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[BlueTsunami]

Not only one of the best origin stories ever represented on film, but one of the best debut of a series, AND one of the best death scenes. Fuck, The Eyes death made my skin crawl. And to think he was being crushed in slow motion, which led to the 'lets see it in real time's payoff.

I know we still have one episode left but damn.

 

[AstroLad]

It's interesting to me the occasional reviewers and commenters who are like yeah yeah MORE EXPOSITION LET'S MOVE IT ALONG FOLKS. I guess we really are all coming at this from different angles. To me, if this show put itself in the same lane as MCU/Netflix superhero stuff and completely exceeded the best of it, that would still be a massive disappointment given where it started from. Like to me the story stuff just needs to be a sufficient enough hook to hang the brilliant visual elements and performances; I don't actually want it taking over and suddenly we're talking about like a three-hour backstory on this one Infinity Gem with aliens or some shit.

 

[Deadly]

Just watched last nights episode. Holy shit the classroom scene and David finally unleashing was AMAZING.

 

[Napoleonthechimp]

David's english accent was terrible!

Spoiler

There are some people actually saying this. lol

Oh yeah? Who's saying that?

 

[TheNatureBoy]

It's interesting to me the occasional reviewers and commenters who are like yeah yeah MORE EXPOSITION LET'S MOVE IT ALONG FOLKS. I guess we really are all coming at this from different angles. To me, if this show put itself in the same lane as MCU/Netflix superhero stuff and completely exceeded the best of it, that would still be a massive disappointment given where it started from. Like to me the story stuff just needs to be a sufficient enough hook to hang the brilliant visual elements and performances; I don't actually want it taking over and suddenly we're talking about like a three-hour backstory on this one Infinity Gem with aliens or some shit.

I don't think you ever have to worry about the show going down that road. Just look at last night where there technically was a lot of exposition, but it was done in such a creative way. How Syd explained everything to Carry quickly before he said anything and the animated backstory with David and his rationale mind.

 

[Noks415]

David's english accent was terrible!

Spoiler

There are some people actually saying this. lol

Yea, fuck whoever is saying that.

 

[Teletraan1]

Best show on TV right now period. Love every second of it.

 

[Noks415]

Just like Jodorowsky's films.

This show is drugs!

 

[Burt]

David's English accent was terrible

Spoiler

Dan Stevens has a pretty good one though

 

[RS4-]

Legion continues to shit all over whatever DC and Netflix has put out.

 

[dead souls]

Decent enough episode. Eight episodes feels about right, so I'm ready for the finale next week.

Not just the best super hero show. One of the best TV shows ever period.

Lol at the hyperbole going on in this thread. Yes after decades of amazing television 7 episodes of a flashy style over substance comic book show is one of the best ever. Hell, it isn't even the best Noah Hawley show.

 

[Cornballer]

- Inside Legion Season 1 | Powers

Unknown. Unlimited. Get an inside look at the characters' unique powers with the cast and crew.

 

[AstroLad]

Decent enough episode. Eight episodes feels about right, so I'm ready for the finale next week.



Lol at the hyperbole going on in this thread. Yes after decades of amazing television 7 episodes of a flashy style over substance comic book show is one of the best ever. Hell, it isn't even the best Noah Hawley show.

Just depend what you're into I guess. It's definitely one of my favorite of the pat five years, but I'm not a TVphile or anything. Actually find most TV, even the more acclaimed stuff, pretty unwatchable. dsfdf

 

[Lord Frieza]

Man, what happened to The Eye was so fucked up. And it was more fucked up just because you really just didn't see it coming at all. Goddamn.

 

[Cronen]

That episode was fantastic. From the aspect ratio changes, the black and white sequence with the title cards, the chalk board animation. Fantastic.

I'm honestly surprised about how much I am enjoying this show.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

So this references Professor X? Someone posted a screengrab of his chair on twitter and claimed it's from the show. I haven't seen the latest episode, just wondering how big his presence is.

 

[Lord Frieza]

So this references Professor X? Someone posted a screengrab of his chair on twitter and claimed it's from the show. I haven't seen the latest episode, just wondering how big his presence is.

He's referenced a lot in this episode, but isn't yet named.

 

[metalslimer]

This is definitely up there in my top 10 shows of the decade. Let's not forget this is only the first season.

 

[caliph95]

So this references Professor X? Someone posted a screengrab of his chair on twitter and claimed it's from the show. I haven't seen the latest episode, just wondering how big his presence is.

Without spoiling they elaborate on how the parasite infected David which his father obviously Xavier played a role in parasites current predicament.

 

[DirtyManos]

These last two episodes have been next fucking level.

Glad to hear there's already a season 2 planned, couldn't handle next week being the end.

Coming from someone who hardly cares about comic books and much less comic adaptations in general, this series has been absolutely riveting.

Is there any other newcomer to TV doing better work than Noah Hawley? Fargo, Legion, and all the other upcoming projects, he might be close to the top including vets...

 

[hydruxo]

Decent enough episode. Eight episodes feels about right, so I'm ready for the finale next week.



Lol at the hyperbole going on in this thread. Yes after decades of amazing television 7 episodes of a flashy style over substance comic book show is one of the best ever. Hell, it isn't even the best Noah Hawley show.

How is it hyperbole? Just because you don't find it that great doesn't mean other people don't. It's all opinions.

 

[shadow_shogun]

Oh yeah? Who's saying that?

Yea, fuck whoever is saying that.

Workmates.

 

[TheOddOne]

Sepinwall:

Word to the wise: next week's Legion season finale

Spoiler

has a mid-credits scene

. Get all your Nick Fury, shawarma, and Venom jokes out now.

 

[FaustsBoon]

Sepinwall:

Uncredited appearance by

Spoiler

Sir Patrick Stewart

please.

 

[Mighty Chin]

I struggled with the show the first 4 episodes. Last 3 have been great. This episode was so visually enjoyable.

 

[Bits N Pieces]

This is a very special show. Incredible that a network would greenlight something like this, its just a stunningly beautiful surreal nightmare of a love story with some of the best use of cinematography, editing and music I've seen in a TV series in a long time and I love everything about it.

Wonder if it will pick up any awards even if it is a 'Superhero' show?

 

[Night Hunter]

This is a very special show. Incredible that a network would greenlight something like this, its just a stunningly beautiful surreal nightmare of a love story with some of the best use of cinematography, editing and music I've seen in a TV series in a long time and I love everything about it.

Wonder if it will pick up any awards even if it is a 'Superhero' show?

FX is cable TV

 

[metsallica]

This is a very special show. Incredible that a network would greenlight something like this, its just a stunningly beautiful surreal nightmare of a love story with some of the best use of cinematography, editing and music I've seen in a TV series in a long time and I love everything about it.

Wonder if it will pick up any awards even if it is a 'Superhero' show?

Watch Fargo. FX will do whatever Noah Hawley wants, and they're right to.

 

[the_firewithin]

What an episode. Huge smile seeing the wheelchair.

 

[HotHamWater]

What an episode. What a show. Hawley da god. FX just let him do whatever he wants for as long as he wants.

 

[PHOENIXZERO]

Goddamn at The Eye getting crushed, goddamn. I've never really watched much of anything Aubrey Plaza has been in (no, I didn't watch Parks and Recreation either) and only really seen her here and there and heard her in that awful Grumpy Cat movie but holy shit! I'm going to be sorely disappointed if she doesn't at least get an Emmy nomination.

 

[Jag]

Quoth the showrunner:

I found myself watching A Clockwork Orange and Quadrophenia and a lot of ’60s British films

I absolutely love the mod influences with a modern flair.

 

[spelen]

Both Syd's headphones and Kerry's bed sequences was probably some of the greatest scene transitions I have ever seen in a tv show.

It was brilliant.

go watch Sherlock if you wanna see some epic scene transitions

 

[LiQuid!]

I haven't gotten this giddy watching a TV show since the first season of Fargo. These last couple weeks have been transcendent.

 

[HotHamWater]

I haven't gotten this giddy watching a TV show since the first season of Fargo. These last couple weeks have been transcendent.

Only a 3 week gap between the Legion finale and Fargo S3 premiere. What a time to be alive.

 

[metsallica]

Bridge the gap with The Americans. Bliss. FX Kings forever.

 

[Sir Doom]

Wow
It's been awhile since Arrow season 2 I've seen a good single episode.
The build up, the climax, and that cliffhanger. It was perfect

I can't believe I'm saying this but I'm glad Fox has the license or else we won't see Shadow King.
If Marvel Tv got this it might be C-tier Villain

 

[valeo]

I don't think you ever have to worry about the show going down that road. Just look at last night where there technically was a lot of exposition, but it was done in such a creative way. How Syd explained everything to Carry quickly before he said anything and the animated backstory with David and his rationale mind.

I feel like Syd was playing the role of the audience there - like; move it along, there's fun to be had.

 

[Ledbetter]

The fact that they played Bolero (which brings way back memories from Digimon haha) made that whole sequence a thousand times better that what it was already.

 

[lvl99 Pixel]

I really like this show and it has some really clever transitions and editing. However, some of the special effects look a bit tacky and only work because other elements carry them.

what was the point of Walters character? Still not entirely sure what he could actually do.

 

[AstroLad]

I really like this show and it has some really clever transitions and editing. However, some of the special effects look a bit tacky and only work because other elements carry them.

what was the point of Walters character? Still not entirely sure what he could actually do.

I get what you're saying, but fairly or not, the show has a lot of wiggle room for me in this space because of the dreamlike feel of the whole thing. It's not Transformers, or even Inception, but has this sort of fever-dream feeling at times to where some of the more awkward-looking effects often further the creepy/mysterious feel to me in a way they wouldn't if it was just slick all the way through.

 

[squidyj]

The one thing I want to complain about is they treated The Eye as this major threat and then he just got punked. Felt like they never justified it.

 

[The Driver]

The fact that they played Bolero (which brings way back memories from Digimon haha) made that whole sequence a thousand times better that what it was already.

Oh shit, I knew it sounded familiar!

The one thing I want to complain about is they treated The Eye as this major threat and then he just got punked. Felt like they never justified it.

Yeah I was kinda sad we didn't get to see more from him, I thought the time at Clockworks would give us something but they mostly stayed away from him. We didn't even get a really firm grasp on his powerset or a confrontation with David either.

 

[hydruxo]

The one thing I want to complain about is they treated The Eye as this major threat and then he just got punked. Felt like they never justified it.

Well there's still one more episode left. Current speculation is that it's possible he becomes a personality inside of David's head since

Spoiler

The Eye died inside of David's mind.

Since it seems that SK has been supressing David's other personalities/voices since he was a baby, so if he gets rid of SK, those might come out.

 

[Jag]

The fact that they played Bolero (which brings way back memories from Digimon haha) made that whole sequence a thousand times better that what it was already.

I'm so fucking old that I know it as the song from Bo Derek in 10 (it was a big deal at the time).

One scene I loved mentioned in this review. The part where Sid quoted the plan to Cary in the tube before he could tell her because

it allows Syd to not be way behind the plot, but on the same page we are, because she is smart, and brave, and pays attention.

It was a nice twist from a well worn exposition device to retell the plan that we already know.

 

[Dispatch]

The show is well-made, but the narrative didn't move forward nearly as much as I'd like. I appreciate the show, but I'm not really enjoying it.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

The show is well-made, but the narrative didn't move forward nearly as much as I'd like. I appreciate the show, but I'm not really enjoying it.

Unless the finale really blows me away, that'll probably be where my feelings land on it. It really spun its wheels for the first 3 episodes and then rehashed a lot of it with the episode in Clockworks.

I've enjoyed the last two episodes, probably more than any others in the series, but the pacing just wasn't my cup of tea for the majority of the season. It's not even that it was slow, it was repetitive. Incredibly repetitive. And the writing just never had the charm and wit that you see in Fargo. It tries too, with some cutesy lines. But the humor has never connected for me.

I like that this exists though. It's very well shot and "different." I appreciate the ambition.

 

[hydruxo]

The show is well-made, but the narrative didn't move forward nearly as much as I'd like. I appreciate the show, but I'm not really enjoying it.

I think it did what it set out to do, and that's show a unique way of explaining David's origin story and his powers without just doing your typical boring origin story that every comic book property does on tv/film. It's journey through David's mindscape, and now it's all set up for them to do some really interesting things next season and beyond.

 

[sarcastor]

i love it how division 3 is all cutting edge and fierce. They are using the HK g36, which was introduced in 1996

and Carry and the other dude use the thompson machine gun, first introduced in 1918, cause they are fucking gangster as shit.

 

[Fou-Lu]

I am loving Legion so far and I have seen a lot of comparisons to Twin Peaks, which is a show I have never gotten around to watching despite knowing it was right up my alley. Partially because I figured it would have aged.

Only just watched the third episode of Twin Peaks, but hot damn did it age amazingly well.