I treasurethe madcap verve ofLegion, the way every line of dialogue gets filmed likean Infinity War.
The FX series (premiering Apr.
3 at 10 p.m.
Credit: Suzanne Tenner/FX
But what actually happened mattered less than how it allfelt.
And creator Noah Hawleyblasts into season 2 with all the tricks his camera and the editing software can manage.
There are dissolves, splitscreens, wide-angle lenses, fourth walls broken, fifth walls exploded.
A voice that sounds like Don Draper narrates parables of madness.
The astral planes have astral planes.
The colors, the colors!
Thats meant as a compliment, of course.
The finale deadended into a weirdly standard Hero Fights The Bad Guy super-fight.
The sheer energy was exciting, but that just meant it went nowhere faster.
His beloved Syd (Rachel Keller) and the other mutants have allied with the mutant-hunting Division 3.
Plaza is still on the show, though dont ask me who shes playing.
More importantly, the Shadow King is up to something that could destroy the world as we know it.
But wait: Theresanotherforce at work that couldalsodestroy the world as we know it.
Whats a world to do?
Its kind of cool, but also parodically twee.
Between the music-video grandiosity, there are genuine humane charms.
Moment to color-blasted moment, this is themostshow on television, but I dont really mean that as compliment.
A little goes a long way, and onLegion, the opposite is also true.B
