Good analysis, kdawg. I think you're on to something there. There's also the "Was it great sex or was it rape?" interlude with DougieCoop and Janey-E, which when you put it all together, makes for quite a rollercoaster ride.
Lynch and Frost don't do "comfort" television, do they?
Still, at least James didn't sing so it's all good. 😉
Haiku about the Return:
Each episode seems a bore
Confusion then frustration
Courtesy of the Roadhouse
Fresh morning connections
Play it again, Stanley
It takes one look to understand
Just another brilliant one
Haiku about the Return:
Each episode seems a bore
Confusion then frustration
Courtesy of the Roadhouse
Fresh morning connections
Play it again, Stanley
It takes one look to understand
Just another brilliant one
STANDARD:
It's double decade return, you could say,
Manages to delight in many ways.
Some of old, much of new,
Old faces and an expensive crew.
Here we talk,
Fire does walk.
Ready to quit? No possible way. DL is hitting his stride (we're in episode 10 of 18) and there's a long way to go, friends. Looking for quick fixes, tying up all the loose ends, and tidy endings? You might be in the wrong place.
It's the little thread that could!
This thread is a perfect example of why I almost exclusively post in this forum. If the original comment had been posted on Facebook, for example, it would mostly be filled with redundant vitriol from both sides.
Thanks, all, for your contributions.
Irrelevant
Looking for quick fixes, tying up all the loose ends, and tidy endings? You might be in the wrong place.
Sigh, agreed. I think we're heading for another "what the hell just happened!?" final episode.
There once was a show called Twin Peaks
Filled up with weirdos and freaks
When people would see
The show on TV
They'd argue about it for weeks.
I know, I know... I'll get me coat.
One thing I've noticed though, is with the exception on Truman, . . . There is hardly a single likable "new" character in the town of TP
Aside from the abundancy of symbolism, amoung these is the classic Lynch-esque town like the original TP or Lumberton is simply way unbelievable than it was 25+ years ago.
So this new distopian like view where the original cast all has an underlying longing for the way things where 25 years ago, is just a new take on a classic nonstalgiv Lynch theme
That's a very good point.
French magazine Cahiers du Cinéma (which has 30 pages about Twin Peaks in the last issue) state that Dougie is how today's world would see the Cooper from 25 years ago.
There once was a show called Twin Peaks
Filled up with weirdos and freaks
When people would see
The show on TV
They'd argue about it for weeks.
I know, I know... I'll get me coat.
Haha! yep I kinda meant that with my post. The kids'll love it!
I don't think anyone in this thread has yet noted that Lynch/Frost themselves know full well how their often laconic and drawn-out story-telling style comes across as irritating to some viewers, as shown by the tongue-barely-in-cheek exchange between the Mitchum brothers as they watch, with increasing frustration, Candie apparently and seemingly pointlessly relate her life story to Sinclair. Candie is the series, sometimes languid and dreamy and slow to rouse (while other times smacking us upside the head); and the Mitchum brothers are the increasingly impatient viewers whom Lynch/Frost know exist (just as they did during the original series).
But with this level of obvious self-awareness, I have to believe that Lynch/Frost know EXACTLY what they're doing, and I trust them to make it all pay off, spectacularly.
I, like many I suspect, was looking forward to the old Twin Peaks flavor as opposed to the FWWM flavor. But Showtime came out and said it's pure heroin David Lynch which of course meant the latter. So I prepared myself by erasing all expectations of the old and went in with an open mind. This really helped me enjoy the show. Instead of being disappointed, I was elated that while still more like FWWM, it was beyond that in its reach. It blew away my expectations of it being classic Lynch. It's something much more and is unlike anything I've ever seen. Even amazing shows like Fargo don't seem to be quite as enthralling now post TP 2017. So for those still on the fence I would ask: Can you let go of what you want the show to be and just enjoy it for what it is?
And we're like that young guy in NY looking at a glassbox for hours waiting for Cooper to materialize... We're still waiting...
Fire walk with