I'm a bit confused by the Gotham TV series

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Like, what year is it supposed to be?

They have mobile phones (clamshell mobile phones), CCTV and older PCs that use CRT monitors, but they also use typewriters,  have older cars and they have old 80's/90's TVs.



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Ambiguously mid-90s. Gotham is really poor so there's a lot of old technology. It makes sense for Penguin, a wealthy guy, to be able to afford a cell phone.


 
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a lot of shitty places are like that


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Ambiguously mid-90s. Gotham is really poor so there's a lot of old technology. It makes sense for Penguin, a wealthy guy, to be able to afford a cell phone.
Mid-90's didn't have mobile phones we had from a few years ago.

a lot of shitty places are like that
There are places with old technology and technology that shouldn't exist during that time period?
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What kind of phone have you seen in the show? In the 90s they had flip phones. I've got an old one laying around here.

Again, it's pretty ambiguous. It could take place in modern day and they'd write it off as Gotham being poor.


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It's supposed to mirror Batman:TAS in that there are a lot of anachronistic elements.


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It's supposed to mirror Batman:TAS in that there are a lot of anachronistic elements.
this, it's supposed to be ambiguous


 
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Who cares? Looks boring as fuck, honestly. Anything that isn't HBO on TV usually isn't worth my time.


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Who cares? Looks boring as fuck, honestly. Anything that isn't HBO on TV usually isn't worth my time.
It's actually pretty good.

Penguin is by far the best character so far. Gordon's partner Harvey is great too.


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We always say to fight fire, you must use fire. This is wrong. Fighting fire with fire will leave scars and a new flame will rise. We must instead use water. It is the opposite of fire, it extinguishes the fire, it cools, it refreshes, it heals. We are made up of 70% water, we are not made up of 70% fire. Please practice what we truly are
The show is a breath of fresh air in many cases to be honest.


 
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Who cares? Looks boring as fuck, honestly. Anything that isn't HBO on TV usually isn't worth my time.
It's actually pretty good.

Penguin is by far the best character so far. Gordon's partner Harvey is great too.

I just find anything in Gotham City not associated with directly with Batman to be yawn. GCPD included.


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Who cares? Looks boring as fuck, honestly. Anything that isn't HBO on TV usually isn't worth my time.
It's actually pretty good.

Penguin is by far the best character so far. Gordon's partner Harvey is great too.

I just find anything in Gotham City not associated with directly with Batman to be yawn. GCPD included.
It is directly related to Batman, considering the overarching plot is the murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne, and Bruce is a main character.



 
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Who cares? Looks boring as fuck, honestly. Anything that isn't HBO on TV usually isn't worth my time.
It's actually pretty good.

Penguin is by far the best character so far. Gordon's partner Harvey is great too.

I just find anything in Gotham City not associated with directly with Batman to be yawn. GCPD included.
It is directly related to Batman, considering the overarching plot is the murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne, and Bruce is a main character.

Bruce=/=Batman

I mean if it doesn't star Batman I don't really care for it.


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Who cares? Looks boring as fuck, honestly. Anything that isn't HBO on TV usually isn't worth my time.
It's actually pretty good.

Penguin is by far the best character so far. Gordon's partner Harvey is great too.

I just find anything in Gotham City not associated with directly with Batman to be yawn. GCPD included.
It is directly related to Batman, considering the overarching plot is the murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne, and Bruce is a main character.

Bruce=/=Batman

I mean if it doesn't star Batman I don't really care for it.
Your loss, homo.


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Who cares? Looks boring as fuck, honestly. Anything that isn't HBO on TV usually isn't worth my time.
It's actually pretty good.

Penguin is by far the best character so far. Gordon's partner Harvey is great too.

I just find anything in Gotham City not associated with directly with Batman to be yawn. GCPD included.
It is directly related to Batman, considering the overarching plot is the murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne, and Bruce is a main character.

Bruce=/=Batman

I mean if it doesn't star Batman I don't really care for it.
Your loss, homo.
I've never actually watched it. Is it styled after crime drama?


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Who cares? Looks boring as fuck, honestly. Anything that isn't HBO on TV usually isn't worth my time.
It's actually pretty good.

Penguin is by far the best character so far. Gordon's partner Harvey is great too.

I just find anything in Gotham City not associated with directly with Batman to be yawn. GCPD included.
It is directly related to Batman, considering the overarching plot is the murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne, and Bruce is a main character.

Bruce=/=Batman

I mean if it doesn't star Batman I don't really care for it.
Your loss, homo.
I've never actually watched it. Is it styled after crime drama?
It's basically a crime show (one that's not terrible) with Batman villains.


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Who cares? Looks boring as fuck, honestly. Anything that isn't HBO on TV usually isn't worth my time.
It's actually pretty good.

Penguin is by far the best character so far. Gordon's partner Harvey is great too.

I just find anything in Gotham City not associated with directly with Batman to be yawn. GCPD included.
It is directly related to Batman, considering the overarching plot is the murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne, and Bruce is a main character.

Bruce=/=Batman

I mean if it doesn't star Batman I don't really care for it.
Your loss, homo.
I've never actually watched it. Is it styled after crime drama?
It's basically a crime show (one that's not terrible) with Batman villains.
could be pretty interesting

or it could be pretty bad


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Who cares? Looks boring as fuck, honestly. Anything that isn't HBO on TV usually isn't worth my time.
It's actually pretty good.

Penguin is by far the best character so far. Gordon's partner Harvey is great too.

I just find anything in Gotham City not associated with directly with Batman to be yawn. GCPD included.
It is directly related to Batman, considering the overarching plot is the murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne, and Bruce is a main character.

Bruce=/=Batman

I mean if it doesn't star Batman I don't really care for it.
Your loss, homo.
I've never actually watched it. Is it styled after crime drama?
It's basically a crime show (one that's not terrible) with Batman villains.
could be pretty interesting

or it could be pretty bad
I can't stand crime shows normally, but I liked Gotham.

As a standard crime show it'd be shit, but with this It's the characters that make it good.


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Who cares? Looks boring as fuck, honestly. Anything that isn't HBO on TV usually isn't worth my time.
It's actually pretty good.

Penguin is by far the best character so far. Gordon's partner Harvey is great too.

I just find anything in Gotham City not associated with directly with Batman to be yawn. GCPD included.
It is directly related to Batman, considering the overarching plot is the murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne, and Bruce is a main character.

Bruce=/=Batman

I mean if it doesn't star Batman I don't really care for it.
Your loss, homo.
I've never actually watched it. Is it styled after crime drama?
It's basically a crime show (one that's not terrible) with Batman villains.
could be pretty interesting

or it could be pretty bad
I can't stand crime shows normally, but I liked Gotham.

As a standard crime show it'd be shit, but with this It's the characters that make it good.
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Who cares? Looks boring as fuck, honestly. Anything that isn't HBO on TV usually isn't worth my time.
It's actually pretty good.

Penguin is by far the best character so far. Gordon's partner Harvey is great too.

I just find anything in Gotham City not associated with directly with Batman to be yawn. GCPD included.
It is directly related to Batman, considering the overarching plot is the murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne, and Bruce is a main character.

Bruce=/=Batman

I mean if it doesn't star Batman I don't really care for it.
Your loss, homo.
I've never actually watched it. Is it styled after crime drama?
It's basically a crime show (one that's not terrible) with Batman villains.
could be pretty interesting

or it could be pretty bad
I can't stand crime shows normally, but I liked Gotham.

As a standard crime show it'd be shit, but with this It's the characters that make it good.
TO THE BATCAVE


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I believe it's at least 2004, because one of the file boxes that Nigma was looking at had dates on it, ending in 2004.

But Gotham is one of those anachronistic cities with no real timeline. It has the grime of the 1930's, the police cars from the 1980's, and phones and TV's from 2000+


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I believe it's at least 2004, because one of the file boxes that Nigma was looking at had dates on it, ending in 2004.

But Gotham is one of those anachronistic cities with no real timeline. It has the grime of the 1930's, the police cars from the 1980's, and phones and TV's from 2000+
The TV's definitely weren't post-2000.


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I believe it's at least 2004, because one of the file boxes that Nigma was looking at had dates on it, ending in 2004.

But Gotham is one of those anachronistic cities with no real timeline. It has the grime of the 1930's, the police cars from the 1980's, and phones and TV's from 2000+
The TV's definitely weren't post-2000.
My bad. I was just picking some electronics. I can't picture what kind of TVs they have there.


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I believe it's at least 2004, because one of the file boxes that Nigma was looking at had dates on it, ending in 2004.

But Gotham is one of those anachronistic cities with no real timeline. It has the grime of the 1930's, the police cars from the 1980's, and phones and TV's from 2000+
The TV's definitely weren't post-2000.
My bad. I was just picking some electronics. I can't picture what kind of TVs they have there.
These types of TV's were used in the show


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But Gotham is one of those anachronistic cities with no real timeline. It has the grime of the 1930's, the police cars from the 1980's, and phones and TV's from 2000+

I mean, Cities are typically pretty ancient things.
Ever seen a new city? There's always a decades old foundation.