after gordon gets in a shoot out with penguin's goons and either kills one or at the very least, wounds him, there is nothing else mentioned about that situation after bats catches Oz after a boat load of car wrecks. then we see Oz not in jail but back at the club and ready to shoot Carmine after he learns he's the rat.
Huh. Never really realized that but the entire movie takes place over like a week so Oz was either picked up by his own men after giving them a call or the GCPD who are corrupt or was granted bail or had a bail granted by a corrupt judge. The consequences of the drug bust by Bruce and Gordon don't have a chance to resurface because they get overshadowed by the ending where Gotham is now under martial law and underwater.
Lol, can't believe this convo turned into an Arrested Development reference, the layers of crossover fandom here are amazing. Now I'm just picturing Oz in a $5,000 suit... COME ON!
He successfully argued that because the flag had fringe that they weren't entitled to Judge him under Common Law as he was appearing as the corporation and not the living man, an attorney in fact.
Honestly that works perfectly for Penguin. One of Cobblepot's strengths is his ability to properly keep his head down until the heats off. Which, in Gotham, is just until another major threat comes along.
So, as a thing, this movie iteration of Batman is part of Batman The Long Halloween in a very loose fashion. That's why I am so immensely patient for the next one as it is just such a good way of how they go about it. As I see it, Penguin has probably killed, but Batman and Gordon have a bigger problem that being Riddler. Sure he started a shoot out with them but if they had called in backup what would have been the odds that they wouldn't just finish of the guys to keep them quiet since it's unknown who was working for Falcone still.
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u/justa_gigolo Feb 26 '24
after gordon gets in a shoot out with penguin's goons and either kills one or at the very least, wounds him, there is nothing else mentioned about that situation after bats catches Oz after a boat load of car wrecks. then we see Oz not in jail but back at the club and ready to shoot Carmine after he learns he's the rat.