Nolan Bane /= Chuck Dixon Bane
Two different characters with two completely different motivations. But if you are trying to say I didnt read Knightfall and the subsequent followups and further comics with Bane in them (including his latest exploits) you can feel free to think that...you would be wrong but you have to be used to that by now

Bane is no different than any other comic character, he changes depending on who writes him. He has been the supergenius venom freak who broke the Bat, the comic relief with a weird accent like in Secret Six, hired muscle on roids...you name it. He is Batman's version of Doomsday he shows up and gets his great storyline where he sits atop of the mountain after destroying the hero then inevitably loses and becomes another jobber later on. (though him not nearly as bad as Doomsday)
If this movie had been a comic I would have been upset at how Bane went out for many reasons. Hell if this was a movie based on any semblence of the DC universe I might feel the same way but it isnt. This is a world where Batman makes mistakes. (something DC almost never allows) This is a world where Batman actually gets a happy ending. (something they would never in a million years allow) This is an interpretation of Batman where I think it makes sense how things went down. You (and others...mostly hardcore comic message board people who complain about everything) disagree which is fine I am not here to change your minds. All I was saying to Scooby was this assertion he was given by his fellow moviegoer (which he now amazingly has adopted as his own) that there is never a 1a villain is just flat out wrong. It happens all the time.
Scooby,
I didnt miss it, I was just taking a pot shot at you because its fun and you have had very little to whine about this offseason for hockey. I should have added more emoticons my bad
(I was gonna pm you to make sure you got I was joking but I got uber lazy)