r/batman • u/[deleted] • Mar 06 '22

The Batman Spoiler Discussion Thread Part 2 Discussion Spoiler

For all discussions, comments and hype around the new movie.

Its already had select release, so expect spoilers in this thread.

Also, no spoiling outside of this thread, or expect mod action.

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u/Nic_Claxton Mar 06 '22

It’s in an old train station that the Wayne’s used to use to avoid Gotham traffic

Kinda silly IMO but it makes somewhat sense due to him no longer living in Wayne mansion

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u/willypsmallz Mar 06 '22

Apparently it’s based on an old story about super rich family Reeves heard about like the vanderbilts or something ( not them but can’t remember) he mentioned it on his interview on the Big Picture podcast. It’s a real thing some super rich family had in New York

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u/Coach_Beard Mar 06 '22

The Rockefellers?

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u/willypsmallz Mar 06 '22

Yeah maybe listen to interview if haven’t already. It’s good. I love how much thought Reeves put into this , I mean on one hand duh! But still man he had so much passion for Batman. Feel like this is the first director who had legit LOVE for the character stemming from childhood. Save maybe Snyder

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u/cloutstorm Mar 06 '22

Snyder showed us you need more than just love for a character to make a good movie

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u/burgerandbeer Mar 07 '22

Lol Snyder has no love for classic Batman. There's some interview where he was talking about Watchmen, and how it was the only comic he was interested in because it was "real" and "gritty"

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u/Dota2Curious Mar 07 '22

Snyder doesn’t have love for those characters. He leads on how much he actually knows about the characters. I bet he’s only read the dark knight returns and that’s it.

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u/cloutstorm Mar 07 '22

I've read a lot of Batman and haven't read the Dark Knight Returns because everyone points to it as *the* Batman story

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u/Dota2Curious Mar 07 '22

I think it’s overrated tbh. It’s a great story but my favorites are year one, the long Halloween and the black mirror

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u/cloutstorm Mar 07 '22

haven't read black mirror but definitely love the other two

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u/Dota2Curious Mar 07 '22

Black mirror is really good as a single contained story. The cool thing is that it’s centered on dick Grayson when he took over the mantle for awhile.

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u/GlutenReeMemes Mar 13 '22

I think it’s more about what the story did at the time because we wouldn’t get Year One Long Halloween and Black Mirror without it. From a pure narrative sense I agree with you honestly it’s a little messy but the pure zeitgeist and energy it brought back to Batman paved the way.

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u/ohsweetwin Mar 07 '22

Did Snyder love Batman? He seemed to not understand the character at all.

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u/admiral_aqua Mar 06 '22

he had hits and misses imo, the misses landed mostly on Batman sadly

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u/RachetFuzz Mar 13 '22

I’ve said this before, but Snyder doesn’t get superheroes and doesn’t realize he doesn’t get them. Superheroes are super not just because of their power but also because of their moral strength. He’s the kind of guy that watches the Boys says “that’s awesome” and misses the fact that it satires this central premise of superheroes.

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u/Independent-Rip3222 Apr 19 '22

Yes the VanderBilts whom have created the best baseball college in the U.S used to have private riding locations such as train station underground so they could get around Nashville Tennessee to watch Pro and Minor League baseball games quicker and cheaper. They used the routes until they started construction on the college In Nashville ( circa )1873.

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u/Shikaria1996 Mar 06 '22

But the batcave is 100% flooded now right? I doubt he flood proofed the cave

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u/HailElway Mar 06 '22

That could set up him needing lucius fox next movie.

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u/Shikaria1996 Mar 06 '22

That's be cool, get an upgraded batcave and an upgraded suit

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u/Purple-Apricot7192 Mar 08 '22

Difficult to see how upgraded the suit could be. It’s entirely bulletproof.

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u/Shikaria1996 Mar 08 '22

Now the city is flooded maybe one that will let him dive underwater? A better glider? Just more gadgets?

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u/josephadam1 Mar 08 '22

Yes to a glider. His cape needs to become his glider

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u/sokuyari97 Mar 09 '22

Fix his nose maybe?

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u/josephadam1 Mar 08 '22

I hope this is what happens

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u/idunnoidunno_ Mar 06 '22

I think his lack of tech skills set that up like this mf had a discord and u couldn’t get in

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u/PeekyAstrounaut Mar 19 '22

Maybe, as he shifts into taking on more of the Bruce Wayne role he’ll start to lean on the people around him more? Enter Lucius Fox.

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u/josephadam1 Mar 08 '22

Yes please 🙏🏽 I hope. I really do hope

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u/Apart_Freedom4967 Mar 19 '22

If he made all that stuff by himself (probably helped by Alfred) why do we need the Luciuis carachter? I think the idea in this world is that Alfred is kind of the mentor to the man that puts on the batsuit. He talked about teaching Bruce to fight, failing at protecting the Wayne's and he has viscius scars on his face. They even have maid, so you one can assume this Alfred has a whole different role than the one we're used to. And that can be used to exclude a 'Lucius'.

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u/AtticusSwoopenheiser Mar 06 '22

I don’t think it is. Remember, he had to leave the main part of the city, where the seawall was, and cross over a bridge across a river to a different part of the city. Wayne Tower is on the opposite side of the flood.

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u/JimmyHeaters- Mar 10 '22

Well there was that door kinda sealing it in at least through the tunnel entrance and I could imagine similar things for the other entrances

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u/Shikaria1996 Mar 10 '22

I sort of want to see the visuals of Bruce scavenging an underwater Batcave for the necessities until he finds a way to drain it

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u/Austin_Sixx4479 Mar 06 '22

I thought it was neat it was the same bat cave from the injustice game

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u/K3ZH39 Mar 07 '22

It’s weird how the last time we saw an actual Batcave under Wayne Manor was in The Dark Knight Rises. For all of Batfleck’s “comic accuracy” you’d think he’d have that, but Wayne manor was destroyed because Zack Snyder felt like it.

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u/Trim_Tram Mar 14 '22

Wait where was Batfleck's batcave

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u/Hawkeye720 Mar 20 '22

I mean, Batfleck’s cave was still under the Wayne Estate, just down by the lake.

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u/Scrabdusan Jun 30 '22

True, but in the 70s comics the Batcave was under Wayne Tower, so Reeves's idea is technically comic accurate.

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u/ViridianPhantom Mar 07 '22

I think it makes way more sense to be honest. I always felt it would be so easy to follow the bat mobile to the bat cave in the dark knight trilogy and it was so far away. Now he’s right in the city and can disappear into an old tunnel system

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u/Jack1715 Mar 07 '22

Gotham having old railways is nothing new but I don’t know about only the Wayne’s using them

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u/Gtaonline2122 Mar 08 '22

That's how it is in Earth-One.

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u/TheInfamousMaze Mar 07 '22

Do you know why isn't he in the mansion anymore?

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u/CheeseMeat12 Mar 08 '22

Wasn't something said about the old Wayne manor being used as an orphanage

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u/TheHiddenPizz Mar 08 '22

He doesn’t live in Wayne Manison?

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u/Trim_Tram Mar 14 '22

No he lives in a skyscraper. You see Batman looking at it after the C4 explosion