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So when I first heard that there was plans for a televison show based of the Gotham City P.D. centring on a younger James Gordon I thought, meeh yeah sure, this'll be good if it's done right. But the one thing I did not want, what I thought would completely destroy a good, tense, gritty, cop drama set in a fictional universe that I completely adore, is involving baby Bruce!
The original concept that I thought would be amazing, and by original concept I mean my own concept that I would have used if I had been writing it, however after reading my blog I'm sure you'll be able to see that me writing probably isn't the best idea in the world. But, as I was saying, the idea I had was if they had set the show in the years when Bruce was off travelling the world training to ultimately one day become our beloved Dark Knight. Let us see how the Gothamites and the GCPD dealt with a city that was slowly growing worse and darker than anyone could have ever imagined.
I loved the idea of Jim Gordon being our main protagonist, watching him struggle to fight an evil, a disease almost, that, no matter how hard he fight, no matter how much of his blood sweat and tears he pours into this City,he cannot make it better. But it would also have been nice to see his small victories, the things that gave him hope, the hope that makes Gordon the good cop that he is. And it isn't just the criminals that he would have to go against but bent cops, crooked judges and paid off D.A.'s, a system that is rotten right to its very core.
Now that was what I would have like, what I have been given, however, seems to be and odd story about little eight year old Bruce, fair enough his parents have just died and he has to acclimatise himself to the life of an orphan...a rich orphan, but alone in the world none the less.
He isn't the only character that I'm not overly pleased with. The fact they have brought in a child Catwoman....or I guess it woudl be KittenGirl in this instance, also bugs me. Are they really going to give an eight year old a love interest? And there are rumours of origin stories for Joker, Riddler, Two-Face and of course, if you have been following the development of the show, Penguin.....
.....who looks a lot more like Alberto Falcone (A.K.A. The Holiday Killer)
But thats a discussion for another day, perhaps after the first episode?
But to be honest, Penguin was my personal favourite to be the main antagonist of the production, to watch him climb his way up, or is it down the ladder? of the Gotham underworld. Plus to me, the penguin has always been like a fifty something year old, comfortable in his power and knowledge that not a single dirty penny goes through Gotham with passing his greasy palm first, and to see him get to that stage in life, to see who he had to step over, snitch on, kill even, could be a brilliant storyline!
Well I guess what I want you guys to take away from this is that I don't want a show about little Bruce Wayne and his school yard enemies and the GCPD pushed into the background where they are normally relegated too. Give them there time in the sun!
My rant aside, I also have hope that the show could possibly have the, what I like to call, Regeneration Factor. By this I allude to my other geeky goddess, Doctor Who. Whenever a new Doctor is announced people always doubt them, then like 2 episodes in they can't get enough of them!! So hopefully Gotham will deliver where I would like it too, or maybe even in areas I haven't concidered.
Leave me some comments on what your thoughts are on Gotham. Let me know what you are excited about, not to sure about and of course if you have no idea what I'm talking about just say WHAT THE KIERAN!?
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