vondardanelle wrote:that last scene was incredible. i thought i was prepared for a less than conclusive ending, i was not. what a ride. my immediate reaction is that i really hope they do not make a 4th season, but i sure as hell didn't think season 3 would be as it was, so maybe a 4th season is a good idea?
I doubt there will be a 4th season. but maybe a movie or two, or a miniseries kind of deal. The guys over at Obnoxious and Anonymous (definitely one of the reviewers worth a listen/watch if you're into the analysis thing) are convinced there will be something more, in part because apparently Showtime has contractual control over the ability of even actors who played minor characters to make media appearances. In any case, If there is more Twin Peaks in any format, I pity anyone who expects it to answer any questions without asking 3 for every one it answers. And I'm nowhere near as confident as the O&A guys that more is coming, as I think Lynch might well be satisfied leaving things as they are.
I was prepared for a less than conclusive ending, but I was not prepared for so many threads to be left untied. I'm still not sure how I feel about that aspect, but it bothers me less as time goes on. And I have never been in the camp of the angry viewers, who apparently feel like their time was wasted by not getting a clear answer to Audrey, or what was the deal with Red, or the young adults in part 8, etc.
I was hoping to get more content related to the Blue Rose side of things, as far as they relate to Project Blue Book and extra/intra-terrestrials. But I guess that's more of a Frost interest than Lynch, and the absence of anything explicit in that vein didn't hurt my enjoyment.
I'm still digesting everything from the final 2 parts a week later. I listened to more and more media about The Return as it drew to a close and have been exhausting all the podcasts and youtubers I touched on during the season since the finale aired. There are some good thoughts and theories out there, but also many that aggravate me because they spend so much time developing elaborate theories that they miss the forest for the trees. I know Lynch is obscure, but I often get the feeling people assume so much to be obscure that they ignore the obvious connections in their faces that require no theorizing, including things that are clearly stated in dialogue as well as those conveyed by image and sound. Part of me wishes The Return had never brought the word "tulpa" into the lexicon of the Peaks fandom, since they left the definition muddy, and the use of the word has inadvertently encouraged many people to construct ridiculous (to me) theories around the idea person X or Y might be a tulpa.
I was definitely engaged strongly throughout The Return, and it has left me and others thinking about it a lot, so in that vein it is an unparalleled success, regardless of whether one was particularly satisfied with the ending.
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