Trailer - "The Dark Knight Rises"

For all you non Pott(er) Heads out there, the first teaser for The Dark Knight Rises has finally gone online. And true to the series form it shows.........not much of anything at all. What more is to be expected of Christopher Nolan at this stage? What is revealed in the trailer is more in keeping with the previous films and especially Batman Begins which almost certainly is very much connected to The Dark Knight Rises (Liam Neeson's 'Ra's Al Ghul' voiceover is certainly reused for a reason......). So we get a brief scene with a very banged up Commissioner Gordon on a hospital bed, pleading for Batman to return, however what is very intriguing is that he seems to be talking to Bruce Wayne and not Batman. Does he know Wayne's secret identity? From there on in we get a brief shot of Tom Hardy's 'Bane', some very Inceptioney titles and music plus a quick shot of a semi-frightened Batman squaring up to Bane, towering over him. And who is that watching on from behind? True, it gives nothing away in the plot department, but at least there's more on display than The Dark Knight's teaser trailer four years ago. Either way, I defy anyone not to be incredibly excited about Nolan's conclusion to his series - surely on it's way to joining that elite few, who can boast the status of being a great trilogy. In almost exactly a year to the day The Dark Knight Rises is released on July 20th 2012.