Gotham: The Complete Series (DC)

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Gotham: The Complete Series (DVD)The origin story of DC’s great Super-Villains and vigilantes explodes on the screen with Gotham: The Series. Brave, earnest and newly minted, Detective James Gordon is partnered with local police legend Harvey Bullock. After the two stumble upon the murder of billionaires Thomas and Martha Wayne, Gordon meets the sole survivor: the Waynes’ intense 12-year-old son, Bruce. Moved by the boy’s loss, Gordon vows to catch the killer. As he navigates Gotham’s corrupt criminal justice system, Gordon encounters gang boss Fish Mooney, a teenaged Selina Kyle/the future Catwoman and Oswald Cobblepot/Penguin, among many other characters on their way to becoming iconic villains. The monumental crime drama tracks Gordon’s turbulent rise through the GCPD and his unlikely friendship with Bruce – a friendship that plays a crucial role in helping the young boy become the crusader he’s destined to be.]]> Review: tres bonne serie Review: I loved Gotham from the moment I saw it. I loved the whole look and feel, the backstory of the DCU characters, etc. I watched through Season 4 before I became a cord-cutter, so I watched Season 5 for the first time via these discs. I love the dark, gritty feel. The pervasive sense of gloom and decay lends itself to the idea of a city in trouble. Everyone's apartments are dark and crumbling(except for Lee Thompkins- maybe there is something in that...). The sky is almost always overcast or raining. The clothes are often very retro and all the cars definitely are. They have flip-phones but not smartphones so the designers have chosen to given an ambiguous timeframe. The performances are all great, but I have to give a special nod to Robin Lord Taylor as Oswald Cobblepot, aka The Penguin. He is particularly awesome in his role. The sound on the discs is fantastic, in DTS Master HD. The dialog is crisp and clear through the center speaker of 5.1 system. And you can hear how much care goes into the sound effects, particularly through the rear speakers. Two people are in some building somewhere, and in the rear speakers you hear noises outside, like trucks going by, dogs barking, etc. I have one negative comment though, for which I'd knock off half a star if I could. All the discs for the first four seasons: - have a display showing the episode number when you pause. Very handy when binging through multiple episodes. - have a resume function that will pick up where you left off if you leave mid-episode and come back the next day - are indexed such that when an episode starts with a "Last time on Gotham..." recap, you could hit the Next Chapter button on your DVD remote and go right to the beginning of the episode. That recap is redundant when binging on discs. These three features are *all* missing on the Season 5 discs. Maybe since season 5 ended in April and the disc set was released in August, the mastering on the last seasons discs was rushed. A bit of a bummer after having had those features through four seasons.