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<blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 6382373" data-attributes="member: 3649">Gotham is a 50/50 bet. Mundanes might like it because it does seem to have some very nice casting and production values. However, the basic reaction to the first episode at SDCC was 'meh'. It's another of WB's bizarre bait-and-switch shows, like Smallville. Of course Smallville did run for 10 years but that had the strength of the CW teen romance angle to keep it going. At the end of the day, people looking for a Batman show want Batman, not the second stringers. Prediction: death in half a season, if that.My take is that 'The After' is about demons, not aliens. I thought the first episode was fair but it came down to having one good character in the ensemble cast, and that's not a good sign, because a show like this survives on the strength of it's characterization and casting. Carter's name will sell it for a little bit but unless subsequent episodes really pick up, I don't see it making a second season.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneLigon, post: 6382373, member: 3649"] Gotham is a 50/50 bet. Mundanes might like it because it does seem to have some very nice casting and production values. However, the basic reaction to the first episode at SDCC was 'meh'. It's another of WB's bizarre bait-and-switch shows, like Smallville. Of course Smallville did run for 10 years but that had the strength of the CW teen romance angle to keep it going. At the end of the day, people looking for a Batman show want Batman, not the second stringers. Prediction: death in half a season, if that. My take is that 'The After' is about demons, not aliens. I thought the first episode was fair but it came down to having one good character in the ensemble cast, and that's not a good sign, because a show like this survives on the strength of it's characterization and casting. Carter's name will sell it for a little bit but unless subsequent episodes really pick up, I don't see it making a second season. [/QUOTE]

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