Load a of people gave agents of shield a chance, the gotham episodes so far, are way better compared. Give the show a chance to tell it's on story.
Load a of people gave agents of shield a chance, the gotham episodes so far, are way better compared. Give the show a chance to tell it's on story.
I like how the whole plot is shaping up. Everybody is after Falcone's spot. Butch even has some sort of plan for it. Arkham is interesting.
I think by the time Batman arrives the city will basically be crying out for a savior which may be why people not only tolerate a man in a costume but embrace him as a hero.
Last edited by PretenderNX01; 01-07-2015 at 02:01 AM.
But Batman isn't coming for years (if ever, on this show), so we basically know the good guys can't win anything more than small victories until then.
They'll have to take the attitude that this show is about the fight, not the win. It's very hard to keep a show going for long on that premise, though, especially when they've chosen to play up all the Bat-stuff.
If you show the Bat-villains in Act 1, you'd better show the Batman in Act 3. That's why I think there will be a forward jump in the timeline between seasons at some point.
Shame that, apparently, the next episode, Episode 12 of Season 1, What The Little Bird Told Him, won't air until the 19th of January.
Especially a shame, when the show just came back yesterday from Winter/Christmas break.
And, when Rogues' Gallery was such a good episode - even if Ivy IS just horrible.
And, when the promo therein is just so promising. The Electrocutioner, a more proactive Nygma, a big attempt by Gordon to get his old job back - even if I suspect that won't work, even if he succeeds.
Wonder why they're going on a week break?
It's not about the fight or the win. It's about the regression of Gotham and progression of Jim. I suspect he will have more than small victories under his belt because it will be the accomplishments that justify his promotion to Captain and then to Commissioner.
Obviously characters like Penguin (sorry, THE Penguin) will continue to gain power even while they have setbacks such as in this episode, but that won't make Jim helpless. For instance, he will clearly take down Electrocutioner.
I suspect this show will progress much like Smallville. We will see Batman in the last scene of the last episode. Not before. And that's assuming it lasts at least seven seasons.
What you seem to suggest you want is exactly what we have. We are seeing the mobsters, primarily. The carnie criminals don't exist yet, at least not in carnie form. They didn't just spring to life as costumed maniacs, and we are seeing a take on what they might have been like before the Batman's inspiration.
I also don't get the problem people have with people's ages in this show. There's been enormous criticism because Harvey Dent is the same age as Batman. Perhaps there is some obscure reference in the comics to suggest this, but it certainly isn't a requirement. I've always thought Two Face was about 10 years older than Batman. Joker and Penguin too, for that matter. The only criminals that need to be around Batman's age are the very physical ones, the ones who try to take him in a fistfight.
Well considering that comics have been published since the late 30s and no superhero has ever won. I think they'll be ok.
Is cleaning up Arkham even a bit or the police force a "small victory" Heck it's more than Batman has ever accomplished when you think about it.
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I survived the 2014 reboot and I didn't even got a lousy t-shirt.
And here I was just about to say how much I'm liking Ivy. I think it's surprising how compelling and complex a character she is considering how little screen time she gets. She's so young, yet so extremely damaged. I feel for her and fear her at the same time, like she's in serious need of a hug but would probably stab you in the back while you're doing it. And the fact that she now appears to be very aware of the sexuality that she doesn't even physically have yet is just sad. That father of her's must have been some character. She suffers from the damage he did to her yet it was losing him that pushed her over the edge. Fascinating.
With the title of Rogue's Gallery I was expecting to see several recognizable figures imprisoned in Arkham. Kind of disappointing that they didn't really do that, but maybe they still will.
Also, it just hit me- no Bruce or Alfred at all in this one! With what they just went through in the last ep, that's surprising.
Last edited by Kensei; 01-06-2015 at 05:30 PM.
isn't that specifically Nolan-verse? Don't think the original batman comics made a point of this.Yet the carnie criminals came with Batman and not before. It was the masked vigilante's presence what encouraged the madmen and lunatics to put on a mask and start terrorizing
it's a point that's been raised several times in several media, and not just in Batman. Most recent example I can think of is Arkham City. But I don't think it's really something definitive. More like it's just a reflection of the complex mental state of Bruce, to show how this is a possibility that might weigh on his brain.