Mr. Reindeer wrote:That was a fun surprise! I was beginning to think we’d never see it. The vibe sort of reminded me of the Detective scenes in the Ronnie Rocket script...except, y’know, with a monkey. Lynch is pretty good at the hardboiled noir detective act.

Do you want to take a stab yet at what it 'means'?

Mr. Reindeer wrote:Just occurred to me that the talking capuchin monkey very much resembles the chap from FWWM who whispers, “Judy”! I don’t think there’s a serious connection, but one of those fun recurring Lynch motifs.

Yes, that hit me right away.

For me, an area where I feel the fear/mystery was lacking was with regard to the Doppelganger. BOB/Leland in the original series was a perpetrator of cosmic evils (incest, murder, rape). Evil Coop in the Return looked like a drug runner from Scarface - particularly in the Buenos Aires photo Albert ...

Cappy wrote:Now I am curious what the original plans were for Philip Gerard -- maybe he was only supposed to appear at the end of ep. 17, where he recites his poem and guides Cooper to Philip Jeffries?

I was actually thinking the same thing.

Note that Veronica Mars was actually able to pull this off successfully for its second season, before ditching the formula for its third and final season. So it definitely could have been done- a new murder, a new mystery... And it worked again for Veronica Mars' fourth and hopefully not final seas...

Twin Peaks never had a formula, per se , but I think the basics of what a lot of fans wanted was another mystery in Twin Peaks, with Cooper teaming up with the Sheriff's station to solve the crime. Note that Veronica Mars was actually able to pull this off successfully for its second season, before ...

I did. I understand it was him voicing his personal feelings, but the mag presented it as a 'critical' essay and I found it anything but. It had a lot of fallacies in thought. For instance, the new series is put under this hyper-scrutinizing and often pessimistic lens that the old series isn't flay...

...yest completely reviled by many in the fan base. By many I think we are talking about approximately 7 very, very loud people. I should have said by 'some in the fan base'. I honestly think it's extremely difficult to measure how the existing fan base felt about Season 3. My guess is that about 8...

It is interesting that the most divisive reaction to Twin Peaks The Return was from the fan base. One of the key reasons why I trust David Lynch if he decides to do a Season 4 is because he doesn't give a crap what the fans think or if the fans want more. He's going to do it if there's a new experi...

I don't think the festival thing goes any deeper than CBS realizing they can squeeze some money out of a popular IP that has probably gained a lot of new fans over the last few years. It's possible CBS/Showtime is just trying to milk a fanatical fan base with conventions, merchandise, VR, etc., wit...

Agent Earle wrote:Hey, folks! A very merry Christmas to everyone that is still holding out for a S 4 in the near future (or whenever).

It’s gonna happen: keep the faith! Merry Christmas to you and Mr C and Chantel and Hutch and Candy, Mandy and Sandy!

It’s pretty common to bring in new, younger characters and move the older characters more in the background. Just look at every American daytime drama.

So I went ahead and spoiled Rise of Skywalker and yes, it seems pretty clear major subversive points from The Last Jedi were ‘unsubverted’ based on popular demand. Which is highly inauthentic from an artistic standpoint. But, from a business standpoint, I can’t really fault Disney for what was done ...

So I finally saw The Last Jedi in its entirety last night, (it is currently included with Netflix subscription). Boy was it a slog to get through, though it finally did start to click with me at the end, a little. I have just seen too many starship battles, too many laser sword (light saber) fights....

From what I hear, not everyone was happy with the way the Festival was run. I don’t remember the exact sources of conflict but a sizable chunk of fans will be happy with this move. More importantly, my guess is that this is just one part of a strategy to roll out either a new season/movie and/or new...