FOX orders Commissioner Gordon based series 'Gotham'

[slik]

Thoughts?

I think the series could be extremely well-written but I'm curious to see how they market it.

http://www.deadline.com/2013/09/commissioner-gordon-fox-tv-series-drama/

[Lock Jaw]

Gotham Central was a pretty sweet comic book, but I always thought it missed out by not having Jim Gordon in it.

Hopefully this series can be like Gotham Central, but with Jim Gordon as part of the cast.

[Lock Jaw]

Since it is on FOX, though, it will most likely be canceled after one season max.

[Kalyx triaD]

Wait... Fox is doing a Gotham show? Not CW? This isn't strange to you guys?

[The Destroyer]

Wait... Fox is doing a Gotham show? Not CW? This isn't strange to you guys?
It does a bit, but the CW isn't entirely owned by Warner and if Fox is paying them money for the series, why not?

[Corporate CockSnogger]

I'll give this a wide berth I think. Completely sick of Batman related stuff now.

[Lock Jaw]

Wait... Fox is doing a Gotham show? Not CW? This isn't strange to you guys?

Yeah, which is why I thought this was fake at first until I saw the news on other websites.

[Nowhere Man]

Could be good- Jim Gordon is probably my favorite Gotham character apart from nightwing. But it looks like dc is reverting back to two things I've really started to hate about them: overly relying on batman and following Marvel's lead. You know they wouldn't have given a show a chance if Marvel wasn't already rolling out Agents of SHIELD.

[Kalyx triaD]

This would be the same Fox that cancels shows they don't approve of, even if the ratings hold up. I much rather CW do this as a spinoff of Arrow.

[Kane Knight]

Yeah, which is why I thought this was fake at first until I saw the news on other websites.

Could still be fake, though. Slik did post it after all.

Since it is on FOX, though, it will most likely be canceled after one season max.

More than likely, after 6-7 episodes (whatever their initial filming batch is), with the last one being a mid-season cliffhanger.

Also, they will most likely debut it against the most popular show on network TV, whatever that happens to be at the time.

[Curd]

Sounds cool! They should have scenes with Sarah Essen-Gordon nagging good ol' Jim. You know, for the comedy factor! :)

[Savio]

I am suspecting it will not have Batman or super villains and will just be "Cop Drama #43542"

[Miotch]

WB Television has shows on nearly every network, so the fact that it's on FOX isn't completely surprising. The show will probably be pretty dark and less of a teen drama than Arrow, so I think FOX is a good fit. They could still do it in the same universe if they wanted as well, not that it matters.

[Kalyx triaD]

That 'teen drama', Arrow? Is awesome. Yes CW has a hard on for pretty young people with deep seated issues but when they hit their mark they hit their mark.

[Lock Jaw]

I am suspecting it will not have Batman or super villains and will just be "Cop Drama #43542"

Reports I have seen place it as an "origin" series about Gordon, before Batman ever shows up on the scene.

Which is a shame. Part of why the comic book Gotham Central was so cool was that Batman was "present" but not really a part of the series. All from the cops point of view, so Batman would just occasionally show up for a panel or two and do amazing things, and be resented for it by some of the cops.

Would be a pretty interesting thing if they did the TV series with Batman "present" but never actually showed him on camera, or just the occasional shot of his cape flapping away from the scene.

[Kane Knight]

I am suspecting it will not have Batman or super villains and will just be "Cop Drama #43542"

It'd be nice if Batman "dropped in" from time to time.

[Miotch]

That 'teen drama', Arrow? Is awesome. Yes CW has a hard on for pretty young people with deep seated issues but when they hit their mark they hit their mark.
Not talking shit on Arrow. I just think FOX is a better fit for anything Batman related than the CW.

[mitchables]

no batman in this, by all accounts. all about the cops. pretty sure it's pre-batman, even. not even like "this is gotham in concurrence with batman, who is elsewhere"; it's gotham before bruce ever donned a cowl.

my main problem is less that it's specifically a batman-related title and more that everything dc is doing at the moment just seems reactionary to things marvel has already done. like, they don't seem remotely innovative; they seem like they're constantly playing catch-up. that said, i really like arrow so far, and it does have the potential to get even better in season two. i'm actually more excited about s2 of arrow than i am about watching agents of s.h.i.e.l.d.. don't know if i'm deluding myself, though


saw some pretty sweet concept art for arrow's flash, too