The Dark Knight Rises: 10 Mysteries The Film Must Answer

3. What Has Batman Been Up to for the Last Eight Years?

Batman barely rests, he doesn€™t stop pursuing the mission and he€™s obsessed with catching criminals. So what€™s he been up to for eight years? After all in the comic books Batman faces down homicidal super-villains as part of his daily pre-breakfast routine (although his day usually begins after dark so I guess it€™d be supper). We appreciate the fact that Nolan€™s Batman is a little more restricted than his comic book likeness but still; that€™s eight whole years of crime fighting and presumably further training. Surely that€™s got to hone a brother€™s skills right? I mean his entire pre-Bat training period was supposedly only fifteen years and look what that did for him. So where is he now? What new gadgets has he engineered? What new skills has he picked up in the near decade he€™s been operating as the Caped Crusader?
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