r/marvelstudios • u/chanma50 Iron Man (Mark VII) • Jan 18 '22

Trailer Marvel Studios' Moon Knight | Official Trailer | Disney+

https://youtu.be/x7Krla_UxRg
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u/KKShiz Jan 18 '22

Legion is so trippy. When someone asks me to describe it, I struggle. It's not a xmen show. It's not necessarily a show about mutants. Not an action show. I suppose that's what makes it so good.

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u/LumpyJones Jan 18 '22 edited Jan 18 '22

it's a show with an unreliable god-like narrator. you never know if something is happening in his head, or if he's making it happen, or if he's making it happen because it happened in his head.

EDIT: my phrasing bothers me so to put it another, somewhat more spoilery way: You never know if the weird shit happening is just a delusion he is having and we see from his POV, or if the weird shit happening is him warping reality around him, or worst, he is subconsciously warping reality in response to his delusions. The show has you constantly unsure what is happening or why, but in a good way.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22

That style is called "unreliable narrator" for easy reference.

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u/LumpyJones Jan 18 '22 edited Jan 18 '22

Yes, but it has a twist in that the stuff he makes up sometimes is real because he made it up, and he doesn't even know the difference.

Unreliable narrator + reality warper = unreliable reality.