So I am with Joseph on this point. Twin Peaks had 31 episodes plus FWWM as a foundation, Season 3 seemed to throw most of that to the side in order to push a new story writing agenda. Did Either season 1 or 2 have the slippery slopes of mixed timelines, multiple characters or different dimensions? It was disappointing yet haunting at the same time. You can extrapolate whatever you want from the new season but I felt like LYNCH/FROST had a lot more responsibility to their viewers than they showed with Season 3. Also, I lived in the near area During 1 and 2 and you could clearly see the grey skies and gloomy overcast of Twin Peaks through those seasons...it looked like a California coastal town in Season 3, even though it was still fighting evil...not a good visual.
But what do I know...I am still haunted by the whole thing and I find myself here talking about it for some kind of cathartic conclusion that I know I will never receive. I guess that means Lynch did his job...
You can't criticize season 3 for no Harry Truman as Harry Goaz turned it down and introducing Frank is as good as it's gonna get.
Also a HUGE Firesign Theater fan here!
Not to be nitpicky, but Mr. Goaz played Deputy Andy. Michael Ontkean played Harry Truman..
You can't criticize season 3 for no Harry Truman as Harry Goaz turned it down and introducing Frank is as good as it's gonna get.
Also a HUGE Firesign Theater fan here!
Not to be nitpicky, but Mr. Goaz played Deputy Andy. Michael Ontkean played Harry Truman..
Haha my bad! I stand corrected, hats off to both Harry's
I watched some of the pilot (seen it so many times) and then S1 E2 last night, and yeknow what, there is something really missing for me compared to the new season, and it's probably because they had a much bigger, film-sized budget for The Return: EVERY shot in the new season was visually enrapturing imho. I'm not just talking about the updated special effects/CGI stuff in dream sequences. I just mean the general colors. The new season is so visually beautiful. With this in addition to how Lynch/Frost got to play with our expectations and desire to see Cooper etc., the new season holds some special magic for me that's completely missing from the original.
So, in my opinion, we've got pros and cons.
One more thought: First time we saw Johnny Horne originally, he was banging his head on a doll house. IIRC, the first time we heard him this season, we heard some banging before we saw him run through the house and knock himself out. I wonder if the banging in these two scenes syncs up. I'm betting there's a lot in sync between TPTR and the first few original episodes that is yet to be discovered (and put on Youtube by video editors, not me).
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