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Mr. Reindeer wrote:Also, while he has called this work a “film,” he has specified that it is NOT a “feature,” which is apparently what he calls more conventional-length theatrical movies — a pretty arbitrary semantic distinction IMO, but it is telling as to his mental state about where this work lies in the pantheon.
I'm not trying to bring this up again, but while leafing back through early articles (and emotionally reminiscing about times before the show aired) I did notice that Lynch was in fact quoted as referring to The Return as a feature, which is how I remembered him speaking about it. "This is a feature. An 18-hour feature, broken up into 18 parts." That's from the New York Times. I think he was quoted as such by other publications as well (Entertainment Weekly, I think), with slightly different wording.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/12/t-ma ... peaks.html
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LateReg wrote:
Mr. Reindeer wrote:Also, while he has called this work a “film,” he has specified that it is NOT a “feature,” which is apparently what he calls more conventional-length theatrical movies — a pretty arbitrary semantic distinction IMO, but it is telling as to his mental state about where this work lies in the pantheon.
I'm not trying to bring this up again, but while leafing back through early articles (and emotionally reminiscing about times before the show aired) I did notice that Lynch was in fact quoted as referring to The Return as a feature, which is how I remembered him speaking about it. "This is a feature. An 18-hour feature, broken up into 18 parts." That's from the New York Times. I think he was quoted as such by other publications as well (Entertainment Weekly, I think), with slightly different wording.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/12/t-ma ... peaks.html
I think I was thinking of this interview:
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/feature ... ve-w482337

When asked if he sees himself making features for television, he responds, “No. I don’t know what will happen next, but this is an 18-hour film in my mind. And I love the idea of a continuing story. A feature is over in two-and-half, three hours. The stories that you tell on cable can go on and on.”

He seems to be playing a bit fast and loose with terminology.
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Mr. Reindeer wrote:
LateReg wrote:
Mr. Reindeer wrote:Also, while he has called this work a “film,” he has specified that it is NOT a “feature,” which is apparently what he calls more conventional-length theatrical movies — a pretty arbitrary semantic distinction IMO, but it is telling as to his mental state about where this work lies in the pantheon.
I'm not trying to bring this up again, but while leafing back through early articles (and emotionally reminiscing about times before the show aired) I did notice that Lynch was in fact quoted as referring to The Return as a feature, which is how I remembered him speaking about it. "This is a feature. An 18-hour feature, broken up into 18 parts." That's from the New York Times. I think he was quoted as such by other publications as well (Entertainment Weekly, I think), with slightly different wording.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/12/t-ma ... peaks.html
I think I was thinking of this interview:
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/feature ... ve-w482337

When asked if he sees himself making features for television, he responds, “No. I don’t know what will happen next, but this is an 18-hour film in my mind. And I love the idea of a continuing story. A feature is over in two-and-half, three hours. The stories that you tell on cable can go on and on.”

He seems to be playing a bit fast and loose with terminology.
I remember that article, but I never interpreted it that way. At the time, I thought he just meant that he won't be making 2 to 3 hour movies that air on TV as opposed to the cinema. He'd rather make longer stuff if he's working on TV. I never viewed what he said as the distinction between a feature and The Return, but rather how he'd prefer to use the TV medium. I always felt that quote confirmed that The Return was indeed a feature/film, despite its length, and that he's interested in making more things that use the medium that way rather than just using it to make a 2 hour film. I still see it that way.
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LateReg wrote:I remember that article, but I never interpreted it that way. At the time, I thought he just meant that he won't be making 2 to 3 hour movies that air on TV as opposed to the cinema. He'd rather make longer stuff if he's working on TV. I never viewed what he said as the distinction between a feature and The Return, but rather how he'd prefer to use the TV medium. I always felt that quote confirmed that The Return was indeed a feature/film, despite its length, and that he's interested in making more things that use the medium that way rather than just using it to make a 2 hour film. I still see it that way.
At the end of the day, it’s all semantics, and DKL is on record as being far more comfortable expressing himself visually than in words, so I don’t want to nitpick him too much. I still do feel that the Rolling Stone quote indicates a distinction between “films” and “features,” with “features” having a set runtime cap in DKL’s mind. But if he says differently elsewhere, all well and good. Call it “the Return,” “season 3,” “a limited event series,” “a film,” “a feature,” or whatever else we can come up with....this was one of the most unusual experiences in modern entertainment, and one that continues to smudge the increasingly blurry line between television and feature films. I maintain that the show is more episodic than some fans claim (I just rewatched Part 6, and think it functions incredibly well as a self-contained — albeit unconventional — episode of television), but I also see the other side. What makes the work fascinating is that it doesn’t conform to the typical narrative conventions of either a feature film or a television season. Viewed through either lens, it is an adventurous, fascinating, frustrating, strange, challenging, rewarding, and beautifully unique work.
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It’s art, baby! Vulture can exclusively report that the MoMA will screen the entire season of The Return over the course of three days in early January, as part of the museum’s annual series on “the year’s finest films.”
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Mr. Reindeer wrote:
LateReg wrote:I remember that article, but I never interpreted it that way. At the time, I thought he just meant that he won't be making 2 to 3 hour movies that air on TV as opposed to the cinema. He'd rather make longer stuff if he's working on TV. I never viewed what he said as the distinction between a feature and The Return, but rather how he'd prefer to use the TV medium. I always felt that quote confirmed that The Return was indeed a feature/film, despite its length, and that he's interested in making more things that use the medium that way rather than just using it to make a 2 hour film. I still see it that way.
At the end of the day, it’s all semantics, and DKL is on record as being far more comfortable expressing himself visually than in words, so I don’t want to nitpick him too much. I still do feel that the Rolling Stone quote indicates a distinction between “films” and “features,” with “features” having a set runtime cap in DKL’s mind. But if he says differently elsewhere, all well and good. Call it “the Return,” “season 3,” “a limited event series,” “a film,” “a feature,” or whatever else we can come up with....this was one of the most unusual experiences in modern entertainment, and one that continues to smudge the increasingly blurry line between television and feature films. I maintain that the show is more episodic than some fans claim (I just rewatched Part 6, and think it functions incredibly well as a self-contained — albeit unconventional — episode of television), but I also see the other side. What makes the work fascinating is that it doesn’t conform to the typical narrative conventions of either a feature film or a television season. Viewed through either lens, it is an adventurous, fascinating, frustrating, strange, challenging, rewarding, and beautifully unique work.
I think Lynch was just deflecting whether he'd be making 2-hour films for television. You know, responding bluntly and waiving off the actual question. But regardless, what you wrote there was beautifully put.
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Personally I had more problems with Nadine in the "old series" with that nonsense of having enormous physical powers than with the green glove guy. TV series, a feature, a movie, art? Why not all at the same time?
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Xavi wrote: Personally I had more problems with Nadine in the "old series" with that nonsense of having enormous physical powers than with the green glove guy. TV series, a feature, a movie, art? Why not all at the same time?
The difference is, BOB was the main villain in the original series, and we've been wondering about how the inevitable confrontation against him will go. Turns out, it was just a pointless side character who beat him with a superglove. So, in the end, the confrontation didn't matter, and BOB didn't matter.

It's understandable to be annoyed by the Nadine storyline in original episodes, but at least it was just a side plot.
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Kilmoore wrote:
Xavi wrote: Personally I had more problems with Nadine in the "old series" with that nonsense of having enormous physical powers than with the green glove guy. TV series, a feature, a movie, art? Why not all at the same time?
The difference is, BOB was the main villain in the original series, and we've been wondering about how the inevitable confrontation against him will go. Turns out, it was just a pointless side character who beat him with a superglove. So, in the end, the confrontation didn't matter, and BOB didn't matter.

It's understandable to be annoyed by the Nadine storyline in original episodes, but at least it was just a side plot.
Hmm, don't know about that. What I do know is that Nadine's metamorphosis, and love for Ed, was even more impressive than Ed's love for Norma and vice versa. Love is an extremely complicated phenomenon. The Book of Life describes "7 possible ingredients" : http://www.thebookoflife.org/what-is-love-2/.
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Kilmoore wrote:
Xavi wrote: Personally I had more problems with Nadine in the "old series" with that nonsense of having enormous physical powers than with the green glove guy. TV series, a feature, a movie, art? Why not all at the same time?
The difference is, BOB was the main villain in the original series, and we've been wondering about how the inevitable confrontation against him will go. Turns out, it was just a pointless side character who beat him with a superglove. So, in the end, the confrontation didn't matter, and BOB didn't matter.
Yes and no.
It wasn’t “a side character” that beat BOB.
It was the combined effort of a supernatural entity called “Fireman”, an enlightened human called Major Briggs, and a good man called Dale Cooper.
Glove guy (definitely not one of my favorite characters) was there for a reason, at the specific time for a reason, and with a specific power for a reason. Glove guy is the product of the fusion of the work of the three individuals named above, all combined moving chess pieces such as Andy, Sheriff Truman, and maybe even Naido.


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I thought the green gloved kid was supposed to be the representation of cliches in Superhero films.When the world needs help,the hero just pops in and saves everyone.Thats what happens in every Marvel movie
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Or, he's there precisely to prevent Cooper from having a much-needed confrontation, so he can avoid facing his issues and can continue making the same mistakes, which he promptly does...
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yaxomoxay wrote:
Kilmoore wrote:
Xavi wrote: Personally I had more problems with Nadine in the "old series" with that nonsense of having enormous physical powers than with the green glove guy. TV series, a feature, a movie, art? Why not all at the same time?
The difference is, BOB was the main villain in the original series, and we've been wondering about how the inevitable confrontation against him will go. Turns out, it was just a pointless side character who beat him with a superglove. So, in the end, the confrontation didn't matter, and BOB didn't matter.
Yes and no.
It wasn’t “a side character” that beat BOB.
It was the combined effort of a supernatural entity called “Fireman”, an enlightened human called Major Briggs, and a good man called Dale Cooper.
Glove guy (definitely not one of my favorite characters) was there for a reason, at the specific time for a reason, and with a specific power for a reason. Glove guy is the product of the fusion of the work of the three individuals named above, all combined moving chess pieces such as Andy, Sheriff Truman, and maybe even Naido.


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Certainly, yes. It was the sum being bigger than the parts; a joined effort. Of course my ideas about Dale Cooper died at 2:53, when he "woke up from his coma in the hospital" are absurd, but he (Dale in the "role" of Dougie) saw that fragment of Sunset Blvd on his TV; which is in fact a story that's been told by a dead guy, isn't it. On top of that, as far as I know, there are only two possible ways to face the Giant; firstly by a vortex, and secondly after being dead - Major Briggs' head found its way through non-existence (the mauve world) towards Him. Now, Dale did not enter some vortex during his stay in hospital, did he?
In short, without love life has a tendency to diverge people and focus, whereas death converges them, brings them back to the source (a return indeed) - Dale Cooper becomes whole/one again thanks to all witnesses/believers in the sheriff's station. Meanwhile the Giant silently remained the invisible force that brought them together of course. His golden dust is the miracle of love. That's why Jacoby's shovels work, you better believe it. Just a little side note, Jerry also had one foot in higher realms, for he was always very near to otherworldly occurrences; "You can't fool me, I've been here before."

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krishnanspace wrote:I thought the green gloved kid was supposed to be the representation of cliches in Superhero films.When the world needs help,the hero just pops in and saves everyone.Thats what happens in every Marvel movie
Yes, Mark Frost specifically stated that they are playing with breaking the deus ex machina rule here. It is meant to feel inauthentic, to make audiences feel cheated. Like the battle was won too easily. Like the others in this thread have just pointed out, this easy victory makes Cooper's subsequent hubris-powered folly that much more believable Maybe I can pull off another miracle, this is easy. If the show had ended with episode 17 the green glove scene would have been as disappointing as the "Lost" finale, but everything that happens afterwards really justifies and necessitates the deus ex machina trick.
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laughingpinecone wrote:Or, he's there precisely to prevent Cooper from having a much-needed confrontation, so he can avoid facing his issues and can continue making the same mistakes, which he promptly does...
Bingo; that was my takeaway also.
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