I'm not a huge fan of the show either, but I am interested in how they present things from what is actually written (like all fans do when a book is made into a movie).

It's very... very... hard to be subtle about something that the audience already knows. This is why so many of these print to film projects feel like they are being obvious. One example that a screenwriting professor at my college is the newer Star Wars a lot to explain this:

He thinks the reason that ep 1-3 failed to satisfy fans was because the star wars universe was so well established. Audiences felt like they already knew the story, and these movies just filled in the gaps. "Like watching a play with the script," as he would say.

We as the audience already know most of the Batman stories... it's probably more established in it's own universe than Star Wars (But that is a road I dare not walk down). Just the way they fill in the gaps. My favorite subplot has to be what they are doing with the Riddler, Penguin, and the idea/philosophy of the Joker. We know these characters very well, but within the future universe, Just like Star Wars, their backstories are looser than little orphan Annie has two babies and fights Obi Wan.

This is why the slightest action seems like a giant push for plot development. We keep thinking "Oh, she is gonna do [this] so then that it points to them turning into [Batman Character]." But that is super hard to do with minor characters Gotham. I have no clue what the Riddler is gonna do next, when or if the Red Hood will eventually fall into the future Joker's hands, or when the Penguin starts binge eating because the death of his mama.

I love storytelling. I hope you can see how clever/difficult some of these print to film stories can be to produce. It's why poor Josh Whedon is quitting Marvel...

PS: My professor also worked on Jar-Jar Binks for the first movie. It's why he is so passionate about the movies.