nymag did two nice little roundup pieces that I completely agree with
http://nymag.com/thecut/2017/03/legion-tv-show-aubrey-plaza-rachel-keller-jean-smart-hair.html
http://www.vulture.com/2017/03/marvel-legion-tackled-mental-illness-with-intelligence.html
― Not the real Tombot (El Tomboto), Saturday, 1 April 2017 13:10 (seven years ago) link
what happened to David's sister, I'm gonna rewatch but I've forgotten
― a landlocked exclave (mh š), Saturday, 1 April 2017 18:25 (seven years ago) link
FX (xfinity) still isn't airing episode 8, on demand.. anybody else have this problem?
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Saturday, 1 April 2017 20:15 (seven years ago) link
no, that was how i watched it
― Roberto Spiralli, Saturday, 1 April 2017 22:23 (seven years ago) link
https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2017-02/15/21/asset/buzzfeed-prod-web-07/sub-buzz-27632-1487211799-1.png?resize=990:555
― scott seward, Friday, 14 April 2017 21:17 (seven years ago) link
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/54/fd/7a/54fd7a73f93dbec1aa3ad74958de41c1.jpg
― scott seward, Friday, 14 April 2017 21:18 (seven years ago) link
If you're in the UK, Season 1 is available On Demand at the moment.
Rewatching before Season 2 starts up in a few weeks.
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 14:47 (six years ago) link
Annnnd trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmBIn9De-Yc
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 18:41 (six years ago) link
Can't wait.
― DJI, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 19:09 (six years ago) link
eeeeeeeeee
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 01:32 (six years ago) link
Bill Sienkiewicz did a poster!https://i.imgur.com/px3vSco.jpg
― DJI, Tuesday, 3 April 2018 19:08 (six years ago) link
Awesome.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 3 April 2018 19:39 (six years ago) link
oooh
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2018 19:50 (six years ago) link
*ominous music intensifies*
― alvin noto (mh), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 14:30 (six years ago) link
fighting the urge to just post 'yesssssssssssss' to this thread every five or six minutes of this
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 15:06 (six years ago) link
I appreciate the psychic battle scenes, which have had myriad ways of visualization in the comics, being portrayed as surreal dance struggles
― alvin noto (mh), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 15:14 (six years ago) link
this show does such a good job of nailing the Marvel Goes Edgy And Weird aesthetic of fifteen years ago in the comics, by which i guess i mean it does an okay job of it, that i'm not at all able to maintain any critical distance
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 15:47 (six years ago) link
probably a question that crosses over with the comics board: what particular things do you feel like it's aesthetically close to from fifteen years ago?
They're definitely playing with some of the weirdness of Bill Sienkiewicz's visual ideas, but the aesthetic reminds me more of some Chris Bachalo stuff from the mid 90s when it comes to some of the sets and use of patterns and light.
― alvin noto (mh), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 15:54 (six years ago) link
for anyone enjoying the show and wondering about the earlier comics with some of the characters, this collection is still a buck at amazon if you're fine with reading the digital copy:https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077ZG3DHQ/ref=oh_aui_d_detailpage_o00_?ie=UTF8&psc=1
the cover seems to have been picked at random and has nothing to do with the contents
amusingly, the issues collected cover enough time over one of x-men's more tumultuous periods that they've inserted catch-up pages of text between arcs. even with those, the ephemeral bits happening seem ridiculous. "by the way, since the previous page, the x-men are now dead (but not really) and storm is a child. have fun!"
― alvin noto (mh), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 15:58 (six years ago) link
Maybe a little more than 15 years ago, but this show's clearly very reminiscent of The Invisibles and Doom Patrol! I'd assumed the only reason no one had explicitly said so upthread is that it's so obvious that there's nothing to say.
― Dan I., Wednesday, 4 April 2018 17:43 (six years ago) link
I know it's firing up the sic-signal but I find it curiously reminiscent of Steranko's Nick Fury run. Something about the slightly go-go costume design, slightly archaic but stylised technology and the psych undercurrents to David's experiences. I don't know, maybe it's just me.
My favourite bit was Cary Loudermilk dancing while David was in the flotation tank. Him dancing round while plugging 1/4" jacks into a giant panel made him look like a modular synth guy waiting for his new release on Tone Science to drop.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 20:21 (six years ago) link
I keep waiting for swirling black and white or checkerboard patterns on things, which I was coding as Bachalo but probably move obviously is a Nick Fury thing!
― alvin noto (mh), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 21:07 (six years ago) link
xp
Movinā and groovinā. #LegionFX pic.twitter.com/WKF4vkx4HR— Legion (@LegionFX) April 4, 2018
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 21:17 (six years ago) link
oh maaaan i have missed this showsame as always, i dont know what i watched but i loved how it felt to take it all in!! things i love-the mustache girls who talk like Tina Weymouth in āGenius of Loveā-delusion chickens -hexagons & shapes everywhere always- dance off!!- two of my favorite comedic actors doing the straightest, most serious faces is perversely hilarious - BASKET HEAD BASKET HEAD- vape elephant (rip vape frog?)
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 April 2018 04:39 (six years ago) link
aldo otm re Cary dancing & plugging his plugs
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 April 2018 04:40 (six years ago) link
ā alvin noto (mh), Wednesday, April 4, 2018 3:54 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
heyo i was more thinking of the tone that arrived when they had grant morrison and peter milligan writing x-men books, the kind of awkward grafting of the tone they'd developed on vertigo and second-tier dc properties onto what still had to situate itself as mainstream and comprehensible. actually the second season is way more just straight up doom patrol on present evidence. i didn't mean visually.
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Thursday, 5 April 2018 06:19 (six years ago) link
things i love-the mustache girls who talk like Tina Weymouth in āGenius of Loveā-delusion chickens -hexagons & shapes everywhere always- dance off!!- two of my favorite comedic actors doing the straightest, most serious faces is perversely hilarious - BASKET HEAD BASKET HEAD- vape elephant (rip vape frog?)
cosign all of these
also 'that creepy thing they do with their teeth'also i didn't even notice the narrator was jon hamm
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Thursday, 5 April 2018 06:22 (six years ago) link
ughhhhh the teeth was a huge pile of nope, that freaked me OUTand yeah, Jon Hamm combining the Mercedes commercial voiceover & DSM nightmares, good stuff
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 April 2018 06:39 (six years ago) link
first 30 seconds of this are momentarily amusing but thereās no way it needs to be 2:30 long (also lol @ the twitter acct)
lets get it started // legion pic.twitter.com/M7X8rJtH5X— iconic scenes to iconic songs (@flghtscenes) April 4, 2018
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 April 2018 07:08 (six years ago) link
thomp, that makes sense and I'd agree
-the mustache girls who talk like Tina Weymouth in āGenius of Loveā
they sound almost exactly like the GLADOS computer from the video game Portal
― alvin noto (mh), Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:35 (six years ago) link
oohhh youāre right
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:56 (six years ago) link
there are a half dozen things the basket-head guy reminds me ofhttp://comicsalliance.com/files/2014/03/Screen-Shot-2014-03-24-at-1.35.32-PM-630x628.jpg
― alvin noto (mh), Thursday, 5 April 2018 16:09 (six years ago) link
i was hoping he would talk like Cobra Commander
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 April 2018 16:19 (six years ago) link
i was hoping the sword in the stone bit would go on longer. B- episode
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 15:01 (six years ago) link
Not as thrilling or narratively compelling as the last, but that's a weakness of a lot of exposition episodes in television. Hopefully it picks up a bit.
― alvin noto (mh), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 15:18 (six years ago) link
this week's episode was a slight step backward, but i'm looking forward to exploring Syd's psyche next week. i think my favorite image of the entire season is still the cafeteria with the table river and the little boats bringing food. reminds me of something murakami might dream of.
― bhad bhabie...you gon' hurt your bhack (voodoo chili), Thursday, 19 April 2018 14:09 (six years ago) link
the plot detail I've been trying to figure out is if this tv version of David is just a telepath and the Shadow King has other abilities? I assumed when he was doing all the wonky things (people dropping into the ground, being incinerated, etc) in the last season that was Farouk using David's powers, but now that he's exorcised, he's been doing those things in Oliver's body, too.
very minor nerd lawyering, here
― mh, Thursday, 19 April 2018 14:13 (six years ago) link
David is capable of affecting the physical world too, like in the most recent episode when he teleported himself and the monk to the top of the building
― bhad bhabie...you gon' hurt your bhack (voodoo chili), Thursday, 19 April 2018 14:31 (six years ago) link
yeah!
maybe Oliver's a telekinetic, too, and he's doing the incinerating
― mh, Thursday, 19 April 2018 15:52 (six years ago) link
right. i think maybe the King is just a parasite that knows how to use his hosts powers better than they even do, kinda like Fry's worms in that one episode of Futurama lol
― bhad bhabie...you gon' hurt your bhack (voodoo chili), Thursday, 19 April 2018 15:54 (six years ago) link
THE INEXPLICABLE LETTERBOXING IS BACK
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Friday, 27 April 2018 14:29 (six years ago) link
Loved that episode. Even made Turtleneck sound good.
― groovypanda, Friday, 27 April 2018 22:46 (six years ago) link
in the same vein i have a longstanding moratorium on dark moody covers but "white room" tho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq7ZP215n0A
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 28 April 2018 06:37 (six years ago) link
I still haven't seen any of this show, but someday I'll binge it all (probably will buy the DVDs).
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 28 April 2018 08:01 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWqAkhDLhhw
― etc, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 10:17 (five years ago) link
Renewed for a third season, which will certainly be interesting after this week's finale.
― groovypanda, Thursday, 14 June 2018 07:58 (five years ago) link
This season started veering into hate-watch territory for me. I hope they right the ship next year.
― DJI, Thursday, 14 June 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link
same tbh. i stanned hard for the first season but this one was... not as good
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, 14 June 2018 22:19 (five years ago) link
Damn, I was just about to start this. What flubbed the second season?
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 14 June 2018 22:22 (five years ago) link
A lot of nonsense-for-nonsense's sake. I didn't read the comic, so maybe it comes from there (wouldn't be shocked! The comic creators were pretty nutty), but the mustachioed robot women, the basket head guy, the random ninjas and dance-offs and other goofiness. Also, the elliptical dialog really started to creak, with every sentence trailing off, questions being answered with more questions, etc. This show needs a voice-of-the-viewer character SO BAD, to just shake all these weirdos and be like "WTF IS HAPPENING DUDE?!"
― DJI, Thursday, 14 June 2018 22:34 (five years ago) link