I Am Zaardon And The Passcode Is
“BRUCE” #Gotham #PremiereWeek
All pictures courtesy of FOX
So, there was a heck of a lot of TV
going on last night and I still haven’t decided how I’m going to
cover the new shows. I have been debating whether the new shows I’m
interested in will get an individual post for each episode or if I’ll
do a first three episode summary and my ultimate judgment on whether
I’ll continue watching them or not. For now, I’ll just cover a
few of the old returnees, and as you can see, we’ll start with
Gotham (#Gotham).
In my opinion, Gotham whimpered back
last night. Don’t get me wrong, plenty of stuff happened, but it
wasn’t as “umph!” as I might like. However, the fact that it is
a season premiere is the big reason why I will excuse that as this
looks to be an amazing season.
It opened with Bruce and Alfred still
looking into that cave they found behind the fireplace. The nosy
little boy he is, he had to get that door open. Remembering that this
is not the all-out genius detective Bruce will one day become, I
still found it a little ridiculous that he would decide to build his
own bomb and blow the door open, rather than taking a strip of clear
tape and lifting the fingerprints from the most used numbers on the
keypad. But the bomb making will come in handy too. Strangely, it
looked nothing like a clock. Huh.
Meanwhile, Gordon suffered through his
own version of Breaking Bad or the latest episode of The Writer
(#TheWriter) after he was fired from police duty for touching an
officer who showed up late for work. The fact that the guy even told
on him shows just how ridiculous the cops in this show can get. While
Gordon struggled to figure out what was right for him to do—go and
collect a debt for Penguin of whom he asked a favor—crazy Barbra
managed to get a phone in Arkham Asylum and called him and his new
girlfriend.
Adjusting quite well to her new
residence in Arkham, Barbra befriended Jerome (our supposed future
joker and current redheaded Dennis the menace), as well as some rich
guy with not a single lick of back story. Didn’t matter because he
refused to be a criminal under another criminal mastermind who seeks
to bring total anarchy to the city. The white guy let his black
sister (oh no! Somebody call the people who complained about the
Fantastic Four’s race discrepancy) gut him in front of Barbra and
Jerome.
Oddly, this new big menace was the same
guy speaking at Commissioner Loeb’s forced retirement—a favor the
commissioner owed to Penguin for sparing his life... and his head
(shocked that the FCC let FOX get away with a severed head in the
eight o’clock hour). This a favor to Gordon from Penguin, Jim not
only got reinstated to detective but also saw his black lady boss
become the new commissioner.
All that acted as setup for the season
as now a slew of villains will be let loose and puppeteered by this
new guy, and revenge from Barbra and Loeb is sure to come. From some
of the internet’s theories and rumors circulating, many are saying
that Barbra will turn into Harley Quinn as she and Jerome already get
along swimmingly. While I can see that in some respects, I’m not
sure if Warner would want to do that so close to Suicide Squad
releasing. For one, while viewers of the cartoon are well aware of
her background, most people are not, especially those who didn’t
read the comics after the 90s. Muddying her origin story on the show,
then introducing an entirely different background in the film could
make people hate both as the disparity in age between the two was
always a key aspect of her character. Also, Barbra still seems too
put together to become as loony as Harley needs to be. We’ll see if
her character devolves into lunacy on par with Jerome, but for now I
wouldn’t like this idea.
Probably the biggest thing from this
episode that actually ticked me off was its still unresolved spirit
of what it wants to be. Does it want to stay completely grounded in
reality or will it venture into the paranormal, bizarre and magical
which could introduce some of Batman’s stranger villains like
Clayface and Killer Croc. This, evidenced by the use of some strange
potion imbibed by Zaardon. No, not Zordon the Power Rangers’ pale
white benefactor and mentor, but a cheap, costumed villain who Gordon
arrested at the beginning of the episode. The potion turned out to be
a smoke bomb of some sort that magically went off at the most
convenient time for an Asylum break. My reaction: “Really? He just
happened to kill over and die from the potion at the same exact time
the villains came to get Jerome, Barbra and the others? Well, OK. If
you say so, Gotham.”
Still, I had fun and it’s nice to see
that they’re building on character—is it too early to say that I
suddenly like the kid playing Bruce and could totally see him growing
into Batman?
Anyway, what did you all think about
the season two premiere of Gotham? Did it not have enough action for
you? Are you disappointed in the background they’re building for
the Joker (I always liked his mystic and the fact that he had no
reason for his evilness; sometimes bad is just bad)? Do you think
Loeb will return for revenge or is he forever off the show now? Let
me know what you think in the comments below. Hint: click where it
reads “no comments” to comment.
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P.S. OK, maybe I made that up. It was
about time I made up a good sign-off, right? So what if it’s a play
on Drake’s song lyrics. According to Meek, he didn’t even write
them. And just because I’m not pope doesn’t mean I don’t have a
popemobile. Alright, fine, I keep workin’ on it.
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