re: Christopher Nolan drops a bomb shell

Nolan on specifically why he used Bane and not the Riddler

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"The world of Batman, indeed the world of all graphic novels, deals with archetypes," he says, "And there's a very real sense in which The Joker is an extreme and an absolute and Batman is an extreme and an absolute. So whe you're looking to continue the story - in this case finish Bruce Wayne and Batman's story, as we see it - then you certainly don't want a watered-down version of a character you've already done. You want a different archetype. What Bane represents in the comics is the ultimate physical villain."

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Perfectly put. Go with a completely different approach if you aren't using the Joker, not a watered down version of him. I was excited about Bane and thought from the start that going with Bane and the League of Shadows again was the best route to take the story. Like Freax though, I'm not sold on Catwoman yet.