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Good movie. One thing that drove me nuts was during the stock market/motor cycle chase scene.

When they left the stock market, it was bright and sunny out, which makes sense seeing as the market closes at 4. What couldn't have been more then a few minutes later though, it was pitch black out. The only way that is maybe possible is if it happened to be the shortest day of the year, and they walked into the market at 3:59. And that the chase was happening around 4:45-5:15 ish. Of course, that one dude was ordering lunch, which wouldn't make a whole lot of sense if it was the very end of the day.

You're right, I had forgotten that detail from the movie (went to the midnight show and I will admit with no shame that it was well past my bedtime!). You and I are in the same boat; I know a lot less about fusion reactors than fission reactors. I'll have to look up some more info on that, but either fusion is self-controlling once started (like stellar fusion) until some sort of transition is reached, or there has to be some sort of controlling mechanism, be it a control rod or something else (not sure). What I mean by "transition" is that the material being fused is exhausted, and if conditions allow, a heavier material will be fused (and this is harder to do). If conditions don't allow, fusion eventually shuts down. With very large stars, you get destabilization and runaway contraction of the star until it goes nova/supernova. Without whatever sort of controls a reactor would need to maintain long-term fusion, it could be weaponized. Assuming it's trying to replicate stellar fusion conditions found in a very large star on a tiny scale, it does make sense that the core would be fine for some finite period of time before that "transition" occurs and blows the whole things apart.

That's mostly because Fusion reactors don't exist.

I'm sorry. I meant human made that could be reasonable power sources (i.e. to power Gotham).

Went to a matinee today to see the movie. I thought it was very well done, I wasn't sure what to expect, I didn't read teh comics so the whole Az Ghoul story line is a little confusing to me at times. I'm glad I didn't know much going into it, although I can kind of see where they may have changed the storyline after Ledger died, that whole scenario was rife for a Joker character to be part of.

Bane was, at times, difficult to understand but overall I liked the character. I thought the story was great and it was an ok ending. I only say that because I thought I had read that the ending was going to be definite and it left a lot open, especially with a franchise like this I'm not hoping they continue the story.

It didn't feel like 2:45, I thought it moved right along.

General rant - Something needs to change in the superhero storyline. They need to get away from Superhero and Supervillian meet up for a fight. Supervillian wins and almost kills Superhero. Superhero uses P90X for 6 months and comes back to kicks Supervillian ass. Maybe that is what makes the Joker such an awesome villian, he just wants to play, he doesn't want to kill his adversary. I should probably watch Dark Knight again before saying that. Regardless, I hope something will come along soon and maybe change things up a little, maybe it will take multiple supervillians.

I also kind of wish that Scarecrow would have done a little more, although I do like that they keep him in all the movies.

I was completely fooled by Talia, although I was wondering why they went the route of Bruce sleeping with her instead of Catwoman.

Joker could have been one of the men freed from the Prison, then you can have Robin start to mess with him in a game of cat and mouse instead of so much focus on which of the 3 moving trucks had the fusion device. I'm not sure, but I could just imagine the Joker running through that city, maybe even fighting some with Bane.

Don't ask Forbin.

Yeah, that would have been cool. It's also cool, though, how each film is a distinct chapter. Can't imagine these ever being topped in this genre.

Yeah... there was no ambiguous ending. Bruce Wayne patched the software to enable the autopilot, so he probably jumped off somewhere around/near Gotham and let the plane explode with the bomb.

Alfred saw Bruce Wayne and Selina in Europe, and it was real (not a dream or a vision or anything).

I'll have to check some of those out, they sound cool. Any suggestions where to start?

The Joker was in Arkham Asylum.

Blackgate Prison was where all the Dent Act prisoners were kept.

Gracias.