Originally Posted by
Jim Kelly
I know that a lot of people associate Batman with costumed kooks, but the Batman I liked was the detective who solved ordinary crimes, fighting crooks in plain clothes.
I really don't like that this series has focused so much on the Penguin--I was hoping for a procedural detective show. But I'm resigned to the fact that Cobblepot is a central character for the moment. What keeps me watching are the number of good actors that outweigh the bad ones.
The moral relativism in GOTHAM leaves me cold. If there is no real good, then I don't see what dressing up like a bat is going to solve. You would have to tear down the whole government, start from scratch and build a new society based on clear and resolute ideals.
Billionaire boy wonder Bruce Wayne is more likely to solve the problems of Gotham than the Batman. All Batman can do is detain crooks--and if he doesn't kill them, they'll just end up back on the street, because the whole system is corrupt. However, Bruce Wayne can use his billions to organize a massive political and legislative alliance to dismantle Gotham and rebuld it anew.