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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 6394282" data-attributes="member: 3649">Gotham was a very pretty show, and it gave us an absolutely stunning view of the City of Gotham that the last two Nolan movies never bothered with. All of the cast is amazing, and the whole dynamic is pretty darn good. It's still an exercise in futility though, and the only thing that would really make it palatable would be for second season to follow the Arrow idea of ramping up the fantastic elements after getting people used to the characters, and start off with 'Ten Years Later...', ending with adult Bruce jumping off a gargoyle in full costume for the first time. Then season three is 'Batman: Year One', and ends with the death of the Flying Graysons.  Forever. I watched the pilot and wasn't really impressed. I try not to be nit-picky, but it seems... a little strange. I like the medical angle, and I like the fantastic element that not only is he just long-lived but that he gets resurrected. And it's kind of fascinating that because of this, he has no fear of death - he's pretty much willing to 'commit suicide' to do what needs to be done. Then we have to tie that all up with my single most hated trope in all of fiction: Boo Hoo, I Have Superpowers, I Hate Them So. You're good-looking, rich, AND you can't die or age. What kind of complete moron is this idiot that he wants that to end? Even the whole '200 years' is a little annoying - if he'd been doing this for a couple of thousand years, yeah, maybe I can see him hating the idea of losing yet another lover to Time, but 200 years seems far too short for him to develop some of the ideas he has. Speaking of those: OK, apparently the body vanishes when he resurrects. That means everything he's carrying on him, every time, vanishes. Now, I can see him preparing for this eventuality but we should have seen it in the pilot, with him having a box of identical ID's, credit cards or pre-loaded debit cards, etc, etc. It seems... odd to have him in such a public job. I may catch a couple more episodes to see if they develop this idea any more.</blockquote>

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