The Dark Knight Rises

  Okay, I'll put a more in depth review after I feel everyone has had adaquet time to see the Dark Knight Rises, but here is the short and long and long of it: I understand that most people will never think any Batman is better than The Dark Knight,and that's fine by me. I loved every aspect of it. I believe it's the best Batman AND best movie ever made. Blam.

Dark Kight Rises/Knightfall

   Growing up, I had all 19 parts of the main Knightquest arc. Along with most of my childhood collection, they were sold off by my mother for getting in a particularly  nasty fist fight in school. I've always wanted to get the first printings again, but never had the time to look around, or the money to pick them up. (For any collectors that know that none of those issues even in first-print mint condition aren't very expensive at all, let it be known I'm quite poor) Recently, I've been able to pick them all up cheaply at flea markets and a few comic book shops. Re-reading all these issues has got me to think about any parallels between the Knightfall story and the upcoming The Dark Knight Rises. Will Bane use Venom, even to a lesser extent? Will he break inmates out of Arkham Asylum? Will he break the Bat's bat?
    1.Will Bane use Venom? For those unfamiliar with Venom, it's the super-steroid Bane literally pumps into his body through tubes  that turn him from a large muscular genius into a monstrous hulking genius able to beat the you know what out of Killer Croc. With Christopher Nolan's more realistic take on Batman, I've been wondering if Venom has place in this version of Gotham. Until later this month, I can only speculate and make somewhat educated guesses. My guess is either it won't be appearing in TDKR, or, it might be toned down. In the comics it takes a very fit man and gives him an extra foot or so, and if I had to guess, an additional foot to his already broad chest. It makes Bane massive. If Christopher Nolan chooses to have Bane use Venom, I think it will be a more realistic drug that gives him an instant burst of energy, adrenaline, and maybe some additional bulk.
   2.Will Bane break inmates out of Arkham like he does in Knightfall? From the commercials and trailers for TDKR, he might break some inmates of either Arkham or Blackgate. A scene in one of the trailers has a large amount of men in orange jumpsuits running into battle with just as many of Gotham's finest on an otherwise empty street. So, this seems very possible. Will he break out some of the major rogues like Scarecrow or Zsasz, that's another question. With Heath Ledger's death, they might shirk away from showing some of the major bad guys previously featured in the Nolanverse out of restrictions on the Joker, and possibly ust out of respect for Ledger.
   3.Will Bane break the Bat? Bane. The Man That (Who) Broke the Bat. Will he hold this title by the end of TDKR? Possibly. I hear speculation (and have made some of my own) on Joseph Gordon Levitt being Robin/Nightwing/Batman's replacement, and while I'm not betting or assuming, I think it's a possibility regardless of Christopher Nolan's denial of a Robin or Nightwing character.
   There are a plethora of other questions I have about comic book parallels and a bunch of unrelated questions, but like the rest of the public, I'll have to wait until July, 22 to see for sure. Love, peace, and chicken grease.

Death of the Family

    I'm so excited for the upcoming Batman story "Death of the Family" in Batman #13. That's the most forward way to say that I'm estatic to see the return of the Joker after almost a year AND it's written by Scott Snyder. Thank Science.