Binary System Podcast #252: Legion and the return of the SitRep

<p>Original broadcast date January 28, 2021. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2021/01/binary-system-podcast-252-legion-and-the-return-of-the-sitrep/</p> <p>In typical, timely, "we are so on top of pop culture" fashion, we started watching <em>Legion.</em> A year and a half after the final episode aired. (We'd say that's a record for us, but we're sure you know it isn't.) There's so much about this show we love, from the beautiful and creepy special effects, to the completely unreliable narrator, to the dance number (the dance number!) and all the pretty, pretty people.</p> <p>First though we've got to do the weekly SitRep over beers, and afterwards we wander from the perplexing editing of <em>Æon Flux</em> on CBS All Access, to Tamsyn Muir's <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MDDH8LV/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" title="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MDDH8LV/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1">beautiful and </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MDDH8LV/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1" title="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MDDH8LV/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1"><em><strong>messed up</strong></em></a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MDDH8LV/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" title="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MDDH8LV/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1"> novella</a>, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MDDH8LV/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1 to a last-minute ramble about <em>Love, Death and Robots.</em></p> <p>This week's outro is a clip from <a href="https://youtu.be/531ofuiI4ZY" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" title="https://youtu.be/531ofuiI4ZY">Walk Into Tomorrow</a> by TeknoAXE.</p> <p>Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle,