[Legion] on FX: Season 2 is finished - beware open spoilers

Kneel

Oh snap, I haven't watched the latest episode yet.

I'll have to squeeze it in at some point today.

Phrasing

Sorry

Not sorry

Selner

KingofMadCows wrote: »

Confirmed!

Yeah.. that's pretty much..

.. a wheelchair wheel with a very distinctive X. Also, in the chalkboard cartoon (comic?) the dad is bald. The mom has hair, so it's not a stick figure thing.

KingofMadCows

I think that's actually the same

wheelchair from the X-Men movies.

Bliss 101

Regarding next season

I have a feeling the battle against the Shadow King is going to continue. Not only because it makes sense story-wise (who could they possibly use as the main villain after him), but also because Aubrey Plaza is pretty much stealing this show and people love her.

KingofMadCows

I think David could be forced to

make an alliance with the Shadow King since the Shadow King knows a lot more about mutant powers and David needs to use his knowledge to defeat Division 3 and save the Summerland mutants.

Goumindong

KingofMadCows wrote: »

I think that's actually the same

wheelchair from the X-Men movies.

It is the exact same

JonBob

Handgimp wrote: »

surrealitycheck wrote: »

i love that his rational mind has an english accent

I loved his rational mind mocking his attempt at an English accent

Especially considering the actor is English. An English actor affecting an English accent spoken by an American.

Evil Multifarious

I hope that

Aubrey Plaza never leaves

Even if the shadow king is defeated or ejected from his mind she should remain as a residue of him and maybe a seed for him to germinate again for later seasons

Also she should play more villains

RedTide

Evil Multifarious wrote: »

I hope that

Aubrey Plaza never leaves

Even if the shadow king is defeated or ejected from his mind she should remain as a residue of him and maybe a seed for him to germinate again for later seasons

Also she should play more villains

I feel like this role is her basically saying to Hollywood "I can do any role you would have given to Helena Bonham Carter 10-15 years ago- in my sleep"

jakobagger

After binge watching this over the last two days I'm kind of weirded out by how good and visually interesting it is. Not at all what I expected when I heard it was an x-men show, only tried it on a recommendation in [chat].

But it's great! Like a superhero story that decided it would rather be the music video for a 70s prog rock concept album about mental illness

KingofMadCows

Watching this show really makes me want to see a Dr. Strange movie by Noah Hawley.

jakobagger

Captain Tragedy wrote: »

Aubrey Plaza is kinda blowing me away here - since Parks & Rec she's basically been stuck between a) April Ludgate-esque snarky deadpan, and b) slutty, drunk/high party girl in a series of not-great R-Rated comedies. This role seems to be breaking her out of that usual role. Interesting to see where her character goes (trying to skirt around Ep. 1 spoilers here...).

AS far as I remember, her role in Safety Not Guaranteed doesn't quite fall into either of those categories, and also it's a pretty neat little indie film.

This

This show is amazing, and Aubrey Plaza is award-winningly theeee best.

(sometimes I wish there were a punctuation mark that denoted strong conviction - The period is low energy but the exclamation mark is too winky-facey)

jakobagger

This wrote: »

This show is amazing, and Aubrey Plaza is award-winningly theeee best.

(sometimes I wish there were a punctuation mark that denoted strong conviction - The period is low energy but the exclamation mark is too winky-facey)

Put either 'the', 'best' or both in italics?

Lorek

Ok they so mentioned email this episode so I ask again WHAT YEAR IS IT IN THIS SHOW?

Dracomicron

Lorek wrote: »

Ok they so mentioned email this episode so I ask again WHAT YEAR IS IT IN THIS SHOW?

Nineteen Seventy Fuckit

psycojester

Lorek wrote: »

Ok they so mentioned email this episode so I ask again WHAT YEAR IS IT IN THIS SHOW?

All of them, it really doesn't matter.

surrealitycheck

Lorek wrote: »

Ok they so mentioned email this episode so I ask again WHAT YEAR IS IT IN THIS SHOW?

its the 19-a e s t h e t i c s

Captain Tragedy

Lorek wrote: »

Ok they so mentioned email this episode so I ask again WHAT YEAR IS IT IN THIS SHOW?

Same year as Archer.

jakobagger

It's pretty clearly just the present with a higher than average concentration of vintage fashion. And Summerland specifically was just built in the actual 60s/70s. Clockworks has kind of a weird aesthetic but most of the individual parts could plausibly exist in a current setting, it's just the whole that ends up looking like a British sci-fi show from the 60s.

KingofMadCows

We know they have modern technology since in the first episode, there are flat screen TV's in Clockwork and the D3 interrogator had a tablet. But the show is designed to be ambiguous since they also have 60's fashion and outdated technology like tape players, pay phones, really old CRT monitors, etc.

I think if there is an in universe explanation, it would be that

memories and perceptions have been manipulated by the Shadow King. The Shadow King was defeated at least 30 years ago. That means he would have been old enough to live through the 60's. So we see things from all these different time periods because that's what the Shadow King remembered from when he was still Amahl Farouk.

Solar

I mean it's an alternate universe sooooo

Evil Multifarious

"what decade is this taking place in" is probably not the right question for this show

It's questionable whether time is a meaningful concept given the powers involved

jammu

Hasn't Marvel setting usually featured lot of futuristic tech, because so many of the heroes and villains are super-scientists?

It could be the 70:s with Reed* designed flatscreens and touchpads.

Dracomicron

jammu wrote: »

Hasn't Marvel setting usually featured lot of futuristic tech, because so many of the heroes and villains are super-scientists?

It could be the 70:s with Reed* designed flatscreens and touchpads.

I mean, they had super robot Sentinels in the 70s as of Days of Future Past.

Mazzyx

At this point I would more say don't try to attach it to another show or movie. It is mutants so it can't be MCU. And it has shown Xavier's wheel chair. I would say maybe more modern period of the DoFP/First Class timeline.

Disco11

What did Melanie

Tell force blast dude to wake him up like that? He was pretty much on death's door...

AlphaRomero

Probably that he was dying so to make himself useful.

Evil Multifarious

I love how they depicted that guy's abilities.

Haphazard

So, that was most excellent. But the end. What was that?

It reminded me of Nanny from the comics...

Styrofoam Sammich

Haphazard wrote: »

So, that was most excellent. But the end. What was that?

It reminded me of Nanny from the comics...

I've heard some people say that Asteroid M has something similar, but I don't know personally

This

Maybe the thread title could be less spoilery for those who might not have caught up yet?

This

Anyway, that was amazing. Perfect number of episodes. I love that people are being allowed to make a show like this.

Captain Tragedy

This wrote: »

Maybe the thread title could be less spoilery for those who might not have caught up yet?

I thought it was vague/not all that revealing if you hadn't actually seen the episode and understood what it meant, but edited.

Decomposey

As the credits rolled, I jokingly said to my husband, "I'm incredible disappointed with this episode. I understood what was going on the whole time, and it all made perfect sense!"

And then credit scene happened.

Bedlam

I definitely like the brainspace memory stuff better than the superpower fighty stuff.

SniperGuy

Watching episode 7 now and I have an early question

Okay so I think he's actually schizophrenic but some/all of his other personalities are actually other entities, not just a mental thing. So when he switched bodies with Sydney (spelling?) did he switch his entire self with all personalities or just David's core personality?

RT800

Man, Oliver is the coolest kat in town.

DanHibiki

RT800 wrote: »

Man, Oliver is the coolest kat in town.

Here's hoping he has a brother played by Matt Berry.

KingofMadCows

SniperGuy wrote: »

Watching episode 7 now and I have an early question

Okay so I think he's actually schizophrenic but some/all of his other personalities are actually other entities, not just a mental thing. So when he switched bodies with Sydney (spelling?) did he switch his entire self with all personalities or just David's core personality?

Nope,

David was never schizophrenic. His altered memories and perceptions were all a result of the Shadow King.

When David switched minds with Syd, his mind went into Syd's body but the Shadow King remained in his body. That's why Syd was able to see the Shadow King when everyone else couldn't.