I rarely watch new TV shows these days (especially with commercial breaks), but I make random exceptions here and there. Legion won out tonight, and - despite the pretentious Wes Anderson/Kubrick/I-just-graduated-film-school style - it's pretty damn good. Certainly a better X-Men adaptation than anything Bryan Singer ever accomplished.

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In space, nobody can hear you ride breakfast goat

Hunh

Kubrick is bad, how?

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Pender will beat off to anything....

The one-note piano movie with all the christmas lights and tom cruise. That's bad Kubrick.

But, my point isn't that Kubrick (and his style) is bad, just that someone attempting his style is. I'm a fan of Brutalist architecture, so more power to these guys - but it did go a bit overboard.

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Dude, the tits, man.

The tits.

Plus getting a glimpse inside the absolute destruction and desolation of Kidman and Cruise's marriage, that was pure comedy gold.

<---- See? Even Tom thought so here.

I really think that Kubrick, after meeting Tom and Nicole, decided to make it a covert documentary of their fucked up relationship under the guise of it being a one-note piano movie.

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Pender will beat off to anything....

I thought that was kind of the point. Dude's in a mental institution. Overboard and off-kilter is the order of the day, right? And it settled down quite a bit as the episode wore on. I thought they struck the right balance.

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"You know the best thing about necrophilia? You don't have to bring flowers. They're usually already there." -- George Carlin

2nd episode was as good as the first. I'm still not digging the "what decade is this?" Wes Anderson/Kubrick look, but the story is weird enough to let it slide.

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A little late to the party on this one but my wife and I started watching the series on Hulu. We're three episodes in and it's easily our favorite thing we're watching right now. Great acting, great storytelling and it's constantly got us guessing.

I just hope it keeps this level throughout the season because the first few episodes have been masterful.

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"Watch my stuff." - Monterey Jack

Best (non-documentary) TV show I've seen in years. The penultimate episode was fantastic, and the very last episode will make you want them to hurry up with season 2 (which is definitely happening).

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Finished it up this afternoon. Seriously one of the best shows I've seen in ages. Very much looking forward to season two (and to watching it a second time).

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"Watch my stuff." - Monterey Jack

ditto to everything, except Chris' references.

Great show, original take and angle, looking forward to the next season.

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-These are the demands and sayings of Ericubus.

In the future it will become even easier for old negatives to become lost and be "replaced" by new altered negatives. This would be a great loss to our society. Our cultural history must not be allowed to be rewritten. - George Lucas 1988

We wrapped up watching it the second time and realized we'd missed the teaser at the end of the last episode. Now we wish we hadn't seen that. Way to end on a bummer note!

Still really looking forward to season two and man, did we catch a lot of cool things the second time around.

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"Watch my stuff." - Monterey Jack

I love this show.

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Finally watched season one...this show had me at "Aubrey Plaza flashing her crazy/sexy eyes & smile".



It took a few episodes before I settled in, but once I figured out the puzzle-box structure, I found it completely captivating. Gonna have to catch up on season 2.

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Wiggle your big toe.
Wiggle your big toe.
Wiggle your big toe.

Season 2 is schizo. Episodes 1 and 3 are fantastic, 2 and 4 just way too normal. I'm hoping it's not a trend, but handing each episode off to a different director isn't always a good thing for a show like this.

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We're waiting for it to hit Hulu. This is a show that we've binge watched twice and we want that same experience again. Mostly it's because my wife can't stand waiting a week for the next episode.

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"Watch my stuff." - Monterey Jack