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by sylvia_north
Tue Jan 04, 2022 12:33 am
Forum: General
Topic: Hazel Drew-Laura Palmer's Inspiration
Replies: 2
Views: 5839

Re: Hazel Drew-Laura Palmer's Inspiration

590A79D9-B36B-4878-99EA-E7F336DD8AB0.jpeg Drove past the Poesten Kill yesterday morning listening to the audiobook on my way to Williamstown Mass. One of my direct relatives showed up in the book as a sleazy lawyer, the grandson of Cotton Mather (of Salem infamy) David Lynch would like that the are...
by sylvia_north
Sat Jan 01, 2022 8:16 am
Forum: General
Topic: Hazel Drew-Laura Palmer's Inspiration
Replies: 2
Views: 5839

Re: Hazel Drew-Laura Palmer's Inspiration

Starting the book today https://nypost.com/2022/01/01/murder-th ... ater-book/

I live just a few miles from Hazel Drew’s grave
by sylvia_north
Thu Dec 30, 2021 12:48 pm
Forum: Season 3 (2017) The Return
Topic: Did Fans Not Understand Dougie was a Parody storyline
Replies: 20
Views: 10052

Re: Did Fans Not Understand Dougie was a Parody storyline

I’m trying to think of genre movies off the top of my head where there are other characters who don’t seem to notice anything that unusual about the person who is changed into an undead monster or has been inhabited by an alien, or is a “sapient” alien or angelic visitor, amusing situations ensue. I...
by sylvia_north
Sat Dec 25, 2021 8:54 pm
Forum: Season 3 (2017) The Return
Topic: Awakening the Gnostic Redeemer-Decoding TPTR
Replies: 1
Views: 3110

Re: Awakening the Gnostic Redeemer-Decoding TPTR

Getting warmer now.. I’ve said it a few times, but these types of readings of S3 yield the most. The weird elements of S1&2 were loaded with theosophical clues and we knew from List of 7 Mark Frost explored that tradition. Theosophy contradicts Gnosticism, but not the Vedas which are aligned wit...
by sylvia_north
Fri Dec 24, 2021 10:47 pm
Forum: Season 3 (2017) The Return
Topic: For Those Who Were (Mostly) Disappointed with The Return
Replies: 14
Views: 9629

Re: For Those Who Were (Mostly) Disappointed with The Return

The repeating names, and classic film actor/character names, in S1 were neat misdirections. Word association is fun. 1-1-9 was all that she said, Loan sharks fear Janey-E, No more coffee, drink some tea, Dougie talk to me. Some random gal has an armpit rash, You still wonder who Billy is, Little gir...
by sylvia_north
Fri Dec 24, 2021 5:13 am
Forum: Season 3 (2017) The Return
Topic: For Those Who Were (Mostly) Disappointed with The Return
Replies: 14
Views: 9629

Re: For Those Who Were (Mostly) Disappointed with The Return

here it feels like he threw everything in either to inflate the running time to meet the quota after Showtime agreed to more - or purely for some artistic decision that I can't quite understand. I'm not saying this footage shouldn't exist - but at least half (or 1/3 to be generous again) feels like...
by sylvia_north
Tue Dec 21, 2021 1:47 am
Forum: Season 3 (2017) The Return
Topic: For Those Who Were (Mostly) Disappointed with The Return
Replies: 14
Views: 9629

Re: For Those Who Were (Mostly) Disappointed with The Return

50/50 sounds about right to me and on this last watch since it aired, my fondness for the parts I liked has grown. It will be too soon if I ever read another mini essay about how the meh parts of S3 have merit because they’re real/relatable/meta but at the same time surreal, just a mood but undeniab...
by sylvia_north
Mon Dec 20, 2021 8:19 am
Forum: Season 3 (2017) The Return
Topic: Differing Views on The Return
Replies: 289
Views: 133878

Re: Differing Views on The Return - and a poll for the Disappointed Support Group

Chrysta Bell was out of her league and depth as Tammy. The acting is just not good, not believable, and it doesn't help that she's reduced to eye candy for Gordon. Really a terrible moment that ruins a great scene when she is ogled and dehumanized. I'll say it again - no one had the guts to reel Ly...
by sylvia_north
Mon Dec 20, 2021 7:16 am
Forum: Season 3 (2017) The Return
Topic: Differing Views on The Return
Replies: 289
Views: 133878

Re: To the Profoundly Disappointed: Are You Still Disappointed?

Dr.Amp's rants were the key to unlocking how all the other story elements were linked thematically. The Amp Podcast format also taps into how the media landscape has splintered from everyone watching the same thing on the same platform ("Invitation to Love" or "Twin Peaks" on ne...
by sylvia_north
Sun Dec 19, 2021 3:00 am
Forum: Season 3 (2017) The Return
Topic: Differing Views on The Return
Replies: 289
Views: 133878

Re: To the Profoundly Disappointed: Are You Still Disappointed?

I think what some of you guys might be missing about the look of the Convenience Store in TR is that it's meant to be a prop building on the atomic bomb test site. More like a facade of a house in an old Western. I don’t get any Nevada test site vibes from it. Those buildings were complete structur...
by sylvia_north
Sun Dec 19, 2021 1:26 am
Forum: Season 3 (2017) The Return
Topic: Differing Views on The Return
Replies: 289
Views: 133878

Re: To the Profoundly Disappointed: Are You Still Disappointed?

I think what some of you guys might be missing about the look of the Convenience Store in TR is that it's meant to be a prop building on the atomic bomb test site. More like a facade of a house in an old Western. I don’t get any Nevada test site vibes from it. Those buildings were complete structur...
by sylvia_north
Sun Dec 19, 2021 1:21 am
Forum: Season 3 (2017) The Return
Topic: Differing Views on The Return
Replies: 289
Views: 133878

Re: To the Profoundly Disappointed: Are You Still Disappointed?

Conversely, when Hastings and Ray talk about their experiences with the occult realm, and when Albert and Tammy talk about the Blue Rose and tulpas , it’s not at all like the inspiring glimpses and references that the pre-S3 world offered. It’s just characters that don’t matter, talking. The stop mo...
by sylvia_north
Thu Dec 16, 2021 11:04 am
Forum: Season 3 (2017) The Return
Topic: Differing Views on The Return
Replies: 289
Views: 133878

Re: To the Profoundly Disappointed: Are You Still Disappointed?

Green glove v BOB orb is one of the dumbest things I’ve seen on TV, period. I don’t care if it destroyed BOB completely or if it was “real” or superimposed Cooper face is to tell us this is just a dream or a tv show. I don’t care who Freddie is, though the actor is adorable, if not as cute as Sam. L...
by sylvia_north
Tue Dec 14, 2021 2:10 am
Forum: Season 3 (2017) The Return
Topic: Differing Views on The Return
Replies: 289
Views: 133878

Re: To the Profoundly Disappointed: Are You Still Disappointed?

I don't dwell on the plot details - I believe that is counter-intuitive to the methods of The Return, and I find it impossible to refer to parts of the story as never amounting to anything. It's about how it feels and the mood it conjures and the ideas that are contained within - to me, that's wher...
by sylvia_north
Tue Dec 14, 2021 1:45 am
Forum: Season 3 (2017) The Return
Topic: Differing Views on The Return
Replies: 289
Views: 133878

Re: To the Profoundly Disappointed: Are You Still Disappointed?

Are you really suggesting that The Sopranos and The Wire are acclaimed because of Hollywood corruption? Come on. There’s a a few reasons why arbiters of taste decide something is good and I don’t defer to them because they don’t influence my own opinion, but I was making a [dry] joke. That you comm...