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Originally Posted by Derwood
but is Bane a "franchise" villain for a trilogy?
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If by "franchise", you mean "appeared in the 60's show", then not as I recall, no. That's where most non-comic-book-geeks get their knowledge of the Batman universe from. Anybody not steeped in Batman cannon knows of their Gotham criminals from their interaction with Adam West's Batman, and they expect Sid Caesar and Burgess Meredith.
But look: Scarecrow wasn't around then. Neither was Ra's al Ghul. Those are really almost completely from the books (and the 90's cartoon, but that's not really in most people's awareness, either). It was BALSY to do a Batman movie without a Joker-caliber badguy, and the totally pulled it off. They could do it again.
One of the themes from Dark Knight that I LOVED is that Batman himself is the destabilizing factor that makes Joker go costumed. I think Nolan could easily put the next film in a Gotham where the criminal element has gone as crazy as Batman is, and a more cartoonish quality is accepted.
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Originally Posted by Derwood
as for "powers", I don't want a villain who has any. there has been nothing supernatural about the series so far and I don't want it to go that route
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Bane's "powers" are scientific in origin. Every bit as scientific as Scarecrow's spooky-dust, anyway.