noname2200 on 22 July 2012
| d21lewis said: I've been dying to see Bane done right in other media ever since. Just seeing him in the spotlight as a capable and clever "anti-Batman" put him ahead of the Joker, for me......but then they made him just a goon for Talia Al Ghul. As soon as it was revealed that she was running things and Bane was just her lackey, his stock fell. |
You almost nailed it. That last reveal was a mistake, in my opinion. It took Bane down to the level of being mere muscle, and not even particularly strong muscle at that. A pity that all that set up was ultimately for nothing.
The only part we disagree is that, even before that, I never put Bane ahead of Joker. Bane was initially a cunning brute. Joker was always a criminal mastermind. And while Bane uses raw strength to do a lot of his damage, Joker's scenes always felt far more visceral and brutal. The scenes where he murders the gang leader, or the "magic trick" moment still make me wince...
