Vid related - my answer is the 3 season show Legion (2017). Normally when I recommend the show, I try to avoid giving too much away, because frankly “show based on obscure X-men comic books” can have the opposite effect on people these days than the intended one of sounding appealing. Lot of burnt bridges from the people putting out this media.
So much of today’s media sacrifices substance and style for THE MESSAGE. What I really enjoyed about Legion was that it had real substance, real style, and was willing to have messages, at least things it wanted to say without forcing them to contort to the monolithic MESSAGE enforced everywhere else. It addresses mental illness and it’s causes both personal and environmental, relationships and romance depicted realistically, abusive codependencies, oh yeah and it has mutants fighting one of the best X-Men villains of all time.
I enjoyed it so much I have trouble articulating exactly why, but the idea that it’s a classic comic character done well ends up being one of the more minor good parts about it. I suppose what I liked so much is just how it does exactly what I think a show should do - carry you away in the moment, with time flying by until it ends, and you’re left with some substantial idea(s) to chew on in every episode. I recommend people check out the first episode (wherever they get their media), and go into it with an open mind and not too many preconceived ideas about what an “X-men show” should look like.
ETA: Utopia (UK) is another 10/10 show, for many of the same reasons I praise Legion - though its first season came out in 2013 and it only ran two seasons, so this edit falls in a legal grey zone lol
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Vid related - my answer is the 3 season show Legion (2017). Normally when I recommend the show, I try to avoid giving too much away, because frankly “show based on obscure X-men comic books” can have the opposite effect on people these days than the intended one of sounding appealing. Lot of burnt bridges from the people putting out this media.
So much of today’s media sacrifices substance and style for THE MESSAGE. What I really enjoyed about Legion was that it had real substance, real style, and was willing to have messages, at least things it wanted to say without forcing them to contort to the monolithic MESSAGE enforced everywhere else. It addresses mental illness and it’s causes both personal and environmental, relationships and romance depicted realistically, abusive codependencies, oh yeah and it has mutants fighting one of the best X-Men villains of all time.
I enjoyed it so much I have trouble articulating exactly why, but the idea that it’s a classic comic character done well ends up being one of the more minor good parts about it. I suppose what I liked so much is just how it does exactly what I think a show should do - carry you away in the moment, with time flying by until it ends, and you’re left with some substantial idea(s) to chew on in every episode. I recommend people check out the first episode (wherever they get their media), and go into it with an open mind and not too many preconceived ideas about what an “X-men show” should look like.
ETA: Utopia (UK) is another 10/10 show, for many of the same reasons I praise Legion - though its first season came out in 2013 and it only ran two seasons, so this edit falls in a legal grey zone lol
How do you answer the question? Feel free to discuss any kind of media you’ve enjoyed recently, books games shows movies podcasts etc etc