Jayjay
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Twin Peaks: The Return
10/10
I was a big fan of the original, though it was marred by low production values and other limitations of network tv back in the day. To this day, Twin peaks remains one of the most unique tv drama series ever made, and The Return is more of the same with better special effects and more artistic freedom. I could try to explain what it's about and fail miserably, but instead here is a representative clip:
I know, right? Who in their right mind wouldn't want to watch 18 hours of this?
I gotta update this to 8 or 9 out of 10.
It's just not that well done. I don't mind the ending making no sense, because none of it made any sense anyway and I'm not sure it's supposed to. But the new season, despite being superior to the originals, still has a pretty boring plot and a dumb ending. But the worst sin is that it's a bit self-absorbed in dealing with the old characters, and disjoint with its different storylines happening all over the map. For the former, it seems that Lynch wanted the old guys aboard, but they don't really add much to the plot and are not that interesting, except for Gordon played by Lynch himself. Albert is no longer his old motormouth self, probably because the actor had throat cancer and couldn't have dealt with the dialogue, and David Bowie who died before he could do his part was replaced by a giant teapot, stock footage, and an imitator. That role would have been much better served simply being recast. The log lady died, so they used a few short clips of her that was literally phoned in. And Audrey, what the fuck. Her only appearance was to do the iconic dance, but there is no in-story reason why her dance would be such a big deal. And her story never gets finished. Neither does the story about the box in the building (not very well anyway).
The fact that it was filmed in different locations at different times is also blatantly obvious. Not everything is happening in Twin Peaks anymore, but the different sets don't connect, it's like they just crammed in three or four different movies into one and just mashed it all together.
that being said, I still did enjoy watching most of it and most of the new characters are great, and there are many scenes and pieces of dialogue that make it worth watching despite its shortcomings. It's just not the greatest thing since sliced bread, that's all.