Amadeus Arkham Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 To be fair, the sarcastic "With chives, sir" Alfred wasn't really around until Frank Miller's "Year One". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I wouldn't be surprised if this Alfred is given a military background. And was hired less as a butler but more as a bodyguard slash mentor figure for their son Brucie. I could see that happening. He is coming across more a bodyguard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WebSlinger Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I watched the first 2 episodes last night with the wife, I thought it is good so far.....I'll continue watching for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kagenish Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I wouldn't be surprised if this Alfred is given a military background. And was hired less as a butler but more as a bodyguard slash mentor figure for their son Brucie. I could see that happening. He is coming across more a bodyguard. or both have it that his family always worked for the Wayne's and he wanted to o something different join the army, somethings happen and end up back with the Wayne's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letsgrumble Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I wouldn't be surprised if this Alfred is given a military background. And was hired less as a butler but more as a bodyguard slash mentor figure for their son Brucie. I could see that happening. He is coming across more a bodyguard. or both have it that his family always worked for the Wayne's and he wanted to o something different join the army, somethings happen and end up back with the Wayne's. This Alfred looks like he could even don the cowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aman619 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Comics Alfred learned his medical training in the military, but was still a skinny twit. So maybe TV Alfred was a real soldier, or a member of M4 even better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aman619 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I definitely see him taking down an intruder or a Falcone mobster this season with previousy hidden ninja level fighting skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidcolt Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 No really liking Alfred so far, I'm sure there is a point behind the change. Just finished watching episode 2 again, really enjoying the series. Can't wait for 3. Penguin, James Gordan and Cat are all great so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techvoodoo Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 I finally got around to seeing episode 2. I think it went from a decent first episode and took a bit of a dive for the 2nd. Episode 2 wasn't terrible but I didn't think it was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybes Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Just watched #2. I'm out. Over acted and uninteresting. Penguin was actually the best part. What a shame, such a cool premise but a terrible cast and writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Amadeus Arkham Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 I think people were expecting a show like The Wire or The Shield with Batman characters and they got this. It's been two episodes; it'll pick up. I'm excited to watch the arc of Fish Mooney being pushed out and Penguin taking over her operations. The Penguin character is great. He has the ability to play the perfect sympathetic "mama's boy" and draw people in with boyish charm but then can completely flip it and become a complete psychopath. Reminds me a lot of Anthony Perkins in Psycho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 The Penguin character is great. He has the ability to play the perfect sympathetic "mama's boy" and draw people in with boyish charm but then can completely flip it and become a complete psychopath. Reminds me a lot of Anthony Perkins in Psycho. That is what I have been trying to put to bed. He does remind of the character in Psycho, though you haven't heard him go on and on about his mother yet. His 'mother' right now is power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComicConnoisseur Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 seems like i'm in the minority. i think it went from "mediocre" in episode 1 to terrible in episode 2. i've seen enough. I just hope it doesn`t become to CWish. I notice this episode they focused a lot on teen angst with Catwoman. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedy-D Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 seems like i'm in the minority. i think it went from "mediocre" in episode 1 to terrible in episode 2. i've seen enough. I just hope it doesn`t become to CWish. I notice this episode they focused a lot on teen angst with Catwoman. I'll give you the teen, but when was she angsty? If anything it was more annoying Grrl Power than angst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComicConnoisseur Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 seems like i'm in the minority. i think it went from "mediocre" in episode 1 to terrible in episode 2. i've seen enough. I just hope it doesn`t become to CWish. I notice this episode they focused a lot on teen angst with Catwoman. I'll give you the teen, but when was she angsty? If anything it was more annoying Grrl Power than angst. I just don`t want to turn it into the Catwoman show every week. There are many more characters I like to see who inhabit Gotham. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanley1883 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Curious if they're going to introduce the Grayson family at anytime and a friend brought up an interesting point, where are the other Waynes. Where are his grandparents? They're never really mentioned at least as I remember and he's young enough where they should still be around. Also think the show would be a great place to introduce or at least start alluding to the Court of Owls. Gotham comes across as so dark already that the Owls seem like a natural fit. Looking forward to episode 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_BEYONDER Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Diggin' this episode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
