On 2/9/2017 11:04 PM, shawn wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Feb 2017 12:36:02 -0700, anim8rfsk <
anim...@cox.net>
> wrote:
>
>> In article <o7i074$glp$
1...@dont-email.me>,
>> Arthur Lipscomb <
art...@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I watched:
>>>
>>> Legion - Set in an unspecified X-Men universe, this series follows
>>> Professor X's son David, although Professor X is never seen or even
>>> mentioned.
>>
>> Did you get this from the narrative or from outside reading?
>
> Nothing in the episode suggests this to be the case. So the writers
> could go either way with David's parentage.
>
>> David is locked in a mental institution so nothing we see in
>>> the premier can be trusted. We are also constantly told he may be the
>>> most powerful mutant ever although exactly what his powers are is not
>>> really clear. I was completely frustrated by this pilot.
>
> What we saw was telekinesis as he's made objects move multiple times.
> Apparently he also has the ability to bend reality given that he made
> the doors disappear as if they never existed. I know the comics
> supposedly have him having multiple powers but each is controlled by a
> different personality. It's not clear to me whether they will do
> something similar with the show (David's shown the telekinesis, and
> then when Sidney was in David's body is when the doors disappeared) so
> we will have to wait to see.
This was where I had a big problem with the pilot. If Sidney exists as
an actual person and entered his body, causing the power to remove the
doors then it would seem that his body has super powers rather than his
mind. That seems entirely illogical given the kind of superpowers on
display. As a result, I'm left with the opinion that she isn't a
separate person and that maybe no one is and that the entire series has
to take place within a crazy man's head. Otherwise, I don't think what
we saw in the pilot can be resolved in a logical way.
>
>> Yes
>
> I was a bit frustrated by the untrustworthy narration but that's the
> point. Much like with MR ROBOT you can't be sure if what you are being
> shown is the truth or not.
The nice thing about MR. ROBOT, though, is that the truth could be
gleened from what was shown on screen. I remember some people objecting
when I initially said that the dad was all in the son's head, but then
as they watched subsequent episodes with that possibility in mind it all
fit.
>> The quirkiness was all I liked. One and done for me.
>
> Oh I really liked it and will be back for more.
For me, it really depends on where they go from here. The last bit of
the pilot was *not* promising as a direction. The quirky world of the
first 80+ minutes of the pilot was at least engaging, though I'm not
sure if it is sustainable without some larger direction.