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Is there any scene, so far, that effortlessly represents the "style over brains" aspects of Gotham better than the dude shooting off that rocket launcher during the Strike Force raid? What was that going to accomplish? He shot it right past everyone. He should have aimed it at the ground and...argh. Whatever. Like I said, the act itself was meant to represent the unsubtle over-the-top criminal tendencies of the city. While also, perhaps, unintentionally encapsulating some of the show's more boneheaded ideas.
Gordon even said "Welcome to Gotham" right afterward. Which I enjoyed, but only because it helped explain that Barns - I guess - transferred to the GCPD from somewhere else. Which was a bit of backstory that wasn't explained last week. Though I am still waiting to hear about who hired him since there's no mayor, deputy mayor, or police commissioner.
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Is there any scene, so far, that effortlessly represents the "style over brains" aspects of Gotham better than the dude shooting off that rocket launcher during the Strike Force raid? What was that going to accomplish? He shot it right past everyone. He should have aimed it at the ground and...argh. Whatever. Like I said, the act itself was meant to represent the unsubtle over-the-top criminal tendencies of the city. While also, perhaps, unintentionally encapsulating some of the show's more boneheaded ideas.
Gordon even said "Welcome to Gotham" right afterward. Which I enjoyed, but only because it helped explain that Barns - I guess - transferred to the GCPD from somewhere else. Which was a bit of backstory that wasn't explained last week. Though I am still waiting to hear about who hired him since there's no mayor, deputy mayor, or police commissioner.
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