank from people about Bruce's happy ending being all Inceptioney--was Alfred just imagining it? NGL, I think that would have been way more interesting than the pair ditching their old identities and chilling in Europe.
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Loved your Avengers comparison, btw. International teamwork ftw!
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I've been thinking about Avengers vs. Batman a loooooooooot (not one but TWO posts!) I wonder if I hobbyhorse overmuch or not, but... I see what I see there. :/
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At least in Avengers, the billionaire/nuke scenario completes Tony's character arc? He didn't spend six months or years angsting about creating a potentially dangerous source of clean energy. He took a massive skyscraper off the grid as his character introduction. I suppose Dark Knight Rises about how burning fossil fuels is a secure and terrorist-proof source of sustainable energy? WTAF.
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Right then. I thought the thirty seconds of Talia and Bane's backstory was more interesting than either of the other emotional plots. Michael Caine was perhaps the best thing about the film, and he NAILED that breakdown scene early on--I just thought that Bale's response was horrible. Like, were the actors in the same frakking room when they did that?? Because WTF!
I've seen some wank from people about Bruce's happy ending being all Inceptioney--was Alfred just imagining it? NGL, I think that would have been way more interesting than the pair ditching their old identities and chilling in Europe.
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