After a stellar series in the new Batman cinematic universe, here is how The Penguin expands this new city. Starring Colin Farrell, this series explores the grounded yet amazing world of Batman. This story of the rise of the famous Batman villain explores the Gotham underworld and the aftermath of the first film. Along with the character’s rise and new depravity, it also explores and borrows from other crime stories and their themes. The themes of these past stories made the series unique to Batman fans in this new universe. The genius of this series also explores how desperate people with no ambition will do desperate things. These themes in a famous franchise have brought life to a dormant character in this long-running universe. The Penguin brought great themes to the new universe and expanded ideas that were barely explored in this long franchise.
The Penguin’s Rise Of Infamy
In the series sequel of the critically acclaimed Batman, the Penguin continues its praise of being a solid series. In a reprising role by Farrell, the Penguin brought the best of the worst of the fictional world of Gotham. During the series, Oz Cobb still feels the film’s aftermath, being the underling of the Falcone family. After killing Alberto Falcone in the first episode, the events show how depraved this new character interpretation is. During the series, Cobb, while having humane qualities, becomes the Penguin, the deprived villain. The series goes over how the criminal underworld with Cobb became what it is due to the film’s aftermath.
After the movie and the flood destroyed the city, the underworld became a desolate nightmare like other Batman stories. While those stories are similar to other Batman stories, the way they are utilized in the series is genius. Cobb uses the world’s damages and the aftermath of the Falcone downfall to his advantage. There is also how the underworld is explored in the series, a mix of past stories and more. The meeting between Cobb and the other criminals is a solid piece of work that unites them against the city. It also shows that while there is a Batman, the chaos of everything around Gotham makes the Penguin rise easier.
How It Expands And Creates A Desolated City
There is another story of the Gotham underworld, with criminals rising in desperation like Vic. In the series, Vic became a part of the underworld after trying to steal tires from the Penguin’s car. During the series flashback, Vic’s family is killed by the flood in the movie, which makes him desperate to do something. While he has a chance to leave Gotham with his girlfriend, Vic finds purpose in being in this underworld after being with Oz. This also shows that people will do anything after a disaster to survive, and the underworld is the new destination for these disasters. During this series, it shows that people will do desperate things to survive in a nightmare universe. Along with the desperation of people, the chaos also made the police strained, having the underworld under control. There are also similarities between Vic’s character and the Sopranos Christopher arcs with similar endings.
Final Thoughts
The Penguin is an amazing story about how the rise of the Gotham underworld makes this Batman world more interesting. In a series that grounds Batman, more silly characters, it made the story interesting by focusing on its underground characters. The Penguin focuses on how a man with an ambitious goal for greater things could bring people together after a disaster when people are desperate. Along with the chaos of the city, it brings more people to this underground world after a disaster. In the aftermath, the flood had worsened the city of Gotham, making the rise of an underground crime world realistic. While the series ended on a downer beat, it shows that while humanity is at its lowest, there is hope in the end.
