Why did Ra's and his wife marry in secret?

The 2012 superhero epic about Batman's struggle to overcome the terrorist leader Bane, as well as his own inner demons.
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MikaHaeli8 wrote:
Baniac wrote:I've never read any of the comic books, but I believe Comic-verse Bane was left to serve his father's prison sentence. I'm sure some others on here who have read the comics can tell you for sure.
Yep. Way I remember it was that his dad was an English mercenary who had carried out a list of crimes the length of your arm (or something) and they punished Bane for it instead.
Not just any English mercenary, but crap '90s supervillain King Snake: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Snake Behold his be-mulleted glory!

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...Yeah, I think you can see why Nolan decided not to mention him.

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Amelia wrote:
MikaHaeli8 wrote:
Yep. Way I remember it was that his dad was an English mercenary who had carried out a list of crimes the length of your arm (or something) and they punished Bane for it instead.
Not just any English mercenary, but crap '90s supervillain King Snake: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Snake Behold his be-mulleted glory!

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...Yeah, I think you can see why Nolan decided not to mention him.
:lol: My god. Thanks for the expansion though.

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MikaHaeli8 wrote:
Baniac wrote:I've never read any of the comic books, but I believe Comic-verse Bane was left to serve his father's prison sentence. I'm sure some others on here who have read the comics can tell you for sure.
Yep. Way I remember it was that his dad was an English mercenary who had carried out a list of crimes the length of your arm (or something) and they punished Bane for it instead.
Sounds like Nolan got his inspiration for Ra's wife taking his place in the Pit from here... :P

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