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** When we watch the movie, the effect is kind of scary (otherwise us watching wouldn't understand what is going on) Possibly Falcone doesn't have any specific fear like maggots or bats, so a scary voice and distorted vision in a scary way is what happens. Also, possibly, Falcone experiences a more intense effect then we do.

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** When we watch the movie, the effect is kind of scary (otherwise us watching wouldn't understand what is going on) Possibly Falcone doesn't have any specific fear like maggots or bats, so a scary voice and distorted vision in a scary way is what happens. happens to him. Also, possibly, it is possible Falcone experiences a more intense effect then we do.
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** This is a movie, the age of the character does not have to match the age of the actor. Dr. Crane could be older than Scarecrow.

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** This is a movie, the age of the character does not have to match the age of the actor. Dr. Crane could be older than Scarecrow.Cillian Murphy.
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** When we watch the movie, the effect is kind of scary (otherwise us watching wouldn't understand what is going on) Possibly Falcone doesn't have any specific fear like maggots or bats, so a scary voice and distorted vision in a scary way is what happens. Also, possibly, Falcone experiences a more intense effect then we do.
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** Maybe he' s prodigy and started med school early. And even without the League of Shadows, there's enough corruption in Gotham that unqualified people probably have the means to be put into powerful positions.

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** Maybe he' s he's a prodigy and started med school early. And even without the League of Shadows, there's enough corruption in Gotham that unqualified people probably have the means to be put into powerful positions.
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** Maybe he' s prodigy and started early. And even without the League of Shadows, there's enough corruption in Gotham that unqualified people probably have the means to be put into powerful positions.

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** Maybe he' s prodigy and started med school early. And even without the League of Shadows, there's enough corruption in Gotham that unqualified people probably have the means to be put into powerful positions.

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* Cillian Murphy was about 27 during the filming of this movie, but Jonathan Crane is a practicing psychiatrist and seemingly the chief administrator of Arkham Asylum. It takes 8 years to graduate medical school, then another 4 to complete a psychiatry residency- even if he started college at 18, he should still be a resident. And ''then'' it takes about 20 years to become chief administrator. Who put this guy in charge?

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* Cillian Murphy Creator/CillianMurphy was about 27 during the filming of this movie, but Jonathan Crane is a practicing psychiatrist and seemingly the chief administrator of Arkham Asylum. It takes 8 years to graduate medical school, then another 4 to complete a psychiatry residency- even if he started college at 18, he should still be a resident. And ''then'' it takes about 20 years to become chief administrator. Who put this guy in charge?


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** Maybe he' s prodigy and started early. And even without the League of Shadows, there's enough corruption in Gotham that unqualified people probably have the means to be put into powerful positions.

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* I don't care how rich you are. Mass transit systems are built by cities not people, right? He would have to get things through city council even if it was idea and funding, so can he really take credit for it with his son?
** Gotham has been portrayed as a place where things happen differently than the rest of the world. An apathetic city council could gladly let some rich guy spend a ton of money, and then reaped the benefits.

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* I don't care how rich you are. Mass transit systems are built by cities not people, right? He would have to get things through city council even if it was his idea and funding, so can he really take credit for it with his son?
** Gotham has been portrayed as a place where things happen differently than the rest of the world. An apathetic city council could gladly let some rich guy spend a ton of money, and then reaped reap the benefits.



** Not much of a head scratcher, Thomas knows he is dying so he says that to encourage his son.

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** Not much of a head scratcher, headscratcher, Thomas knows he is dying so he says that to encourage his son.


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** It just has to relate to some unknown, past trauma of his, and that would be open to interpretation for the audience. Maybe someone in his family died shaking violently from an epileptic fit, or some other kind of seizure. Maybe when he and his organisation murdered people, they shook them and screamed in their faces before delivering the killing blow/shot/etc, and having that thrown back in his own face underlines how he's lost control of Gotham. Whatever it may be, it works if you let your mind wander with the implication.


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** Also, maybe the League of Shadows helped grease the wheels for him to put him in the place they needed him.
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** Not much of a head scratcher, Thomas knows he is dying so he says that to encourage his son.



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* As he died, Thomas told Bruce to be afraid. What exactly was he referring to?

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* As he died, Thomas told Bruce not to be afraid. What exactly was he referring to?
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* Cillian Murphy was about 27 during the filming of this movie, but Jonathan Crane is a practicing psychiatrist and seemingly the chief administrator of Arkham Asylum. It takes 8 years to graduate medical school, then another 4 to complete a psychiatry residency- even if he started college at 18, he should still be a resident. And ''then'' it takes about 20 years to become chief administrator. Who put this guy in charge?
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** A house ran by a family with active social lives and societal obligations needs a lot more staff than one inhabited by a single grieving child. Most of the Manor probably got mothballed, rooms shut up, dustsheets over the furniture, and there is just no need for as many staff. Alfred was there more as live-in support and a guardian than staff, and any additional staff to help out with larger projects or repairs could be brought in on an as needed basis. The only other regular staffing needing done would be groundskeeping and garden maintenance, and that was probably already an outside contract.
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* After the murder of Thomas and Martha, all the staff of Wayne Manor (sans Alfred) leave. What, they don't feel the need to work at a large house simply because the only person living there was a now-orphaned eight year old boy? Or was it the fact that they were in Thomas' employ, and therefore his death meant they were now out of a job?
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* As he died, Thomas told Bruce to be afraid. What exactly was he referring to?
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* When Scarecrow gasses Batman, he sees bats; for Rachel, it's maggots; for the boy in the Narrows, it's a fire-breathing horse; for Falcone... Scarecrow ''shakes''?
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** Some of that is handwaved by Bruce explaining how he did it to William Earle, echoing an earlier conversation. In context of the movie though, and it makes sense in real life, he didn’t have all his eggs in one basket, and his father didn’t either. Alfred was in on it as well, as was foreshadowed when Bruce returned to Gotham.

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* Billionaires don't have their billions in cash on hand. They own stock, and when they want to make a nine-figure or more purchase, they either sell their stock, or they get a bank loan using their stock as collateral. Presumably Bruce's wealth is bound up in Wayne Enterprises, so when Earle takes the company public, how the hell does Bruce buy back the shares? He can't use the Wayne stock as capital or collateral, because that's what he's trying to acquire. The only plausible explanation is that he has ''so much'' wealth unconnected to his flagship company tha

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* Billionaires don't have their billions in cash on hand. They own stock, and when they want to make a nine-figure or more purchase, they either sell their stock, or they get a bank loan using their stock as collateral. Presumably Bruce's wealth is bound up in Wayne Enterprises, so when Earle takes the company public, how the hell does Bruce buy back the shares? He can't use the Wayne stock as capital or collateral, because that's what he's trying to acquire. The only plausible explanation is that he has ''so much'' wealth unconnected to his flagship company thathat it exceeds the company's value, and that stretches suspension of disbelief to the breaking point.
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* Billionaires don't have their billions in cash on hand. They own stock, and when they want to make a nine-figure or more purchase, they either sell their stock, or they get a bank loan using their stock as collateral. Presumably Bruce's wealth is bound up in Wayne Enterprises, so when Earle takes the company public, how the hell does Bruce buy back the shares? He can't use the Wayne stock as capital or collateral, because that's what he's trying to acquire. The only plausible explanation is that he has ''so much'' wealth unconnected to his flagship company tha
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** Lucius is disgraced and has barely any status in the company. If he turns on Bruce and goes to Earle, Bruce's word against his Earle will almost certainly side with Bruce who as the son of the company's founder and guy who still has some rights to it and it's spoils over Lucius who he hates already and fires at the first sign of Lucius getting uppity when he questions what happened to the Microwave emitter. Bruce holds all the cards in a situation where Lucius doesn't cooperate or proves he can't be trusted and Lucius probably knows that..
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*** Following from that, she probably assumed that Bruce was just a ''tourist'' all these years. She had no idea that he was training to be a ninja, so she got the impression that he'd given up on all his responsibilities. She wasn't interested in talking to this new "playboy" Bruce, but she had no particular reason to worry about him either.

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