tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post2235706919610418640..comments2024-03-28T17:08:01.559-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Gotham: Things That Go BoomBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-34025142933788598082017-12-04T11:08:04.053-05:002017-12-04T11:08:04.053-05:00Yes, it's a bloody mess, in every way. Serious...Yes, it's a bloody mess, in every way. Seriously Let Them Eat Pie was so stupid and disgusting I couldn't watch it. In fact this whole story line is idiotic. Every time I watch it, I say this is it, no more! But it has so much potential with great actors (not including Jim Gordon/Ben McKenzie - is the problem the actor, the way he's directed or both??) I think Donal Logue should have been Jim Gordon! At least Harvey Bullock/Donal Logue is an interesting character & very liable actor whereas I just wish Jim Gordon/Ben KcKenzie would disappear. Dump Lee & Gordon, maybe the show would be more tolerable. Lee is just an annoyance and her character has never been believable in any iteration.Phyllis Stricklandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04316626487629706306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-57437874247363642012017-12-03T18:10:18.008-05:002017-12-03T18:10:18.008-05:00@Anon #1:
I "ignore the negative"? Read...@Anon #1:<br /><br />I "ignore the negative"? Read the linked overview in the review. There's a difference between a critique of the general outline and tendency of a show and getting bogged down in squabbling about minutiae. I try to walk that line. That's what my promise is about. <br /><br />The so-called "faux intellectual depth", well, when it's there, it's there. You're welcome to try to contend it's all baloney in those posts, but to summarize it, it's not possible to do an intellectually honest or even coherent dialectical breakdown of characters whose overall pattern of behavior makes no sense.<br /><br /><i>Gotham</i> is schizophrenic. It's the highest of the high and the lowest of the low. Writers come and go, Bruno Heller has been outmaneuvered and we've seen a marked deterioration of helm control. <br /><br />It's a bloody mess.Thomas Ijon Tichyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01401298696128080459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-82774705529737530442017-12-03T12:43:32.162-05:002017-12-03T12:43:32.162-05:00For me this was the worst episode of the show.
I ...For me this was the worst episode of the show.<br /><br />I think I'm done now. I may return if Selina breaks free of her current plotline. I've tried hard to tolerate it, but can't anymore.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04521484462321857031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-61638173385099540522017-12-03T12:02:44.594-05:002017-12-03T12:02:44.594-05:00You made a "promise not to resort to negative...You made a "promise not to resort to negative reviewing of a show to which I'm dedicated", which explains why you always seem to try and make Gotham appear to be better than it is by inventing a lot of faux-intellectual depth for it, when it's pretty clearly cobbled together by people who don't care and are just making shit up on the fly. Man, if you want to be a good reviewer, or any kind of reviewer, you can't ignore the negative. And there's plenty negative about Gotham.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com