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	<title>Comments on: Cat&#8217;s out of the bag: ANNE HATHAWAY to play CATWOMAN in new Batman film, Tom Hardy is Bane</title>
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		<title>By: Adan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Adan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2012 00:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: office enterprise</title>
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		<dc:creator>office enterprise</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: catgirl</title>
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		<dc:creator>catgirl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: kladionica</title>
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		<dc:creator>kladionica</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: dimumurray</title>
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		<dc:creator>dimumurray</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 04:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Drat...I was hoping the Nolans would have gone with the likes of Natalie Portman or Keira Knightley. I really don&#039;t see Hathaway as a good fit for the role but as a fan of the Nolan&#039;s films I&#039;m anxious to see what they do with the Catwoman character. In Nolan we trust!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Drat&#8230;I was hoping the Nolans would have gone with the likes of Natalie Portman or Keira Knightley. I really don&#8217;t see Hathaway as a good fit for the role but as a fan of the Nolan&#8217;s films I&#8217;m anxious to see what they do with the Catwoman character. In Nolan we trust!</p>
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		<title>By: Phantom Stranger</title>
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		<dc:creator>Phantom Stranger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>OH HELL YES!!</description>
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		<title>By: Jimmy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jimmy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 07:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://jimmychang83.deviantart.com/#/d37l5qt

Here&#039;s my idea for Bane.</description>
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<p>Here&#8217;s my idea for Bane.</p>
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		<title>By: Jimmy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jimmy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 22:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://jimmychang83.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d37l5qt

Here&#039;s Anne Hathaway in a Catwoman costume I designed. Its a concept I thought up to fit the Nolan-verse Batman. No shiny leather so cops can see her running around. A mountain climbing harness so she can rapel down buildings. There&#039;s a version without the mask where she has short hair.</description>
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<p>Here&#8217;s Anne Hathaway in a Catwoman costume I designed. Its a concept I thought up to fit the Nolan-verse Batman. No shiny leather so cops can see her running around. A mountain climbing harness so she can rapel down buildings. There&#8217;s a version without the mask where she has short hair.</p>
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		<title>By: T.K. Mazin</title>
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		<dc:creator>T.K. Mazin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 06:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I second that.</description>
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		<title>By: Tim</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 05:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No one cares what you think, Sha.</description>
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		<title>By: Sha</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sha</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 01:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Only 111 Negative Nancies and over a 1,000 Positive Peters. Really do think you people have been brainwashed but I&#039;m still one of the very few bitter about the Ledger decision. Have fun and en-joy! I was satisfied 22 years ago.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Only 111 Negative Nancies and over a 1,000 Positive Peters. Really do think you people have been brainwashed but I&#8217;m still one of the very few bitter about the Ledger decision. Have fun and en-joy! I was satisfied 22 years ago.</p>
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		<title>By: T.K. Mazin</title>
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		<dc:creator>T.K. Mazin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 22:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Michael

LOL You gotta be kidding me, right? Heath Ledger&#039;s portrayal of the Joker was like the Riddler? Okay, I gotta ask - how on earth was it anything like the Riddler lol?? Have you actually read any Batman comics with the Riddler in them? Are you familiar with the Riddler&#039;s personality in the comics? Because if you were - you would know that the Riddler does not act anything like the way Heath&#039;s Joker did in TDK. Or are you just basing that opinion on... well nothing? Or couldn&#039;t you find any other reason not to like Heath&#039;s Joker? Just curious. Whatever the real reason may be - that is probably the most ridiculous statement I&#039;ve heard about Heath&#039;s Joker.

First of all, The Riddler in the comics doesn&#039;t act crazy on the outside, of course he is insane, but he&#039;s not so loud and proud about it like the Joker is and like the way Heath portrayed him. Ledger&#039;s Joker was very much the Joker from his early appearences (including Denny O&#039;Neil&#039;s revival Joker story: &quot;The Five Way Revenge&quot;) when he was menacing and sinister - he&#039;s lost that aspect of him in the comics nowadays. 

And without sounding like I&#039;m being rude or insulting, but for your information - most people were won over by Heath&#039;s Joker when the full TDK trailer had come out, so it was well before the movie was actually released. I remember so many fans on forums being excited after watching the trailer, everybody was waiting in anticipation for Heath&#039;s Joker by then. And then of course Heath&#039;s tragic death came just before the movie&#039;s release - that&#039;s why so many Bat fans were devastated because TDK would be the last time we would see Heath&#039;s Joker ever again in the new Bat franchise (Remember, the Joker was suppose to appear in further sequels too), probably the last time we&#039;ll ever see the Joker on-screen again. Please get your facts straight, Michael. I&#039;m not being nasty or anything. Just saying cause you came across in your post as a bit bull-headed.


Peace.</description>
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<p>LOL You gotta be kidding me, right? Heath Ledger&#8217;s portrayal of the Joker was like the Riddler? Okay, I gotta ask &#8211; how on earth was it anything like the Riddler lol?? Have you actually read any Batman comics with the Riddler in them? Are you familiar with the Riddler&#8217;s personality in the comics? Because if you were &#8211; you would know that the Riddler does not act anything like the way Heath&#8217;s Joker did in TDK. Or are you just basing that opinion on&#8230; well nothing? Or couldn&#8217;t you find any other reason not to like Heath&#8217;s Joker? Just curious. Whatever the real reason may be &#8211; that is probably the most ridiculous statement I&#8217;ve heard about Heath&#8217;s Joker.</p>
<p>First of all, The Riddler in the comics doesn&#8217;t act crazy on the outside, of course he is insane, but he&#8217;s not so loud and proud about it like the Joker is and like the way Heath portrayed him. Ledger&#8217;s Joker was very much the Joker from his early appearences (including Denny O&#8217;Neil&#8217;s revival Joker story: &#8220;The Five Way Revenge&#8221;) when he was menacing and sinister &#8211; he&#8217;s lost that aspect of him in the comics nowadays. </p>
<p>And without sounding like I&#8217;m being rude or insulting, but for your information &#8211; most people were won over by Heath&#8217;s Joker when the full TDK trailer had come out, so it was well before the movie was actually released. I remember so many fans on forums being excited after watching the trailer, everybody was waiting in anticipation for Heath&#8217;s Joker by then. And then of course Heath&#8217;s tragic death came just before the movie&#8217;s release &#8211; that&#8217;s why so many Bat fans were devastated because TDK would be the last time we would see Heath&#8217;s Joker ever again in the new Bat franchise (Remember, the Joker was suppose to appear in further sequels too), probably the last time we&#8217;ll ever see the Joker on-screen again. Please get your facts straight, Michael. I&#8217;m not being nasty or anything. Just saying cause you came across in your post as a bit bull-headed.</p>
<p>Peace.</p>
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		<title>By: blakeastro</title>
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		<dc:creator>blakeastro</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>EVA GREEN FOR TALIA AL GHUL!!!!  DO IT NOLAN!</description>
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		<title>By: Jason</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I like this casting. She looks good and it&#039;s all about acting which she can do. The guy playing Bane was good in Inception but I&#039;m just wondering what he will look like or how they will play him. As super hero movies decline into comedy this may be one of the last serious movies we get. 
 I want to know who will be cast in the Superman movie though? 
http://codecrackx15.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/how-a-superman-movie-should-be-cast/
 Lets get Superman coming down the pike because Bale even said this will be his last Batman. We need something to take up the slack!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like this casting. She looks good and it&#8217;s all about acting which she can do. The guy playing Bane was good in Inception but I&#8217;m just wondering what he will look like or how they will play him. As super hero movies decline into comedy this may be one of the last serious movies we get.<br />
 I want to know who will be cast in the Superman movie though?<br />
<a href="http://codecrackx15.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/how-a-superman-movie-should-be-cast/" rel="nofollow">http://codecrackx15.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/how-a-superman-movie-should-be-cast/</a><br />
 Lets get Superman coming down the pike because Bale even said this will be his last Batman. We need something to take up the slack!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Kevin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Michael- That is pure bs. Yes, he did do some &quot;solve me&quot; things. But NOTHING about the character beyond that was Riddler, and people&#039;s respect for the portrayal had NOTHING to do with his death.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Michael- That is pure bs. Yes, he did do some &#8220;solve me&#8221; things. But NOTHING about the character beyond that was Riddler, and people&#8217;s respect for the portrayal had NOTHING to do with his death.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>T.K. Mazin the only reason people change their mind about ledger is because he die that it if he didn&#039;t die then people would of see that he basic play the riddler not Joker</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>T.K. Mazin the only reason people change their mind about ledger is because he die that it if he didn&#8217;t die then people would of see that he basic play the riddler not Joker</p>
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		<title>By: Deep_shock</title>
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		<dc:creator>Deep_shock</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would have prefered Charlize Theron as Selina, but hey I&#039;ll be waiting for the final product till I make any judgements...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would have prefered Charlize Theron as Selina, but hey I&#8217;ll be waiting for the final product till I make any judgements&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: T.K. Mazin</title>
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		<dc:creator>T.K. Mazin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 07:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I doubt Bane will be playing an anti-Batman. He&#039;s probabply gonna be a mercenary/ex-soldier like someone else said, who is suppose to be Batman&#039;s physcial and mental equal in fighting and intelligence. But Bane&#039;s origin/backstory has always slightly paralleled Batman&#039;s, so I&#039;m sure Nolan will be utilizing that themetically to bring Batman&#039;s story full circle and remind him of what he could&#039;ve become after his parents&#039; death.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I doubt Bane will be playing an anti-Batman. He&#8217;s probabply gonna be a mercenary/ex-soldier like someone else said, who is suppose to be Batman&#8217;s physcial and mental equal in fighting and intelligence. But Bane&#8217;s origin/backstory has always slightly paralleled Batman&#8217;s, so I&#8217;m sure Nolan will be utilizing that themetically to bring Batman&#8217;s story full circle and remind him of what he could&#8217;ve become after his parents&#8217; death.</p>
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		<title>By: T.K. Mazin</title>
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		<dc:creator>T.K. Mazin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 06:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I remember how a lot of people reacted with scepticism all around the internet when Heath Ledger was cast as the Joker. &quot;Oh, how can the gay cowboy from Brokeback play the Joker??!!&quot; and &quot;Seriously, this dude doesn&#039;t even look like the Joker!!&quot;

And then they were all proven wrong, they were all won over by Heath&#039;s amazing performance. While I don&#039;t believe anybody can top his performance as a bat villain, I believe Tom Hardy will nail down the Bane role - Nolan wouldn&#039;t have cast him if he didn&#039;t have total confidence in him, just like Heath. 

And I&#039;m sure Anne Hatheway will be fine - she&#039;s a good actress, not outstanding but good enough. They probaby will give her a short Halle Berry-style haircut to resemble Catwoman&#039;s look in the comics or maybe not. I can picture her as a seductive Selina Kyle. Remember, we don&#039;t know yet how she will look in the movie in terms of clothes, hair, makeup etc. I bet you any money as soon as we see the first pic of her as Selina Kyle and Catwoman, most people will be won over. There&#039;s always a bit of scepticism at the beginning cause nobody is sure how it&#039;s all gonna pan out on screen. 

Have faith my fellow bat fans. In Nolan we trust.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I remember how a lot of people reacted with scepticism all around the internet when Heath Ledger was cast as the Joker. &#8220;Oh, how can the gay cowboy from Brokeback play the Joker??!!&#8221; and &#8220;Seriously, this dude doesn&#8217;t even look like the Joker!!&#8221;</p>
<p>And then they were all proven wrong, they were all won over by Heath&#8217;s amazing performance. While I don&#8217;t believe anybody can top his performance as a bat villain, I believe Tom Hardy will nail down the Bane role &#8211; Nolan wouldn&#8217;t have cast him if he didn&#8217;t have total confidence in him, just like Heath. </p>
<p>And I&#8217;m sure Anne Hatheway will be fine &#8211; she&#8217;s a good actress, not outstanding but good enough. They probaby will give her a short Halle Berry-style haircut to resemble Catwoman&#8217;s look in the comics or maybe not. I can picture her as a seductive Selina Kyle. Remember, we don&#8217;t know yet how she will look in the movie in terms of clothes, hair, makeup etc. I bet you any money as soon as we see the first pic of her as Selina Kyle and Catwoman, most people will be won over. There&#8217;s always a bit of scepticism at the beginning cause nobody is sure how it&#8217;s all gonna pan out on screen. </p>
<p>Have faith my fellow bat fans. In Nolan we trust.</p>
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		<title>By: comic_dude</title>
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		<dc:creator>comic_dude</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Everything Nolan does tends to irritate me and this is no different...</description>
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		<title>By: Ivan_Mtl</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ivan_Mtl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I really love the casting of Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle/Catwoman.  She was far and away my first choice for the role when speculation began concerning who would don the catsuit.

Tom Hardy is a terrific actor and a great addition to the movie.  My only problem is that I just don&#039;t like the character he is playing.  Bane is just a lousy character that doesn&#039;t even qualify as being one of Batman&#039;s second tier villains.

If the filmmakers were looking for an &quot;anti-Batman&quot; as someone mentioned in their post, I would have prefered the Wrath (who is literally &quot;the player on the other side&quot;) or even Batman: Year Two&#039;s the Reaper.

So what happended to Professor Hugo Strange?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really love the casting of Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle/Catwoman.  She was far and away my first choice for the role when speculation began concerning who would don the catsuit.</p>
<p>Tom Hardy is a terrific actor and a great addition to the movie.  My only problem is that I just don&#8217;t like the character he is playing.  Bane is just a lousy character that doesn&#8217;t even qualify as being one of Batman&#8217;s second tier villains.</p>
<p>If the filmmakers were looking for an &#8220;anti-Batman&#8221; as someone mentioned in their post, I would have prefered the Wrath (who is literally &#8220;the player on the other side&#8221;) or even Batman: Year Two&#8217;s the Reaper.</p>
<p>So what happended to Professor Hugo Strange?</p>
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		<title>By: I-ching</title>
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		<dc:creator>I-ching</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m glad to read other fans are giving the casting of Anne Hathaway a thumbs up but I&#039;m not sure what I&#039;m missing because I&#039;ve enjoyed her in many movies from Devil Wears Prada to Brokeback Mountain and I confidently feel she&#039;s either a very poor casting choice or the direction they&#039;re taking Selina Kyle is far less sexy/seductive/dangerous that we&#039;ve seen her before.  My guess is that Selina is going to be a female Bruce Wayne and be more debonair than dangerous.  I do feel that Anne doesn&#039;t have the chops to pull off a character as devious as Selina or even as fearless...but at the same time I do trust Nolan because his casting in the past has been so spot on so this all just conflicting for me.

I think I&#039;ll be interested to see the direction they&#039;re taking Selina Kyle since there&#039;s no mention of her being Catwoman.  I have a feeling that he&#039;s going to take her down the route of being a sort of Thomas Crowne Affair high class thief and who in Gotham would have more art to steal from than Bruce Wayne.  For me I&#039;d rather see and edgy, tough, Selina transform into Catwoman within her story arc in the film but then I don&#039;t see Anne being the right choice.

I hope I&quot;m wrong but I said all along that Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson were both uninspired choices/performances for their roles and many other disagreed...however...I&#039;ve watched them many times since and I still feel I&#039;m 100% right so I&#039;m hoping that with Anne I don&#039;t continue this trend because I want to enjoy her in the film.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m glad to read other fans are giving the casting of Anne Hathaway a thumbs up but I&#8217;m not sure what I&#8217;m missing because I&#8217;ve enjoyed her in many movies from Devil Wears Prada to Brokeback Mountain and I confidently feel she&#8217;s either a very poor casting choice or the direction they&#8217;re taking Selina Kyle is far less sexy/seductive/dangerous that we&#8217;ve seen her before.  My guess is that Selina is going to be a female Bruce Wayne and be more debonair than dangerous.  I do feel that Anne doesn&#8217;t have the chops to pull off a character as devious as Selina or even as fearless&#8230;but at the same time I do trust Nolan because his casting in the past has been so spot on so this all just conflicting for me.</p>
<p>I think I&#8217;ll be interested to see the direction they&#8217;re taking Selina Kyle since there&#8217;s no mention of her being Catwoman.  I have a feeling that he&#8217;s going to take her down the route of being a sort of Thomas Crowne Affair high class thief and who in Gotham would have more art to steal from than Bruce Wayne.  For me I&#8217;d rather see and edgy, tough, Selina transform into Catwoman within her story arc in the film but then I don&#8217;t see Anne being the right choice.</p>
<p>I hope I&#8221;m wrong but I said all along that Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson were both uninspired choices/performances for their roles and many other disagreed&#8230;however&#8230;I&#8217;ve watched them many times since and I still feel I&#8217;m 100% right so I&#8217;m hoping that with Anne I don&#8217;t continue this trend because I want to enjoy her in the film.</p>
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		<title>By: Kevin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have a much better picture:

http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/wp-content/gallery/people/tom_hardy-bronson.jpg

Ladies and gentlemen...meet Bane.

Well done, Nolan...well done.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have a much better picture:</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/wp-content/gallery/people/tom_hardy-bronson.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://blog.randhobart.org.uk/wp-content/gallery/people/tom_hardy-bronson.jpg</a></p>
<p>Ladies and gentlemen&#8230;meet Bane.</p>
<p>Well done, Nolan&#8230;well done.</p>
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		<title>By: diefanboydie</title>
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		<dc:creator>diefanboydie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Didn&#039;t Goyer said something about no Catwoman in the plans for the Dark Knight movies? I dunno, this choice feels rather forced and not based on talent but more on bias. I hold back judgement on her acting as the iconic character...but something is rather fishy and that is no pun intended.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Didn&#8217;t Goyer said something about no Catwoman in the plans for the Dark Knight movies? I dunno, this choice feels rather forced and not based on talent but more on bias. I hold back judgement on her acting as the iconic character&#8230;but something is rather fishy and that is no pun intended.</p>
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		<title>By: Tim Levine</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tim Levine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There was a plot thread in the first film, that was more or less dropped in the sequel, about the Scarecrow&#039;s fear toxin causing the Arkham inmates and residents of the Narrows to become permanently psychotic.  It wouldn&#039;t surprise me if we see this get picked up in Rises with Bane releasing these people into the city as part of an elaborate plan to cause chaos and weaken Batman.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There was a plot thread in the first film, that was more or less dropped in the sequel, about the Scarecrow&#8217;s fear toxin causing the Arkham inmates and residents of the Narrows to become permanently psychotic.  It wouldn&#8217;t surprise me if we see this get picked up in Rises with Bane releasing these people into the city as part of an elaborate plan to cause chaos and weaken Batman.</p>
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		<title>By: nillyville</title>
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		<dc:creator>nillyville</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tim, did you just wanna get a rise outta the posters? That was funny.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tim, did you just wanna get a rise outta the posters? That was funny.</p>
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		<title>By: vocalman</title>
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		<dc:creator>vocalman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tim, are you really suggesting that Megan Fox is more attractive than Anne Hathaway? You&#039;re on drugs.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tim, are you really suggesting that Megan Fox is more attractive than Anne Hathaway? You&#8217;re on drugs.</p>
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		<title>By: Tim</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Holy crap Batman!  I thought Catwoman was supposed to be attractive.  I&#039;m sure it won&#039;t affect the story, but its a far cry from the Megan Fox rumors that were coming out.  Who knows maybe having three good Batman films in a row is too much to ask.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Holy crap Batman!  I thought Catwoman was supposed to be attractive.  I&#8217;m sure it won&#8217;t affect the story, but its a far cry from the Megan Fox rumors that were coming out.  Who knows maybe having three good Batman films in a row is too much to ask.</p>
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		<title>By: cray_ws</title>
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		<dc:creator>cray_ws</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Watch Anne Hathaway in the film Havoc. 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285175/

It should convince you of her acting chops for the &#039;bad girl&#039; role.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Watch Anne Hathaway in the film Havoc. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285175/" rel="nofollow">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285175/</a></p>
<p>It should convince you of her acting chops for the &#8216;bad girl&#8217; role.</p>
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		<title>By: skyhawk</title>
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		<dc:creator>skyhawk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@jpooch21 D&#039;uho! Right about that, would;ve been cool to write in the script as a way to introduce Damian.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@jpooch21 D&#8217;uho! Right about that, would;ve been cool to write in the script as a way to introduce Damian.</p>
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