{"id":20370,"date":"2015-09-20T00:00:56","date_gmt":"2015-09-20T04:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=20370"},"modified":"2015-09-20T00:56:07","modified_gmt":"2015-09-20T04:56:07","slug":"minimate-mini-review-257-det-james-gordon-bruce-wayne-exclusives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2015\/09\/minimate-mini-review-257-det-james-gordon-bruce-wayne-exclusives\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimate Mini-Review #257 - Det. James Gordon & Bruce Wayne exclusives"},"content":{"rendered":"

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#257 - Gotham - \"Before the Legend\"<\/h3>\n

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One of the first cases Jim Gordon pulled as a Gotham City police detective was the murder of wealthy citizens Thomas and Martha Wayne. Meeting their orphaned son Bruce at scene of the crime, Gordon swore to the boy that he would catch the Waynes' killer.<\/i><\/p>\n

Oh, Jimmy, you shouldn't make promises you can't keep. Even if you don't know you won't be able to keep them. Gotham<\/i>'s Det. James Gordon is played by Ben McKenzie, who's best known for playing another police officer in the TV series Southland<\/i> - it's like he's actually working his way up the ranks! The likeness is pretty good, for a face that doesn't have a nose, and even his haircut is accurate. It's hard to tell if the hair is a new piece or not, because it's such a generic style. He's wearing a black coat<\/a> and a blue necktie<\/a>, and his belt is painted on. He comes with a black gun, and a badge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gordon is paired in this set with young Bruce Wayne, who's looking emotionally dead. [Thereby making him the same as every other Bruce Wayne? --ed.] This is actually the third Minimate Bruce, thanks to the Stealth Batwing<\/a> and Batcave<\/a> C3<\/i> sets, but it's the first one to have the face of David Mazouz. He's wearing a Gloverall duffle coat, complete with hood<\/a>. He's built using the \"child\" bodyparts<\/a>, to keep him smaller than Gordon. For the most morbid play pattern ever, he comes with a second screaming head, and replacement arms with bloody hands, as though he'd just been kneeling over the bodies of his parents as they lay cooling on the pavement.<\/p>\n

A lot of people complain about Gotham<\/i>, because \"why would I want to watch a show about 8-year-old Batman?\" Well, it's not a show about<\/b> Batman, - it's not supposed to be. It's just a police procedural that happens to be set in a city from DC Comics. In fact, it's at its best when Bruce isn't even involved. But this set, with Det. James Gordon and Bruce Wayne, is a nice way to introduce the line.<\/p>\n

<i>And now, some more OAFEry:<\/i><\/H5>