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[Leunam]

I can't picture a new villain that would fit in Nolan's low-camp Batman universe. The Riddler would have been good.

Hugo Strange.

 

[Penguin]

Honestly, if they were going down that road might as well have just called it The Dark Knight Returns or something.

This title sounds like a chapter of a longer comic book arc.

 

[Takao]

The Dark of the Moon is a better title, and even that's not a good title.

 

[Sapiens]

I'm hoping for a dangerous, edgy, crazy Harley Quinn. And Catwoman too.

If ever there was a villainous that was strictly for the fanboys its harly.

 

[Siebzehn50]

Yeah, don't like that title. Was hoping it would be something completely different like Batman Begins/Dark Knight

Please please please bring back Ra's al Ghul!!!

 

[sixteen-bit]

Does anyone know if it will feature a re-cast Joker?

 

[Ushojax]

Would have prefered "Shadow of the Bat"

:lol Seriously?

The Dark Knight Rises is fine. It's clunky but it works. Personally I would have liked a title with Gotham in it but that's just me.

 

[Dyno]

Or Two Face not being dead.

That's what I want! Batman killing him with a blow off the building was the worst scene in the series.

I'm glad The Riddler isn't in it. That might be hard to pull off with grit. Maybe he could have been a serial killer type, like in Seven.

 

[Leunam]

The Dark of the Moon is a better title, and even that's not a good title.

That's actually a really shitty title.

 

[Escape Goat]

Batman 3: Fall Harder

 

[steadfast]

Pretty much anything with "rises" or "rising" in the title pisses me the fuck off. It just screams half-assed, cheesy fantasy novel.

Dark Knight: Raspy Voice will still be awesome.

 

[Dyno]

Does anyone know if it will feature a re-cast Joker?

Wouldn't that be seen as sacrilige?

 

[Router]

Black mask then please.

Title is shit too lol

 

[WillyFive]

Does anyone know if it will feature a re-cast Joker?

Nolan said he would never do that.

 

[raphier]

Does Dark Knight: Rising or Rising of the Dark Knight sound better?

Nah, The Dark Throne, Winged Knight or The Killing Joke would suffice.

 

[badcrumble]

Guess I might as well hope for Hush, Deadshot, and/or Black Mask.

I'm praying that Catwoman isn't in this; I like Selina a lot, but I can't see her fitting into the """Nolanverse."""

 

[brianjones]

:lol @ these suggestions for a better title

 

[brandonh83]

How absurdly creative!

Should have been "The Dark Knight II: Knight Harder"

 

[Mike M]

Eh, I wasn't a huge fan of Batman Begins as a title either, but over time I grew numb to it. I already don't dislike The Dark Knight Rises as much, so I'm sure I'll get used to it.

Kinda surprised that there's no Riddler, however. Seems like that would be a pretty obvious choice, since by trying to keep the realism going they have to trim a lot of potential villains like Clayface and Mr. Freeze. Then again, they made R'as work well enough, so who knows.

 

[Kurtofan]

TDKR isn't an inspired title but then which batman movie has an inspired title?

 

[Spirit of Jazz]

There's no Riddler because he's be too similar to Calender Man!

 

[Akia]

Horrible movie title

 

[Peff]

Who cares about the title? Warner probably wanted one that was easy to relate to TDK.

 

[CajoleJuice]

The third movie curse begins.

Something with "Gotham" probably would have been ideal.

 

[Meus Renaissance]

Dark Knight Rises sound like a college made film costing $400, trying to draw in the hipster crowd with the title.

In all seriousness, the imagery doesn't work there. Rise? He didn't "fall", and there isn't anything upcoming about the character to suggest a revitalisation. I don't the title should be similar to its predecessor. Anything with the 'Dark Knight' would have been terrible by default. "Rising" is just :lol

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

i hate the fact the title has the dark knight in it again. it makes it seem as if the dark knight was the first movie in a series or something and this new one is the second movie.

Basically, yea.

Lame, but I won't care about this when the movie is released anyways.


aaaaaand wow, it didn't even take getting to page 2 for people to overanalyze the shit out of the title for a film they know almost nothing about.:lol :lol

 

[Kworn]

I think it will be a totally new original Villian never seen before in comic or film

 

[Veelk]

A rather uninspired title, but so was Batman Begins. In Nolan, I trust.

 

[VariantX04]

The name sells.

 

[brandonh83]

Eh, I wasn't a huge fan of Batman Begins as a title either, but over time I grew numb to it. I already don't dislike The Dark Knight Rises as much, so I'm sure I'll get used to it.

The problem is that it's repetitive. Batman Begins and TDK aren't bad titles, but they're basically just re-using the same title as the last film with one new word to make it different. That's bullshit.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Guess I might as well hope for Hush, Deadshot, and/or Black Mask.

I'm praying that Catwoman isn't in this; I like Selina a lot, but I can't see her fitting into the """Nolanverse."""

they probably want to distance themselves from the shitty halle berry movie too

 

[Chuckie]

Talia Al Ghul and Ra's return! I want more Liam Neeson please.

If this happens I will refuse to watch the movie.

 

[Escape Goat]

Is "uninspired" GAF's new buzz word?

 

[brianjones]

In all seriousness, the imagery doesn't work there. Rise? He didn't "fall", and there isn't anything upcoming about the character to suggest a revitalisation. I don't the title should be similar to its predecessor. Anything with the 'Dark Knight' would have been terrible by default. "Rising" is just :lol

uh, he kinda did.. did you see the end of the movie?

 

[badcrumble]

As far as the title is concerned, I would've preferred The Caped Crusader, but that probably sounds too cheesy to marketers. The Dark Knight Rises makes it sound like Batman 2.5, though.

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

The Dark of the Moon is a better title, and even that's not a good title.

God no:lol :lol

 

[Kurtofan]

I think it will be a totally new original Villian never seen before in comic or film

I'm okay with this if they cast Christopher Walken for the role.

 

[Bleepey]

i am calling it now, Batman 4 to be called The Dark Knight Falls, bookmark this post.

 

[Evlar]

I'm okay with this if they cast Christopher Walken for the role.

I think it's an awful idea in general, and a fantastic idea under your conditions.

 

[NYR]

Shit title is shitter than shit.

Does it fucking matter at all? Seriously.

 

[Penguin]

Dark Knight Rises sound like a college made film costing $400, trying to draw in the hipster crowd with the title.

In all seriousness, the imagery doesn't work there. Rise? He didn't "fall", and there isn't anything upcoming about the character to suggest a revitalisation. I don't the title should be similar to its predecessor. Anything with the 'Dark Knight' would have been terrible by default. "Rising" is just :lol

Did you like step out after he captured the Joker? :lol

 

[CajoleJuice]

The Dark Knight Finishes

 

[Solo]

The worst part of this title is how thinly vieled the attempt to cash in on TDK is. BB and TDK are sequels but they have distinctly different titles, like Batman 3 should have had. But TDK makes $500M, so WB decides Batman 3 needs to also have The Dark Knight in its title.

The third movie curse begins.

Indeed. I cannot wait for DM to endure his Spider-Man 3 :lol

 

[Yen]

How absurdly creative!

Should have been "The Dark Knight II: Knight Harder"

Dark Knight with a Vengence
Live Free or Dark Knight
lol

Die Hard movies have the best titles.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

I personally like the title.

 

[Government-man]

What kind of title is that? The dark knight returns? How does that fit into

Batman Begins

The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight Returns

That just fucks up the symmetry.

 

[gutter_trash]

Two Face is obviously not dead;
public Harvey Dent's image is dead but not Two Face.. he is probably incarcerated at Arkham or some high security prison

 

[brianjones]

The worst part of this title is how thinly vieled the attempt to cash in on TDK is. BB and TDK are sequels but they have distinctly different titles, like Batman 3 should have had. But TDK makes $500M, so WB decides Batman 3 needs to also have The Dark Knight in its title.

oh gawd, how AWFUL

wont somebody please think of the messageboards

 

[brandonh83]

Whoever titled this needs to learn how to dream just a little bit bigger.

 

[Penguin]

The worst part of this title is how thinly vieled the attempt to cash in on TDK is. BB and TDK are sequels but they have distinctly different titles, like Batman 3 should have had. But TDK makes $500M, so WB decides Batman 3 needs to also have The Dark Knight in its title.



Indeed. I cannot wait for DM to endure his Spider-Man 3 :lol

I'm curious how would you have branded this movie?

I always assumed it made sense to kind of continue on with The Dark Knight in the title because it made a lot of money, and because I thought it would work thematically since he earned the title at the end of the last movie. (Let's go with that even if a little ham fisted)