The Dark Knight


Has anybody else noticed the remarkable similarities between this film and The Dark Knight?

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In what ways? Obviously there is corruption and Debbie's scarring on one side of her face, but Debbie becomes good after the scarring, whereas Harvey Dent turns bad. Other than that, I don't see many similarities....

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. . . all those nighttime urban landscape scenes---think of Lang's Metropolis and his The Big Heat . . .

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both films feature substantial supporting roles from Bib Fortuna. great actor. look him up.

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I didn't seen a ton of similarities between the two,but I still thought of TDK while watching The Big Heat.

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SPOILERS





Unexpected deaths of significant ladies?

EDIT: Spoilers blacked out

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*beep* you

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In explosions?

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you are meant to black out spoilers, there is a button for it when making comments after the quote button, so yeh i was saying f you for putting spoilers up
you stupid prat

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Rudeness Protocol

Slightly violating spoiler protocol < Inexplicable childish namecalling

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you are on the internet, very very few people are going to agree with that, especially on a movie board, anyway i'm irish not childish, i just type how i talk.
wait no, i am childish too.

P.S. slightly violating? i'm not going to go back and look again to quote you but that ain't slight anyway you look at it, you identified a main character and told us they die!

and now for the funny part, the meaning of ">" "<" seems to have eluded you.
what you have written is:
[Inexplicable childish namecalling]
is greater than
[Slightly violating spoiler protocol]
what you inadvertently said is what i did was greater than what you did.

i'll just throw in a lol at the end so you can continue to call me a child for the fun of it.

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From time immemorial it's been acceptable to put SPOILERS at the top of a message and expect those who don't want to be spoiled to look away. Hence, I used the word "slightly" because although not blacked out, steps were taken to protect the reader.

Furthermore, there are inherent risks to perusing message boards for films about which you wish to remain ignorant.

Finally, the "<" was used correctly, and communicated what I'd intended -- namely that your response was a greater example of rudeness than what you perceived in my message.

I hope that clarifies. I truly am sorry if I prevented you from seeing or enjoying this terrific film.

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one thing i can give you is the risk anyone takes with spoilers going on a board but i do not agree with you saying sufficient warning was given (man this is getting pedantic ha), because if i remember correctly you just wrote like she dies at the end or something along the lines a few lines below, so most people with decent eyesight are going to pick up on the words she and dies very easily.

its lame and sucks for me but i was just mad at the time.

for the record, just because in your head writing > meant ruder than doesn't change the fact that those signs to my knowledge are only used to compare which is greater or less than, even on the internet.

if i was to type me > you would you perceive it as i am greater than you or i am ruder than you?

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We have definitely descended into pedantry.

those signs to my knowledge are only used to compare which is greater or less than, even on the internet.
Hmm. I agree, but the term "greater" in this case (as in mathematical instances) refers to size or quantity (rather than purity or goodness), so under the heading "Rudeness Protocol", the "greater than" sign would likely be tied to the level of rudeness.

But I take your point. Normally I would put more space, but I think my assumption about message board awareness (that I mentioned before) clouded my judgment.

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Oh that's nothing. There are times you find spoilers in the *beep* title! Not only on here, but even on yahoo articles. There's also youtube comments, a youtube video with people who claim they don't want give spoilers, then reveals a major character dies! (regarding "Homeland"). Some of the greatest endings of all time, Chinatown and Rosemary's Baby, were spoiled unexpectedly while I was watching film documentaries.

My advice, stay away from the boards of movies you haven't seen, proceed with caution if you do, and reserve cussing out for the idiots who put unavoidable spoilers in titles or "coyly" try to talk around spoilers, but fail miserably to do so.

On an end note, The Big Heat is a great movie. I wish something different happened with Debbie. I got tired of the females in the movie being hurt and tortured. Debbie deserved better.

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Not really, but I heard Chris Nolan's a fan of the film.

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I own The Big Heat as part of a Columbia Pictures 'Film Noir Classics' box set. And guess who does the intro? Christopher Nolan.

This mission does not exist, nor will it ever exist.

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I hadn't considered it when I watched TBH for the first time the other night, but I *do* see some similar themes.

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You're right, a lone vigilante waging war on criminals after they murder his family is not at all similar to Batman 😜

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