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Legion season 1 (new X-Men related tv show)

Christopher said:
I kinda remember that. It was when Syd and David were on the dock, talking about their experiences of being in each other's bodies. David apologized for touching her breasts while he was in her body, and she shrugged it off, saying that she'd been in so many other bodies that she felt detached from her own.
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I just rewatched that episode (ep 3) two nights ago with a friend, and right at the very beginning they showed Cary and Kerry fusing into one body. It was such a quick little flash that I don't think I realized what I was seeing the first time. Not until after hearing their powers explained in the next episode (and then seeing that previous one again).

As for the most recent episode, the silent house at the end was pretty awesome. This episode had me strongly thinking of someone like the Shadow King. It very much seems like his MO. Though with this show anything is still possible, so Mojo isn't 100% out, but I seriously doubt it at this point.

Regarding the time period, I think it's safest to say that this takes place in an alternate universe. (Or all inside David's head.) Many styles remind you of the past, but the soldiers at D3 headquarters seemed very modern, and yet their viewscreens seemed completely unreal. (They were one of the early reasons I thought Mojo might be a possibility.) They make me think of tv-screen-shaped dreamcatchers.
 
King Daniel Beyond said:
I assumed it took place in its own universe, a bit like Gotham's combination of CRT TV's, retro cars and modern phones.
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Yes, obviously any show with superpowered beings does not take place in our universe -- that goes without saying. The question is, what year is the show set in? David explicitly said that Oliver was stuck in the 1960s, and Dr. Bird said he'd been missing for 20-some years. That would put the show in the early 1990s at the latest, regardless of what universe it's in. So either the show is meant to be a period piece, or there's a timing discrepancy about Oliver that might have some story significance. It would be helpful to know which.
 
I feel like the brief mention of time travel in the second episode may be a signifier that they feel free to have all these apparent incongruities in much the same way that the film franchise has seemed to use DOFP as a kind of carte blanche to change whatever they want.
 
Christopher said:
Yes, obviously any show with superpowered beings does not take place in our universe -- that goes without saying. The question is, what year is the show set in? David explicitly said that Oliver was stuck in the 1960s, and Dr. Bird said he'd been missing for 20-some years. That would put the show in the early 1990s at the latest, regardless of what universe it's in. So either the show is meant to be a period piece, or there's a timing discrepancy about Oliver that might have some story significance. It would be helpful to know which.
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Sorry if I wasn't clear. I meant I assumed the show took place in the present of a rather retro alternate universe.

But as you say, that's not consistent with what's said.
 
Emh said:
Either way, I'm still relieved to see this news. I was worried the show was a little "too" out there for the general public.
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I was actually worried that the show might end with an actual ending. (Like, a final ending.) Which would've been cool, but could've negated a second season.
 
Yeah, I didn't think the first episode's initial ratings were a good sign, but it looks as if the delayed-DVR watch numbers were a huge help.

Through its first five episodes “Legion” has averaged a 0.5 rating among adults 18-49 and 1.07 million viewers the night it airs. With a week of DVR catchup, the first four episodes rose to averages of 1.3 and 2.8 million viewers (DVR data for episode 5 isn’t in yet).
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Christopher said:
Yes, obviously any show with superpowered beings does not take place in our universe -- that goes without saying. The question is, what year is the show set in? David explicitly said that Oliver was stuck in the 1960s, and Dr. Bird said he'd been missing for 20-some years. That would put the show in the early 1990s at the latest, regardless of what universe it's in. So either the show is meant to be a period piece, or there's a timing discrepancy about Oliver that might have some story significance. It would be helpful to know which.
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I read an interview with the creator in which he stated that the time period was left deliberately ambiguous, in line with the theme of the show.
 
NOVE9 said:
I read an interview with the creator in which he stated that the time period was left deliberately ambiguous, in line with the theme of the show.
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Yeah, I kind of figured that might be the case, and I really appreciate it. Similar to something like It Follows. There's a little bit of that unreality creeping in.
 
Christopher said:
David explicitly said that Oliver was stuck in the 1960s, and Dr. Bird said he'd been missing for 20-some years. That would put the show in the early 1990s at the latest, regardless of what universe it's in.
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Now we know that as a kid Ptonomy played with Silly Putty and listened to "99 Luftballons" on the radio. :shrug:

So Xavier gave away David on purpose to hide him from Lenny/Shadow King/whoever... interesting...

Gotta love Amy smacking Syd's butt!
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definitely not going to click, thanks for the warning, I can wait another episode or two to find out
 
I did click, and it's something I'd already guessed from
her line this week about knowing David's real father. Which obviously had to be a few decades ago, if it was before David's birth.

So did this whole episode take place in the split-second while the bullets were flying toward David and Syd? Basically that's one cliffhanger spread out over two weeks.
 
Definitely not clicking on that spoiler. It's quite thrilling to be completely in the dark about something like this (I spoiled myself stupid on many things on LOST that I now regret). Thanks for coding it and I hope everyone else who looks at it keeps it that way, too.

Another bizarrely and enthralling episode. I love how the whole thing is taking place in some sort of mental space. I called it a memory palace before (because of Sherlock) but here Syd makes the suggestion of a memory palace. Probably a better term considering it exists in a reconstruction of David's time at Clockworks.

I thought at the end of the last episode that David was the one who constructed this space to protect his friends from the Devil with the Yellow Eyes, but now it's clear the Devil is in control, although not in complete control thanks to Oliver's interventions.

Interesting how we got some seemingly random background details for Ptonomy. I'm sure that memory of his mother is real and it was something that was just played around with in the memory palace. I'm betting it'll become more important later on.

I hadn't thought about this too much before, but I really hope they release a soundtrack for this season. The music selection in this episode alone was astounding.

Edited to add: I forgot to mention that I love Lenny's parasite analogy, especially since I heard about that particular fungus, cordyceps, on QI a few years ago and it really freaked me out.
 
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Emh said:
I hadn't thought about this too much before, but I really hope they release a soundtrack for this season. The music selection in this episode alone was astounding.
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It really is.

They've played (at least) three different movements of the Fauré Requiem so far, in two different episodes: Pie Jesu, Libera me, and In Paradisum. Beautiful music. (Completely coincidentally, it's the disk loaded into my car's tray right now. :lol:)
 
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