The same bat different: this caped crusader feels familiar
Batwoman, E4, Sun, 9pm
They should really do an adaptation of that Batman character at some point.
You know who I mean. The guy who dresses up like a flying rodent.
Remember him? That obscure comic character from the 1930s?
The one who uses his billions not to fix the inequality which caused Gotham to be riddled with crime, but to creep about alleyways punching petty thieves while indulging in his latex fetish.
No? He’s been in a few comics and TV shows and films and video games over the past 80 years.
Also books and toys and breakfast cereal boxes.
There have of course been so many different types of Batman to consume it’s difficult to find one that feels fresh and new.
Batwoman began last week on E4 and it takes the gender-flipping approach to matters by dressing
Orange Is The New Black’s Ruby Rose in rubber and pointy ears.
It’s certainly fresher than Ben Affleck’s recent cynical take on Batman – where the cape and cowl could conceal Bruce Wayne’s identity but not Ben’s self-loathing – but it’s not particularly better.
In fact, Bruce Wayne has disappeared in this version of the story – perhaps he’s taken a Bat-beamer at the dodgy sets, ham performances and plot twists which hit with the subtlety of a KAPOW to the chin.
Batwoman certainly isn’t subtle, or aimed at fans of moodier takes on Gotham.
In fact the inspiration for this particular take on the hoary old legend of the Dark Knight seems to be more Adam West than Christopher Nolan.
If they’d only add a BIFF! and KAPOW! or two during the fight scenes.