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by Brad D
Mon Dec 20, 2021 3:27 pm
Forum: Season 3 (2017) The Return
Topic: Differing Views on The Return
Replies: 289
Views: 138089

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

I did ask for feedback on certain things with the change of the thread subject, but this thread has just become toxic. I’ll take some responsibility there. Let’s lock this thread up and move on. No one’s changing their mind here.
by Brad D
Mon Dec 20, 2021 11:25 am
Forum: Season 3 (2017) The Return
Topic: Differing Views on The Return
Replies: 289
Views: 138089

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

I think the hard thing about this thread is that the two camps are pretty far apart on much common ground. The thread was made to explore grievances, and some of the most staunch defenders of The Return make sure no critique goes unchecked.
by Brad D
Mon Dec 20, 2021 9:01 am
Forum: Season 3 (2017) The Return
Topic: Differing Views on The Return
Replies: 289
Views: 138089

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

I suppose he doesn’t take away her humanity, but does reduce her to something other than a valuable co-worker. I guess I never realized Gordon and Tammy were a thing. The scene would have worked much, much better by cutting that comment out. I felt *the* vibe and then it was undercut.
by Brad D
Mon Dec 20, 2021 7:25 am
Forum: Season 3 (2017) The Return
Topic: Differing Views on The Return
Replies: 289
Views: 138089

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

The roadhouse scenes with the random people going on and on about whatever is - IMO - really a terrible use of time. Lynch indulgence at its most egregious. It exists to take up time and you can not convince me it is applicable to anything else. I think some of this feeling spreads to other moments ...
by Brad D
Sun Dec 19, 2021 4:07 pm
Forum: Season 3 (2017) The Return
Topic: Differing Views on The Return
Replies: 289
Views: 138089

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

For those that loved the Return—this is an honest question. Did you find any of the following interesting or particularly great? The Roadhouse booth chats Ashley Judd Dr. Amp’s rants Frank’s Wife Tammy Preston Y’all know my gripes about a perceived lack of story, but these elements in particular jus...
by Brad D
Fri Dec 17, 2021 1:28 pm
Forum: Season 3 (2017) The Return
Topic: Differing Views on The Return
Replies: 289
Views: 138089

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

Attempting to find an intriguing thread in the Return is almost impossible for me. Amen. Leland's pain and struggle in the original was real. Not much real stuff going down in TR apart from the captivating scenes with Sarah, Dougie looking at Sunny Jim with sadness and a few other scenes I can't th...
by Brad D
Fri Dec 17, 2021 11:12 am
Forum: Season 3 (2017) The Return
Topic: Differing Views on The Return
Replies: 289
Views: 138089

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

Part 8 sabotaged itself with me -- the implications of Laura being made to stop BOB? creating her to be a destined victim of rape/incest/etc? It undermines the core of what began in the Pilot - and for what? I also didnt like BOB's origins to be so hamfistedly delivered. FFS, let BOB just remain an ...
by Brad D
Fri Dec 17, 2021 7:57 am
Forum: Season 3 (2017) The Return
Topic: Differing Views on The Return
Replies: 289
Views: 138089

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

"As for the thread's question of intended meaning: meaning in art isn't encoded. It's decoded. It means whatever the reader thinks it means." I'm glad you said this, Histeria. Probably my main frustration is a strong suspicion s3 just doesn't mean anything. And that in itself is a paradox....
by Brad D
Wed Dec 15, 2021 3:59 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Season 4? Or is it over after this? Wisteria/Unrecorded Night? Something else? (Speculation thread.)
Replies: 9272
Views: 13024553

Re: Season 4? Or is it over after this? Wisteria/Unrecorded Night? Something else? (Speculation thread.)

Russ has been teasing an autobiography for at least a decade. Maybe it’s ready?
by Brad D
Wed Dec 15, 2021 3:40 pm
Forum: Season 3 (2017) The Return
Topic: Differing Views on The Return
Replies: 289
Views: 138089

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

I am much more against the idea of BOB being truly destroyed than the green glove. But combining them both… yeesh. I’d rather the sprinklers have gone off again.

I also am just not a fan of the black orb. Either re-cast BOB or just have Mr. C as BOB’s true heir apparent or vessel.
by Brad D
Wed Dec 15, 2021 1:22 pm
Forum: Season 3 (2017) The Return
Topic: Differing Views on The Return
Replies: 289
Views: 138089

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

What did Audrey really do in The Return? Have a dream and wake up? I'd much rather Audrey have done some, I dont know, real things. I guess the character is resolved, likely in an institution.. but overall, a huge meh.
by Brad D
Tue Dec 14, 2021 7:33 pm
Forum: Season 3 (2017) The Return
Topic: Differing Views on The Return
Replies: 289
Views: 138089

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

Since this is a frustration thread-I’ll lean into that sentiment. When I look back on the Return, my one true problem is that the damn thing just keeps expanding while refusing to really go anywhere or say anything. It feels like Mr. C, and perhaps what’s happening at the sheriffs station is the spi...
by Brad D
Sun Nov 21, 2021 6:12 am
Forum: Season 3 (2017) The Return
Topic: Differing Views on The Return
Replies: 289
Views: 138089

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

Lynch loves to say he had nothing to do with s2, but all parties say this was his idea. I really wish he had directed it. Who knows of Josie would have even ended up in the doorknob. I’m guessing Glatter and the sfx person (who I could never find) did the best with what they were told to do. A true ...
by Brad D
Fri Nov 19, 2021 6:33 pm
Forum: Season 3 (2017) The Return
Topic: Differing Views on The Return
Replies: 289
Views: 138089

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

Just now I sort of wondered, how did Sarah get away with literally killing a dude in a bar?
by Brad D
Fri Nov 19, 2021 4:19 pm
Forum: Season 3 (2017) The Return
Topic: Differing Views on The Return
Replies: 289
Views: 138089

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

The Roadhouse randoms might be my biggest frustration. It feels intentionally nonsensical. For me, it goes nowhere, means nothing, just exists to fill up time. Throw in the guy sweeping, the shovel painting, Lynch puffing up his sexuality at every other turn, one of the few women of color *turning i...