With the series off the an explosive start in the US and being well received in the UK i decided to do a post about the series as its just starting out here and raise a few of my likes, dislikes and other views i have on the show so far.
Lets get started on a positive.
Likes
- Its awesome. No denying what fox have started is something that is easy to get into if your a lifelong resident of Gotham city or if your just visiting for the first time. The show gives us an origins for every big player in Gotham's future including a young Bruce Wayne and an even more cockney Alfred.- The characters. The show writers have got the whole tone captured as to what they want to do with the characters and how they want to portray a pre supervillian Gotham that is struggling to keep afloat with its constant battle between the mobs and police and future big players.
- The City. They get the whole city covered and make great use of the locations they use to make the city have a larger feel to it and cover different locations from the lows of the slums to the luxury of
Wayne manor.
Now for the less than stellar parts.
Dislikes
The Changes - Yes I'm aware this is being picky but fuck it the backstorys that have been established by the comics provide such great reasons for the characters becoming as twisted as they are when they come toe to toe to Batman. But this being said the new back story's do make the city feel more compact and gives more of a reason why they stay in Gotham and don't expand to other city's.
The Lack Of Suspense - With this being an origins story to the future of Gotham's biggest characters any feeling of suspense or danger has been thrown out the window. Whenever we see Gordon, Oswald and Bruce in any form of danger its safe to assume they'll make it out safely so putting any of them in front of a life or death situation isn't going to have anyone worried if their favourite character is in any real peril and this is the major setback of the show for me. With the Gordon being kidnapped and Oswald having to get shot in the first episode did make for entertaining viewing it was ruined by the inevitable outcome that they would make it out ok due to them being alive 20 odd years in the future.
What I Would Like To See
With the show being in the early stages its future hangs in the balance depending on if audiences respond well to the entire first series. With Fox green lighting a whole 22 episode series its looking positive so far. Arkham appears to be a big part later on in this series which could providing a social hub for all of Batmans future enemy's to develop their alter ego's.
With this being said the show can lose audiences depending on how the story progresses over this series. Obviously i have full confidence the people who write the show have a game plan for at least 2 series and i would be lying if i said i didn't want to see a backstory for the clown prince of crime himself and maybe a few other supporting characters *COUGH* Ra's Al Ghul *COUGH*
I cant wait to see how the show progresses and im a big fan of anything that includes the Dark Knight so bring on the rest of the series.
Let me know what you think of Gotham in the comments below. Do you agree or disagree with anything? Will the caped crusader and his trusty sidekick make it out of this jam?
Find out next week on
BATMAN!!!
(sorry i couldnt resist)
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