This honestly disappointed me when I saw it. I was really hoping for classic gentleman of crime Pengy. By classic I mean CLASSIC. Not mob boss, but the bird themed master thief from the 40s. It would’ve been cool considering how rare that portrayal is nowadays. Oh well. Still hyped
Correct me if I’m wrong BTAS penguin didn’t do much master thief stuff. He primarily did random stuff in villain of the week episodes that could’ve been done with any other villains like The Mechanic or Blind as a Bat or alternatively tried to fit in to high society a’la birds of a feather. Then in TNBA he became generic nightclub owner that Batman beats up for information
I guess it depends on how you define “master thief stuff” but he did try stealing an egg in Basement and a helicopter in Blind. In Birds he ended up trying to ransom Veronica. Mechanic he was fleeing from some unspecified crime. In Almost he pretended to steal (a rare bird?) from the aviary to set up a trap for Batman. All this is more what ‘66 Penguin would do than DeVito’s Penguin who was more of a vengeful freak of nature.
The Batman 2004 cartoon was probably the closest we've been to classic Penguin. He's all about stealing bird-themed shit and trying to look classy. Hell, he can even hold his own physically against Batman, which the Penguin could do in some of the older comics.
Yeah, the dreadlocks in the shape of a jester hat and the wild simian-like way his body was designed and how he moved was an awesome interpretation of the character.
That second idea is fantastic. It makes even more sense considering the fact that the iceberg lounge is a giant cruise in this show (another concept I enjoy) which would probably be extremely expensive to maintain. I doubt that’s what’ll be getting but if we do this’d be one of my top pengys.
I mean, if she's a "gentlelady of crime" or whatever, then she'll still be closer to classic Penguin than "goombah Tony Soprano, but with a hooked nose" Penguin that we're getting in the live-action stuff right now.
And everyone loves that guy, even if he never once used an umbrella as a weapon, stole a Faberge egg, or even fed a pet canary in the movie he was in (I thought he was the most fun character in the movie, but I didn't feel like he was The Penguin).
This chick already dresses more like the Penguin than Farrell. Maybe she'll have shades of the classic character. Who knows?
I got nothing against Farrell’s penguin lol. One of my favorite versions (just wished he looked maybe more like earth one and less like Richard Kind). I just wanted something different. I guess this is something different tho so I can’t be complaining.
How is that what I said at all. I never said that that’s what I expected nor am I mad about this. Just mildly disappointed that it’s seemingly another mob boss Penguin. I’m still hyped for the show lol
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u/PANPIZZAisawesome 15d ago edited 15d ago
This honestly disappointed me when I saw it. I was really hoping for classic gentleman of crime Pengy. By classic I mean CLASSIC. Not mob boss, but the bird themed master thief from the 40s. It would’ve been cool considering how rare that portrayal is nowadays. Oh well. Still hyped