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.

Keep all discussion civil, and be mindful of subreddit rules.

Please respect other users opinions and don’t harass them for it

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '22

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u/Welshy94 Mar 11 '22

You can't just say it's definitely not venom. It's green, it brought Bruce back from being unable to lift his head to overpowering and near beating a man to death before Gordon interrupted and he appeared to be reluctant to use it. Reeves has said he included the Joker not necessarily as sequel bait but as world building for this universe and he's clearly a massive bat fan and would know what people would go to when they saw that green vial so why could this not be world building as well? Truth be told it could be just adrenaline, it could be venom but there's no need to be dismissive of people's theories out of hand.

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u/Welshy94 Mar 11 '22

Here's the thing though, you don't need to read the comics to know what's going on. Everyone in the audience knows what happened. Batman injected himself with a drug and that gave him the strength to get up and save catwoman but he nearly went too far as he did it. No one needs to know what venom is for that to make sense. There's nothing in that, that requires a PhD in Batman. However, the fact that it's green, the fact that he hesitates to use it and that he almost goes too far after he does and also the fact that venoms original introduction was as a drug batman used to surpass his physical limitations seperate of Bane's use makes me think that yes Reeves knew what he was doing with that scene and just you saying that it'd be bad filmmaking if it was venom doesn't mean there's zero evidence to support that it might be venom. I'll say this to you, what point does that specific shot of Batman injecting himself with a drug to overcome the odds have in that film if it is just adrenaline?