All I got from the actual words quoted of Limbaugh's was that some people will make the associations of the name. He never says that it was a plot or a motive for Nolan to choose that particular villain, just that Romney might suffer from the association.
All of the actual words quoted here suggest people, particularly in the entertainment industry or those who know little more than
That was my thought as well, particularly given Anne Hathaway's primary line from most of the trailers.
Or if he hadn't totally ripped off the idea from a left-wing, environmentalist, anti-gun, pro-nudity, pro-socialized medicine blowhard columnist writing six months ago. It's never a stupid idea until someone who already despise gives voice to it.
"Here's where the movie syncs to the election. The supervillain, played by Hardy, is the Bat's comic book adversary, Bane, who is mega-strong based on a mysterious drug. One hundred million Americans are about to see a guy named Bane as the personification of badness.
Of course most people will be clear that Bane, the comic book character, and Bain Capital, named for management consultant William Bain, have nothing to do with each other. But in the 2000 presidential election, popular vote winner Al Gore lost because a few thousand people became confused by a hard-to-read ballot in Florida. In the 2004 presidential election, popular vote winner George W. Bush would have lost if about 100,000 votes in Ohio had swung the other way. Suppose 100 million people see the new "Dark Knight" movie, and one-half of 1 percent come away confused about the Bane/Bain distinction. Elections have been decided by less." - Gregg Easterbrook, 1/17/2012, ESPN.com
All of the actual words quoted here suggest people, particularly in the entertainment industry or those who know little more than
"So this evil villain in the new Batman movie is named Bane. And there's discussion out there as to whether or not this was purposeful and whether or not it will influence voters," said Limbaugh. "A lot of people are going to see the movie. And it's a lot of brain-dead people – entertainment, the pop culture crowd – and they're going to hear Bane in the movie and they're going to associate Bain.
"And the thought is that when they're going to start paying attention to the campaign later in the year and Obama and the Democrats keep talking about Bain, not Bain Capital but Romney and Bain, that these people will start thinking back to the Batman movies: 'Oh yeah, I know who that is!'"
"And the thought is that when they're going to start paying attention to the campaign later in the year and Obama and the Democrats keep talking about Bain, not Bain Capital but Romney and Bain, that these people will start thinking back to the Batman movies: 'Oh yeah, I know who that is!'"
Back in reality, Bane was not invented by Nolan for The Dark Knight Rises but first rose to prominence in the 1993 Batman comic book series Knightfall, in which he breaks Bruce Wayne's back.
Not to mention a small role in the last, infamous Schumacher film. Unless the British director had the ability to see into the future in 2010 when he was finalising his plans for the new film, it seems unlikely that he decided on utilising the villain for political reasons.
You mean two years AFTER Romney's first run for president, when he was already widely considered the man to beat for the Republican nomination? Then again, Nolan began his superhero trilogy with 2005's Batman Begins, featuring a sinister organisation named The League of Shadows, known for manipulating events in order to forge the future in its own image.
Bloggers, including the Guardian's Catherine Shoard, have suggested a rather different political thread running throughout The Dark Knight Rises, with Bane and his "Occupy Gotham" army cast as the 99% and Wayne's battling Batman the capitalist, "radically conservative" antagonist.
Bloggers, including the Guardian's Catherine Shoard, have suggested a rather different political thread running throughout The Dark Knight Rises, with Bane and his "Occupy Gotham" army cast as the 99% and Wayne's battling Batman the capitalist, "radically conservative" antagonist.
That was my thought as well, particularly given Anne Hathaway's primary line from most of the trailers.
What a kooky bollox. it would be endearing if he didn't seem to be serious.
Or if he hadn't totally ripped off the idea from a left-wing, environmentalist, anti-gun, pro-nudity, pro-socialized medicine blowhard columnist writing six months ago. It's never a stupid idea until someone who already despise gives voice to it.
"Here's where the movie syncs to the election. The supervillain, played by Hardy, is the Bat's comic book adversary, Bane, who is mega-strong based on a mysterious drug. One hundred million Americans are about to see a guy named Bane as the personification of badness.
Of course most people will be clear that Bane, the comic book character, and Bain Capital, named for management consultant William Bain, have nothing to do with each other. But in the 2000 presidential election, popular vote winner Al Gore lost because a few thousand people became confused by a hard-to-read ballot in Florida. In the 2004 presidential election, popular vote winner George W. Bush would have lost if about 100,000 votes in Ohio had swung the other way. Suppose 100 million people see the new "Dark Knight" movie, and one-half of 1 percent come away confused about the Bane/Bain distinction. Elections have been decided by less." - Gregg Easterbrook, 1/17/2012, ESPN.com
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Rush Limbaugh- Batman film is an attack on Mitt Romney
- 18/07/2012 03:06:30 PM
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Oh, he's wrong but the suspiscion isn't unwarranted
- 18/07/2012 05:09:48 PM
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Can you stop washing Limbaugh's balls already? *NM*
- 18/07/2012 07:53:07 PM
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Sorry, did you have have a better retort than a gay joke? Ya know, something countering the argument *NM*
- 18/07/2012 09:26:00 PM
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There is no greater insult in the liberal lexicon than calling someone gay. Catch up, man! *NM*
- 22/07/2012 01:34:01 AM
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So Republicans are evil...that's all the more reason to vote Republican!
- 18/07/2012 07:10:45 PM
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I thought it was because Penguin and the Riddler are just...really lame
- 18/07/2012 08:27:42 PM
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"Hell, the sexes are equal with their erogenous zones blown sky high!"
- 18/07/2012 11:17:01 PM
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He'd have had more ground to stand on if he'd only said Obama was glad of the fortuitousness.
- 18/07/2012 11:13:40 PM
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seems the movie has a lot of people upset
- 19/07/2012 08:55:05 PM
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I heard about that.
- 19/07/2012 11:04:57 PM
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I didn't read him as saying that at all.
- 20/07/2012 03:42:59 AM
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to hazard a guess, I think people noting it's stupidity has less to do with Limbaugh's politics...
- 20/07/2012 06:59:06 AM
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My point wasn't who said it first, but that a liberal said it too. It's an apolitical observation
- 22/07/2012 01:41:00 AM
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