6 Times Gotham Improved Batman's Mythology (And 4 Times It Failed)
Failed To Improve Batman's Mythology...
4. Too Much, Too Young
Fox
The original mission objective of FOX’s Gotham was for the
show to serve as a series spotlighting Jim Gordon’s early days in Gotham City.
As a clean cut cop arriving in a corrupt city, Ben McKenzie’s Gordon was pegged
as the central focus of the show.
Before you knew it, the spotlight initially put on Jim began
to be shared out amongst a slew of supporting players. And one such player, was
David Mazouz’s Bruce Wayne.
Having a TV series set in Gotham City and with Bruce as a
character, that was always going to result in young Master Wayne eventually
becoming a key component of the series – and that indeed proved to be the case.
Now while having Bruce as a main character in the show was fine, what wasn’t so
fine was how the 12-year-old Bruce Wayne became so connected to so
many Batman villains.
Not only did Bruce establish a relationship with Jim Gordon
from an early age, Gotham also saw the future Caped Crusader have run-ins with earlier
versions of Catwoman, The Penguin, The Riddler, The Joker, Ra’s al Ghul, Hugo
Strange, The Mad Hatter, Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy, Bane, Scarecrow, The Court of Owls, and
so many more.
While it was fun to see such interactions in the bubble of
the Gotham TV series, this all made zero sense in regards to the greater
mythology of Batman and his world.
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