Commissioner Gordon's Origin

[cyberghostface]

With Gotham premiering today I figured some of you might find this amusing. From Dorkly.

Comments

[cyberghostface]

Another issue is that making Bruce a kid it stands to reason when he's Batman the Penguin and Riddler at least will be much older men. Young Gordon makes sense given that he's a fairly old guy but the rest of his rogues I don't imagine being that much older than Bruce.

[zapbiffpow]

"Making Bruce a kid, it stands to reason when he's Batman the Penguin and Riddler at least will be much older men."

This, so much. I guess it does depend on the adaptation, though: his presence isn't exactly an earth-shattering shake-up to the source material, and I like Batman enough to support Gotham strongly. Growing the beard takes at least a season, I suppose.

[burkeonthesly]

Or the mustache, as the case may be.

[donnblake]

Always hard to tell with TV (some actors maintain a baby face for years, on the other hand, Gendry in Game of Thrones provoked me, the first time I saw it to say, "Gendry, you can't be Robert's bastard, you are clearly forty-three years old." But Penguin, at least, seems to be fairly young. Older than Bruce, certainly, but not likely to be ancient and decrepit by the time Bruce finishes his training. And an older Riddler works fairly well for me- he's always been about imposing an intellectual challenge rather than a physical one.