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Legion |OT| Insert X-Men Meme - Wednesdays 10/9c on FX

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Ledbetter

Member
Just finished watching the last 2 episodes and holy shit. This show gets better with every episode. The whole David's house scene was amazing and I like how it seems that sometimes they are straightforward with the story but overall it feels like a total mess (in a good way). I tend to forget that this is from the Marvel universe (not being a comics fan myself), it is way better than the Netflix originals.

FX is on a roll, definitely.
 
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Einchy

semen stains the mountaintops
Lifejumper said:
Oh shit hes doing the next ep? Loved his work on Atlanta.
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The Devil With Yellow Eyes' new form.

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Toothless

Member
Just caught up with the entire show. It's bonkers in the best sense. Can't wait to watch to the rest; extremely addictive and well-made.
 
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~Kinggi~

Banned
Just marathoned the 5 episodes. I feel like this was a 'gimme' series for making Fargo such a darling. They basically like 'ok do whatever you want'. It seems to be working out. Although i did feel a slight dip in quality in the 3-4 eps range. Eps 5 made up for it by a lot though. This show does a lot of creative shit.
 
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Lan Dong Mik

And why would I want them?
3 episodes in. I can't believe how fucking creepy this show is man. The visuals are totally insane. Really liking it so far.

This scene in ep 3 fucked me up lol

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Cornballer

Member
- Indiewire with a few tidbits on Legion from Hawley at SXSW
”Legion" Season 1 will have an ending.

Hawley was far more comfortable talking about ”Legion," which is currently airing its first season on FX, than ”Fargo," which doesn't return until April 19. That's not typically the case with creators and returning shows, but ”Fargo" starts a new story each season, making details far more telling than for ongoing series.

But Hawley doesn't see a big difference in the two shows' storytelling style, drawing an unexpected parallel between both.

”Even though [”Legion" is] a returning show, the first season has to have a beginning, middle, and end," Hawley said. ”That's just good storytelling. You want people to have a satisfying experience."

Hawley didn't go as far to say he wanted the season to stand on its own, but he gave off the impression that Season 1's narrative arc would provide closure related to how it began.
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”Mulholland Drive" heavily influenced the tone of ”Legion."

Accordingly, Hawley isn't overly concerned with clarity. Though his first professional writing gigs came on broadcast television, Hawley has distanced himself from that mindset.

”Clarity in broadcast television is you have to know what's coming, you have to watch it happen, and then you have to talk about it happening," Hawley said. He later noted how broadcast executives have to cater to the ”dumbest" potential audience member at home. His shows do not.

”You don't watch a David Lynch movie for information," Hawley said, noting how some of Lynch's most terrifying scenes defy logic and reason.

”In ‘Legion', I keep referring to that scene in Mulholland Drive," Hawley said about the diner scene featuring Patrick Fischler. ”It's one of the scariest scenes ever filmed for reasons that don't make any sense! [...] By the time you get out behind the dumpster, it's terrifying for no apparent reason, other than it's something uncanny."
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Jag

Member
Lan Dong Mik said:
3 episodes in. I can't believe how fucking creepy this show is man. The visuals are totally insane. Really liking it so far.

This scene in ep 3 fucked me up lol

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The thing on his head reminded me of
Professor Xavier's Cerebro.

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Gig

One man's junk is another man's treasure
Wait, the black spot on the Angriest Boy mask was his mouth? I thought it was a mustache and he was like Adolph Hitler Jr. It didn't make any sense to me but that is what I thought.
 
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Shanlei91

Sonic handles my blue balls
Gig said:
Wait, the black spot on the Angriest Boy mask was his mouth? I thought it was a mustache and he was like Adolph Hitler Jr. It didn't make any sense to me but that is what I thought.
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Hahaha it is his mouth but I also keep registering it as a Hitler mustache whenever I see it.

It's more clearly illustrated when seen in the actual picture book during the episode where they enter David's memories.
 
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Geist-

Member
Finally watched last weeks episode, this show is such a mindfuck
and I love it.
I guess we now have confirmation it's
the Shadow King(maybe confirmed earlier when we found out the dog's name),
and that Aubrey make out scene just left me disgusted. Every scene is just expertly done to disarm the viewer. Next episode's director has me even more excited than I usually am.
 
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TheRed

Member
Really excited for this week's episode. This show has been really cool so far if a little unfocused. But that's part of the charm for me at least so far.
 
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Killthee

helped a brotha out on multiple separate occasions!
Kanik said:
Hahaha it is his mouth but I also keep registering it as a Hitler mustache whenever I see it.

It's more clearly illustrated when seen in the actual picture book during the episode where they enter David's memories.
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Oh wow I thought it was a hitler mustache too lol.
 
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jerry113

Banned
That was a great pilot - how did I miss out on this from the beginning?

I'm impressed by Dan Stevens and didn't see Crawley at all.
 
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Rodney McKay

Member
I absolutely love the weird set design and props in this show.

The security monitors in that base last episode that were hanging like pieces of tarp or something. Everything is just so creative and weird which makes it a joy to watch.
 
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JordanDeGroot

Member
Been loving this show so far, its part drama, part comedy, part horror, part musical and all of it pretty crazy. I hope it makes it to a second season, usually these kinds of shows that try and be a bit different from the norm sadly don't get the viewers they deserve. I mean how many other shows have the brutal take over of a military compound and someone singing the rainbow connection in the same episode ha.

Also Rachel Keller is B E A utiful, you cant take your eyes off her whenever shes on screen
 
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Cornballer

Member
- THR: How 'Legion' Scooped 'Twin Peaks' as 2017's Weird Show to Watch
The central element of Legion, much like Mr. Robot, is that it has an unreliable narrator. But even though things are trippy beyond belief or perception in Legion so far, there's a thread of the story that stems from a sense-making core. Meaning, Hawley is rigorously experimenting with what a TV series would look like if it explored mental illness from the inside of a patient's brain, while simultaneously shepherding a Marvel X-Men property where the main character is a mutant with a special power that negates the idea of mental illness (almost) entirely.

So what we have is an intellectually curious creator who doesn't seem particularly interested in the superhero genre unless he can subvert its conventions from the inside and make them fresh and interesting with new purpose and meaning.

That, if you believe Hawley is pulling it off right now and will continue to, is a spectacular example of creativity.
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Rodney McKay

Member
Bits N Pieces said:
Also delighted its been given the go ahead on a second series, I was a bit worried how mainstream audiences would take to it.

It's easily my favourite show of any of the superhero TV adaptations.
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I think a lot of people are getting a bit bored of (or if not bored, are looking for something more creative than) the Superheroes we've been getting for the last 10 years or so (rich guy with lots of tech, strong guy, green strong guy, strong guy with hammer, etc) so when shows or movies come along with weirder personalities or more creative powers I think it resonates well (like Ant-man, Deadpool, and Legion)
 
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