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daab2g t1_itazaso wrote

So this show is a Gotham prequel?

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HandLion t1_itb4smp wrote

Yeah Bruno Heller is the showrunner of both shows and he says he considers them to be set in the same universe. The shows have no actors in common (yet) but the tone is pretty similar

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daab2g t1_itb59lc wrote

I'm aware it's the same showrunner (I'm a big fan) this the first I'm hearing they're in the same universe.

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Stuckinthevortex t1_itbm0b5 wrote

It works as a spiritual prequel, but there are some pretty big discrepancies which make it impossible for them to be in the same universe

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RealJohnGillman OP t1_itbp10r wrote

If you are referring to >!Samantha Wayne!<, as I do understand it, she is >!a very loose adaptation of Owlman!< (>!Batman’s older brother!<), meaning >!she should be disappearing / dying sometime soon!<.

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Stuckinthevortex t1_itdj1y8 wrote

One difference is the relationships between Lucius Fox and Alfred, with them being strangers in Gotham but meeting in Pennyworth. Likewise, how Thomas and Afred met is different too. There's also the fact that Miami is nuked in Pennyworth but still around in Gotham

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RealJohnGillman OP t1_itdn2q0 wrote

To a point. Their bar scene established that they did actually know each other a bit, just not very well (anymore) — that it had been quite some time since they had last interacted — said conversation also mentioned ‘Onslow’ in Alfred recalling his past, who was later made into a character (along with his daughter) in Pennyworth. On the Alfred—Thomas meeting and Miami points, those can respectively be waved away with unreliable storytelling (some details did line up, if not how one would have expected), and there being nothing in Gotham to say that Miami wasn’t nuked then rebuilt twenty-something years previously. I could see them having there be some Gotham cameos down the line.

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