So DC Entertainmenthas register a trademarkfor the name Pennyworth , for a “ production of live - activeness , dramatic comedy television serial . ” Yes , DC seems to be at least thinking about give Bruce Wayne ’s Samuel Butler / thug Alfred his own serial publication . WHAT IS EVEN HAPPENING .
rent ’s ignore the fact that Alfred Pennyworth is a deuced psychopath and centralise on how baffling this is only in terms of Gotham . Yes , Alfred and Bruce Wayne are pretty minor characters , so technically it would be light to drop them from the narrative . But there ’s something incredibly bizarre about a Batman prequel that does n’t even include Bruce Wayne .
That is , of trend , assuming that Bruce Wayne will be accompany Alfred to his new serial , which I do n’t think we can assume that as a given . The spin - off that make the most sense would be for Bruce Wayne to go around the worldly concern to train to become Batman , with Alfred accompanying him ( which is of course not what happened in the comics ) , but this would hardly be the Gotham universe of discourse ’s most flagrant reinterpretation of Bat - canyon ) .
But if that ’s the eccentric , why is it call Pennyworth and not … well , something about the kid who ’s getting ready to become Batman ? By calling it Pennyworth , clearly Pennyworth is the focus , which seems like a storytelling impossibleness if he ’s still butlering for Bruce . Is there really break to be a show just about Alfred Pennyworth ? The only way I can see this make common sense is if Bruce leave to part his Batman training , and the show is about Alfred chasing his charge all over the world , Carmen San Diego - style , getting into scrapes and murdering masses as he visit set . ( I guess it could also be a prequel to Gotham , which sounds terrible even before you realize it ’d be a prequel to a prequel . )
This actually bring us to the most important point in time here , which is that Gotham ’s Alfred is a sociopath . This is not unimportant . If he ’s hold out to star in a show , the show would then be about a terrifying murderer who hasno qualm punch childrenhe does n’t like ; he ’d be like Dexter , except without the ego - awareness that being a serial killer whale is bad . ( Seriously , Alfred talked Bruce into have him bump off the suspected killer of the Waynes just last hebdomad . ) How is that perchance a sustainable TV serial ?
I do n’t have intercourse . I ca n’t imagine DC does either . About the only thing I do know is that every fourth dimension I think Gotham ca n’t get any crazier , it proves me awry .
[ Bleeding Cool ]
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