Witness the Rise of the Grim City of Crime in Gotham!
May 6, 2014 by dracs
With the success of Arrow, and the Flash and Constantine speeding to the screen, DC has one more show that will soon be appearing. Explore the origins of the darkest city of them all, in Gotham!
Gotham takes us back to the early days of the city's story, the time before Batman and the super-villains came to characterise its struggle between law and crime.
The series will focus upon a young Jim Gordon, newly arrived in Gotham and trying to get to grips with the city's mean streets.
In many ways this show promises to be an origin story, but this time viewed from a perspective that we haven't seen before. The death of the Wayne's looks to be a driving focus of the show, but as well as the origin of Batman we are seeing the origin of his relationship with Gordon, and how the city itself came to be.
Of course, it wouldn't be Gotham if a few of the big name villains didn't turn up and apparently we could end up seeing just how it was the Dark Knight's greatest adversaries came about, with the Penguin and the Riddler being just two of those mentioned in the trailer.
This trailer has me really excited for this show. It offers a new perspective on the Batman story, and should help to establish the city itself as a character.
However, I am a little worried that it might not have the staying power. The growth of Bruce Wayne into Batman is a central point, but I'm not sure how long they'd be able to keep that going, while the origins of the villains are being relied upon to really grab our interest. Whether or not that will be able to carry the show is yet to be seen.
Fancy taking a trip down to Gotham?
It doesn’t need Batman to be good. GCPD was an excellent comic book. The problem more so lies in where it’s airing. Much as with Constantine, it being a network show rather than a cable show is really going to hamstring it. Flash and Green Arrow are both good network fodder but this and Constantine have the potential to be really great shows on cable.
I was surprised how much I ended up liking Arrow. I always found that the low-powered heroes and villains of DC to be far more interesting than the demi-god ones. This looks to be a very high production value so it has me interested. While it would have a little bit more creative freedom were it on cable network TV, especially once it hits the 9pm or later time slot, can get away with enough without feeling too sanitized, especially on Fox. Two problems I can see happening with this show…first, while the prologue to Batman makes for a good… Read more »
A little bit more creative freedom? Cable TV has considerably more creative freedom than network. Can you imagine True Detective on Fox?
I thought you meant basic cable. If you mean premium cable like HBO or Showtime then yeah, the sky is the limit.
But as far as cable overall goes they are the exception, not the rule. The majority of standard cable stations don’t get away with much more than a network station.
Those two and AMC. Though they put out their fair share of duds, their best stuff is the finest TV drama ever made. I think HBO or AMC in particular could do an amazing job with this or Constantine.
I’m still waiting for WB to come out with a Gaslight Batman movie. That would rock!