Talk:League of Shadows

Why is it that Bane's mercenaries are mentioned as being members of the League of Shadows? They were organization that relied on stealth tactics and were practically ninjas, so to showcase Bane's mercenary army as if they were legitimate members would be a bit misguided. While Talia was definitely an original member, Bane himself was ex-communicated and as such, had formed his own army of mercenaries. In that regard, only Talia and Bane were realy members of the organization whereas the mercenaries were only acting under Bane's command. I don't ever recall Nolan mixing the two together as if Bane's revolution was the second iteration of the League of Shadows. Even Nolan makes a distinction between Ra's Al Ghul and Bane's role as villains, and I quote:

"Q: In a way, the films feel like a tour of different schools of creating social revolution. You have Ra’s Al Ghul with his very clear-cut extremist ideology—

Christopher Nolan: Almost religious, I would say.

Q: And then you have the anarchy of The Joker, and in The Dark Knight Rises you come back with the followers of Ra’s Al Ghul who are trying to enact his plans by masking it as class warfare.

''Christopher Nolan: Class warfare but also in a militaristic, dictatorial approach. If you look at the three of them, Ra’s Al Ghul is almost a religious figure, The Joker is the anti-religious figure, the anti-structure anarchist. And then Bane comes in as a military dictator. And military dictators can be ideologically based, they can be religiously based, or a combination thereof.''"

In that regard, I think they should get a page of their own (maybe list them as "Bane's Mercenaries" or "Bane's Followers" etc.) as they weren't even trained under the discipline of the original League of Shadows. Does anyone agree with me? I personally find it jarring when people mix the two as myself don't recall that there was ever an explicit mention that Bane's army was literally the revival of the League of Shadows.

DementedP (talk) 23:47, December 16, 2012 (UTC)