Before I get into details, my feelings on the pilot episode...meh. I found it incredibly meh. Also, I am doing this review with just watching the pilot.
Good: I like most of the casting.
I actually liked Fish Mooney as a character (Only half a point though, because her name is incredibly awful.)
The scene with the comedian. I actually laughed at his joke and the possibility of him becoming the Joker has the perfect balance of Foreshadowing and Fauxshadowing that it seems interesting without being too heavy or odd with either outcome.
Fish Mooney's first scene is a good scene and nice character set-up.
Bad: The actors for Barbara, Bruce, and Alfred all just rubbed me the wrong way.
The idea that Joe Chill (Or whoever it is, I'm using Joe Chill as a filler name because he's the one who did it in the comics) killed the Wayne's because he was ordered to instead of it just being a random crime annoys me.
The names of Fish Mooney and Ivy Peppers. Fish Mooney is an incredibly stupid name, even if it turns out to not be a real name or something. And as most everyone has said, Ivy Peppers is a crappy name and utterly awful foreshadowing.
The scene with Edward Nygma. His first riddle actually seemed like something a normal persona would say, the second was immediately subverted, and after the third he was told he needed help. Apparently the creators don't understand that you have to actually use a running gag straight before you start playing with it.
The scene with Mario Peppers. It was stupid and just done to set up drama and show how eeeeeeeviiiiiil and corrupt the GCPD and Fish Mooney are.
I know that Harvey Bullock is supposed to be a corrupt cop, but he just came off as too corrupt to consider anything but a villain with the scene at the end. Isn't he supposed to still be likable despite being corrupt?
A minor thing, but shouldn't Renee Montoya be a kid still during the time frame of the show? Don't get me wrong, I like her, but usually she looks a few years younger than Bruce (Give or take. Ages can be a bit hard to pin down)so the fact she is an adult in a show where Bruce is a kid seems odd (And the fact the Latino lesbian is used despite it not making sense, it feels a bit forced just so they can have those minorities filled).
I am not a fan of police procedurals, and this feels like CSI: Gotham City.
Pilot
Before I get into details, my feelings on the pilot episode...meh. I found it incredibly meh. Also, I am doing this review with just watching the pilot.
Good: I like most of the casting.
I actually liked Fish Mooney as a character (Only half a point though, because her name is incredibly awful.)
The scene with the comedian. I actually laughed at his joke and the possibility of him becoming the Joker has the perfect balance of Foreshadowing and Fauxshadowing that it seems interesting without being too heavy or odd with either outcome.
Fish Mooney's first scene is a good scene and nice character set-up.
Bad: The actors for Barbara, Bruce, and Alfred all just rubbed me the wrong way.
The idea that Joe Chill (Or whoever it is, I'm using Joe Chill as a filler name because he's the one who did it in the comics) killed the Wayne's because he was ordered to instead of it just being a random crime annoys me.
The names of Fish Mooney and Ivy Peppers. Fish Mooney is an incredibly stupid name, even if it turns out to not be a real name or something. And as most everyone has said, Ivy Peppers is a crappy name and utterly awful foreshadowing.
The scene with Edward Nygma. His first riddle actually seemed like something a normal persona would say, the second was immediately subverted, and after the third he was told he needed help. Apparently the creators don't understand that you have to actually use a running gag straight before you start playing with it.
The scene with Mario Peppers. It was stupid and just done to set up drama and show how eeeeeeeviiiiiil and corrupt the GCPD and Fish Mooney are.
I know that Harvey Bullock is supposed to be a corrupt cop, but he just came off as too corrupt to consider anything but a villain with the scene at the end. Isn't he supposed to still be likable despite being corrupt?
A minor thing, but shouldn't Renee Montoya be a kid still during the time frame of the show? Don't get me wrong, I like her, but usually she looks a few years younger than Bruce (Give or take. Ages can be a bit hard to pin down)so the fact she is an adult in a show where Bruce is a kid seems odd (And the fact the Latino lesbian is used despite it not making sense, it feels a bit forced just so they can have those minorities filled).
I am not a fan of police procedurals, and this feels like CSI: Gotham City.