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I Don't Hold Too Much Hope!

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• I Don't Hold Too Much Hope!

  FantasticMR > 15/01/2014, 16:27

  'Gotham' the new Fox tv show, centred around Commissioner James Gordon with a view to seeing some of the origins of DC villains. I would usually be excited by such news but I have a feeling this will be a pre watershed affair and thus lose all of the grit that Batman needs to really convey it's sinister and more adult edge.
  
  https://www.mtv.com/news/articles/172040...share_copy

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  RussyRover > 15/01/2014, 17:03

  Meh... seems a bit half arsed to me, almost as if they are trying to catch up and outdo the Marvel franchise which they will not do as DC have been woefully under prepared and behind their 'opponents' for ages now - at least in the realms of Film and TV co-ordination...
  Still, never say never to some 'Super Hero' or should that be 'Super Villain' action, just hope it's watchable...

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  jesslloydfan > 04/02/2014, 02:53

  Don't have my hopes high for that either, being in an earlier time will make it sanitized and a little weak, and the fact is that Gordon is a support character and on his own isn't as interesting and it's fairly obvious Batman will never appear in it, and they can't use any of the villians that require any expensive effects (or likely save the best villians for future Batman films) so it could get a bit murderer of the week.
  
  Also since DC (well technically WB that own it) don't plan things well that will be in it's own continuity, Arrow will be in it's own continuity, and the films will be in their own continuity so they could have multiple versions of the same villian and little chance of any interesting crossovers.

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  jesslloydfan > 08/05/2014, 16:59

  For anyone interested, a trailer for Gotham
  
  Looks a little interesting, still not sold on the concept as it looks like it's going to show all the villians before they became villians. And it obviously has no continuity with either Arrow or Man of Steel. Which would have been better.
  Plus it being on Fox gives a high chance of it being cancelled.

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  robo_mojo > 09/05/2014, 10:58

  While I commend Warner Bros. for trying to keep up with Marvel, but the show seems like it has little chance of making it past the first season. What they are forgetting is that what we want to see in Gotham city is Batman and since Bruce Wayne is only a child in this then what's the point.

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  jesslloydfan > 09/05/2014, 11:33

  To be fair on the tv front DC and Marvel have about the same amount of stuff out there, Arrow and Agents of Shield respectively, and both have a few things planned, Constantine and Flash tv shows and Luke Cage, Agent Carter, Iron Fist and Jessica Jones.
  But this seems like a bad idea, as much as this show is trying to do otherwise Gordon is a supporting character, i have doubts a show focused on him will be sustainable.

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  jinxonlineentert > 09/05/2014, 17:10

  I saw the trailer for Gotham and i must say it looks kinda cheap and crappy. Also WTF why they take that O.C dude? He has an annoying face for some reason...and he doesnt look like her can act well. Good concept though.

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  thisscotsman > 09/05/2014, 22:00

  Honestly it looks... alright. The whole Batman, Catwoman and everyone you know as kids thing could grate quite easily.
  
  Smallville was awful for winking and I worry that Gotham will end up doing the same.
  
  At the moment DC is, personally, wiping the floor with their TV shows compared to Marvel. Yeah, cool Shield ties into the films but that doesn't stop some of the episodes being rubbish.
  
  Whereas Arrow is self contained and not lacking because of it.

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  jesslloydfan > 10/05/2014, 02:06

  For me Marvel are doing better in tv, i've never had a problem with Agents of Shield, i never expect the first series of any program to be the best because it rarely is, it took half of the first series of Arrow for me to really like it and i didn't have that problem with Agents of Shield.
  And again the connectivity helps, Arrow is very closed off, as this will be, because there is no mastermind behind DC's tv shows, it's just different ideas given to different people with no attempt to make them connect (which wouldn't be that hard to achieve).
  I'm still hoping this is good though,just not holding out much hope on that.
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