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Ironically, it’s the ones who have been killed or cut that have avoided the worst character assassination. I’d be very surprised if at least three of the regulars (RC, GG, JMo) do not have a strained relationship with A&E by this point.
Sean keeps insisting in every interview that the actors have absolutely no say in the writing of the show or the way characters behave. It makes me wonder if the actors HAVE tried to suggest something, or complained, and were shot down.
[adrotate group="5"]"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"General Thoughts: Oh dear. @Jiminy’sJournal close your eyes! But episodes that revolve around the adventures of Baby!Batman and the constant danger that follows him is just weary. We know he’s not in any danger; he’s gonna live, clearly. I wish I could put into words, really well at least, why I find this show’s Baby!Batman so tiresome. I guess it has something to do with the fact that in many ways he’s already Batman but he’s not Bruce Wayne and right now at this age, he should be more of the latter and almost none of the former. You have to develop him into Batman, show how he got there. But he’s still just 15; he needs to act like it a bit more instead of being so self righteous, heroic, and older than his years because it’s like this giant neon sign from the writers trying to reinforce that this kid is gonna be Batman someday. Yeah, I actually know that, show. I’m….like fully well aware. Stop making him be so “Batman” already and let him be Young!Bruce Wayne.
In other news, why is it that whenever Penguin walks into the scene lately, I feel like I’m watching a totally different show? Even the music changes from something dramatic and subtle to these loud “bom bom bom bombombom” (I’m sure you guys know what musical cue I’m talking about). It’s utterly buffoonish and that’s okay if the show wasn’t also trying to be so gritty and dramatic (see, we’re back to difference in tone that I tend to harp on every week).
Overall, I think this episode lacked tension (nothing bad is going to happen to Baby!Batman or Baby!Catwoman). It’s a nice continuation of last week which shows some growth on the writers part who tend to flit from villain/story to villain/story willy nilly but it also ends the Galavan/Azrael story after just two episodes! Come on; use your villains more creatively than this; it was also pretty slow and didn’t really progress anything except the basics: Azrael = bad; Jim = in trouble; Baby!Batman=Baby!Batman; Arkham = bad joint; Penguin = vengeful.
LIKED
–“…and dressed like a spaceman!” also “the bad guys in this town just keep getting weirder and weirder!” See, show, this is why you should give many things to Donal Logue. Actually everything about Harvey was great this episode.
–“It’s like I’m saying things and you’re just not hearing them!” I love when Nygma meets other future!comic characters. Or maybe I just really love Nygma. Yeah that’s it.
–“Think that will stop me, manservant?” “I’d like to give it a try if that’s okay.”
–The fight scene between Galavan and Alfred was really well done (man, Sean Pertwee just keeps having to do these intensely physical things)
–Did not expect Baby!Batman to run over Azrael. I give him some props there.
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–I’m glad Tabby gave a nice little background to Azrael but….I’m not sure it lines up entirely with canon. This whole “he’s a mythological figure but no one knows if he was real or not…” (correct me if I’m wrong but Azrael was the title passed down to the assassin, yes? So definitely real?)
–Just when I finally found Tabby to be something either than an annoying “sex kitten” cliche, they go and stab her/knock her out of the story!
DISLIKED
–So Barnes isn’t dead? He honestly annoys me so I’m not sure I’m happy about this news.
–“I’m tired of trusting Jim Gordon!” Baby!Batman, go home. You’re 15 and shouldn’t be running off on heroic quests until your voice drops fully.
–What happened to Selena’s hair??? She has access to hair product and a straightener? And maybe some hair dye??
–I’m sure I’d care about Butch and Tabby if we had seen anything of their relationship or if the two individuals were more than cartoon characters (didn’t he have a mallet for a hand or something once?)
–Did Penguin walk all the way to Wayne Manor? Man he got there just in time TO BAZOOKA GALAVAN. (no really?! A bazooka?! Where did they get that?! How?! And what is that stupid music that accompanied that???)
–This show burns through more villains and plot than any other.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Shannon Hearn as Frontiersman
Cough, Cough, Davy Crockett, Cough, Cough.
Because why not! LOL
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"I’m just gonna keep calling her Baby Pistachio, like Baby Neal is really Baby Snowflake.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Does anyone know if the show is spelling it Robyn or Robin?
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"The press releases for 522/523 were released at the same time, like 2 hour finales usually are. Matt already posted both press releases together, like we usually do for 2 hour finales. Please follow link for discussion on PR’s for both episodes:
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Is there any reason, out of story, that RH needed to die with no afterlife for him? I understand it happening to Hades, but they could have killed RH by a blast of magic or pushing him out the window or something that gives the character final rest and peace for eternity, not….nothingness.
I suspect it’s because A and E don’t ever want to revisit Robin or be constantly plagued about seeing him again. They get that all the time with Nealfire. This way, with Robin, he’s literally obliterated and there’s no chance of going to the Underworld to get him, no magical handwave to bring him back. He’s gone for good.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Hank Harris as the Groundsman, Arnold Pinnock as the Orderly, Sam Witwer as the Warden
As expected, it looks like Jacob and Nathaniel were purely casting call names. Which makes sense, cause we already know that it looks like they’re Jekyll and Hyde. However, they’re still trying to keep that a secret with these vague press release names.
Gotta wonder if they’ll stick with the original novella’s names.
Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde.
Edward would be okay since that’s a new name but….we’ve had two Henrys’ now.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"
