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Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 18

MetaFiler It seems to work far more on the emotional level rather than the intellectual
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 4:53 PM on September 4, 2017

I sort of trust that Lynch/Frost made deliberate choices about how they wanted the series to wrap up. I won't say that I agree with all those choices, but in the end, the last hour somehow felt like it paid off.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 7:27 PM on September 4, 2017

Twin Peaks takes place inside a snow globe depicting an autistic boy holding a snow globe depicting a hospital.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 7:31 PM on September 4, 2017

narrative closure feels like it should be the easy part.

I'd like to hear more about this theory of yours, especially how to not have narrative closure feel cheap and easy or unearned or any of the many many other complaints addressed across the generations of narrative criticism.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 7:33 PM on September 4, 2017

Emmy eligibility appears to have a May 31st cut-off.

Also why Game Of Thrones wasn't part of this year's Emmys. TP and GoT will likely go against each other next year much to the chagrin of all other series.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 6:49 PM on September 19, 2017

Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 16

OMG okay this is all beginning to feel awesome, and I love this episode.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 8:39 PM on August 27, 2017

posted by Strange Interlude

Eponyveryfuckingsterical

Please tell me some variation on this has happened in every TP:TR episode discussion.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 10:28 PM on August 28, 2017

Is it literally only two hours, or is it two episodes with 18 being extra long?

Only David knows. And Showtime. And everyone who worked on the project.

But basically, only David knows.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 10:03 PM on August 29, 2017

That's an interesting detail.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 6:10 PM on September 1, 2017

Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 15

I will have to watch this again before I can meaningfully participate in this discussion.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 9:41 PM on August 21, 2017

"convenience store"

Yeah, I was disappointed at Hawk's interaction with the Log Lady, too. His reaction felt entirely within his nature, but I was left disappointed by that scene.

I thought the Ed/Norma scene was brilliant from beginning to end. Norma made that decision about the buyout exactly as she was sitting down with BusinessGuy (he's so memorable!) after Ed talked to her. That wasn't what the conversation was going to be about… [more]
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 8:18 PM on August 23, 2017

Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 14

James Marshall has the same genetics as Larry Mullin Jr, with those sharp cheekbones and the same forehead and nose and COMPLETE INABILITY TO AGE AT ALL OVER THE PAST 25+ YEARS.

Anyway, really interesting episode. A lot happened, but it's all just pieces being moved into place. And a bit of Deus Ex Machina with Green Glove suddenly appearing out of nowhere.

Also, my favorite music performance of the series so far.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 9:25 PM on August 15, 2017

I have had those drugs.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 9:00 PM on August 16, 2017

Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 13

The way the arm wrestling sequence was filmed, with the crowd around screaming and reacting, looked like something I'd seen in a depression era B-movie before.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 7:21 PM on August 6, 2017

SZYMONS
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 7:34 PM on August 6, 2017

Is it Ghostwood here?

Is that what Audrey asks?
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 7:58 PM on August 6, 2017

might actually be something weird going on there.

Oh, you're new to Twin Peaks! Welcome!
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 8:14 PM on August 6, 2017

I thought it was the receipt he got from the diner? But that's based on not much.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 8:15 PM on August 6, 2017

Yes, there was Laura's face.

The thing about Sarah's television is, well, I've spent two or three days in an alcohol haze and does she even know that it's looping on her? I doubt it. It's just a thing that is on. It's not her choice of viewing with any meaning for her. She doesn't know it's even repeating.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 8:32 PM on August 6, 2017

No, he knew he was going to die, so why not confess? He has nothing to gain by keeping his secrets, and obviously his secrets got HIM killed, so why not take revenge on those who set him up by telling all he knows?
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 8:50 PM on August 6, 2017

He spent 4 years working on this project. I find it hard to believe anything about it happened on the fly.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 11:04 PM on August 8, 2017

Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 12

I think mostly that scene was about Audrey getting to use curse words like a sailor because the original show was on network television.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 2:01 PM on July 31, 2017

I felt like THAT sequence was an homage to the pinups that seemed to inspire so many of the looks in the original Twin Peaks. It was entirely about the male gaze, and the poses she struck during her time on screen from the moment she appears are all things that one might find in a calendar from the 1940s and 50s.

Lynch is taking his time with this 18 hour movie and is using long parts of it to experiment with various looks and possibilities for "moving… [more]
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 8:16 PM on July 31, 2017

It is the first one where I skipped forward, specifically over Gordon's ladyfriend's exceedingly slow exit.

Then Lynch has won, because one thing he's always loved doing is creating slow scenes which try to make you look away. The joy of Lynch is that there's often a payoff in some direction or another if you are willing to watch.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 8:46 PM on August 4, 2017

*pets DVR* You're my friend. You're my true friend.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 3:34 PM on August 6, 2017

Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 11

WHAT THE FUCK!!!!

I mean I yell this at the television every week since TP started up again but SERIOUSLY WHAT THE FUCK???
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 7:32 PM on July 23, 2017

DIRTY BEARDED MEN IN A ROOM

I think I responded to that Craigslist ad once.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 7:42 PM on July 23, 2017

That was a Damn Fine hour of television right there. Damn fine!
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 8:03 PM on July 23, 2017

We were stunned at how much empathy we felt for Bobby fricking Briggs.

Watching his face melt when he watched Shelley getting all over that guy was truly heartbreaking.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 8:04 PM on July 23, 2017

There's a transporter pad? I missed that. What episode was that in?
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 4:50 PM on July 24, 2017

Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 10

I felt like this episode was a perfect reflection of the Season 7 premiere of Game Of Thrones.

It put a lot of pieces in place on the chess board and they all got attention of other factions and they started moving toward each other.

The FBI spotting of Evil Cooper in a photo was interesting. They're pursuing him now.

How many different groups are coming after Doogie now?
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 7:14 AM on July 17, 2017

MetaFilter: age will do it if nothing else does.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 3:46 PM on July 21, 2017

I thought that Cooper sort of took over the body of a pre-existing Dougie and we're seeing him a Cooper because we're watching the story but he looks like someone else entirely to the rest of the world.

Where did I get that impression, and am I wrong?
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 7:32 PM on July 22, 2017

Okay, but where does this "Dougie only came into existence 12 years ago full of false memories" thing come in?

Have I missed a bunch of details?
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 7:44 PM on July 22, 2017

I'd totally watch a Joss Whedon TwinPeaks-esque television series.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 7:45 PM on July 22, 2017

Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 9

I keep losing stuff in other dimensions... socks

That's more like The Left Sock Thievers.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 2:07 AM on July 12, 2017

I'm glad (?) to see that product placement works even in Twin Peaks.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 10:37 AM on July 15, 2017

But Lynch and Frost have seemingly figured out a way to satisfy the letter of product placement agreements without making the show into an eighteen-hour series of commercials.

I recently watched I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore, which is a great movie and I recommend it highly. But the Coors Light product placement was too aggressive.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 12:54 PM on July 15, 2017

Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8

But honestly, if I had a chance to put together a live band for a performance of what is basically a studio project to appear in a David Lynch project, I'd ask my wife* to be there too, even if it was only holding a tambourine.

*I'm not married, but you get my point
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 5:39 PM on June 26, 2017

Oh it was a completely different show, alright. completely different from anything ever shown on network TV before.

I might need to find a group to talk to if I'm going to recover.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 7:56 PM on June 26, 2017

time feels so distorted and what happened two weeks ago feels like two years and watching the explosion felt like "Ok, this is my life now, I'm just going to watch this forever"

There's no new episode next week so this will help carry you forward.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 8:19 PM on June 26, 2017

Someone has very strong feelings about something.

I still can't figure out what I feel about last night's episode. I applaud you.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 9:46 PM on June 26, 2017

I want to call David Lynch, like, tonight or tomorrow and interview him about this episode NOW, since it's been aired and has had a zillion think pieces written about it.

I doubt he'd be forthcoming, but I'd at least like to know what his demeanor is like. I bet he's entirely pleased.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 8:26 PM on June 27, 2017

I really don't want to think deeply on that thing that crawled into that girl's mouth. That entire sequence was nightmare fodder for me on the deepest level.

Probably Lynch's point, but still....
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 10:41 PM on June 28, 2017

If you're on this website, why are you asking what's a meta for?

And who is Ical Ascott?
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 11:19 PM on June 29, 2017

I'm going to end up with no choice over this weekend but to watch these first 8 episodes again and jeebus am I even prepared to watch #8 again?

I might need to get my therapist's number written down first.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 3:05 PM on July 1, 2017

Vulture: The Best Show ON TV is Twin Peaks: The Return
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 10:47 AM on July 6, 2017

We're only two days away from a new episode.

It's been a long two weeks.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 3:26 PM on July 7, 2017

The wait for the next episode is killing me.
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 7:55 AM on July 8, 2017

Doing a rewatch of the 8 hours and there is so much going on in hour 1 and 2 that is overlooked at the time and is given context in later episodes. Wow!
posted to FanFare by hippybear at 2:28 PM on July 9, 2017