so, here's a fun and nutty theory. based, really, on nothing. embrace me, regardless!

nolan has clearly been a fan of picking pieces of his favorite batbooks, and filmafying them for the big screen. bits of year one, long halloween, dark knight returns, killing joke - and maybe some NML this time around.

with this being nolan's final film, and the promotional pieces already seeming to be dubbed "[this] batman's last film", is it possible we'll get a dark knight returns-type closure? there are already rumors circulating about bruce wayne's death in the third film, and teasers have depicted back-breaking bane, as well as ra's al ghul's "become more than a man - become a legend, mr. wayne" mantra...

noting the above snow-time photos, and various military police references... could bane be filling DKR superman's government lackey role? sent in to shut down the troublestarter batman, regardless of cost, in one final gotham city throwdown? where, at the conclusive finale, bruce wayne passes, but the batman legend grows enough so to have the film end with a retaliatory army of batmen from the newly rejuvenated batcave as the "dark knight rises"?

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