33/18
In this short video, IMDb attempts to answer: Where the hell was Batman?
Plot
Following the events of Batman (2022), Oz Cobb, aka The Penguin, makes a play to take over the criminal underworld in Gotham. Aside from a Bat-signal in the final shot of the season finale, we never got our Robert Pattinson cameo in The Penguin. Colin Farrell struggled to get his version of The Penguin to smoke tobacco in Batman (2022), but he couldn’t. For his own series, however, the character is depicted as a casual tobacco user, with a preference for cigars.
Farrell STOLE this series
The DC Studios logo is set in a rainy Gotham alley. An umbrella falls and the logo changes to the Warner Bros. logo. Featured in Graham Norton and guests: Lady Gaga/Demi Moore/Colin Farrell/Richard Ayoade/Jack Savoretti (2024).
The show is brutal and graphic
He’s impressive. There’s nothing about the character that even hints at Farrell. The New York accent, the sway and limp, the attitude: you’d swear he was a different person. The amazing prosthetics are very realistic and complement the character.
Well written and tight
There’s nothing cartoonish about it. It makes for a great counterpart to Christopher Nolan’s Batman. In fact, I’d say it blows the Marvel line. I’m hoping this can be a season 2, but I know it’s limited.
That’s a shame
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