I can’t stand this bloody series. ‘It’s art for the sake of art’. ‘This is really Lynch’s gift to all subsequent media’. ‘There is so much we owe to this series.’
What the hell. It’s just random pieces of script written by monkeys on a typewriter, slapped together. No part of the story is ever finished. ‘Ah but that’s where the depth resides!’. Rubbish. Anybody can write a story that doesn’t properly finish.
Oh I know I will introduce 20 new characters, this will add so much depth. Yeah, they have no motives, no character development BUT I will add this random surreal thing that happens to them, for additional depth. But what happens to X? Who knows! And to Y? You have to guess! And to Z? No one can tell!
Maybe using steel-faced actors will improve the plot? I know I will cast myself in one role with quirky details because it’s so fun. Yeah I don’t know how to act, why? Is it necessary?
And the goddamn music is unsufferable. ‘You can’t separate Lynch’s work from Badalamenti’s music’. Yeah I know they’re both shit. Oh and the effing gigs in the sequel of the series. Aaaaaah!
But at least there is some symbolism! Yes, what is it? Who fucking knows!
Classic “Twin Peaks” was great. Season 3 was complete rubbish, though - chaotic, cringey and ultimately hollow. I wish Lynch has never done it - it killed all “Twin Peaks” appeal for me.
I don’t fully disagree with most of this. I just don’t see how you resolve the greatness of season 3 episode 8 with this take. Season 3 didn’t feel like season 1’s level of composition and depth, but it absolutely held a similar vibe over an insane amount of time difference. I also don’t see how one dumps on season 3 without explicitly noticing how little passion Lynch had with making season 2. 2 is almost not even accepted as authentic cannon compared to 3, tho this is only due to how trite and stale season 2 is. I completely identify with your frustration but for me, 2 is the abomination that “ruined” twin peaks. Bob wins in season 2 and only in 2.
I am not really sure if I saw it - I was so repelled that I quit at some time around episodes of Agent Cooper acting like a moron and noone noticing for at least two episodes straight - it was two much.
First two seasons were disciplined by unity of place, time and action. Season 3 flipped it up and was a terrible mess. So many characters I could not care about them, Cooper turned into mediocre comic relief, all spirit of “Twin Peaks” lost. Sorry, but I was so upset that I wish the 3rd season was not made at all, than made like that.