by Cookie N Screen
Often when a television series goes off air for nearly a month mid-way through its season, it is met with tears streaming down fans faces while they wail into their cushions and scream out of frustration. Yeah. Not with Gotham. Actually, the past few weeks have been a dream and I’d actually forgotten that it existed save for using it as “How Not To Make A TV Show About Superheroes” and re-watching that “Joker” scene staring Cameron Monaghan. Its long departure is extremely detrimental: In that time we’ve had Daredevil and the other DC shows return to raucous effect and we’ve moved on. We fell in love with Matt Murdock and have been obsessing about him ever since.
Now we’ve definitely trodden in the shit as we walk the streets of Gotham again. And oh my god, it is so boring again.
Often when a television series goes off air for nearly a month mid-way through its season, it is met with tears streaming down fans faces while they wail into their cushions and scream out of frustration. Yeah. Not with Gotham. Actually, the past few weeks have been a dream and I’d actually forgotten that it existed save for using it as “How Not To Make A TV Show About Superheroes” and re-watching that “Joker” scene staring Cameron Monaghan. Its long departure is extremely detrimental: In that time we’ve had Daredevil and the other DC shows return to raucous effect and we’ve moved on. We fell in love with Matt Murdock and have been obsessing about him ever since.
Now we’ve definitely trodden in the shit as we walk the streets of Gotham again. And oh my god, it is so boring again.
Beasts of Prey sees Gordon trying to solve a cold case when an old officer Lee Moore tries to help clean up the department. When the victim is found to have gone with her killer willingly, and a missing piece of evidence appears to be that of a broken heart - Bullock and Gordon come face to face with serial killer The Ogre. On the other side of the pond, Cobblepot and Gus work together to oust the big crime bosses whilst Fish tries to make her way back to the throne. Oh yeah and Brucey and Selina try to figure stuff out with parent's killers and whoever attacked Alfred.
Apparently, I’m supposed to write some more things about the television scenes. Eloquent things. Things that critics should come out with easier than a complete and utter wail irritation and disappointment.
Apparently, I’m supposed to write some more things about the television scenes. Eloquent things. Things that critics should come out with easier than a complete and utter wail irritation and disappointment.
But I’m drawing zero. The whole television series has just dissolved into re-cycled plots that - not only have we seen on the television before - but we’ve had nearly twenty episodes of this same thing and honestly, it’s time it heated it up. It feels as though we watch an episode. It stopped. We sighed in relief. Then bam it starts back up again. Gotham is as though the writers have gobbled up the plot then shit it out only digesting the villains and their MO into something vaguely different. Christ, at this point the audiences are starting to feel like Alex DeLarge, strapped into that chair being conditioned to like a show that is almost, certainly, one of the weakest written shows in this modern day. And yet we still watch it.
Fight the system people. Gotham is bereft of excitement, titillation and it only comes along when you see the preview for the next week’s episode (which, by the way, shows exactly how cuts and dramatic music really create atmosphere and tension). This is the most irritating show. It’s background music and DC fodder that doesn’t accrue the excitement as stuff like Arrow or Daredevil does. The latter is a courageous, brutal and fully realised television series that has a central character truly fleshed and figured out. The storyline flows and it isn’t repetitive “hero meets new villain, villain gets killed.” It’s a progressive story-line, that flows through the scummy streets of Hell’s Kitchen.
Oh, right, yes. This is meant to be a Gotham review. This is just a lacklustre television show.
Beasts of Prey?
Beasts of Nay…..
Fight the system people. Gotham is bereft of excitement, titillation and it only comes along when you see the preview for the next week’s episode (which, by the way, shows exactly how cuts and dramatic music really create atmosphere and tension). This is the most irritating show. It’s background music and DC fodder that doesn’t accrue the excitement as stuff like Arrow or Daredevil does. The latter is a courageous, brutal and fully realised television series that has a central character truly fleshed and figured out. The storyline flows and it isn’t repetitive “hero meets new villain, villain gets killed.” It’s a progressive story-line, that flows through the scummy streets of Hell’s Kitchen.
Oh, right, yes. This is meant to be a Gotham review. This is just a lacklustre television show.
Beasts of Prey?
Beasts of Nay…..
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