First Image of Tom Hardy as Bane in The Dark Knight Rises.

[JackandTom]

Take a look...
http://i.imgur.com/Spg4V.jpg
Pretty awesome huh? I think it looks like Bane could actually fit into the world of Christopher Nolans Batman...


Total Film article on the pic - http://www.totalfilm.com/news/first-image-of-tom-hardy-as-bane-in-the-dark-knight-rises

 

[Matthew Wilson]

Praise the Gods

He isn't green.

 

[Woodsey]

Fffffffffffuuuuuuuu-

Seems he's "Gone Bronson" again. The Hannibal Lecter mask is pretty fucking unnerving.

 

[Ilikemilkshake]

Looks better than i imagined.
I was picturing

Spoiler

 

[Shiftygiant]

Cool.

 

[AbstractStream]

He looks...pretty awesome. Yeah, this Bane fits.

 

[similar.squirrel]

That mask doesn't look very luchador..esque..ian. Other than that, it's perfect. Right down to the hairy shoulders.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Told ya Tom Hardy could pull this off. I never doubted it for a second.

Ever since I saw him in Bronson and as Sikes in Oliver Twist, I've been totally smittened with the guy.

 

[delete101]

This looks absolutely awesome, makes me look forward to the movie even more!

 

[Hero in a half shell]

Pretty awesome huh? I think it looks like Bane could actually fit into the world of Christopher Nolan's Batman...

Of course he could; he's just a roid-rager.

I thought they were going for the kingpin-esque comic book version of Bane, so he wasn't just dumb muscle, but an intelligent and wily guy, able to organise all the crime in Gotham Godfather style.

 

[Robert Drapp]

I can't wait to see how Christopher Nolan makes this one into solid gold. I mean, going from Begins to Dark Knight and skipping the whole Sequals Suck Syndrome was nothing short of amazing. I am happy to see that they picked a villian from the Batman Universe that hasn't been fully fleshed out.

 

[Serving UpSmiles]

He looks like the Crysis guy without the suit.

 

[For.I.Am.Mad]

I'm not gay but umm umm ummmmmm.

 

[A Pious Cultist]

Christopher Nolan is the one and only reason you don't get to talk shit about marketting-driven "dark and gritty" reboots anymore.

 

[Thomas Fichtenmayer]

After Dark Knight, I told all my friends I wanted to see Nolan's take on Bane. They, having only seen the terrible parody that was Batman and Robin, told me I was crazy.

But I knew.

 

[GiantRaven]

Of course he could; he's just a roid-rager.

What? The character of Bane is supposed to be as smart as he is strong, capable of strategically planning and out-thinking Batman.

Looks better than i imagined.
I was picturing

Spoiler

Eugh. I hated that design. Far too complicated.

I think definitive look of Bane is more like this [http://i.newsarama.com/images/ssix_cv26-copy.jpg]. Much simpler and visually striking.

 

[ace_of_something]

That mask doesn't look very luchador..esque..ian. Other than that, it's perfect. Right down to the hairy shoulders.

That's probably because originally Bane's design WAS based of luchadors. Hell, he speaks Spanish.