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  gymaddict69 > 18/10/2014, 06:07

  Well after the monts of hype its here at last. Is anyone else on here watching the show? I had high hopes for the show but i have gotta say it left me feeling underwhelmed. I wasnt expecting it to be fantastical, i was expecting it to be more grounded than what preceeded it. It was certainly that. I think Ben Mckenzie makes a strong Jim Gordon and the guy who plays th penguin seems pretty good. Beyond them though, as far as the rest of the cast, it was a bit yeah, whatever. I may be judging it unfairly as its only 1 episode in. Im still going to watch the show in the hope that it improves.

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  lafferty51 > 22/10/2014, 21:49

  I watched the first episode but wasn't really sure what to make of it. Not sure if I like the actors playing some of the roles and it seemed like the wanted to cram in as many well known characters as possible in the first episode.

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  gymaddict69 > 25/10/2014, 00:45

  That did certainly seem the case in the 1st episode. Now 2 episodes in and im really not sure. At the moment its a case of im going to continue watching because of what inspired the show as opposed to me properly enjoying it as a stand alone entity. Am just really underwhelmed with Gotham at the moment. I like Sean Pertwee in most things he does but im really not buying him as Alfred.

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  Gravey08 > 01/11/2014, 00:47

  Gym, I think the problem with the first episode was that they sort of threw all the known Batman baddies in straight away, sort of, 'yep there's Penguin, there's The Riddler, there's the Mob families' etc. They even threw in Poison Ivy as a little girl just cos they could. The second episode seemed to move it onto where I want it to go anyway as in this series is Penguins origin story, then the next might be Riddler........so on and so forth. Remember its supposed to be a weekly procedural crime drama (like Elementary) just set in a comic setting.

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  gymaddict69 > 02/11/2014, 04:43

  The powers that be did just seem to cram as many faces as possible in the 1st episode. I do understand that the show is meant to be a procedural crime drama. I started watching knowing that. I just dont think its that great, whatever its trying to be. I like Jim and the penguin in the show but beyond that. I trying to decide which are the most aggrivating characters. Im torn between fish mooney (jada trying to convince as a believable gangster...haha) or Selina 'bloody agrivating brat' Kyle. Dont get me wrong, i will continue to watch, but as i mentioned before, its more because of what inspired the show as opposed to what i actually is.

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  Gravey08 > 22/11/2014, 21:43

  We're what 5 or 6 eps in now and I think things are progressing nicely. This weeks one with the return of potential serial killer was particularly good, at least showing Bullock had more morals about him than just being borderline corrupt. Now things have settled it definately seems to be the rise of the Penguin is the focus of the series and as long as it keeps to that (more or less) then I am happy with how things a re going. I know in a couple of eps another well known character is due on the scene so looking forwar to seeing how it pans out.

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  gymaddict69 > 23/11/2014, 05:28

  Glad you are enjoying the show Gravey08 but for me the show is border line yawn inducing. Especially the segments involving Jim and Barbera. I watched the episode you are refering to yesterday and i found myself actually fast forwarding through their conversations. She got together with a woman years back and she keeps sticking her nose in with his work. Sorry, but for me, BORING. One point of praise though, when things got all tied up towards the end of the episode, i thought that segment was quite entertaining.

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  Gravey08 > 23/11/2014, 14:25

  The Jim/Barbera point is well made Gym, especially as Barbera Gordon is suppoesed to become BatGirl later (their daughter not his wife). I accept that not everyone is going to like the same things but I realised why I am enjoying the show as much as I am. The Gotham on the TV show is the Gotham from the Chris Nolan Batman films, same cinematography, similar settings and even the music has the same feel to it from the films. As I particularly enjoyed the films, that might be why I am liking the series so much as it feels like a prequel to those films.

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  gymaddict69 > 24/11/2014, 02:35

  Couldnt agree with you more Gravey08 when it comes to the look and the feel of the show. It does borrow heavily in terms of settings, cinematography etc..and that can only be a good thing. I too loved Nolans trilogy. Only downside is that the powers that be drew a line under that after three. Personally, although i dont dislike the music used in the show, it doesnt get under the skin like Hans Zimmers scores from Nolans trilogy. Bloody fantastic. If you are interested i recommend checking out the soundtrack to the fairly recent The Dark Knight Returns part 1 and 2. Highly recomended.

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  thisscotsman > 28/11/2014, 16:20

  I was willing to give it a try and I'm still watching.
  It isn't great but if you ignore everything Bruce related and forget its a prequel to anything Batman related then it just about works.
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