“Oh, she said we are penguins on the ice. We’re not meant to fly, but god knows we can try. And I see a hope that’s in her eyes — oh, can you see the love in mine?” From Penguins, written by Ed Sheeran.
Watch much television lately? If you subscribe to the correct overpriced streaming service, you have the opportunity to catch the latest pre-James Gunn DC Comics spectacular, The Penguin, featuring the classic Batman villain of the same waddle. The entire eight episode story is up there right now.
If IMDB is to be believed, this series has been very well received. Of course some knee-jerk haters lurk in the shadows of internet camouflage bitching about perceived insult. That’s what they do instead of wasting time having sex.
I am among those who thought the series was brilliant; one of the best gangster stories ever filmed. To those who dislike the differences between the comics and this movie, I ask two questions: 1) which comics version of The Penguin are you referring to, and 2) what works in a comics story with long continuity tentacles often cannot work in a movie or teevee series. If you’re pissed off that they shortened Oswald Cobblepot’s name or gave him a much more interesting mother, you’re missing the forest for the trees.
But let’s look at the backstory — the one in “real” life. Continue reading “Brainiac On Banjo: Birds of a Feather (Hey, Kids! It’s Spoiler-Free!)”
