It's not a plot hole in TDKR (Off-Topic)

by Xenos , Shores of Time, Friday, January 08, 2016, 23:39 (3461 days ago) @ ZackDark

I figure it is our own fault that we assume every scene is shown in chronological order. I mean, not entirely our fault, since most movies are structured that way, but still not something we should take at face value.

If we consider the tick-down scene happened several days after Bruce escapes the prison, everything makes a lot of sense (further review pending, of course), including how well-off a few of the characters seem.

People always bring up this plot hole, but I've never seen a single person be right. They do NOT show the timer at 3 hours BEFORE he comes back. They also suggest quite a bit of time passing between the the bomb being put in trucks and then Bruce showing back up (weather change that implies season change, Selina has territory, conversations imply a lot of time has passed, etc.). And further this is the last we see of the bomb before Bruce shows up:

That's minutes and seconds in large numbers, so by logical conclusion that's seconds, minutes, hours, days, and then months. In addition remember that it was stated it would take about 5 months for the core to deteriorate, which means when the spec ops team shows up in Gotham and it's been "about 3 months" since the occupation starts, that still leaves them with about a month remaining (remember Bane didn't immediately free prisoners from Blackgate, so it's actually been a little longer than 3 months since the core was removed, which we have further proof of because you can see a sizable portion of the countdown circle has counted down). The time before that was when Bruce is recovering and attempts to escape the pit at least one time that we see on camera. The last indication of time remaining before Bruce escapes the pit is 23 DAYS (by Lucius to the Spec Ops team right before they die), and then when Bruce arrives there are only about 18 hours remaining. And if anyone thinks Bruce Wayne can't make it to Gotham in 2-3 weeks, even without money or Bat-gadgets, then we have nothing left to talk about.