User blog comment:Rafe Adler/Best Cliffhanger This Season of Arrowverse/@comment-3221148-20160527070017/@comment-28835160-20160527190858

I only watch Arrow because it ties in with The Flash. I watched seven episodes of Gotham first season and called it quits. I'm a Batman fan so it was painful seeing stupid writing decisions set in a Batman show. I heard they had Freeze, Firefly, Croc, Azrael, and The Court of Owls and teased The Joker. Batman's rogues will be in a retirement home by the time he has become Batman. I get it original take and all, but I feel a Batman show without Batman just ruins the purpose. If Gordon became Batman and was fighting all the villains that would be different. If they wanted to do a show about what Gotham was like before Batman that would also be fine, but make it a miniseries. There just isn't enough material to work with for a full show so they are ruining the rogues gallery by bringing characters in too early. Plus I just didn't really care for it.