Gotham was supposed to be about the Gotham City PD dealing with Batman’s enemies, which would have been fine but it was also about Bruce becoming Batman. Had it been more like the miniseries DC made focusing on the GCPD in modern times, just dealing with cases where Batman wasn’t around it might have worked. Instead most of Batman’s enemies are already a threat long before there is a Batman. There are villains who could have worked but not ALL of them.
The show has been called Smallville for Batman even by me, but apparently we almost got exactly that, and it might have been much better. Might, I would like to stress. Since the comic I was hoping to review this week is taking longer to finish than anticipated and I used up all of my Bat-themed articles long before last month’s anniversary, here’s a video by Owen of Owen Likes Comics to go into the history of Bruce Wayne, a pre-Batman show we almost got.
