Non-Comics DC Entertainment Trifecta: Dark Knight Rises, Robot Chicken, Young Justice
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? Despite the ridiculous claims that “Christopher Nolan doesn’t actually want you to understand what Bane says in Dark Knight Rises,” people who saw a recent 10-minute footage preview of DKR say Bane’s voice is 1) now comprehensible and 2) definitely altered from what it was originally. As it should be. Now, for a little bit of context, please think about the recent nerd movie coverage you’ve seen. Avengers? Blowing the critics out of the water. G.I. Joe 2? Looks to make up for all the goodwill squandered in the original. The Hobbit has a problem, sure, but that problem is advancing cinematic technology past the point of usefulness. The big news about The Dark Knight Rises? They finally decided to make a main character intelligible. I’d put a facepalm picture here, but surely there are enough people at WB’s DC division doing that already. (Via Collider)
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