Quote Originally Posted by Roto13 View Post
I think people are forgetting that this is a series of movies, not a tv series or comic book. Just because he's one of the main villains in the comics, that doesn't mean he's going to be in any more of the movies. There probably aren't going to be that many.
That's true, but unless they develop an entirely new villain specifically for the movie, they don't have a lot to work with. Penguin, Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy, etc are all fairly minor bad guys. Harley Quinn is nothing without Joker and to a lesser extent Ivy. Catwoman and Riddler, while decent villains in and over themselves, they do not do much of anything spectacular and they both become "good guys" in a general sense. Despite Nolan saying he wanted something different from everything else done on Batman, he cannot exactly ignore Batman lore and fact without disrupting half of whatever fandom he has created for himself and his movies.

Quote Originally Posted by Al View Post
The current cast (who's left, anyway) said, from what I hear, they're only willing to do one more.
From what I know, Bale and the rest of the cast have signed on to make three complete movies. Although this doesn't mean they will not develop more with the new cast if the third movie does just as well as the second one has been doing.

I'd imagine it would be resilient enough to prevent things such as snapped spines and other such things which cause death from falls.
It would probably serve as a cushioning but not much more than that due to it being light weight and enabling him better movement.