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** Also, the idea of a Batman ''anime'' made some fans leery, until the name ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Kevin Conroy]]'' showed up.
** Also, the idea of a Batman ''anime'' made some fans leery, until the name ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Kevin Conroy]]'' showed up.
** The series essentially started with this. After the [[Joel Schumacher]] films, another Batman film (proper origin story or not) wasn't something anyone was getting terribly excited about. Until it was announced that it would be from the same [[Christopher Nolan|director]] as ''[[Memento]]'' and starring [[American Psycho|Patrick Bateman]] that fans had any hope that it would be worth getting excited about.
** The series essentially started with this. After the [[Joel Schumacher]] films, another Batman film (proper origin story or not) wasn't something anyone was getting terribly excited about. Until it was announced that it would be from the same [[Christopher Nolan|director]] as ''[[Memento]]'' and starring [[American Psycho|Patrick Bateman]] that fans had any hope that it would be worth getting excited about.
** For ''The Dark Knight Rises'', [[Tom Hardy]] as Bane. Cranked [[Up to Eleven]] when the first photo [http://ca.io9.com/5803953/first-photo-of-tom-hardy-as-bane came out].
** For ''The Dark Knight Rises'', [[Tom Hardy]] as Bane. Cranked [[Up to Eleven]] when the first photo [https://web.archive.org/web/20120822082605/http://ca.io9.com/5803953/first-photo-of-tom-hardy-as-bane came out].
** For some, the fact that the film won't be in 3D.
** For some, the fact that the film won't be in 3D.
** The prologue. Even if we couldn't understand what Bane was saying, it was clear that Nolan was writing him as a [[Genius Bruiser]], something that Bane has had trouble with for years now.
** The prologue. Even if we couldn't understand what Bane was saying, it was clear that Nolan was writing him as a [[Genius Bruiser]], something that Bane has had trouble with for years now.
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* [[What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?]]: ''The Dark Knight'' is rated PG-13, and many think the MPAA was too lenient with the rating. It is definitely ''not'' a children's movie.
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?]]: ''The Dark Knight'' is rated PG-13, and many think the MPAA was too lenient with the rating. It is definitely ''not'' a children's movie.
** Though, to be fair, Nolan went out of his way to avoid sex, visible blood, and swearing, the [[Omniscient Council of Vagueness|MPAA's]] only real standards for R ratings. Sort of a [[Genre Savvy]] for filmmaking on his part. If the MPAA was really about determining what children should see, their standards would be much different, and Dark Knight would not have been PG-13. For that reason, and that reason ''only'', may it also fall under [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?]].
** Though, to be fair, Nolan went out of his way to avoid sex, visible blood, and swearing, the [[Omniscient Council of Vagueness|MPAA's]] only real standards for R ratings. Sort of a [[Genre Savvy]] for filmmaking on his part. If the MPAA was really about determining what children should see, their standards would be much different, and Dark Knight would not have been PG-13. For that reason, and that reason ''only'', may it also fall under [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?]].
** A good deal of younger demographic merchandise was also released including snack foods, [http://radiated5.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/lego-tumbler-box.jpg LEGO] [http://downloadyellow2097lego.webs.com/lego%20batman%20tumbler%20batmobile%20joker%201.jpg sets], and [http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/The_Dark_Knight_children%27s_books children's books.]
** A good deal of younger demographic merchandise was also released including snack foods, [http://radiated5.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/lego-tumbler-box.jpg LEGO] [http://downloadyellow2097lego.webs.com/lego%20batman%20tumbler%20batmobile%20joker%201.jpg sets]{{Dead link}}, and [http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/The_Dark_Knight_children%27s_books children's books.]
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Political?]]: [[Word of God]] denies it, but there's too many allegories for aspects of the war on terror to simply overlook it. Go to the trope's page for a better explaination.
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Political?]]: [[Word of God]] denies it, but there's too many allegories for aspects of the war on terror to simply overlook it. Go to the trope's page for a better explaination.
** The disturbingly realistic style in which exploding buildings and subsequent wreckage were shot can't help but evoke 9/11 somewhat. There's a reason people referred to Joker as a terrorist in the film.
** The disturbingly realistic style in which exploding buildings and subsequent wreckage were shot can't help but evoke 9/11 somewhat. There's a reason people referred to Joker as a terrorist in the film.
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