(Pretend you’re hearing this joke for the first time) After dusting off X-Cellent Adventures to review Deadpool & Wolverine, Mike & Matt just had to clean up some unfinished X-Men business. That’s right, it’s the third and final season of Legion!
We summarise the events so far, discuss THAT episode, the ending, David’s journey, the shrunken cast, Noah Hawley’s career and the X-Men franchise in general.
Continue reading Mike & Matt’s X-Cellent Adventures – Episode 21: Legion (Season 3)
Legion was a show that I watched because of X-Men and Noah Hawley. I will probably never watch anything again just because of the presence of either of these components (never mind them combined), but it is notable that even in my late twenties I could be seduced into viewing something because of that. Hawley has proven to be a bag of false goods, but this was probably one of the more consistently strong things he has ever done. Maybe?
Some of the many previous X-Men articles on this site:
Top 10 Performances in the X-Men Films
5 Takeaways from Re-Watching X-Men [2000]
8 Takeaways from the “The X-Men Adventure” in Spider-man and his Amazing Friends
7 Takeaways from the Juggernaut Episode of Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends
11 Takeaways from the Pryde of the X-Men Pilot
7 Takeaways from The New Mutants
Top 7 Villainous Sidekicks in the X-Men Cinematic Universe
Happy Christmas! Wear a fucking mask!
Oh, and enjoy two very different Christmas movies with Mike & Matt for their fourth annual special. Matt brings the Shane Black classic Lethal Weapon, while Mike throws us a curveball with Happiest Season.
Continue reading The Reel World Christmas Special 2020: Lethal Weapon & Happiest Season
In what would originally have been the second of FOUR episodes of X-Cellent Adventures had New Mutants and Dark Phoenix not been bumped to 2019, Mike & Matt return to their true calling and share their thoughts on the second season of Noah Hawley’s Legion. Just you wait until you hear how Mike Thomas experienced the season’s best episode. Continue reading Mike & Matt’s X-Cellent Adventures: Episode #16 – Legion Season 2
Get ready for a Mike Thomas-free zone as two Brits talk about American television for 80 minutes. Sound insufferable? You betcha! Continue reading 2017 Emmycast (feat. Ben Phillips)
Noah Hawley has decided he can have it all, apparently. Yes, even with Fargo Season 3 on the horizon, Haw-Dogg still found the time to bring us a brand new X-Men live action television show, and Mike & Matt are back to talk about it. What did they like? What did they hate? Why did Mike think it would be a good idea to record outdoors? Find out the answers to two of these questions now. Continue reading Mike & Matt’s X-Cellent Adventures: Episode #14 – Legion
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