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Related: About this forumYou know, the villian in the new Batman movie is called ...
Bane.
Just saying...
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You know, the villian in the new Batman movie is called ... (Original Post)
Rosco T.
May 2012
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meow2u3
(25,246 posts)1. They misspelled it
The villian should be named "Bain"
mucifer
(25,596 posts)2. If it's a coincidence it's just weird
TheWraith
(24,331 posts)4. It's a coincidence.
The name is drawn from previous Batman lore stretching back decades.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,708 posts)5. Or maybe...
Bain got it's name from the villain.
Nancy Waterman
(6,407 posts)9. Not coincidence, synchronicity
The timing is perfect. The Universe is smiling.
The Doctor.
(17,266 posts)6. It's the next logical villain for the franchise.
He's the one who mortally wounds Batman.
madinmaryland
(65,690 posts)3. That's funny!! Recommended!
Phoonzang
(2,899 posts)7. ......

Myrina
(12,296 posts)8. yes, as in 'bane of one's existence' ...
Dictionary.com is your friend.
Harmony Blue
(3,978 posts)10. Bane
A predatory, brute, but with the intellectual capacity to devise a broad plan. He orchestrates the theft and destruction of the public on a grand scale to reset the world in the image he sees fit.
The parallels are staggering.