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Matt Reeves' "The Batman" TV Spin-off Series Announced (HBO Max)
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Only if it's played by that guy who played cotton mouth on Luke cage. I think he would make a good Jim Gordon. I don't know his name though.
Oh... wow. The dutch angles, the unnecessary gratuitous violence, the shit editing on the explosion reaction... There's a lot going on here.
Gotham was a 'serious' show right, pretty much played straight? Everything I've seen posted around Era makes it look batshit.
The show is legit amazing when it leans hard into camp. The final season was seriously good tv.
They told me I could be anything when I grow up, so I became a transmission for 74 Buick Regal.
lol this thread. I really need to watch Gotham. Should I start at season one or does the crazy start in later seasons?
Jeffrey Wright is already Gordon in the Reeves Batman movie, so in theory he would reprise his role on the show.
Season 1 starts out as your typical cop show just set in Gotham but becomes more Batman-esque as more villains are introduced. It really starts to go all out in Season 2 but I would recommend Season 1. Oswald Cobblepot is one of the central characters and his backstory makes up a big chunk of Season 1.
OK thanks, I'll do that. looking at the episode list on IMDB, I do now recall actually watching at least a few episodes back in the day because I remember Jada Pinkett Smith. I'll add it to my queue.
Having Renee Montoya, who is Afro-Latina, and her partner Crispus Allen, who is African American, as the main characters would be ideal.
From what I remember, the original Gotham Central doesn't go too much into the racism inherent in the United States police force, but the building blocks are there. Without giving it too much away, the narrative from the comic can work very well as the story of two black cops who become disillusioned with the police force and realize they cannot change the system within.
Would also love Josephine MacDonald as part of the main cast. They don't show enough non-superheroes using super powers in everyday jobs.
From what I remember, the original Gotham Central doesn't go too much into the racism inherent in the United States police force, but the building blocks are there. Without giving it too much away, the narrative from the comic can work very well as the story of two black cops who become disillusioned with the police force and realize they cannot change the system within.
Would also love Josephine MacDonald as part of the main cast. They don't show enough non-superheroes using super powers in everyday jobs.
I'd love for Kate to be in it! Even just as a guest character as Renee's (and then later Maggie's) girlfriend.
Speaking of Maggie, it reminds me of one of my favorite scenes in Gotham Central highlighting intersectionality where Renee confronts Maggie about her white privilege.
Glad to be of help! It's pretty easy, all things considered since the rest of the costume is stuff you can buy anywhere. Even if people don't know who you are, it works as a great, creepy Halloween costume.
Very bittersweet.
A live-action Batman series that actually has Batman in it would be great, but the focus on the GCPD is not what I'm looking for. Especially with recent events.
A live-action Batman series that actually has Batman in it would be great, but the focus on the GCPD is not what I'm looking for. Especially with recent events.
Did you ever read the comic series 52? Montoya was so amazing in that, my favorite character alongside Black Adam in that. If they can include that vision of Renee I would be very happy. Especially if she
becomes The Question, as she did in the comics
I actually wrote Giant Bomb's article on Black Adam back when I was young and thought I was old. God, just looking at my profile from then, I was insufferable. It's embarrassing.
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I'd have to strongly disagree. Not in a period where Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Rectify, The Lefovers, Succession, Halt and Catch Fire, Better call Saul, Fargo, Hannibal, The Americans, Mr Robot and Treme all existed. And I could probably go on if we could go into one off miniseries, comedy-drama, or overseas. It was fine, had some great moments, but never really lived up to its expectations or potential.
It was, to me, a show that's often poor plotting, uneven story, and often just bad character development was elevated by an incredible cast and incredible production values. It held back what should have been a Sopranos tier show and most of what I see as flawed were due to Winter's role as overall story architect and show runner.
Especially as he basically rushed the series that underperformed to HBO's expectations in order to start another bomb of a series in Vinyl(where he got pushed out for how bad it was, something unprecedented in this HBO era where basically everything they commit to gets two seasons). Pretty surprised he would get a third chance with the Batman franchise of all things. Talk about failing up.
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I expect both Wright and Turturro to show up in some capacity given they've both been on HBO shows.
Jeffrey Wright as Black Gordon in Terence Winter's Gotham's The Shield is probably about the only good sell for a cop show right now but I think they just did it
Yes, I mention that arc in one of my earlier posts in the thread. I would love seeing that version of Renee so much!
And don't be too hard on yourself. We were all young once! :)
How the hell does the OP not mention this is from Terence Winter?
That's honestly the biggest part of this story.
That's honestly the biggest part of this story.
Eh. Given the state of the DC films, I'm not big on them already planning a television spin-off for an upcoming movie. Focus on the movie then see what happens.
And that's ignoring that it's not the best time for a police procedural and the fact that Gotham just happened.
And that's ignoring that it's not the best time for a police procedural and the fact that Gotham just happened.
Its kinda serious and played mostly straight but 100% knows how to camp and goof.
That gif for example is after the dude was shopping in a Walmart for villains called something like The Merc and stuck dynamite down his pants and ran when he saw Gordon look8for him
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No.
The 1st season wrestled with trying to be straight, but after that it just spiraled into insanity. The last few seasons are bonkers.
Smart of WB to be leveraging HBO MAX to build out their DC stuff. Similar to how Disney is using Disney+ in regards to Marvel and Star Wars.
Terence Winter, the possibility of Jeffrey Wright as Gordon, and this being closer to Gotham Central has me pretty into it. Without all three of those, I'd be much less excited for some more copaganda.
Terence Winter, the possibility of Jeffrey Wright as Gordon, and this being closer to Gotham Central has me pretty into it. Without all three of those, I'd be much less excited for some more copaganda.
Only if they also do Vic Sage Question first, I loved their arc together in 52
They killed an extra person just for the exclamation point?
It'll try for maybe the first season and then start becoming campy as hell.
"We're not going to be Gotham."
*two seasons later*
"We've become Gotham. Fuck."
