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Imagine being inside mentally ill person's mind

posted 7 years ago by Maikowski (57)
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That's what this show is. Season 2 first episode was amazing trip. The music was great too, you even felt this madness all around you and could relate to those confused people on screen, not knowing what's happening.

So it was pretty obvious, he spent some time inside the Orb, saw some shit but his brains either blocks it (for now) or we aren't shown anything on purpose, just glimpses. While bad stuff happened in reality when bad guy started infecting normal people with madness, talked about in the beginning of the episode.

Now, I'm a bit pissed that there was very little action in this episode. They have the money for the visuals and other unrelated stuff, like dance scenes, they should have some bucks for action too.

[–] Xcalat3 (3749) 7 years ago

That would be hell.

[–] GunWillTravel (198) 7 years ago

I love the fact that this show is unlike any other superhero show.

There are a LOT of superhero shows on TV. The fast guy, the flying strong girl, the mystical martial artists, the guy who shoots lightning, the one where all the heroes fight the guy who steals hero powers, etc etc. And a lot of "secret agency/war" shows too. But they're all essentially told in the same manner, often with just minor variations on the same plot.

Legion is different. Jessica Jones may be a little crazy, but it's really more mental illness like depression than mental illness like hallucinatory insanity. David Haller is really batshit crazy, and we are never sure if what we are seeing is reality, hallucination induced by drugs, hallucination induced by schizophrenia, hallucination induced by telepathy, or maybe just the daydreams of a guy who can warp reality.

The plot is pretty far in the backseat to the visual experience, which are definitely driving this show. I wish this was a 13-hour Netflix binge watch instead of a week-by-week marathon: I think the immersion into insanity would work more effectively and the waiting for the plot to develop wouldn't have months to drag on. But I just like having a different experience watching this show to shake me out of the traditional narrative shows. It just works better with the altered reality theme.

[–] Maikowski (57) 7 years ago

Yes, I never thought I will like any superhero TV show, they all suck, not my taste. But LEGION is a big exceptions and I got hooked from the first episode. It is just different. Eerie kind of feeling, when watching it. I had similar experience only with Lynch and few other movies by different directors.