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TV Post: Legion
Apr. 25th, 2017 11:27 amRecently LB & S & I finished the first season of Legion.
The visual and sound design are amazing – particularly the sound, actually, which was reminiscent in parts of (what little I know about) Gaspar Noé’s soundscapes – for example, the use of low-frequency tones that make you tense and/or vaguely nauseous.
Legion is giddy and intoxicating, and each night when we were finished I walked home in a genuinely altered state.
( Several Spoilers for Legion Season 1, and Some Points of Critique )
To sum up: brilliant sensory experience, clever structure, rollercoaster-of-the-mind plot, and slightly disappointing lack of risk-taking with the characters/focus, given the other accomplishments of the show.
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Notes
1. Though certainly the Kerry/Cary dyad doesn't split along traditional gender lines.
2. To be fair, that might actually be true, but it's not necessarily something to revel in, narratively.
"Emotional problems" might not be the right term here, since the story is at least ostensibly about mental illness, but Legion felt preoccupied with David's negotiation of his powers, rather than with the lived experience of mental illness itself. Then, I don't know where they're going with David's identity, or how close it will be to the comic character.
The visual and sound design are amazing – particularly the sound, actually, which was reminiscent in parts of (what little I know about) Gaspar Noé’s soundscapes – for example, the use of low-frequency tones that make you tense and/or vaguely nauseous.
Legion is giddy and intoxicating, and each night when we were finished I walked home in a genuinely altered state.
( Several Spoilers for Legion Season 1, and Some Points of Critique )
To sum up: brilliant sensory experience, clever structure, rollercoaster-of-the-mind plot, and slightly disappointing lack of risk-taking with the characters/focus, given the other accomplishments of the show.
{rf}
Notes
1. Though certainly the Kerry/Cary dyad doesn't split along traditional gender lines.
2. To be fair, that might actually be true, but it's not necessarily something to revel in, narratively.
"Emotional problems" might not be the right term here, since the story is at least ostensibly about mental illness, but Legion felt preoccupied with David's negotiation of his powers, rather than with the lived experience of mental illness itself. Then, I don't know where they're going with David's identity, or how close it will be to the comic character.
