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“Batman Begins Review” – Zero Year Episode 7

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Derek and John return for Zero Year, Episode 7 of Gotham TV Podcast, with a full and detailed discussion of Batman Begins, the first installment in Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy. Starring Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman and set against the backdrop of an organised menace with plans for the City of Gotham; Batman Begins looks at the origins of Batman and the reasons why Bruce Wayne takes up the mantle of Batman to defend Gotham and his family’s legacy. This our most detailed discussion yet for one of the most influential Superhero franchise films of all time.

News

We begin by discussing some of the news that has come out since the last episode and discuss some of the great feedback and comments we have received from you wonderful listeners this week.

⦁ From Zack Snyder’s Twitter feed we saw our first official image of Batman V Superman : Dawn of Justice in the form of Ben Affleck as Batman with the Bat-mobile was released. The new Batman really looks like Frank Millers version of the Dark Knight in the Dark Knight Returns Graphic Novel and we talk ALL about it.
⦁ With confirmation of the Gotham TV Series Pick up and broadcast day a full cast photo was also released. The Gotham TV show will air on Mondays at 8pm on Fox in the USA, We also have confirmation of at least 16 episodes for Season One of Gotham with rumours of up to 22 episodes.
⦁ We also received excellent news that Victoria Cartagena as Renee Montoya, Cory-Michael Smith as Edward Nygma and Anthony Stewart Jones as Crispus Allen will be series regulars for Season one. If you’ve heard our Gotham Central reviews you know how delighted we are about Renee and Crispus being added to the regular cast and Edward Nygma is one of the most interesting characters in the DC universe.
⦁ In the Gotham TV series “First Look” Bruno Heller, Danny Cannon and member s of the cast provide insights in to the show and state “You won’t want to miss an episode because it might be the introduction to the Joker”. “We may show you why the Scarecrow becomes the Scarecrow”. We also discuss the Entertainment Weekly interview by James Hibberd with Gotham show runner Bruno Heller.
⦁ Another DC property Constantine also got a season pick up last week. Read John’s review of the Constantine Trailer  here –  it will be shown on Fridays at 10PM after Grimm on NBC in the U.S.
⦁ From the makers of Arrow the CW Network have released a trailer for the Flash TV show it will be shown on Tuesday at 8PM as a lead in to Supernatural. Arrow will stay on the CW at 8PM on Wednesday nights.

Thanks so much for listening. This show is for you so let us know what you think.

Next time we’ll explore the second film of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy – The Dark Knight – in a few weeks time.

D&J
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Genres: TV, Comics, Fantasy, Crime, Batman, Drama, Operatic Soap, DC

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Date recorded: 18&19/05/2014
Date published: 22/05/2014
MP3, 2 hrs. 38 mins, 128kbps, 151 MB

“Gotham First Full Trailer Breakdown” – Zero Year E06

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Show Notes

In a surprise release on May the 5th Fox TV announced that Gotham had been officially picked up for a 13 episode season. We had suspected this in the past but it’s great to have it confirmed. But following on from this great news a teaser trailer was posted on the Fox YouTube channel showing our first 30 seconds of Gotham. Even more surprisingly a full 2 minute trailer was released which you can see here.

In this episode we discuss everything we can see in the trailer, all the character reveals from the Commissioner and Mayor of Gotham to Butch Gilzean, Fish Mooney, Edward Nygma and Poison Ivy.

Full spoilers and guess work abound.

We also recommended that you go check out foxgothamfans.wordpress.com and shawnlunn2002.blogspot.ie who have been discussing some great Gotham stuff over on their sites.

We’ll return with our next episode on the first in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy Batman Begins in a few weeks time.

Meanwhile let us know your thoughts and you could be in with a chance to win that great signed Penguin print by Matthew J. Fletcher the details are here.

Intro music for the show is Crime Scene Part 1 by The Afghan Whigs

Thanks as always for listening.

D&J
Gotham TV Podcast
Genres: TV, Comics, Fantasy, Crime, Batman, Drama, Operatic Soap, DC

Date recorded: 06/05/2014
Date published: 07/05/2014
MP3, 33 mins, 128kbps, 30 MB

“Gotham Central Review Part 2 Issues 11-18 – Zero Year E05

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Show Notes

Following on from the review of issues 1-10 of Gotham Central in our last podcast (episode 4), Derek and John return for Zero Year, Episode 5 of Gotham TV Podcast, with a review of issues 11-18 of the comic series “Gotham Central” by Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka and Michael Lark.

News Links

We begin by discussing by giving a whole-hearted thank you to Ben and Daniel of Welcometolevelseven.com for spreading the word about our podcast to their Agents. If you haven’t checked it out we highly recommend you can listen to their excellent unofficial Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Marvel Universe podcast here

Here’s the news we talked about on this episode:

  • Fox US are expected to announce a launch date for Gotham between the 12th and 14th of May.
  • John Stephens, former writer on the O.C., will get to work with Ben McKenzie again as he’s been given a 2 year contract with Warner Brothers which includes a role as executive producer for Gotham.
  • We discuss the casting of Ray Fisher as Cyborg in Batman/Superman and discuss the official announcement of a Justice League film to start filming directly after Batman/Superman.

Competition

⦁ Check out details of our competition for a signed print of the Penguin by Matthew J. Fletcher on our website here.

This Week’s Feedback

We discuss an iTunes review from Ailby and some feedback from Ben Avery and Daniel Butcher on our previous episodes.

Gotham Central Review

The full comic series “Gotham Central” looks at the Gotham City Police Department and the difficulties and challenges faced by its detectives at work and on the streets fighting crime in Gotham City. The shadow of the Batman and his foes hang heavy over the officers of the Major Crimes Unit.

In this fifth podcast we review issues 11-18 of the Gotham Central series that include the story arcs “Daydreams and Believers” (issue #11), “Soft Targets” (issues #12-15) and “Life is Full of Disappointments” (issues #16-18). From the hiring of a temp in the Major Crimes Unit to the beginnings of a new case the series charts the relationships of the detectives in the G.C.P.D. and the events that impact on them. With a well-known villain on the loose in Gotham the detectives are truly on the front line of the war on crime. The review is full of spoilers so if you haven’t read the comics, grab a copy from your local comic book shop or you can read it digitally at Comixology and join us. Let us know your opinion on the stories of these arcs or your thoughts of the 40 issue comic series so far. We’ll discuss any feedback on the next episode.

As always thanks for listening. Next time we will be taking a brief break from the review of Gotham Central comic series and will be talking about the first of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy “Batman Begins”. Get watching and we’ll talk to you in two weeks.

Intro music for the show is Crime Scene Part 1 by The Afghan Whigs

D&J
Gotham TV Podcast
Genres: TV, Comics, Fantasy, Crime, Batman, Drama, Operatic Soap, DC

Date recorded: 28/04/2014
Date published: 01/05/2014
MP3, 125 mins, 128kbps, 78 MB

“Gotham Central Review Issues 1 – 10” – Zero Year E04

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“Gotham Central Review Issues 1 – 10” – Zero Year E04

Riddle us this, “I am a pagan symbol of this time of year, I can be eaten but I can’t be laid. What am I? Can I be found?”

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Show Notes

Derek and John return for Zero Year, Episode 4 of Gotham TV Podcast, with a review of the first 10 issues of the 40 issue comic series “Gotham Central” by Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka and Michael Lark.

News Links

We begin by discussing some of the news that has come out since the last episode.

⦁ DC have begun their celebrations of Batman’s 75th Year in comics. We discuss what this means to us and the sad news of the death of Lorenzo Semple Junior, one of the creators of the 60s Batman series. You can check out DC’s official #Batman75 website here.

⦁ The creator of the Batman Animated Series, Bruce Timms, has released his animated short tribute to Batman at 75 “Strange Days”. Check out his two minute celebration here.

⦁ Warner Brothers Games Montreal will be releasing the first and only one player Downloadable content for Batman Arkham Origins on the PC, Playstation 3 and XBox 360. The Mr. Freeze centric add on “Cold, Cold Heart” will be released in the US on the 22nd of April and the UK on the 23rd of April. Check out the trailer here.

⦁ In other gaming news the Playstation Vita game Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate has been remastered and re-released for download on the Playstation 3 and XBox 360.

⦁ We discuss how our predictions of the release of the official cast photos by Gotham turned out. *spoilers* not great.

⦁ We discuss the casting of Edward Nigma and two big characters from the Gotham Central comics series, Renee Montoya and Crispus Allen. It’s like we planned it.

Gotham Central Review

The full comic series “Gotham Central” looks at the Gotham City Police Department and the difficulties and challenges faced by its detectives at work and on the streets fighting crime in Gotham City. The shadow of the Batman and his foes hang heavy over the officers of the Major Crimes Unit.

In this fourth podcast we review the first three story arcs of the Gotham Central series that include “In the Line of Duty” (issues #1-2), “Motive” (issues #3-5) and “Half a Life” (issues #6-10). The review is full of spoilers so if you haven’t read the comics, grab a copy from your local comic book shop or you can read it digitally at Comixology and join us. Let us know your opinion on the story and we’ll discuss any feedback on the next episode.

As always thanks for listening. Next time we will be talking about the next three arcs of the “Gotham Central” series (issues #11-18). Get reading and we’ll talk to you in two weeks.

Intro music for the show is Crime Scene Part 1 by The Afghan Whigs

D&J
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Genres: TV, Comics, Fantasy, Crime, Batman, Drama, Operatic Soap, DC

Date recorded: 11/04/2014
Date published: 16/04/2014
MP3, 121 mins, 128kbps, 74 MB

“Batman Year One” – Zero Year E03

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“Batman Year One” – Zero Year E03

Show Notes

Derek and John return for Zero Year, Episode 3 with a full spoiler filled Batman Year One review.

News

It was a big week this week with the release of the officIal photos for the majority of the main cast of characters of the Gotham TV show. We discuss our impressions of the look of the actors and what we think this means for the show. We also discuss some connected news from the wider DC universe.

As DC move the release date of the untitled Superman – Batman to the same day as Captain America 3 – May 6th 2016 – the cast of Captain America: The Winter Soldier ignite a brand new Marvel Vs DC fight. You can watch the interview here.

The majority of the episode is given over to our review of the animated movie Batman Year One.

Starring Ben McKenzie as Bruce Wayne and Brian Cranston as Jim Gordon, this animated film brings to life the seminal 1986 Frank Miller graphic novel. As we discover why Jim Gordon comes to the Gotham City Police Department and how Bruce Wayne takes his first steps to clean up Gotham. Both protagonists meet the corruption in Gotham head-on leading ultimately to the emergence of the partnership between Jim Gordan and the Batman.

The review is full of spoilers so if you haven’t read the graphic novel or watched the movie, grab a copy from your local comic book shop or you can read it digitally at Comixology and join us.

Let us know your opinion on the story, graphic novel or movie and we’ll discuss any feedback on the next episode.

If you enjoy this episode pop on over to iTunes or Stitcher and give us a rating, this will help other people find us.

Thanks for listening next time we will be talking about the first three arcs (up to issue 10) of the comic series Gotham Central by Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka and Michael Lark. Get reading and we’ll talk to you in two weeks.

Intro music for the show is Crime Scene Part 1 by The Afghan Whigs

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As always thanks for listening.

D&J
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Genres: TV, Comics, Fantasy, Crime, Drama, Operatic Soap, DC

Date recorded: 26/03/2014
Date published: 29/03/2014
MP3, 1 hr 25 mins 55 secs, 128kbps, 78.6 MB

“Cast and Characters” – Zero Year E02

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Derek and John return for Zero Year, Episode 2. This time we have a much longer episode that focuses on all the details about the announced cast and characters so far and introduces for the first time the “News” section of the podcast .

News

We begin this week discussing some of the news that has come out since the last episode.

  • At the 2014 Winter Television Critics Association press tour the Chairman of Fox Entertainment has given his description of what we can expect from Gotham with an interesting take of “Gotham teetering on the Edge”.
  • Rocksteady have announced the forth and “Final” game in the Arkham series due out in 2014 on PS4, PC and XboxOne. This is the third game in the series created by Rocksteady and will see a significant upgrade from the previous incarnations. For the first time in this series you’ll be able to actually drive the Batmobile giving you the chance to “Be The Batman” even more than ever before. See the announcement trailer “Father to Son” here:
  • Grant Wilfley Casting has put out a call for extras for the Gotham TV show in New York. Confirming our theory on the filming location for the show. Following Marvels announcement that their four Netflix TV shows will also be filmed in New York we think this confirms New Yorks’ position as Superhero capital of America.
  • We also discuss some casting and news for two other DC properties. Since we recorded the podcast the first full image of The Flash’s costume was released this week and there’s lots of casting for the pilot of Constantine.

Casting and Characters – Links

Ben McKenzies homework for playing Jim Gordon. We’ve been able to identify the following from his tweet:
pic.twitter.com/ujRRy6YL1v

Gotham Central: Book 2 – Jokers and Madmen and Book 4 Corrigan and the Dead Robin by Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka
Batman Earth One by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank
Batman Year One by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli
Batman Dark Victory by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale

Carmen Bicondova’s dance video for Happy. Was this Camren confirming that she had the part of Celina Kyle before the world knew…pay special attention to her hat.

Intro music for the show is Crime Scene Part 1 by The Afghan Whigs

Next time on Gotham TV Podcast we’ll be doing our first review show. Derek and John will be discussing their thoughts on the original Batman Year One comic by Frank Miller and the 2011 animated movie adaptation of the same name. This adaptation stars Ben McKenzie as Bruce Wayne/Batman and will hopefully serve as a great introduction to a younger cast of Characters from the Gotham Universe. Expect the episode towards the end of March.

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D&J

Genres: TV, Comics, Fantasy, Crime, Drama, Operatic Soap, DC

Date recorded: 08/03/2014
Date published: 11/03/2014
MP3, 53 mins, 128kbps, 50 MB

“Welcome to Gotham” – ZeroYear E01

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Welcome to Gotham: An Introduction to the Gotham TV series
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Season: ZeroYear [S00.1]
Episode: E01

Date recorded: 27/02/2014
Date published: 03/03/2014
MP3, 29 min, 128kbps, 27 MB

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Show Notes

The announcement by Fox Networks of an up-and-coming TV series based around the City of Gotham in the DC Batman Universe was received with excitement and interest by fans of the DC Universe and all things Batman including us.

Based around characters established by Bob Kane and developed by Bill Finger the TV show is set to follow the origin of the young Jim Gordon in the Gotham City P.D. and explore the origin stories of the villans that have made Gotham infamous.

With the show set to be produced by Warner Bros Television and currently in pre-production with Director/Executive Producer – Danny Cannon – and Writer – Bruno Heller – established to guide and develop the Gotham series in its first season.

In this Gotham TV Podcast episode Derek and John discuss our early impressions and thoughts on how this show may develop and pose some questions about the show, such as: How will Gotham function without Batman?

Some major cast announcements have already been made and include Ben McKenzie as the young Jim Gordon, Jada Pinkett-Smith as a new crime boss Fish Mooney, Sean Pertwee as Alfred and Robin Taylor as Oswald Cobblepot (aka the Penguin). These casting choices will be further explored in our next podcast.

D&J

Genres: TV, Comics, Fantasy, Crime, Drama