Comments on: Maybe He Should Try Forks

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:58:40 +0000

And the bat-pod appears in SEVERAL sequences — when it first ejects from the Tumbler for the subsequent chase sequence; then, when Batman leaves the Joker’s interrogation and rushes to save Rachel (Dent, in reality); then, at the end when he confronts Dent and saves James Jr. and runs from the cops.

The pneumatic mangle on his glove (during the scene with the Scarecrow et al) is just a device that he used because he needed it in that fight, like the gun he uses to fire the explosives onto the windows in Hong Kong. He has items he carries and uses from time to time when he needs them — the mangle for example probably remains in the Tumbler with other equipment until he might need it.

Complaining that he doesn’t use it again later is like complaining that a movie shows a cop use pepper spray in a scene but he doesn’t walk around using it in the rest of the film — sometimes he’ll use the pepper spray, sometimes the baton, sometimes the pistol, and sometimes the rifle from the trunk of the car, depending on what he needs at a given time.

So far, almost every complaint I’ve seen on this site is a combination of fallacies and the author just having no knowledge about the subject or just utterly misunderstanding or forgetting things in the film (like the bat-pod, for example). Again, it’s just pathetic to start an entire site supposedly “exposing” errors and problems in a film, and then to have your site consist mostly of erroneous claims and uninformed complaints that end up embarrassing yourself.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:51:16 +0000

Sorry to burst your bubble, but your criticism about the dog bite is a typical example of the great majority of your overall complaints about the film — lack of knowledge about the matter, misunderstanding what actually happened in the film/scene, forgetting something else in the film, etc.

Bulletproof material is not usually puncture-resistant, they aren’t made of steel or something that bullets bounce off of. If you understood how they work, you’d know that Kevlar (the basis of Batman’s armor, as explained in “Batman Begins”) slows a bullet through the weave of the fibers being soft and actually “tangling” (to put it simply) the bullet up so as to slow it down and capture it before it hits the body. This makes the material vulnerable to puncture, such as dog bites.

The new armor divides up the armor plates, so that it can sit atop a chain-mail suit underneath. Chain-mail will indeed protect against dog bites, and allows more maneuverability than the full armored suit. But to achieve this, the armor plates are separated and thus bullets might strike the areas between the plates. This is all actually explained by Fox when he shows Bruce the new suit, and if you’d paid any attention to “Batman Begins” and then this scene in “The Dark Knight”, you’d never have made the outlandish claim about the dog bite etc.

So, a site seeking to find everything wrong with “The Dark Knight” tends to make one error of logic after another, based on insufficient knowledge about the topic you’re discussing, forgetting or ignoring things shown and discussed in the film, and misunderstanding or not remembering aspects of the film. In short, your site is silly and lacks credibility, and is a big mess of errors and falsehoods attempting to accuse film of errors and falsehoods. Pathetic.

By: mistergugi

mistergugi — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:22:29 +0000

Thank you Jac for that excellent explanation of kevlar to these ignorant people who are laughing about dog bites and just making themselves look like fools.

By: Earlofthercs

Earlofthercs — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:19:19 +0000

I.e. the movie assumes that people watching it know something about guns and armor, since they dont
have time to spell out every little thing to the ignorant.

Look up body armor and protection against different types of attacks and you’l find that the qualities of the two types of bat suits fit within recognised theoretical standards (the batsuits are both better than real existing armor. Because he’s batman and has a heck load of money).

By: Jac

Jac — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:59:08 +0000

Well as for the suit, kevlar is a bulletproof material, but that does not mean a dog could not chew through it, especially on one of the least armored areas of it-the arm. He got the new suit to reduce the amount of weight he was carrying, and to provide more mobility. Fox made him aware that the new suit was not as protective, and when he asked if it would protect against dogs, he was being sarcastic, which is why he got a sarcastic answer-”are we talking rottweilers or chiwawas?” Now im assuming that since Fox told Bruce that the suit was not as protective as the first suit, that it most likely was a level 1 body armor, which if you dont know provides protection against rounds such as 9mms and .45s, which have big bullets but not that much powder, which equals not that much penetration power. But when Harvey shoots his .357 magnum, a round that has a small bullet but with a lot of powder behind it(equaling great penetration power) it should not be hard at all to believe it would penetrate batmans suit, especially considering the extremely close range. Only higher levels of body armor protect against penetrating rounds like the .357 mag, and higher levels of body armor that actually do protect against rounds such as those, are very thick, dense, and heavy, exactly what Batman DID NOT want. “well we wouldnt want to make things too easy now would we?”

By: Squatzie

Squatzie — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:04:41 +0000

Right I just read you heart warming yet time wasting rant there and have to say you are the most critical or most bored person about.If you did not like this movie you really should stop watching moves,better yet tv and turn your attentions to radio because the dark night is one of the best movies out in years my friend. The acting was fantastic from everyone,the special effects were brilliant and the story line kept you guessing the whole way through as to wat the joker would do next.
Now to your little complaints about the movie. Now I’ve seen the movie 3 times and it generally doesnt tell ya if the dogs hurt him wen they bit him but it doesnt say they didn’t either so,shut up. The bat-pod? you’re complaining because it was in one scene? Are you serious? It was in 2 but if you went just to see that you should have stayed at home,my god.
Look I could sit here and type all night about the crap you wrote but I’m not going to bother because the movie is based on a comic and the cartoons. I know it doesn’t stick to it but thats what “based on” means so the directors take on it was pretty good. It’s suppose to border on belief,excite the imagination of the viewers,make people think, switch between reality and fiction because where in the name of god are you going to find someone dressed as a bat fighting crime. Thats what makes it brilliant, it’s a childish tale made given a more grown up feel for the people who loved batman as a child. However if you wish to sit here and bash and obviously good movie based on stupid little things like that I sugest not goin to see any spiderman,batman,superman,james bond or any super hero/bad guy good guy films in the near future because you’ll just ruin them for everyone else too.
That’s all I have to say

Peace out,
Squatzie

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By: T

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:19:17 +0000

DOG BITES? absolutely imbecilic…the movie sucks.
But I said that already!

By: T

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:18:34 +0000

Those fools need to watch BLADE RUNNER again and then again and then again before they ever attempt continuing this Darkness…

The Dark Knight is a BOMB!

By: T

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:16:45 +0000

Also that horrible empty suit who has sucked since his debut in the Niel LeBute film…god who is that rotter? The guy was and remains a loser. TWO FACE? Screw that guy, he blows. I never ever want to see that ZERO in another movie. Who the hell cast that nothing?

The Dark Knight SUCKS & BLOWS…