They don't like WHAT?!

[thebitterguy]

[Poll #670298]

Comments

[waiwode.livejournal.com]

Roffle.

How can you *like* the Legion?

Doug.

[thebitterguy]

It starts with joy, and love. It goes on from there.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Wait, what Legion are we referring to? Are we referring to Mark Waid's brilliant reinvention of the Legion of Super Heroes, or some other, more shadowly Legion?

[thebitterguy]

Personally, I was referring to the Great Darkness Era Legion, or possibly 5 Years Later. But any period would count, even the Waid era.

I believe the CIQ's question was "what's so great about the Legion, anyway?"

[waiwode.livejournal.com]

Yep. Sorry. I don't get it.

Doug.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Personally, I'm enjoying the hell out of the Waid era. It got a lot of action but it's also the funniest I remember the Legion being. I still wonder what Brainiac did with all those goats.

[eviltofu.livejournal.com]

The costumes? :P

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

Some things, it's just better not to know...

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Nonsense! It's always good to know what happens to a room full of goats! And I say this from personal experience! :-)

[thebitterguy]

Man, I thought "hang out around Smallville and try not to get noticed by Superboy" was a fairly harsh initiation ritual.

[thebitterguy]

Have you read any of the classic stuff? The Great Darkness Saga is like a plate of perfect nachos, with no dry nachos on the bottom or soggy nachos on top.

[thebitterguy]

I haven't seen any of the Waid book. Is it the SW16 Legion, or another different reboot?

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

I think it's a new reboot. It's pretty fun, the first graphic novel just came out and Waid has a lot of fun with various concepts and he injects considerably levity into the proceedings. He makes the Legion into a youth movement, for example, and it's not a joke: one of the ongoing themes is that youth have to organize to protect the world, not to mention themselves.

Also, it's nice to see Karate Kid finally getting used well.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

They're sick bastards there on Colu.

[uniquecrash5.livejournal.com]

Depends on what Legion he's read, don' it? e.g. The Great Darkness Saga fucking rocked, but the 'gritty' relaunch after Zero Hour? Eh.

[thebitterguy]

I kind of liked 5 Years Later. Especially Senator Kem.