Gotham The Official Gotham News and discussion thread - Part 1

[lime]

A. It's impossible to tell what the final product will be like from a two minute trailer.
B. I disagree with your assessment of it anyway. I think you're WAY off.

I hope you are right.

My worry is that it looks to stuffed! To many characters. Ivy, seriously?

That Bruce scream sounds so fake that it bugs me. Sounds very fake. From the trailers and spots the acting look Over the Top.

BUT I DO HOPE I AM WRONG! Am am huge Batman fan. If the show is good I will be the first to admit of being a typical fanboy *******.

 

[Sawyer]

From Donal Logue's Twittwer...

 

[Kane52630]

Man, I honesty think they've nailed Gotham City. Just based off from we've seen, it's the best looking Gotham City thus far.

 

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

http://www.gothamchronicle.com
Some of the articles aren't up yet, but it should launch with Comic Con.

 

[Kane52630]

nice find.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Kane52630]

How did I not know Bill Rawls is Carmine Falcone?

 

[Sawyer]

I was hoping when they addressed him as Falcone in the Canadian video, that it would be Carmine's father and we'd get a younger Carmine later down the line, preferably played by Jack Huston.

 

[Kane52630]

Nah man...Jack Huston gonna be busy when he plays Doctor Strange.

 

[Broseph44]

I hope you are right.

My worry is that it looks to stuffed! To many characters. Ivy, seriously?

That Bruce scream sounds so fake that it bugs me. Sounds very fake. From the trailers and spots the acting look Over the Top.

BUT I DO HOPE I AM WRONG! Am am huge Batman fan. If the show is good I will be the first to admit of being a typical fanboy *******.

 

[Fallen Angel]

That Bruce scream is a kid who hasn't even hit puberty.

 

[Sawyer]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/comic-con-foxs-gotham-get-720463

Comic-Con: Fox's 'Gotham' to Get Massive Marketing Push
4:51 PM PDT 7/22/2014 by Lesley Goldberg

Fox is teaming with Warner Bros. Television to create newspaper the "Gotham Chronicle" while San Diego Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer is set to kick off the event with a ride on the Gotham zip line.

Fox and Warner Bros. Television are giving their Batman-themed drama Gotham the full-court press at this week's San Diego Comic-Con.

In addition to Saturday night's world-premiere screening of the James Gordon origin story as part of WBTV/DC Entertainment's three-hour extravaganza, the network and studio are enlisting San Diego Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer to kick off the annual event in front of its Gotham-themed zip line Thursday. The ceremony will conclude with the official taking a ride on the zip line.

The marketing push also will see Gotham-branded "police" cars working with personal shuttle service Uber. Registered users will be able to order a Gotham PD car for free rides by selecting the show-themed vehicle on Uber's "slider." Inside the cars, passengers will get a sneak preview of special Gotham content. New users can enter GOTHAMPD for a free ride up to $30. Beyond Uber, there will be 12 wrapped trolleys running through Aug. 24, more than 60 taxi cabs branded with Gotham and Fox's Sleepy Hollow.

"When we are in the exploration phase, we always come at these stunts from a fan perspective and try to think of ideas that we all would find engaging, exciting, cool and fun," Fox exec vp marketing and communications Shannon Ryan tells THR. "With Gotham, we felt that the city is such an important character within the show that it would great if we could build out an experience that could immerse fans in that fascinating world — and the urban zip line was the perfect way to deliver on that. For the Uber promotion, we know everyone at Comic-Con is looking for ways to get around all the events in San Diego and thought there was no cooler way for fans to be able to show up to panels and parties than in a Gotham City police car — for free."

Fox will also distribute 5,000 Gotham Chronicle newspapers to fans on the ground at the convention (see the first issue above). Taking the news hook one step further, the network will launch a website where fans can keep up to date with breaking news, culture and entertainment stories set in the fictional world of Gotham with GothamChronicle.com. On top of all that, there will be 100,000 lenticular tags on lanyards distributed both on the street and at the Fox Comic-Con booth.

"Comic-Con is a very important piece of the marketing campaign for a show like Gotham," Ryan says. "It really is the perfect opportunity to make that direct connection with those important fans, start to create that conversation with them and build that buzz around the show as we head into the final stretch before the September launch."

 

[Primal Slayer]

Im loving the marketing push they are giving the show. I wish I could go to comic-con and get the cool stuff.

 

[Doctor Jones]

nice find. :up

I love this photo. It has a real Fincher feel to it. But not just that, it does indeed feel like Gotham City. Look at it, it's GCPD ripped right out of the comic but given such a wonderful dimension to it. I think you're right to say this is probably the best looking Gotham yet.

 

[Kane52630]

It's almost like they used Batman TAS's Gotham as their blue print.

 

[Sawyer]

Art by Gary Frank...

 

[BestGirl]

http://www.gothamchronicle.com
Some of the articles aren't up yet, but it should launch with Comic Con.

This is wonderful. Reminds me of TDK's viral campaign.

 

[Sawyer]

 

[Lencho01]

I like the newspaper site. Hope they keep it throughout the show.

And I didn't realize Falcone was up in this.

 

[wayneson]

Just saw the pilot at a pre-screening at my local shop. It was good, big on TDKT influences, which is great IMO - even down to the music evoking Hans Zimmer's soundtracks (listen to the track behind the funeral scene, VERY similar to "Why Do We Fall?" [climbing out of the pit in Rises], maybe one different note in the progression). Not much of Alfred, but this is not Caine's or Gough's - closer to the "Beware the Batman" Alfred; tough, swears at little Bruce when he's on the roof ("Get your bloody ass down from there!") - Logue as Bullock seems corrupt already, no vagueness there, thought his character might be a little less clear-cut at the outset. McKenzie is fine as Gordon. Carmine Falcone makes an appearance. Looks like the Nolan movies, some of the same camera techniques in play. I really liked it, but I liked the first "Birds of Prey," too.

 

[antsman41]

I love this photo. It has a real Fincher feel to it. But not just that, it does indeed feel like Gotham City. Look at it, it's GCPD ripped right out of the comic but given such a wonderful dimension to it. I think you're right to say this is probably the best looking Gotham yet.

It seems like a mix between No Man's Land GCPD and Arkham City GCPD.

 

[Bathead]

I hope you are right.

My worry is that it looks to stuffed! To many characters. Ivy, seriously?

That Bruce scream sounds so fake that it bugs me. Sounds very fake. From the trailers and spots the acting look Over the Top.

BUT I DO HOPE I AM WRONG! Am am huge Batman fan. If the show is good I will be the first to admit of being a typical fanboy *******.

I do have a concern, but not for any of the reasons you said, it's mostly because of the bad taste in my mouth from "Birds of Prey", another Batman show without Batman. However, I realize it's not fair for me to rate this show based on an old TV show that failed, so I'm at least willing to give it a good look before I judge it. And, TBH, what I've seen so far actually makes me a bit hopeful it will be decent.

 

[Naked Shia]

Everything so far looks sexy.

 

[Lencho01]