Originally posted by Newjak
1-Let me ask you something if it hadn't been for the first couple of scenes invloving the cane and the doctor would you have really thought that this batman was less than the Batman before?2-He was still doing the exact same things. He was still beating up thugs with the same ease. He was still doing exactly as well as TDK Batman was.
3-Also he only survived the fall because he used his cape to help slow the decent.
4-I don't think the Batman that thought Bane was so inferior to TDK Batman as he was still doing the exact same feats as before.
5-And he was still getting beaten in the final fight, he only won because he managed to damage Bane's mask.
1- Well it did effect my decision that this version is deeply inferior physically. And his emotional state showed he was mentally weaker as well. He didn't heed Alfred's warnings. He didn't read the data shown on the footage screens. He was desperate, cocky and in denial. I believe an earlier Batman would've taken Alfred's advice and studied his opponent then prepped.
2- True. He did still beat up fodder but not as impressively and with the agility of his earlier feats.
3- Not really. It was a massive drop and he landed on his back. He didn't activate he memory cloth to create a glide effect until the last second didn't he? A massive damage soak feat.
4- Even Bane said he lost his spark during their fight. Something along the lines of "did completing your mission make you weak?"
5- He won that fight. He got his will back. The will to win he had in the earlier films. Hitting the mask was the natural Achilles heel he should've gone for in the first place.