The Penguin The Penguin on HBO - General Discussion

[Sawyer]

 

[OrbOfConfusion]

Some pretty positive early buzz.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Pennywise]

 

[DCDAVE]

Does anyone have any doubts about Matt Reeves grounded version of Gotham’s villains? I just think Reeves is Nolan on steroids when it comes to the Batman saga.

 

[OrbOfConfusion]

Does anyone have any doubts about Matt Reeves grounded version of Gotham’s villains? I just think Reeves is Nolan on steroids when it comes to the Batman saga.

Based on The Batman, no. But it depends on the villain. You can do fantastical takes on Riddler, Penguin, Selina, sure, but I think we'd have to see how/if Reeves tackled someone like, say, Poison Ivy or Man-Bat or Freeze. Even with Nolan, he kept Scarecrow pretty grounded and the most we'd gotten to him being comic book-y was the end of Begins when we saw him on that fire-breathing horse (which, side-note, I wish we got more of that Scarecrow going forward instead of a few seconds).

 

[DCDAVE]

Based on The Batman, no. But it depends on the villain. You can do fantastical takes on Riddler, Penguin, Selina, sure, but I think we'd have to see how/if Reeves tackled someone like, say, Poison Ivy or Man-Bat or Freeze. Even with Nolan, he kept Scarecrow pretty grounded and the most we'd gotten to him being comic book-y was the end of Begins when we saw him on that fire-breathing horse (which, side-note, I wish we got more of that Scarecrow going forward instead of a few seconds).

I doubt Reeves does Freeze, Ivey or Clayface. Then again his take on Joker seems to be fantasy as the guy has some kind of skin issue. Scarecrow could work in either vision. Loved him in Batman begins.

 

[ArmsHeldOut]

The Penguin feels closer to a prestige crime drama, a la The Wire, rather than something out of Gotham City.

 

[ArmsHeldOut]

Although Carmen Ejogo's character Eve Karlo shares a surname with Clayface (Basil Karlo), I actually find her more reminiscent of Silver St. Cloud and Lisa St. Claire, the latter of whom is currently dating Penguin in Tom King's BatVerse.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[ArmsHeldOut]

 

[Pennywise]

 

[signalman]

I found it interesting that Carmen Ejogo was once married to Jeffery Wright.

 

[OrbOfConfusion]

So once the show begins, will this just be the main, overall thread for it, or will there be threads for each individual episode?

 

[Sawyer]

Oh, Grace is complaining about something? ****, we really do have something good here…

 

[antsman41]

What.

 

[Sawyer]

Has a few Disney projects and the AMC series That Dirty Black Bag under his belt. The latter would probably be the best indication of the kind of music he’ll do in The Penguin. It’s not bad.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Slick]

 

[DarkKnight88]

Yes. Cause Oz Cobb is a much more grounded name lol

 

[ArmsHeldOut]

Yes. Cause Oz Cobb is a much more grounded name lol

Discussing Film is only partially correct. As mentioned before, they simply shortened the character's surname to Cobb. Although he also goes by the nickname "Oz"—and we already know this from the movie—his first name is still Oswald. He's listed as Oswald Cobb on the official press release, and Didi O'Connell, who plays his mom on the show, refers to him as Oswald in the official trailer.

It's not a big deal. From a technical standpoint, Cobb is a far more common surname than Cobblepott. I'm sure that at least some of you have heard of the famous baseball player, Ty Cobb. You'd be hard-pressed to come across any real-life Cobblepotts, though. lol

 

[Slick]

Discussing Film is only partially correct. As mentioned before, they simply shortened the character's surname to Cobb. Although he also goes by the nickname "Oz"—and we already know this from the movie—his first name is still Oswald. He's listed as Oswald Cobb on the official press release, and Didi O'Connell, who plays his mom on the show, refers to him as Oswald in the official trailer.

It's not a big deal. From a technical standpoint, Cobb is a far more common surname than Cobblepott. I'm sure that at least some of you have heard of the famous baseball player, Ty Cobb. You'd be hard-pressed to come across any real-life Cobblepotts, though. lol

Yeah for me it’s not a big deal but for some reason Oswald Cobblepot rolls off the tongue better than Oswald Cobb.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Yeah for me it’s not a big deal but for some reason Oswald Cobblepot rolls off the tongue better than Oswald Cobb.

I guess because we are just used to the former more?

 

[Slick]

I guess because we are just used to the former more?

True.

 

[Enriquespy]

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