GOTHAM.

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I am really enjoying this. I'm not a huge batman fan but love to see the beginnings of characters (riddler, poison ivy, cat woman, penguin). I have been a fan of Donal Logue since his grounded for life days and i like the way he was gung ho then cynical and now Jim has turned him almost back to believing.


Also when Harvey dent lost his cool with that gangster and the gangster crapped his pants i seriously got chills.

[Dandontdare]

I'm just waiting for the inevitable "penguins eat fish" line from Cobblepot - it's like waiting for the other shoe to drop!

[Pop Culture Bandit]

New Review!

Episode 9 - "Harvey Dent"

http://www.popculturebandit.co.uk/2014/12/review-gotham-1x09-harvey-dent.html

Quite refreshing to see a Harvey Dent portrayed as a bit of a dick prior to his facial scarring - I'm not convinced his suspect for the Wayne murders is accurate, and think he might just be using their deaths as a scapegoat to convict someone who'd gotten away before. I have a feeling that his storyline might be [spoiler]fast-tracked and we'll see our first recognisable (and fully-formed) Batman villain in Two-Face[/spoiler]. I'm also surprised at how cute a couple mini-Batman and mini-Catwoman make - bit odd to think that one day they'll be dressed up in spandex and flirting with each other...

[Pop Culture Bandit]

New Review!

Episode 10 - "Lovecraft"

http://www.popculturebandit.co.uk/2014/12/review-gotham-1x10-lovecraft.html

This was a fun episode, focusing on Selina and Bruce's relationship, but ultimately lacked any real punch that a mid-season finale should have. Agents of SHIELD managed a much more impactful episode for its mid-season finale. This one felt like any other episode. Even the cliffhanger ending of [spoiler]Gordon being relocated to Arkham Asylum as a guard[/spoiler] was a bit deflating as it is inevitable that [spoiler]he will return once the plot dictates so[/spoiler]. Still, the sequences with Bat-boy and Cat-girl were really good, as was getting to see Alfred outside of his butler role.

[COMMANDO FORCES]

That was an excellent ending for season 1, leaving you wanting more.

Lots of threads tied up, characters coming into their own and twisted characters starting to form. Thoroughly enjoyed the way the Riddler started to form!

If I have one thing to pick on, it's how quickly will master Bruce have to become the Dark Knight, or will we see a jump to adulthood inbetween a future series to get the hero onto the screen.

[Dandontdare]

If I have one thing to pick on, it's how quickly will master Bruce have to become the Dark Knight, or will we see a jump to adulthood inbetween a future series to get the hero onto the screen.

I think they'll only plan to show us him actually becoming Batman if this ends up doing a Smallville and stretching to 8+ seasons, by which time the kid will have grown up anyway.

I've really been enjoying this, particularly the development of Oswald Cobblepot. The balance between the basic plot of  'corrupt cops and the clean-up crusader'  and the growing weirdness of Gotham's criminals and Bruce's development feels right for the pre-Batman days - I can believe all of these characters (and this city) becoming what we're familiar with. I did think the Fish Mooney and the organleggers subplot a bit of a stretch

[Theblazeuk]

Of course Batman will constantly be punching people a good decade older than him.

[Dandontdare]

I did like the bit about him staking out gun ranges because his suspect is likely to be at a "shooting gallery"

[JudgeOiNK!]

I'm really enjoying this too.  Though I was initially disappointed to hear it wasn't tying in directly with Nolan's movies, I've loved it so far.  I do remember watching the first episode and the acting, for some reason, was woeful for the first half, then it seemed to click and everyone was fantastic in their roles for the last twenty minutes!

I thought it was introducing too many characters in its first few episodes, like it was more important to do so than develop any of them, but it calmed down and I've really grown to love it. Probably my top show at the moment.  Ben MacKenzie does a great job as Gordon and the Penguin is just fantastic as a character here, very nicely done!

Seems to have real depth of character and the storylines are intriguing and keep me gripped.  Couldn't ask for more.  Glad to hear it's been renewed.

[DaveGYNWA]

Enjoying it too, but I could really do without the Fish Mooney side of things. Introductions for the various villains have been done quite well - favourites have been [spoiler]Joker[/spoiler] & [spoiler]Scarecrow[/spoiler] but most of all the progression of Penguin is excellent.

Caught the episode with the introduction of the serial killer character, and I really hope this doesn't feel rushed as it comes towards the end of the series.

[JayzusB.Christ]

I'm on board with Gotham too; after watching a shedload of them on a long-haul flight recently.  Can't really see the problem with Fish, though - I think she's a great character, played masterfully by Miss Pinkett-Smith.

The young Penguin is a revelation - it's the first time I've ever been interested in the character.  It's quite an amazing piece of acting; playing a sociopathic megalomaniac playing as a self-effacing sycophant.  Acting squared, sort of.

Not quite sure about revealing [spoiler]the Joker's origin[/spoiler] so explicitly, but he seems a far better version of the character than [spoiler]that gobshite with the 'Hahaha' tattoos[/spoiler].

[JudgeOiNK!]

The young Penguin is a revelation - it's the first time I've ever been interested in the character.  It's quite an amazing piece of acting; playing a sociopathic megalomaniac playing as a self-effacing sycophant.  Acting squared, sort of.

He's superb, isn't he?  I also was never all that interested in the character, probably tainted by Batman Returns which, as much as I loved Danny DeVito, the character himself felt like a minor 2-dimensional addition to the Batman world after that to me (it was my first encounter with The Penguin).  But this Penguin I absolutely love and I think it's a great move to have him as one of the main characters, right up there with Gordon himself.  They've really fleshed him out and this is only season one!

[JayzusB.Christ]

I also think that he plays the asexual, or possibly Oedipal, role extremely well. It doesn't seem at all out of character that he has no interest in any women apart from his mother - power seems to be his sole motivation.  I don't see him as camp or effeminate at all (as someone suggests elsewhere in this thread).

As I said, an actor who can play a character who is both power-crazed and humble simultaneously is to me very impressive indeed.  It also helps that the actor looks a bit like a penguin - sometimes you just get the right man for the job.

[Dandontdare]

Can't really see the problem with Fish, though - I think she's a great character, played masterfully by Miss Pinkett-Smith.

yup, she's great in Gotham, but I just find this extended subplot with her away from the rest of the cast is both implausible and overlong - get her back tormenting Oswald and pulling Bullock's chain!

[COMMANDO FORCES]

Yeah I thought that the organ legging stuff was a bit stretched. Without saying too much, many things come to a conclusion in the final episode and we see [spoiler]Selina[/spoiler] head down the wrong path, fully!