The Dark Knight Rises

Billbeaux · 05-21-2011, 01:20 PM

Another relatively minor nitpick, but am I the only one scratching his head over the "John Blake" character? From what I gather it's a fairly high profile role, which has me wondering why Nolan/Goyer felt the need to create an original character instead of selecting one of the established GCPD officers. Crispus Allen, perhaps?

To a lesser degree, the same goes for TDK. Loeb and Flass--while modified--were lifted from the source material, but all of the cops in the Major Crimes division were original characters. I can only assume that Ramierez was originally meant to be Renee Montoya, and I see no reason why Det. Stephens--Gordon's burly, slightly abrasive right hand man--couldn't have been Harvey Bullock (he isn't even addressed by name in the film, so it's not like the "confusing" issue of having two characters named Harvey would have come up)

05-21-2011, 01:20 PM	#11
Billbeaux Foot Soldier Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Flyover Country Posts: 168	Another relatively minor nitpick, but am I the only one scratching his head over the "John Blake" character? From what I gather it's a fairly high profile role, which has me wondering why Nolan/Goyer felt the need to create an original character instead of selecting one of the established GCPD officers. Crispus Allen, perhaps? To a lesser degree, the same goes for TDK. Loeb and Flass--while modified--were lifted from the source material, but all of the cops in the Major Crimes division were original characters. I can only assume that Ramierez was originally meant to be Renee Montoya, and I see no reason why Det. Stephens--Gordon's burly, slightly abrasive right hand man--couldn't have been Harvey Bullock (he isn't even addressed by name in the film, so it's not like the "confusing" issue of having two characters named Harvey would have come up)