![]() ![]() In some regard, the series feels thematically similar to V for Vendetta, another dystopian look at the rise of Fascism in England. The England of Pennyworth is torn apart by a massive civil war ripping Britain apart as the fascist Raven Society tries to extend their control of the nation. I think the trouble you get into is when you start treating that world lightly or with too much irony or as if it weren't really real." We're not messing with whatever you want to call it, the holy writ of Batman and his world, because everything we're doing proceeds that world. "When you can tell a story that's connected to that larger story that's not simply a recycling of old tropes or retelling an origin story we've heard before, you're always going to find an audience that's interested to see if they buy into it. In fact, leaving behind the typical trappings of the Batman mythos was something that appealed to Heller about the show. It's only natural that everyone probably has their own DC show off-shoot that they could make, and this is just one of them." Reflecting on how the series explores a completely different corner of the universe, Heller admitted that "I think one of the untapped secrets of the DC world and the people who love it is that they're imaginations and they're expansive - that universe that lives in people's head is much larger than the actual canon of films and television shows that exist. ![]()
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