Day served as a hero for the downtrodden masses in the slums, a filthy Hobbesian netherworld in which life is so nasty and brutish that a short life span can be seen as a blessing. “Legend” was a two-character collision: High-rise dweller June - a calculating, beautiful military prodigy who lost both of her parents while young - went hunting after Day, a good-natured street kid who happened to be the sinister government’s most wanted criminal. It has all the chivalry of “Robin Hood” and all the shine and grime of “Blade Runner.” While most of “The Hunger Games” takes place in a pseudo-pastoral setting, this series is decidedly set in an urban jungle. Her vision of a dystopian Los Angeles - which resembles Silver Lake transformed into what seems like oceanfront property by global warming - made it feel chillingly real, like any city dweller’s worst nightmare.
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