Yet, viewers are likewise going to be quickly lost in his fever dream of reality.
This idea that he was a man who was either schizophrenic or he had these powers.
And I thought, Well, thats interesting.
To think about making a show where he doesnt know whats real and the show is subjective.
Youre in his head, youre in his world, so you dont necessarily know whats real either.
That felt like a really fun and fresh idea.
And it becomes almost a parable or a fable, almost.
Lenny is mostly Davids pal and might be even more strung out in her own little world than him.
If she exists at all.
So that was my insight into Pink Floyds work.
While the whole pilot wasnt screened, what we saw is immediately gripping and appealingly confounding.
Still, the focus was clearly on doing something different that felt universes apart from the X-Men movies.
Its another way to be original and surprise each time out.
However, the question remains whether this franchise will be connected to the actual X-Men movies.
As I said, were in this subjective reality of David, so its hard for us to tell.
So it does have this sort of fable quality.
Yeah, I dont really think you’re free to tell the story without that element to it.
So I would say, you probably will [see Charles Xavier addressed]?
And again, as Dan Stevens himself noted, the very first scene does feature a wheelchair.
you’ve got the option to see for yourself whenLegiondebuts on FX in early 2017.
*NYCC photos provided by Kayti Burt.