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Megaspel posted:Jay from Jay and Miles Explain the X-Men was saying that the show will most likely end in the destruction of the world. He hasn't actually watched it yet, but is guessing based on who's writing it. Makes a lot of sense, sorta seems like an inevitability with uncontrolled unlimited power. Eh, I disagree. The show is very, very personal. Expanding that to a world-ending scenario seems to be getting away from the focus on the individuals and more on the outside world. I would guess it's much more likely to end the way X-Men Legacy did when David was the star.
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howe_sam posted:Renewed for a second season, cool Awesome. I didn't know what to expect from this show, and now I am positive I have no clue where it's going. Which is exactly what I wanted. "Terrified, menacing rendition of The Rainbow Connection" is now a thing I have seen in a piece of fiction.
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Well that was one heck of a cliffhanger. This has been a real showcase for Aubrey Plaza. howe_sam fucked around with this message at 04:00 on Mar 16, 2017 |
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BETTER MAKE WAY FOR HOMO-SUPERIOR lokipunk fucked around with this message at 04:06 on Mar 16, 2017 |
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Dmitri-9 posted:Lenny is Legion's version of Cassandra Nova Nah, it's the Shadow King for sure. Maybe Xavier defeated him and he hid or took refuge in David when he was young, and was going to possess him before he learned how powerful David was.
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Codependent Poster posted:Nah, it's the Shadow King for sure. Maybe Xavier defeated him and he hid or took refuge in David when he was young, and was going to possess him before he learned how powerful David was. I know but "I've known you since the womb" is very suggestive.
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I've never seen nor heard the word "crickets" said with such absolute menace before. CRICKETS.
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Xealot posted:Awesome. I didn't know what to expect from this show, and now I am positive I have no clue where it's going. Which is exactly what I wanted. "From the man who brought you 'menacing recitation of the Jabberwocky...'"
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Codependent Poster posted:Nah, it's the Shadow King for sure. Maybe Xavier defeated him and he hid or took refuge in David when he was young, and was going to possess him before he learned how powerful David was. The preview for the next episode even outright calls him/her/it The Shadow King Amahl Farouk AndyElusive fucked around with this message at 06:05 on Mar 16, 2017 |
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I was pretty hesitant to start this show because there is nothing more boring than Hollywood superhero poo poo, but god drat that was an excellent first episode. Keeping my fingers crossed that the next 5 eps I'm about to watch don't drop massively in quality
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Scent of Worf posted:I was pretty hesitant to start this show because there is nothing more boring than Hollywood superhero poo poo, but god drat that was an excellent first episode. Keeping my fingers crossed that the next 5 eps I'm about to watch don't drop massively in quality Check it out: it gets even better.
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Codependent Poster posted:Nah, it's the Shadow King for sure. Maybe Xavier defeated him and he hid or took refuge in David when he was young, and was going to possess him before he learned how powerful David was. Give Aubrey Plaza all the awards. She managed to take a B-/C+ villain like The Shadow King into an actual scary villain, when he was just kind of a filler villain for X-Men comics. I'm scaroused after watching her dance number. She's up there with Jessica Jone's Purple Man for scary villains. thrakkorzog fucked around with this message at 13:13 on Mar 16, 2017 |
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thrakkorzog posted:I'm scaroused after watching her dance number. This, but after that last therapy session.
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thrakkorzog posted:Give Aubrey Plaza all the awards. She managed to take a B-/C+ villain like The Shadow King into an actual scary villain, when he was just kind of a filler villain for X-Men comics. I'm scaroused after watching her dance number. She's up there with Jessica Jone's Purple Man for scary villains. This show made Aubrey Plaza grinding on you into something to be terrified of, which is pretty impressive.
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Wait so if the lines/direction and such were unchanged from when Lenny was supposed to be a middle-aged dude does this mean we were robbed of the glorious internet comedy that would be the #legionfx reaction to a dude in a turtleneck, stockings and heels shimmying his way through David's memories? Because now I'm kind of upset.
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whowhatwhere posted:Wait so if the lines/direction and such were unchanged from when Lenny was supposed to be a middle-aged dude does this mean we were robbed of the glorious internet comedy that would be the #legionfx reaction to a dude in a turtleneck, stockings and heels shimmying his way through David's memories? Because now I'm kind of upset. I believe that was just an out of media foreshadow about benny.
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I hope there's some pay-off for Kerry; it's pretty tiring to have her be "The Warrior" of the group in attitude but the damsel in distress for most of her on-screen time.
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This was the first episode where the weirdness tipped over into actively annoying imo. Shame  e: but not the dance and final scenes those were rad as poo poo. mainly I just think this shouldn't have taken up an entire episode Escobarbarian fucked around with this message at 20:49 on Mar 16, 2017 |
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It's totally not spotlight material, but I really enjoyed Harris/Ptonomy in the episode. It was really nice, despite the situation, to see a guy who is so reserved and cynical be vulnerable and smile. When he tells the story of his mom dying, it felt like Harris was getting to stretch his legs and it felt good. Also, I have been under the assumption that David is the *memory* of his dad. It's clearly Stevens with a shadow cast over his face. This could be as much a production trick as it could be him looping back around to his youth, but I never really questioned it. I'm leaning that they'll go the Ultimate Comics route on his parentage, but we may never see either Xavier or McTaggert. Really, I'm just glad I live in a world where Aubrey Plaza is the Shadow King.
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datingvolcanoes posted:Really, I'm just glad I live in a world where Aubrey Plaza is the Shadow King. I want to go back in time and tell myself, watching the first season of Parks and Rec, and say "See her? That's the loving Shadow King, and it's going to be amazing". Then I'd of course have sex with myself, because that's the true use of time travel.
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Patrick Stewart has said he's totally open to doing a cameo. Of course it was just during a talk show interview so it isn't exactly casting news or anything like that.
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The music in David's session is from 28 days later (Jim's hallucination of his parents) but I have no idea what it is since its not on the soundtrack. Anyone know?
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Escobarbarian posted:This was the first episode where the weirdness tipped over into actively annoying imo. Shame This was probably my vote for weakest episode of the show too. I wouldn't say it got too weird for me (I liked the weird parts of the episode the most), but it was a really slow episode overall. It did have some cool/interesting parts, but it also had a lot of plodding "huh, something is wrong here. Not sure what it is though" conversations... which really missed the mark for me because we already know EXACTLY what's wrong about what's happening.
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I'm really glad they didn't have Cary/Oliver do an exposition dump back in the ice cube. I'm sure the decision was more rooted in "let's not pay Oliver for an ep" but that arc was just enough to show how they were helping/subverting King's actions. Melanie's in a weird spot, in some overlay of the Real without quite seeing how to use it yet. We were convinced she was setting up a self-sacrifice for the bullets. But then the paint stains on David's shirt don't make sense. The flipped Syd/David conversation was amazing. There's stuff like that where I wonder just how planned out the whole series was, like was it taking the old script and using what was possible or crafting it once knowing it'd be used twice? Elite posted:This was probably my vote for weakest episode of the show too. I wouldn't say it got too weird for me (I liked the weird parts of the episode the most), but it was a really slow episode overall. It did have some cool/interesting parts, but it also had a lot of plodding "huh, something is wrong here. Not sure what it is though" conversations... which really missed the mark for me because we already know EXACTLY what's wrong about what's happening. The biggest mystery to me was Amy. Everyone else just gets blanked and put in patient's clothes, it's reasonable to think they'd accept the situation like Ptolemy did. Is it just because she's human and Lenny can control her more effectively?
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Comfortador posted:The music in David's session is from 28 days later (Jim's hallucination of his parents) but I have no idea what it is since its not on the soundtrack. Anyone know? I could be wrong, but I think God Speed You Black Emperor did the soundtrack to 28 days later.
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DIS FUKKIN SHOW  Also, rawr Lenny. Blobs of grey desiccated flesh have never looked so foxy.
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Xand_Man posted:I hope there's some pay-off for Kerry; it's pretty tiring to have her be "The Warrior" of the group in attitude but the damsel in distress for most of her on-screen time. Well. Right now she's freaked out because she's being blocked from remembering who she is and her body-partner's just been dumped out of this area of the astral plane without her. Lenny's control is breaking down and Walter's going to get very disappointed when she remembers how to fight and brings out the spiked baseball bat. Also I was rooting for The Eye to be a mercenary so he could be reintegrated into the team but uh. I don't think I want that anymore 
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This show is mind boggling. I don't know much about the Marvel universe, but I feel like I'm experiencing something amazing when I watch this. Even if I'm uncertain of what's actually going on, it's just so visually appealing that I can't look away. The things they do with the camera and special effects are praiseworthy for a cable show and almost reason enough to watch and appreciate. Kudos to Aubrey Plaza too. I didn't think much of her in Parks and Rec, but she loving steals scenes in this show. I'm so glad this got picked up for another season.
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I would like to see them take on new villains in subsequent seasons, so (on the face of it) Plaza couldn't necessarily return as King. It would be interesting to see her... it? turned into a reluctant sidekick character, like Dimple in MP100.
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My theory is that David's parents are Dr. Bird and Oliver. There's no cerebro, so how else would Dr. Bird know about David? Also she is the right age and is strangely invested in him.
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Gizmoduck_5000 posted:My theory is that David's parents are Dr. Bird and Oliver. I was so confused during the first episode I had partially checked out, but wasn't there some implication about Melanie being his mom in there somewhere?
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sector_corrector posted:I would like to see them take on new villains in subsequent seasons, so (on the face of it) Plaza couldn't necessarily return as King. It would be interesting to see her... it? turned into a reluctant sidekick character, like Dimple in MP100. I could see her being a fractured part of Shadow King turning up every once in a while to be a loving weirdo with no real power.
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This is the best show out there at the moment. A great example of the power of creative storytelling.
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Chokes McGee posted:Also I was rooting for The Eye to be a mercenary so he could be reintegrated into the team but uh. I don't think I want that anymore I'm wondering if Walter "remembers" more than what he's letting on. Why else would he start stalking Karrie again?
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notthegoatseguy posted:I'm wondering if Walter "remembers" more than what he's letting on. Why else would he start stalking Karrie again? My guess is that he knows exactly what's going on because SK is starting to attach itself to Walter. He's already a straight up sociopathic loon, might as well hop on board and get in on that sweet sweet optical control action.
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Grem posted:I could see her being a fractured part of Shadow King turning up every once in a while to be a loving weirdo with no real power. My hope is that David finally boots SK out of his mind, it turns out he was just attached to Lenny's mental patterns, and we segue into the "David absorbs personalities from the dead" story arc. Lenny is just so delightfully nutty that I hope she never goes away. 
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I have to say, I've never in my life seen a better "literally rampaging through your memories" scene than the one we had with Lenny and her dance number. Everything you've ever known and everything you think you are exists only for me to play with. Or break. Also, great to see the return of guy hiding in foliage 
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Gizmoduck_5000 posted:My theory is that David's parents are Dr. Bird and Oliver. Gorilla Salad posted:I have to say, I've never in my life seen a better "literally rampaging through your memories" scene than the one we had with Lenny and her dance number. Also this: Gorilla Salad posted:Also, great to see the return of guy hiding in foliage
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