Gotham

Is anyone else really disappointed about the news that came out today about the 'Gotham' TV series? If you haven't heard you can read about it in detail here.

Basically, instead of doing a gritty crime drama following Jim Gordon that was originally the plan, we are getting an in depth origin story of Bruce Wayne. It is supposed to start when he is 12 or 13 and end when Bruce first puts on the mask. It has also been said that the Rogue Gallery will be making an appearance. Basically, Batman is getting the Smallville treatment.

Which is absolutely awful.

Smallville worked for Clark Kent because Superman can afford to be much cheesier

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than Batman. Batman thrives most when he is at his darkest. You can point to his campy history but none of that has aged well. Adam West style Batman is fun only for nostalgia and hipster “its so bad, its good” nonsense.

People can visit a world where Kent and Luthor are friends in high school and it doesn't destroy your experience. Even though it alters the origin stories for many of Superman's foes, it still stay s true to the soul of the character. You can't say the same thing for Batman's Rogue Gallery. Bruce interacting with the Joker in high school will just leave a sour taste in everyones mouth. It is completely false to the heart and feel of the character. Joker is obviously the most extreme example, but the premise holds true to most of Wayne's foes. Could you see Wayne and the Scarecrow taking chemistry together? Penguin getting picked on? Bane on the wrestling team? I seriously doubt it.

They can spout on about keeping the tone that Nolan set alive but words are wind. The fact that they think they can turn Batman into a teen drama just goes to show that they don't understand what Nolan's tone was.

Lets hope that they have something different up their sleeves, though I entirely doubt it.