Once again we cross path Rodrigo... and once again, we're on the same page. it's really more comic booky than most people thought it would be imo. and I love it precisely because of that.
Admittedly, seeing Penguin's mother, raised my eyebrow, and I had to remind myself
"THIS IS NOT A CHRISTOPHER NOLAN BATMAN MOVIE!"
That is the mindset that people are going into with, they're expecting Nolan stuff. They're not prepared or open minded enough to accept what they're seeing, because they're so used to seeing what we've had in live action Batman since 2005, that they're screwing their noses up at the show.
They want all the realism and seriousness, and are ignoring the entire general Batman concept.
It's a gritty and wacky world. It takes liberties about the absurdity of madness and criminality, and pumps out things like the Joker and co.
For people to have a hard time accepting what the show is and stands for and having trouble accepting the likes of the Balloonman, then I don't think they're true Batfans. They're fans of Nolan and his realism.
Whereas the ones who are sticking to it, are probably more fans of the Burton movies, which were (B89 more so) closer to the comics.
The show has a quirky sense about it. It does combine the Nolan and Burton's sensibilities into something unique, and that's what people are having trouble with. They can't figure out if it wants to be wacky or serious, and they can't accept such a huge clash of cultures.
But that's what I find intriguing about the show.
The ones that are tuning out and can't understand what they're seeing must be pretty basic minded.
I appreciate and enjoy what I'm seeing. It's a pretty cookey show, I have to admit, but that's the beauty of it. It's not trying to be like Arrow or Flash, it's being something different, it's being something very Batman like and creative. It's embodying the Nolan world and the Burton world, which is what I believe the comics are anyway.
TBH, while I'm going to watch Flash and Constantine, I've never watched Arrow. Saw the first episode and I simply did not like it. I don't know how or why, I just didn't like it.
Gotham needs just a bit of work, and a bit of time to find its feet. Because doing what they're doing and coming off the Nolan movies, must be an extremely hard thing to do. So for people to piss on the show and complain about each and everything they see
"Kiddy characters!"
"Ivy Pepper?!"
"Villains are older than Bruce!"
"Lesbians!"
"The Cat?!"
"JPS is so annoying, why is she here?!"
"Balloonman! WTF?!"
"I don't understand what I'm seeing!"
I'd like to see them work on it and do a better job.
Sure, the show HAS to be able to work and the producers HAVE to impress people. But the amount of close mindedness is pretty astounding, and that's because "Nolan" is still on the brain. And that's sad.