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4 May 2012 3:32 PM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »

Gary Collinson presents an outlandish theory on The Dark Knight Rises...

As I'm sure you're already aware, a new trailer arrived online for The Dark Knight Rises this week and after months and months of speculation, we're now starting to get some kind of idea about the story for the epic conclusion to Christopher Nolan's Batman saga. As the pieces begin to fall into place, what's becoming increasingly clear is that while Nolan may have found inspiration from the likes of Knightfall and No Man's Land, he's also decided to follow the blueprint laid down by the third entry of another popular movie franchise - the Rocky series.

Firstly, let's take a look at the parallels between our two heroes - Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) and Batman (Christian Bale). They're both champions (Rocky 'of the World' and Batman 'of the People'), they've both got voices that are difficult to »

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