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It's been a while since I've posted. How are you?

I've been keeping an eye on Legion-related developments, but, uh, I'm not really intrigued yet. Like, here's what we know so far about the post-Rebirth Legion:
- Saturn Girl exists
- Brainiac 5 exists and seems young
- the Emerald Empress exists

I haven't actually acquired any of the comics that have their little cameo appearances so far. Just seen the panels online. That's all I need, right? I'll probably get this Batgirl, Supergirl stuff that's coming up. But... is this really going to be yet another soft Legion reset that pretends that there have been no Legion stories thought up since the mid-'80s? Come on. Just because we've got no future doesn't mean that the DC Universe has to have no future. But this is what you get with Geoff Johns. Feh.

Also some hints of a Legion storyline on the Supergirl TV show. This also does not excite me, and I will explain why. First, they can do whatever they want on their show of course, but this Mon-El isn't a lot like any Mon-El I've ever read about. I don't dislike him, but I'm also not pretending that they're giving me what I want. Second, the Legion is too big of a subject to do properly as a one-shot on somebody else's show. What's the point of Supergirl doing the same thing that Superman: The Animated Series, Justice League Unlimited, and Smallville did? Hey, look, it's the Legion of Super-Heroes! Wave at them, quick, before they're gone! There was nothing wrong with those episodes, but as a Legion of Super-Heroes fan, what I want is some Legion of Super-Heroes stories. I like Supergirl stories and Justice League stories and Superman stories, and I don't mind one more of them that happens to feature the Legion, but I already have plenty of Supergirl stories and Justice League stories and Superman stories around. What I'm running short on is new Legion stories.

And those can only be properly delivered, on TV, in their own series. And it has to be an animated series. This is for two reasons. First, budget. You can animate the 31st century and its superpowered denizens a lot more easily than you can render it in live action. If you try it in live action, it'll look cheesy. Second, cast. The Legion has a large cast with a lot of important characters, and not all of those characters can get a satisfactory amount of screen time in every episode. This is a problem in live action, because your main cast contracts for a certain number of episodes, and so on. Voice actors, easier to move in and out, or even double up on. Not that anything like this looks like it's on the horizon.

The Major Spoilers people have started a Legion podcast, called "The Legion Clubhouse", that's pretty good so far. The RSS feed is probably "http://majorspoilers.com/media/legionclubhouse.xml", if you want to give it a spin.

To sum up. Nostalgia still bad. Legion on Supergirl, who cares. Legion in their own comic-book series or animated TV series, good. Legion Clubhouse podcast, pretty good. LLL.