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Finally finished Legion. Three seasons of I don't know what that often disappeared up it's own bum and attempted to tell a story using vibes instead of coherency. Loved it obviously
 
RobMCFC said:
Maybe like me, @waspish was thinking of the BBC series starring Tom Hiddlestone. Incredibly this was way back in 2016.

I must admit, I thought this “series 2” was somehow a continuation of the BBC series, didn’t even know there was a US version.
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I recently watched The Night Manager.

Excellent series but I thought someone other than Hugh Laurie could've played that part better.

I believe there is a series 2 being made.
 
mrbelfry said:
Finally finished Legion. Three seasons of I don't know what that often disappeared up it's own bum and attempted to tell a story using vibes instead of coherency. Loved it obviously
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So 'Legion' is a super interesting deep cut of the Marvel universe. You, basically, have to know the comics to understand the plot and reasoning of the baseline of the show.

It's never mentioned, but 'David' is the son of 'Prof X' and has similar mental illness as the sister of 'Prof X', 'Cassandra', but 'David Haller' is more powerful than either, he just doesn't know it because he doesn't know who he is. So, the misstep is not explaining why 'David Haller' is abandoned by 'Prof X' in the first place, he's just there in the mental asylum dealing with his mental guest 'Lenny'.

The show tried to adapt this comic differently and loses its way a touch, but gets a bit better when 'Haller' taps into his self belief because of 'Syd', the girl he loves, who makes him believe he can do anything.

For me, I feel it's a shame it ended as it did because they were coming to a point where the writers should have linked this more into the 'X-Men' world.

Personally, I loved the show and it's bravery to tell a different kind of story.
 
Bigga said:
So 'Legion' is a super interesting deep cut of the Marvel universe. You, basically, have to know the comics to understand the plot and reasoning of the baseline of the show.

It's never mentioned, but 'David' is the son of 'Prof X' and has similar mental illness as the sister of 'Prof X', 'Cassandra', but 'David Haller' is more powerful than either, he just doesn't know it because he doesn't know who he is. So, the misstep is not explaining why 'David Haller' is abandoned by 'Prof X' in the first place, he's just there in the mental asylum dealing with his mental guest 'Lenny'.

The show tried to adapt this comic differently and loses its way a touch, but gets a bit better when 'Haller' taps into his self belief because of 'Syd', the girl he loves, who makes him believe he can do anything.

For me, I feel it's a shame it ended as it did because they were coming to a point where the writers should have linked this more into the 'X-Men' world.

Personally, I loved the show and it's bravery to tell a different kind of story.
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I can't remember if they explicitly say it but it's strongly implied that he was given up for adoption because he's too powerful or Prof X just got busy or something.

I'm not familiar with the comics and my xmem knowledge is limited to the movies but I liked it. I found it interesting in this day and age that the final concluding thought was the power of parenting and the nuclear family (even if that does include abusive stepdad and adopted sisters).

It's clear they ran out of money towards the end as some of the fx are pretty bad but in comparison to the recent Marvel series it's high art. I also liked how Syd never really came to terms with her powers and we didn't get a body swap farce
 
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