http://www.deadline.com/2013/09/comm...-series-drama/
a new series about Commissioner Gordon before he knew Batman. Heck, before there was a Batman probably.
http://www.deadline.com/2013/09/comm...-series-drama/
a new series about Commissioner Gordon before he knew Batman. Heck, before there was a Batman probably.
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This has all the chance in the world to be great. Slightly disappointing that Batman isn't involved, even if it was as a background player. I think an entire season dedicated to Joker and the rise and fall of Batgirl would be perfectly suited for TV.
Ooooof, what a missed opportunity. Pre-Batman means pre-villains, and an attempt to ground it in Nolan-like reality. I was excited for something Gotham Central-like before reading that premise. This sounds like it's going to be a typical police procedural.
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Yeah, before reading I assumed this was a DC answer to Agents of SHIELD and we would be getting to see how the police department works parallel to Batman's escapades while battling the villains of the city.
This just seems dull and rote.
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Well according to the article:
"It explores the origin stories of Commissioner James Gordon and the villains who made Gotham City famous." So I assume they'll be some famous villains in it.
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Exactly what I thought too.Quoting number8 (view post)
Heh.
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Surely some villains will make an appearance. Otherwise, why even exist?Quoting number8 (view post)
I'm sure there will be villains. What I want to know is if they'll be supervillains, or if they're going to be the Nolan/Arrow variety. I brought up Gotham Central because that comic is basically the cast of The Wire/Homicide ducking Mr. Freeze's ray guns and facing hostage situations where the perp is mind controlled by the Mad Hatter, that kind of stuff. I think that's interesting. A cop show that has regular cops going against regular mobsters like Penguin or Black Mask is somewhat less interesting than that. Here's hoping, though.
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Now this is something I would be interested in.Quoting number8 (view post)
Gotcha. Both can work. I don't know if a Mr. Freeze ray gun is anything I want to see attempted on Fox budget, but a Mad Hatter/Penguin/Riddler could certainly work.Quoting number8 (view post)
Yeah, agreed about the missed opportunity. Gotham Central type of show would've been amazing. The thing I loved about that series was the fallout that the cops had to deal with from being in situations like that. Having GCPD cops deal with PTSD after Joker burned one of their faces off woulda been inneresting.Quoting number8 (view post)
Yeah, I think an entire season of the Joker in the New 52 series would be interesting without a Batman to stop him.Quoting slqrick (view post)
Yup. I love that David Simon is actually a recurring character in it, because that book really took a page from his approach by showing the human elements. Random cop gets frozen to death by Mr. Freeze in the first issue, we get to follow the officer's widow's grieving process, and then a year later we actually get to see Freeze on trial and how his insanity defense affects her closure. Just top notch stuff.Quoting slqrick (view post)
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Same here. Imagine a cop trying to battle Clayface.Quoting D_Davis (view post)
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This is written by the creator of The Mentalist and directed by the director of the CSI franchise.
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Movie Theater DiaryQuoting Donald Glover
I think The Mentalist is a witty show with solid character chemistry. Not anything I follow closely mainly because it's so repetitive in nature, but I wouldn't view it as a strike against an upcoming show to be written by its creator.
CSI, however...
Heller also co-created and was a lead writer for Rome. I don't think Danny Cannon's involvement goes beyond the pilot, no?
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The Mentalist falls into that "Burn Notice" category of shows that a lot of people apparently really like judging from the amount of screenshots I've seen turned into image macros and gifs but I don't know if I've ever spoken to a single person who has seen them.
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What is Burn Notice?Quoting number8 (view post)
Hurm.
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What station is this? In a crazy way, it could be awesome, but it seems like a CW Smallville idea in reality.
The new Batman TV show... this time told from the point of view of a pig on a farm 200 miles from Gotham City.Quoting Neclord (view post)
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