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If you have somehow managed to avoid the onslaught of Dark Knight Rises photos and videos leaking from the set recently, then, um, that's awesome. Seriously, teach us how. And then please steer clear of this article, okay? Thanks.

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So much has leaked from the set of The Dark Knight Rises that, at this rate, we'll know everything about the movie before the month's out.More spy photos and video have come from Chris Nolan's last Batman movie than from any of the previous installments. Chalk that up to TDKR relying on more exteriors and daytime scenes featuring Batman in action than ever before.From Batman vs. Bane to Batman's new jet/hovercraft thing, major set-pieces have been spoiled, things that were meant to be seen on the big screen and not via shaky cell phone cam. We know some people like spoilers, and sometimes we are those people. But if we had a choice to see Batman punching the living sh!@ out of Bane for the first time in theaters, we'd take it. Here are 6 things we wish we didn't have spoiled for us about TDKR:In motion, we're sure Bane standing atop a Tumbler, tearing up a picture of Harvey Dent, is going to make for some great drama in the final film. In still form, however, Bane wearing our dad's coat from Woolworth's lacks the desired effect.Bane, as filtered through Nolan's lens, is the type of villain who can bring a real threat to Gotham. A threat that deserves a better reveal than what Johnny Paparazzi happened to bank that day. (Sure, we could have looked away, but, that's a nice coat.)We understand the occasional pic of a stunt double in the Batsuit leaked here or there, but an entire set-piece?!The spoiler in question? Christian Bale's Batman vs. Tom Hardy's Bane, punching the hell out of each other on the steps of City Hall, while the GCPD takes on a mob of mercenaries. Word 'round the campfire is that this scene is pivotal one in the third act. So until we find more self-restraint, Team Batman needs to put up more black tarps or reporter-targeting sentry guns to keep us from looking.Remember Batman's ride from Batman Begins, before it got that custom black paint job? Well, it looks like three of those Tank-Lamborghini hybrids are unleashed on the streets of Gotham. Oh, and one has a rocket launcher.Why are there three of these bad boys? Who's using them? Do they come with Sirius?! These are questions Nolan most likely wants us to ask in the theater, and not a year before the release.Bane picking a fight with a football stadium sounds...stupid. Especially out of context. And bringing a device with him, one shaped like the big circus bomb from Batman Forever, makes us all cringe-facey.Seeing these bits from the set affected our confidence in Nolan and in the story, two things we've never really doubted before. We'll reserve final judgment until seeing the finished film, but the last thing we want to be going into this movie is uncertain.Warner Bros. went proactive and released an official pic of Anne Hathaway's Selina Kyle on the Batpod to trump the spy pics of Hathaway's stunt double hauling ass down City Hall's steps with a Batpod.While this helped take control of the situation, the pic was overshadowed byspy pics and video of the stuntwoman and the questions those generated.

Or is it Bat-Copter? Bat Hover-Car? Whatever this thing is, it looks damn cool and deserves a better reveal than the one given to it by some PITT Freshman's YouTube post.If you've read this feature, then you have a high tolerance for spoilers. Or you didn't read our spoiler alert and are now plotting Internet revenge on us. Before you sic your League of Shadows on us, tell us what you think about the state of spoilers on The Dark Knight Rises so far. And together, maybe we can come up with a plan to avoid the things our fanboy genes seemingly crave.