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S01.E01: Pilot

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AnimeMania

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Being American, the time frame kind of threw me, the show seems to occur right after a World War possibly in the 1960's. I am not sure how much of the landscape was real British vs. fantasy British. They created characters that were distinctive, but seemed to burn through them all in the first episode, will they be back for later episodes or are they done? The parents and Esme seemed to have loosened up a bit by the end of the episode becoming more in line with the way that the country is changing. I thought there would be more boring parts, but they managed to consistently hold my attention all the way through. Maybe Alfred should give up his no killing people policy?

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Lyanna19

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On 7/28/2019 at 1:59 PM, call me ishmael said:

Of course, for someone with a no killing philosophy Batman has killed a lot of people...

Um, could you ring my bell on where Batman killed someone? Of course I'm not saying that by his actions he may have done so, but he does have a high moral stance in that he won't, even tho by a lot of standards he would have been justified. Eg: Joker, 

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2 hours ago, Lyanna19 said:

Um, could you ring my bell on where Batman killed someone? Of course I'm not saying that by his actions he may have done so, but he does have a high moral stance in that he won't, even tho by a lot of standards he would have been justified. Eg: Joker, 

It’s not as if he hasn’t been known to fire weapons while flying in the batwing or bringing down buildings for example.  Maybe it is unfair to assume that somewhere in these cases people were killed.  But i have always taken his claims a bit like the Federation’s Prime Directive.

Also i guess it depends on what medium we are talking about.  Deliberately Leaving Ra’s in a train about to crash into a building in Batman Begins seems a bit of a gray area to me.

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Philbert

Philbert

Okay, as a big fan of "Gotham" I was really interested in seeing how they handled the adventures of our favorite butler. So far, I'm really impressed with it. It's got a very "Avengers" feel to it. The characters are interesting and the world building is first class. The photography and music are really outstanding and the writing seems pretty solid. I like the fact that they've jettisoned the more episodic nature of the early seasons of "Gotham."

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tennisgurl

tennisgurl

I think this is going to be a wild ride and without Gotham anymore I am totally ready for more Batman prequel fun! I've always loved Alfred in all incarnations, so I am happy to be getting a backstory for him, that is often implied but often mot gone into with a lot of detail. 

The world building is already really interesting, its got a very slick 60s vibe, but it also reminds me of Gotham in that it takes place in a fantastic anachronistic version of 60s London, where thieves are still left in the stocks at the same time there are neon street lights outside of nightclubs, much like how Gotham was kind of the entire 20th and 21st century all happening at once. 

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Philbert

Philbert

17 hours ago, tennisgurl said:

The world building is already really interesting, its got a very slick 60s vibe, but it also reminds me of Gotham in that it takes place in a fantastic anachronistic version of 60s London, where thieves are still left in the stocks at the same time there are neon street lights outside of nightclubs, much like how Gotham was kind of the entire 20th and 21st century all happening at once. 

It's very Bruno Heller-ish, which makes sense since he was the Executive Producer of "Gotham" as well as this one. It also have a very "Avengers" feel to me, which was one of my favorite shows growing up in the 70's.

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TV Anonymous

TV Anonymous

Just watched the Pilot. Watched the beginning of the episode and it was okay. A story about an ex soldier served in the war (presumably WWII) and living in London with his parents ca. 1950. So everything was normal until it got to the scene where there were gibbeting cages hanging on the streets. I was like, "WTF did gibbeting cages do in 1950s London?" Then I quickly remembered that this is Batman world, Gotham world. Silly me.

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