This is Batman fighting Bane

ComicBookMovie (spoiler-tastic site, be forewarned!) has a ton of "Dark Knight Rises" set pics up showing Batman, Bane and others whose presence might be considered spoiler-y. A few of the pics, borrowed from eyeprime, give the first really good harsh-lighting look at the rest of Tom Hardy's "Bane" getup. Pics and speculation that will require a BIG SPOILER WARNING after jump...

I'm still not sold on Bane in general, but I like the idea of Batman fighting in daylight (assuming this isn't a day-for-night shot) with the caveat of hoping that they've found a way to shoot hand-to-hand combat in a manner that doesn't come out looking like Christian Bale is trying to claw his way out from under a pile of tires - otherwise, this will be the 7th movie where Batman is again rendered obviously immobile by his godawful rubber armor. More to the point: The leather(?) plate-armor on Bane's torso looks awfully League of Shadows to me.

Possible-spoiler discussion from here out, last chance to turn back...







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Some of the other pix floating around from the same shoot show Bane carrying a torn scrap of paper, which many had assumed was director's notes or something to that effect. Well, at least one of the new snaps caught it from the facing-side, and it's not - it's a photo of Harvey Dent. Which means... who knows, but it's interesting.