Episode 5 of ‘The Penguin’ hit 1.8 million viewers on Sunday, reaching a series high.

  • @itsAsin
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    131 month ago

    this show is so so good. i am impressed every single week.

    • @acosmichippo
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      51 month ago

      it is a good show, and Colin Ferrel is great. But, to me, the character just does not feel like “Penguin”, despite the obvious physical cues. Maybe that will change by the end.

      • @InverseParallax
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        31 month ago

        That’s funny, to me he does.

        It’s the constantly bottled rage that sells it.

        • @acosmichippo
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          1 month ago

          yeah it’s very well acted, but I guess to me that could be just about any gangster.

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          maybe it’s because very little in this show has to do with the batman universe outside the occasional reference to the flood and the Falcones (who don’t even exist anymore). Arkham was the closest they got to making it feel like a batman show, but that was one single episode and about Sophia, not Penguin.

        • @[email protected]
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          21 month ago

          It’s amazing. Even when he’s outwardly angry, it still seems like he’s holding something back

          • @InverseParallax
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            21 month ago

            It’s crazy, you almost never FEEL acting like that, because he’s trying to hide it and you know he just can’t, and you’re watching him fight the world and his rage at the same time while losing.

    • @InverseParallax
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      21 month ago

      Putting Colin Farrell on a TV show is like swatting flies with a predator drone.

  • Dr. Wesker
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    31 month ago

    I have a singular complaint about the show. I know that I’m supposed to empathize with Vic, but I just don’t like the kid. Other than that, amazing show.

    • @MimicJar
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      51 month ago

      The Oz/Vic relationship is my favorite part of the show. The (no spoilers) nightclub bathroom conversation two episodes ago, how can you not empathize with him?

      • Dr. Wesker
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        21 month ago

        The character isn’t the hangup for me. The actor doesn’t sell it, IMO.

        • SSTF
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          226 days ago

          I don’t know if it’s the actor, or the material causing the actor to bridge a difficult gap. Most of the show has the atmosphere of The Sopranos, but Vic is straight out of a teen drama coming of age movie. He’s younger, more modern, and more casual. I think the actor’s acting fits in much better in the flashbacks or when he was interacting with his girlfriend. But then that same character has to also fit in with the tone of a gritty old fashioned mafia drama, and he can’t play the character too differently from the baseline of being a young fish out of water type, since that’s the whole point of the character.

        • @InverseParallax
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          11 month ago

          That’s what sells it for me, Farrell is spitting fire and this poor schmuck is trying his best to keep up.