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Saturday Trending Topics: Vengeance Of Bane

Published Sun, 31 Jul 2011 01:36:48 -0500

Last updated Sun, 31 Jul 2011 01:36:59 -0500

The internet got another look at Tom Hardy as Bane today, in both pics and video. And while it's tough to tell too much from what we've seen without more context, optimism remains high that Nolan+Batman=Good. Will the character make a cinematic comeback after his widely-panned depiction in 1997's Batman and Robin? I wouldn't bet against it.

Most-Read Comic Stories Today:

DC Comics Listens To Batgirl, Makes Changes

At San Diego Comic Con, one thing you couldn't escape from at the DC panels was the issue of gender. Thanks to one woman (known as Kyrax2 on Twitter) dressed as the Stephanie Brown Batgirl who went to all of the panels to ask question, then follow up question, then follow up question, creating a narrative across the show, asking about the lack of female creators in the new DCU and the lack of prominent independent female characters, something snapped.

A Quick Look At The New 52 DC House Ads

Coming to a comic book near you soon. But we've seen all these images before, haven't we? Come back in an hour and I'll start showing you something new from the DC New 52… seriously, it's Saturday, what else were you going to do?

DC Comics Reaffirms Commitment To Female Creators And Characters

Well that was fast. Earlier today I wrote about DC making plans for female-creator female-friendly projects, some of which as as a result of concern expressed at San Diego Comic Con about a massive reduction of female creators in the DC Relaunch.

Most-Read TV/Film Stories Today:

On Set Snaps Of Bane – See His Mask, His Coat, His… Script Page

You can see non-Bane images from the shooting elsewhere on site, but here are some pap snaps of Tom Hardy in his Bane get-up, playing the big, burly bad guy from next year's The Dark Knight Rises.

First Review: Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes

The original Planet of the Apes films are not hard sci-fi by any means, but fantasies with rich allegorical value. From the very first reports on Rise of the Apes, (originally Caesar, and now Rise of the Planet of the Apes to hammer the connection home, though, honestly, the chance of anybody missing the links, ahem, are pretty slim indeed) I was writing about how this film seemed set to reinvent the series' mythology within a context of more relatable, real world science.

Non Bane-Based Images From The Set Of The Dark Knight Rises

Our last story focused on the Bane shots taken today on the Pittsburgh set of The Dark Knight Rises. This time, some non-Bane imagery. I still think Gary Oldman is the best thing in this film series. I hope to see a lot of him in Rises.