Gotham - how superheroes were created

Today I continue the story of the, in my opinion, underrated session of "Gotham". If you missed my post yesterday you can read it at https://read.cash/@rainyday/why-is-gotham-one-of-the-most-underrated-series-right-now-70165085

I would like to tell you something about certain "gems" of "Gotham"

Stenography

Honestly, I would immediately jump to the story of the characters, but before them it is important to note that Gotham has extremely talented set designers because of which we have not seen such a good performance of the city since the first Burton film. Stroke, the collapse of the system on the streets, the gargoyles on the buildings, the Gothic, the beautifully executed undefined period of time (the hour we think is the mid-eighties, and then someone's mobile rings) versions of the Latin Quarter in Paris. The police station where the angry Jim Gordon is a real masterpiece of interior design, just like the neglected Wayne Manor, everyone's favorite Arkham madhouse, nightclubs, the misery and misery of the Narrows and all possible and impossible aristocratic halls where beloved villains make chaos.

From the scenery and great interiors to the computer-perfectly designed panoramas of Gotham, you will believe that this is the most authentic depiction of a completely stumbled city in which Batman will one day operate.

The best of the good

Gotham is, above all, a police story. That’s why it’s important to have Ben McKenzie and Donal Loge who excel as the unstoppable James Gordon and the overtired, infinitely likable Harvey Bullock, detectives who slowly discover the extent to which their city is poisoned, how hopeless the G CPD is and how radical a concept of justice is needed. change. Jim Gordon's anger and helplessness mark the series, push him to the edge of everything he believes in, elevate him and then humiliate him, but the former soldier stubbornly continues, to his own detriment and the detriment of his closest ones. McKenzie plays him with his eyes and jaw, and his convincing, sometimes animal despair will spread to you as you watch the series. What Gordon, who firmly believes in uncompromising law enforcement, is not aware of or wants to be aware of, is that the aforementioned radical change will come in the form of a sociopath in bat costume.

The sociopath in question is interpreted by David Mazola, whom we had to get used to since we didn't know "young Bruce Wayne" until now. His parents are killed, he goes abroad to "study", he returns as a vengeful, too rich carcass and that's it. The middle of the story is open to various fantasies, and those in the series come to the fore when, from season to season, Bruce begins to learn about the lawlessness of his city, as well as the philosophy of mask, fear, business, acting, hypocrisy and self-defense. We don’t want to believe that Bruce Wayne was ever an unsuspecting brat, but Mazola will convince us of that, and we will learn to love him as such. Perhaps the best Alfred so far helps him along the way, in fact the only Alfred whom, thanks to the phenomenal Sean Pertwee, we can believe was a British Marine with a lot of horror and trauma behind him in his career.

From Selina Kyle who, through Carmen Bicondova, is literally shaped to remind us of Catwoman performed by Michelle Pfeiffer, through Lee Thompkins about whom it is enough to say only Morena Baccarin, all the way to characters who rarely appear and miss us because of it, such as is Lucius Fox, played by Chris Chalk, Gotham brings together convincing "goodies" who feel the chemistry and love for their roles. First of all, they all said that Gotham is one of the most fun projects in their lives. For example, Ben McKenzie went to some masquerades dressed as the comic book Jim Gordon with all his mustache and trench coat.

The worst of the bad ones

The "curse" of DC, according to which the positives turn out to be pathetically pale in relation to the spectacular negatives, also fell on Gotham, which is why many believe that the series is actually about the rise of various scum of this city. We see the real range of talents when Edward Nigma, , once a successful forensic scientist and now a schizophrenic obsessed with riddles, Riddle, speaks for the first time. From there, a plethora of characters begins to emerge, led by Oswald Cobblepot (Penguin), with such a tragic story that you will adore him and forgive him for every attack of hysteria and shooting someone in the face. Barbara Kean stands out here, the weakest link of the first season, which successfully grows into a great "boss of the underworld" on the constant edge of madness, which does not bother us at all.

It was a pleasure to see Harvey Dent as a young and promising lawyer with some uncontrolled outbursts of rage, where one side of his face was skillfully shaded in each frame, hinting at the fate of the "white knight". Actor John Doman as Carmine Falcone belongs to the Sopranos in terms of quality. Young Jonathan Crane (Scarecrow) is terrifying beyond all expectations. Victor Fries is the absolute emperor. Totally crazy, but brilliant.

Indeed, many cult villains paraded through Gotham and they were all convincing, ideally colorful and / or completely insane. Victor Fries (Mr. Freeze), Poison Ivy, Firefly, Professor Peg, Mad Hatter, all received not only "origin" stories but also integral parts of each season in which they contributed to planting the diversity of Gotham as a Mecca of crime and madness. Even some of the unnecessarily exaggerated characters such as Hugo Strange or Fish Mooney have grown from their overemphasis to purposeful members of the "ensemble". However, they did not manage to surpass one.

Jerome

Gotham gave us the talent of Cameron Monaghan . This kid took Jack Nicholson’s stance, Heath Ledger’s philosophy, and Mark Hamill’s vocal power, squeezing it all into his proto-Joker, Jerome Valescu. Nothing in this world can convince me of cheap fore showrunners trying to convince us that Jerome is just the inspiration for the real Joker. Cameron is the Joker, in laughter, in actions, in thinking, in physiognomy, facial expressions and facial expressions. All of us who hold this opinion fear only Cameron's mental state, because the things he does in front of the camera can drastically affect the psyche of a young actor, unless his willpower in separating himself from the role is extremely strong. It certainly works that way.

And for the end

I spoiled a lot of things from the four seasons of the series. That's right, and I just will. Not because I like to spoil people (I don't like ... much), but because there are somewhere thousands of potential fans who are so closed in their resignation to Gotham as God knows what "disrespect of the canon" that they did not notice, I repeat, partial Elseworld a story that goes in more than a great direction.

Bruce is not in the best condition at the moment, he hurried with his need to trample on criminals, he violated almost all the rules that are Batman's "Old Testament" and at the same time, in the hell of older adolescence, he discovered what he could spend his parental wealth on. In the current phase of his growing up, he learns to balance the perfect hypocrisy of a spoiled rich man and a future ruthless fighter for justice.

So, feel free to indulge in the colorfulness of Gotham, expecting from season to season the performance of all the above-mentioned characters, and even a bunch of unmentioned ones because of which this text could go smoothly on the ten pages, and we won't do it anymore.