So first thing first: If you haven't seen the movie yet GET OUT! GET OUT WHILE YOU STILL CAN!
Seriously, mentioning full on spoilers. It could be that Superman shows up at the last second. Maybe the Flash! Who knows? If you haven't seen the movie you don't know yet so you better stop reading this if you want to avoid spoilers.
Ok. I will assume they are gone now.
Main point of this: GOTHAM IS DOOMED.
Information we are given:
Bane is 'hired' by Talia (Ras' kid) on behalf of the League of Shadows to destroy Gotham.
Joker is still alive.
Batman willingly kills at LEAST one person. (The scene where he's in the Bat and is shooting directly into the windscreen of the truck that has the bomb on it with machine guns and rockets. There is no way Bat's could have thought 'oh this won't possibly kill the potential civilian behind normal weak ass glass')
The last point doesn't have that much of an implication towards anything. Just worth noting.
So. League of Shadows as stated in the first movie is pretty damned intent on destroying Gotham. Ras tries it in the first. Talia tries it in the third. We know they aren't the only people in the league, someone else is likely to take up the position of leader and blow the hell up out of Gotham (or a potential leader will blow up Gotham to prove himself worthy of being leader). This time, there is no Batman to stop them.
Yes, 'Robin' gained access to the batcave. Did he spend years training in multiple martial arts before meeting up with the leader of the league who in turn spends more time training him specifically in fighting styles of the league? No? Does he even know HOW to use any of the equipment in the batcave? He might be able to learn, but Alfred sure as hell won't tell him how to use everything. Definitely won't be willing to unlock anything locked up. (Seriously though. If Bruce has no locks on anything it would be pretty stupid. What if someone just walked into the cave for whatever reason?)
So that's part 1 of why Gotham is doomed. It's going to be destroyed by the League and next time the destruction attempt is going to be even more cruel. They will ramp up their game a third time.
Part 2 of why Gotham/many other cities are screwed?
Joker.
We know Joker is the anti-thesis to Batman. Going by comic books? He will always return and try and destroy Batman. Going by the movies, pretty much the same deal. If Batman isn't showing up? Destroy MORE stuff. If someone shows up in the Bat costume but it isn't Bruce? Joker knows and will destroy MORE stuff until the real Batman shows up.
If Gotham gets destroyed, Joker won't care. He'll know Bruce still lives so he'll go and attack ANOTHER city. Whatever it takes to get Bats to face him.
Long post. I'm curious what peoples thoughts are.
Could an untrained police officer who is handed a bunch of toys and has no clue how to use any of them stand up against a league of trained assassins who have bigger and bader toys then you could imagine? Just because Heath Ledger is dead does that mean the Joker couldn't keep destroying things?
Seriously, mentioning full on spoilers. It could be that Superman shows up at the last second. Maybe the Flash! Who knows? If you haven't seen the movie you don't know yet so you better stop reading this if you want to avoid spoilers.
Ok. I will assume they are gone now.
Main point of this: GOTHAM IS DOOMED.
Information we are given:
Bane is 'hired' by Talia (Ras' kid) on behalf of the League of Shadows to destroy Gotham.
Joker is still alive.
Batman willingly kills at LEAST one person. (The scene where he's in the Bat and is shooting directly into the windscreen of the truck that has the bomb on it with machine guns and rockets. There is no way Bat's could have thought 'oh this won't possibly kill the potential civilian behind normal weak ass glass')
The last point doesn't have that much of an implication towards anything. Just worth noting.
So. League of Shadows as stated in the first movie is pretty damned intent on destroying Gotham. Ras tries it in the first. Talia tries it in the third. We know they aren't the only people in the league, someone else is likely to take up the position of leader and blow the hell up out of Gotham (or a potential leader will blow up Gotham to prove himself worthy of being leader). This time, there is no Batman to stop them.
Yes, 'Robin' gained access to the batcave. Did he spend years training in multiple martial arts before meeting up with the leader of the league who in turn spends more time training him specifically in fighting styles of the league? No? Does he even know HOW to use any of the equipment in the batcave? He might be able to learn, but Alfred sure as hell won't tell him how to use everything. Definitely won't be willing to unlock anything locked up. (Seriously though. If Bruce has no locks on anything it would be pretty stupid. What if someone just walked into the cave for whatever reason?)
So that's part 1 of why Gotham is doomed. It's going to be destroyed by the League and next time the destruction attempt is going to be even more cruel. They will ramp up their game a third time.
Part 2 of why Gotham/many other cities are screwed?
Joker.
We know Joker is the anti-thesis to Batman. Going by comic books? He will always return and try and destroy Batman. Going by the movies, pretty much the same deal. If Batman isn't showing up? Destroy MORE stuff. If someone shows up in the Bat costume but it isn't Bruce? Joker knows and will destroy MORE stuff until the real Batman shows up.
If Gotham gets destroyed, Joker won't care. He'll know Bruce still lives so he'll go and attack ANOTHER city. Whatever it takes to get Bats to face him.
Long post. I'm curious what peoples thoughts are.
Could an untrained police officer who is handed a bunch of toys and has no clue how to use any of them stand up against a league of trained assassins who have bigger and bader toys then you could imagine? Just because Heath Ledger is dead does that mean the Joker couldn't keep destroying things?
