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The Penguin | Official teaser

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  1. Captain_calico
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    Who ever did the special effect on Colin Ferrell deserves a shoutout. I watched The Batman a few months ago and remembered being pretty good. Going back to detective roots helped establish Reeves...

    Who ever did the special effect on Colin Ferrell deserves a shoutout.

    I watched The Batman a few months ago and remembered being pretty good. Going back to detective roots helped establish Reeves Batmanverse and characters. However, I'm still fatigued on Super Hero movies, but I have been liking last few movie Colin Ferrell been in. So maybe I'll watch it.

    6 votes
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    chundissimo
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    I loved The Batman, but I’m kind of disappointed to see it diluted by a TV series about a pretty uninteresting character in the DC universe. Colin Farrell’s portrayal is excellent, but do we...

    I loved The Batman, but I’m kind of disappointed to see it diluted by a TV series about a pretty uninteresting character in the DC universe. Colin Farrell’s portrayal is excellent, but do we really need a show about it? Seems like it will just be a generic gangster show with gritty noir vibes. Which could be fun, but if you want to make that show why does it need to use this IP? I hope Matt Reeves will prove me wrong here.

    5 votes
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      rish
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      They were making 2 shows. The Penguin and another based on Gotham police department which is more interesting then former imo. Sadly there is no release date for it or any news after initial...

      They were making 2 shows. The Penguin and another based on Gotham police department which is more interesting then former imo. Sadly there is no release date for it or any news after initial announcement. A crime procedural set in Gotham City with police dealing with minor Batman villains

      3 votes
      1. chundissimo
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        I still feel similarly about that. It’s like with Sony struggling to make the universe of Spider-man villains without Spider-man. I just don’t think the worlds of these characters and their rogues...

        I still feel similarly about that. It’s like with Sony struggling to make the universe of Spider-man villains without Spider-man. I just don’t think the worlds of these characters and their rogues galleries are all that interesting without the central figure.

        A show about Gotham PD seems to me would be largely uninteresting aside from the standard tropes you would put into a crime procedural. Like maybe they catch C tier villains a la Calendar Man and reflect on how weird their city is, I don’t know.

        7 votes
      2. semsevfor
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        They already did this. It's called Gotham and it ran for 5 seasons and was mostly good. I don't think we need to see that again

        A crime procedural set in Gotham City with police dealing with minor Batman villains

        They already did this. It's called Gotham and it ran for 5 seasons and was mostly good.

        I don't think we need to see that again

        4 votes
      3. babypuncher
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        We already had this on Fox a while ago, it ran for 5 seasons.

        A crime procedural set in Gotham City with police dealing with minor Batman villains

        We already had this on Fox a while ago, it ran for 5 seasons.

    2. Eji1700
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      If it’s live action DC that doesn’t immediately fail miserably I’ll take it

      If it’s live action DC that doesn’t immediately fail miserably I’ll take it

      2 votes
  3. Maelstrom
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    The answer to super hero fatigue is definitely not villain origin stories. I’m a little less disappointed in this than the Joker, but only because it actually relates to a hero.

    The answer to super hero fatigue is definitely not villain origin stories. I’m a little less disappointed in this than the Joker, but only because it actually relates to a hero.