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Originally Posted by Red Slinger
That was the most enjoyable installment of any comic-book adaptation I can remember, including The Dark Knight. I basically forgot that it was set in the Batman cinematic universe.
My only minor complaint is that some of the plotlines seemed a little forced. For instance:
- They didn't think that she could possibly send a bomb into the tunnel. I get that they likely thought she wanted the drugs but the Penguin's crew seemed pretty unprepared for anything except for 1 scenario
- Oz had a gun to his head at least 3 times by people that wanted to kill him and he managed to wriggle out just in the nick of time. The scene where he ripped himself loose from the chair, stabbed the inept guard and then killed everyone in the room except for his two main antagonists was a little hard to swallow.
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There was definitely quite a bit of dramatic choices over making sure everything made perfect sense. But the series was good enough it rarely took me out of it and didn’t ruin any episodes.
I loved the way it perfectly walked the line of comic book villainy and gritty crime drama. The penguin in that final scene showed he’s as crazy as the rest of him. The man is unhinged and a true villain.
Phenomenal. I thought it was better than the Batman, which I liked quite a bit.