Gotham "Selina Kyle" 1x02 Review

            

                                                                Hey guys,

the pilot of a tv show often introduces the main characters but it is unlikely that the pilot gives an idea of what the show is about, what the main storyline is. This is the case of Gotham. This second episode showed us that this will be more of a crime drama rather than a superhero/comic book show. We'll still get to see Bruce Wayne here and there trying to conquer fear but he will be a side character. This first season will be more of an origin story of the Penguin rather than an origin story for Batman.

I have mixed feelings on this show and I say this after watching the second episoode which aired last night entitled Selina Kyle. The title alone was intriguing but the episode wasn't as thrilling and exciting as we had hoped.

The only positives for me were:

1. Selina Kyle. I love the actress who plays her, I love to see what made her become Catwoman and to see that she's already smarter that all the other kids. I didn't really like the pun of calling her Cat it seemed too fast too soon.

2. Fish Mooney. This character and the actress who plays her simply ooze fear, she will be a villain throughout the first season and in this episode I liked to see her show her feelings after Falcone ordered his men to beat down her lover,

3. Gotham The city is the major character of this show, it plays a bigger role and it couldn't be portrayed any better.

4. The Penguin. The portrayal of this character is simply fantastic, the way he moves, talks is impeccable, and I am curious to see where he goes from here and what he'll do.

5. The Riddler. He had a cameo in the pilot and a few lines here in this second episode, at this point I can only that the actor is a perfect fit for him and in a few lines he was able to show us what Edward Nigma personality is.

Now, let's move to the negatives.

I fear that this crime drama thing they are going for is not going to last. People wanna see Batman, they wanna see him train to become Gotham's Dark Knight but I don't think this is going to happen. If this were a normal crime drama, and all the characters were not from the Batman universe then I think we wouldn't like it. People are going to realize this very soon. Gotham is sort of like Agents of the Shiled (an improved version however) where references to big characters is not enough to have people tune in every single week. However my overal impressions on this show might be wrong since in terms of tv ratings the show held steady compared to last week's numbers.

Something doesn't feel right about this show, I truly hope it becomes more exciting and less boring and one thing which might have us think so is that Gotham seems to be set in the 80's, 90s which means that we could get a couple of flashforwards in the future. We'll just have to wait and see.

-theheroblogger