Legion renewed

[shapinglight]

Legion has been renewed for season 3, despite the fact the ratings are terrible.

I'm very pleased about this. It is a great show - a work of art really.

Comments

[shadowkat]

Oh, good news!

F/X has different standards than FOX apparently. It's more interested in critical reviews than ratings. Actually cable is generally that way...

[yourlibrarian]

I have to admit I've been less than engaged this season but I am glad that something on the more experimental side of TV (not to mention of the superhero genre) is getting this support.

[shapinglight]

It's more interested in critical reviews than ratings.

Just as well for Legion. The ratings have been half of what they were in season 1, and even then they weren't that high.

[shapinglight]

I have to admit I've been less than engaged this season

Really? Any particular reason? I've thought this season was just as good as season 1, if not better at times.

[yourlibrarian]

I've talked about it a bit in posts, but largely I find it's much less character centered than it was in S1 and the plot is, well, amorphous.

[yourlibrarian]

You may have already seen this but I thought of you:

“We were talking about Lucifer,” Salke said during the interview held last Thursday. “I know that international, especially the UK group, was really bullish on that show, I haven’t checked in on that today (Thursday), but I heard conversations were ongoing on that yesterday.”"

https://deadline.com/2018/06/amazon-studios-the-expanse-saved-lucifer-amazon-jennifer-salke-1202407447/

[shapinglight]

Oh dear! I must have missed those posts. I'm getting worse and worse at keeping up.

Haven't watched the finale yet so won't comment on the season as a whole until after that, but I don't really agree with what you say, I don't think, about the amorphousness and the lack of character stuff.

[shapinglight]

Yes, that did make me feel a lot more positive, and is part of the reason why I was so surprised when it was Netflix that picked the show up. I had no idea they were even interested. Now it seems that both the streaming services wanted it and Netflix won out.

[yourlibrarian]

No worries, I didn't do a lot of discussion on it. I have seen the finale now and thought it was the best episode of the season. But yes, while this one had interesting moments it did not grab me as a whole.

[shapinglight]

I have seen the finale now and thought it was the best episode of the season.

Hmm, not sure I agree with that either. I think there have been many stellar episodes in season 2. In fact, I think they've all been pretty amazing. The whole season has felt like the middle part of a trilogy though.

[yourlibrarian]

It certainly wouldn't have been a good place to leave the series had it not been renewed!

[shapinglight]

No, definitely not. It had a very "Luke, I am your father," feel about it to me. Some sort of follow up needed.