Legion season 1 (new X-Men related tv show)
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Damn, I don't know how I missed that write up but thank you for sharing it. That article raises my interest even further.
Wow, this was pretty heavily advertised during the Super Bowl.
I'm not sure how many football viewers would have any idea what the show is about from some of those 12-second clips, but you gotta give them credit for putting it out there. Advertising doesn't get any bigger than multiple spots during the Super Bowl.
Now if only someone were driving an Alfa Romeo on the show.
I'm not sure how many football viewers would have any idea what the show is about from some of those 12-second clips, but you gotta give them credit for putting it out there. Advertising doesn't get any bigger than multiple spots during the Super Bowl.
Now if only someone were driving an Alfa Romeo on the show.
That was surreal. Mind-boggling.
Anyone notice that his 'girlfriend's' name is Sydney Barrett? Syd Barrett was the first lead singer of Pink Floyd. Who was hospitalized and suspected of some severe mental instability. Somebody even calls her Syd at one point. At several points in the show, the music reminded me of Pink Floyd's early music.
Also is that Mojo he keeps seeing? Makes me wonder if Spiral or Longshot will show up in later episodes.
That was a good start to what I hope will be a very interesting show.
Anyone notice that his 'girlfriend's' name is Sydney Barrett? Syd Barrett was the first lead singer of Pink Floyd. Who was hospitalized and suspected of some severe mental instability. Somebody even calls her Syd at one point. At several points in the show, the music reminded me of Pink Floyd's early music.
Also is that Mojo he keeps seeing? Makes me wonder if Spiral or Longshot will show up in later episodes.
That was a good start to what I hope will be a very interesting show.
I knew that name sounded familiar, but I couldn't place it. My sister liked Pink Floyd when we were kids, so maybe I heard the name from her.
This was quite interesting and stylish and effective, but it bothers me that the cast is almost entirely white. (Although it embarrasses me that it took me so long to realize that.) In the comics, David Haller is the son of an Israeli woman and has Middle Eastern features (described as "Arabic" in one of his first appearances in New Mutants, if I'm reading the excerpt right).
If David switched bodies with Syd and his own body was trapped in the hospital while hers was outside, how did he end up outside when he switched back, and what happened to her? Why didn't his mind go back to his own body inside the hospital? Is this how her power always works, mind switch followed later by full body switch, or did his powers bring his body back to where his mind was? Or was some of that not even real? I expect we'll be asking a lot of such questions over the course of this series.
I was way too tired to make any sense of that show lol.
Well that was amazing. Right up there with Mr Robot. What you see may or may not be real.
Creepy yellow devil was creepy, especially at the end. Aubrey Plaza watching from the mirror while David was in his sister's basement was pretty well hidden, I'm sure not everyone saw her.
Creepy yellow devil was creepy, especially at the end. Aubrey Plaza watching from the mirror while David was in his sister's basement was pretty well hidden, I'm sure not everyone saw her.
I do expect that we'll get some further explanation of her powers, since she seems to be an important part of the team. As it actually appeared to have happened in this episode, their bodies were eventually pulled to where their minds were. Though of course, who knows what's real.
Wow, like David Lynch and Terence Malick had a baby which directed an episode of Mr. Robot... on speed.
It was awesome!
ETA: I wish Aubrey Plaza would have become a regular, I didn't know she was in it so I was pleasantly surprised when she showed up. Well, I suppose she could always make a head appearance.
It was awesome!
ETA: I wish Aubrey Plaza would have become a regular, I didn't know she was in it so I was pleasantly surprised when she showed up. Well, I suppose she could always make a head appearance.
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Aubrey Plaza is listed as a series regular. In the comics, David Haller not only has multiple personalities, but has actually absorbed the minds of one or more other people into his own upon their death, so that they lived on in him as alternate personalities. That's why he's called Legion, i.e. one entity embodying many. Since that's the actual title of the show, I expect it will be used in some way. So I'm thinking that Lenny (Plaza) actually got absorbed into David's mind when she died, so she'll be a "voice in his head" on an ongoing basis.
It looked to me like she is intended as a regular, given that she kept appearing even after her death. She was even in the "scenes from next episode(s)" bit at the end.
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And also the identity of "Crazy Diamond", which certainly fits this show.
Eh... It has promise, but this could go off the rails really fast.
The beginning was just too bizarre...
The middle was the best, where he was trying to figure out what was real
The last 10 mins? Full on "X-Men: The last stand" ridiculous badness.
The beginning was just too bizarre...
The middle was the best, where he was trying to figure out what was real
The last 10 mins? Full on "X-Men: The last stand" ridiculous badness.
Wow, I really loved this, especially the surreal, stylish aesthetic. The story is just engaging enough and I'm completely hooked. Solid cast, too, with Dan Stevens (completely different from Matthew Crawley), Rachel Keller, and Aubrey Plaza.
I know very little about Legion or David Haller, but for those who do, is his sister, Amy, also a child of Charles Xavier or they half-siblings (or step or foster siblings)?
I know very little about Legion or David Haller, but for those who do, is his sister, Amy, also a child of Charles Xavier or they half-siblings (or step or foster siblings)?
Oh, duh, of course! Something was tingling on the tip of my brain and now I know why. I can't believe I missed that. I agree that the music sounded like Pink Floyd's early work.
My first thought was Blob but I knew that didn't make any sense, especially the size. Mojo seems more likely based on the appearance. I know nothing about Mojo beyond the old Marvel Comics trading cards from the early 90's.
I was wondering the same thing, but like kitik said, I'm sure we'll get an explanation further down the road. We don't need everything answered all at once.
I definitely missed her. I went back and watched that scene, and even though I was looking for it this time, I nearly jumped out of my skin when I spotted her. That was effectively subtle and creepy.
Whereas I was thinking more along the lines of a mad dash of Wes Anderson and The Lobster with musical and stylistic trappings of Stranger Things.