Comic Book Influences on The Dark Knight Rises (SPOILERS)

[Silver Nemesis]

It wouldn't be anything to do with Sam Hamm's Batman II script, would it?

[Paul (ral)]

No, I'm reading through the Bruce Wayne: Fugitive storyline.

Dick goes "spelunking" in a part of the cave.

[Silver Nemesis]

Ah, I see. I was thinking of this scene in the Batcave from Hamm's script:

ALFRED
               Sir?  -- MASTER BRUCE??

     As if in response, BATS screech and flutter in the distant
     recesses of the cavern.  ALFRED turns suddenly and sees BRUCE
     behind him, suspended from a thin filament wire, RISING OUT OF
     A BOTTOMLESS ABYSS.

                               BRUCE
               I'm not deaf, Alfred.  I hear you.

     He's wearing his civvie -- tweed pants and cashmere sweater --
     but he's got the utility belt, with its spring-action reel,
     buckled about his waist.  Clutching a bundle, he hangs in
     midair for a moment, dangling over the void.

Reminds me a bit of the scene in Batman Begins.

[Paul (ral)]

Yeah, probably was more likely :-)

[BatmAngelus]

This feature has now been updated, with several new references added from The Cult!  Check it out.
http://www.batman-online.com/features/2012/7/29/comic-influences-on-the-dark-knight-rises

[Paul (ral)]

It seems a writer on ComicBookMovie saw fit to rip off the article last October

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/comicrants/news/?a=68112

I have lodged a complaint with the site - they really should, at the very least, give you guys a credit

[thecolorsblend]

And of course those plagiarists require registration before you can post comments.

Mind you, any page that posts that goddamn many lists ("top five coolest 80's cartoons that deserve a movie today", "top ten best 70's TV show theme songs", "top six weirdest facts about Kim Kardashian's clit", etc) is run by nothing but revenue-chasing bottom feeders.

[BatmAngelus]

Looks like the CBM post is gone.  Thanks for looking out, Paul.

In the meantime, it seems that Jim Starlin deems The Cult similarities coincidental:

Have you seen Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises and did you notice that it was in some part inspired by your writing? Even using Bane instead of Deacon Blackfire can't prevent The Cult reader from noticing the similarity.

J.S.: I don't see that. I went to the movie, having heard that other viewers thought the same thing as you. But I've talked with Dan Didio, who was at many of the Nolan writing conferences, and most of The Dark Knight Rises came from stories Chuck Dixon wrote.

He also didn't care much for the movie either:

Do you like cinema/TV adaptations of Batman? Do you have a favourite one?

J.S.: I liked the first two Nolan Batman movies quite a bit. I'm one of the few people around that thought the last movie fell apart and didn't work.

http://www.gothamwdeszczu.com.pl/en/2013/05/10/an-interview-with-jim-starlin-2/

[The Laughing Fish]

It's such a shame that someone had the nerve to steal all that work and claim it as their own. I hope it doesn't happen often here - the last we'd want is to start keeping features exclusive to registered users.

[The Dark Knight]

@SilverNemesis

Did you include Bane's jacket from Batman: Vengeance of Bane II: The Redemption?



I think it could qualify. Very good story, by the way.