This review contains spoilers.
Legion is a television series that is created for FX by Noah Hawley. The show features the mutant David Haller/Legion and is loosely connected with the X-Men. The series stars Dan Stevens and Rachel Keller as David Haller and Sydney Barrett. The series is an exploration of David Haller's mind and powers. As the series continues, the audience sees the effects of David Haller's powers.
Legion is a great show. This television series plays up the strange powers that the mutants in the Marvel comic books have well. It shows how strange and anomalous the world becomes when a mutant such as David Haller comes to his potential. The world and mind become a mutable playground. The series plays this up incredibly well in its visual style. This makes for excellent and memorable scenes in the television series.
Each of the seasons of Legion is incredibly focused and short. The first and third season clock in at eight episodes while the second season clocks in at eleven episodes. I would consider the second season the weakest and the first season the strongest. The first season introduces David Haller and all of the supporting characters incredibly well. The second season develops each of the characters from the first season however it increases the weirdness found in the first season without as much of an effect. The second season is still good but it does not have the freshness of the first. In addition the second season seeks to tell a more convoluted story that does not always get its point across clearly. The third season returns to a more straightforward story and acts as more of a conclusion to all of the characters.
I highly recommend Legion. The series is absolutely creative in its story and style.
Grade: A.
Legion is a television series that is created for FX by Noah Hawley. The show features the mutant David Haller/Legion and is loosely connected with the X-Men. The series stars Dan Stevens and Rachel Keller as David Haller and Sydney Barrett. The series is an exploration of David Haller's mind and powers. As the series continues, the audience sees the effects of David Haller's powers.
Legion is a great show. This television series plays up the strange powers that the mutants in the Marvel comic books have well. It shows how strange and anomalous the world becomes when a mutant such as David Haller comes to his potential. The world and mind become a mutable playground. The series plays this up incredibly well in its visual style. This makes for excellent and memorable scenes in the television series.
Each of the seasons of Legion is incredibly focused and short. The first and third season clock in at eight episodes while the second season clocks in at eleven episodes. I would consider the second season the weakest and the first season the strongest. The first season introduces David Haller and all of the supporting characters incredibly well. The second season develops each of the characters from the first season however it increases the weirdness found in the first season without as much of an effect. The second season is still good but it does not have the freshness of the first. In addition the second season seeks to tell a more convoluted story that does not always get its point across clearly. The third season returns to a more straightforward story and acts as more of a conclusion to all of the characters.
I highly recommend Legion. The series is absolutely creative in its story and style.
Grade: A.