Legion: A new Marvel FX TV series coming soon

[Dev7on]

A new Marvel TV series called Legion is based on the X-Men comic book character name David Charles Haller aka Legion he is Professor Xavier's son who have a dissociative identity disorder. Each personality gives him different powers. He's also one the most powerful mutants in the X-Men universe. What's more interesting is that the series will be connected to the X-Men cinematic universe! The first television series to do so, and is produced by FX Productions in association with Marvel Television and 26 Keys Productions. Here's the trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SZ3rMMYBLY

The show comes out February 8, 2017 on FX.

[Tenzhi]

Being connected to the train wreck that is the X-Men cinematic universe isn't exactly a ringing endorsement.

[doc7924]

Being connected to the train wreck that is the X-Men cinematic universe isn't exactly a ringing endorsement.

And which one? The original three film universe, the one from 1967 first class, the one new rebooted one after 'Future Past'?

[Tenzhi]

Yes.  That "one".  Too many cars in that train wreck.

[Tahquitz]

Yes.  That "one".  Too many cars in that train wreck.

I can see some of that.  X3 was undone by time travel in Days of Future Past, then Apocalypse happened, which met with the same groaning.  You're probably not going to enjoy Logan.

I give X-Men a break in one aspect: they haven't done a complete continuity reboot like Spider-Man, Hulk, or the DC Franchises.  And the original X-Men was done in a time before reboots and cinematic universes were common, so they had no plan of that sort in the first place.

But a TV series with mutants... that interests me.  Like Agents of SHIELD, they can go into character development much more in depth than 2.5 hour cinematic CGI fest can offer.  And they have a heck of a universe to build upon.

[Dev7on]

Just a reminder: the show comes on tonight at 10 o'clock.

[Vee]

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[Vee]

Anyone else still watching this snoozefest? I'm barely making it and I watch at double speed.

[Tenzhi]

I've only watched the first episode or two.  At the end of which I wasn't really sure what was going on.  I may yet go back and give it a shot, but it's not a priority.

[Vee]

Basically nothing happens til episode 4, and it's episode 5 before they do the 'shocking' thing that's pretty much been obvious since the first episode. Can't say as I'd recommend it unless you're in the market for style without substance.