Legion
10/10
I
decided to take a small break from watching Ozark after this cute
woman at work suggested I check out the FX series Legion. If a cute
woman tells me to do something, be it watch a show or go to hell,
I'll do it. I knew it existed and had zero interest in watching it.
Some of the reasons why were because it was X-Men related and fuck
that franchise (click here to read my bitching about it) and
everything associated with it. Another was that the trailer did not
make me interested in even checking out a single episode. I know who
Legion is. He's Professor X's crazy ass son who tried to spend more
time with his dad so he went back in time and tried to kill Magneto
and ended up shooting his dad instead and fucked up the Marvel
timeline meaning making it cooler. Why in the fuck would I want to
watch a show about him?
Turns
out I was ultra mega wrong. This show was fucking incredible. Every
single episode was good. Every. Single. One. That is so damned rare
these days. I should probably explain what the show is about. Dan
Stevens stars as David Haller aka Legion. No one calls him that. He
is in an institution because he is stone cold fuck nuts. He ends up
meeting this girl named Syd played by Rachel Keller. Allow me to go
on a rant for a moment. A good rant. For me.
I am
so into this chick its not even funny! Every time she was on screen I
smiled...except when that fat monster was trying to touch her. That
was gross. But I like everything about this girl. It's like she was
made in a lab for me to stare at. I would never try to talk to this
girl if I ever met her in real life. I have trouble talking to women
I like. Its a thing. Won't look at them when I talk. I ramble. Its a
thing. This girl would think I was insane. Seriously. She is too cute
for me.
So
David is nuts and Syd shows up. She has an ability to swap bodies
with people if she touches them. Everyone else at the place just
thinks she is another crazy person. You know, I am having a really
hard time explaining this show in a linear manner because it goes
back and forth through David's mind and past and there are parts that
aren't even real because of “the devil with yellow eyes.” Dude is
creepy as shit! I knew who this guy was as soon as I got a good look
at his face because I used to read comics. David also has a friend at
the institution that also pops up in his past as a friend that used
to do drugs with him named Lenny played by Aubrey Plaza. Yet another
chick on this show I fell for! What is wrong with me?!
The
supporting cast of this show is also cool. There is Cary and Kerry
Loudermilk played by Bill Irwin and Amber Midthunder. I was so
confused by these two and their abilities at first but once I
understood thought it was super creative. They are the same person.
When Cary was born as a boy this little girl would just come out of
him as another person. The reason she is so much younger is that she
only ages as she is outside of him. When she is hit and gets absorbed
back into him he gets the injuries. He is super smart and works with
the team that rescues David while Kerry is always down to fight and
prefers when things are happening. Otherwise she wants to train or
just be inside of Cary.
The
rest of the cast is cool as well. There is one mutant (a word they
can actually use on this show) that can just swat folks away
psychically and they fly away. He does it with boulders too like it's
nothing. Another can go through your memories with you which is a
very important part of this show. Jean Smart is Melanie Bird. Not
sure what her powers are really. Maybe she is a psychic of some sort?
Not sure. But her husband played by Jemaine Clement from Flight Of
The Conchords is cool in every scene he appears in. Its super hard to
describe this show without ruining too much of it which I don't want
to do. If you get the chance to check this out you should. This show
is crazy, violent, funny, dramatic, action packed, and definitely a
show I'll have to watch more than once because even while watching
shows showing what I missed I still feel like there's even more.
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