Subject: Re: *SNIFF* :( Why'd nobody tell me TP had a unhappy ending? From: bims@diku.dk (Asger H|gsted) Date: 1991-07-24, 01:46 Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks larryy@Apple.COM (Larry Yaeger) writes: > >In article <1991Jul23.160800.8273@odin.diku.dk> bims@diku.dk (Asger H|gsted) writes: >> >> >> >>But I guess I should have expected that knowing Lynch's somewhat bizarre >> >>ideas... >> >> >> >>Nonetheless, I still was very disappointed to watch the last episode. >> >>Coop running about in red curtains, ending up breaking a mirror with his >> >>face, clearly possessed by BOB.... >> >> >> >>Disappointing, IMHO. >> >> >> >>*sigh* > >Asger, you're not alone. That ending depressed me for several weeks. Really. > >Amazing that a television program could have that strong an affect on one. > >That disappointment with the course of the plot and the fate of the > >characters also, I believe, contributed to many folks' opinion of the > >show itself. A lot of people complained ratherly bitterly about many > >aspects of the final couple of episodes; even though they may not admit > >it (even to themselves), I suspect that that depressing ending weighed > >so heavily on devotees of the show that their opinions of the entire > >show, the entire series, even, suffered as a result. Yes, you're quite right. It damaged my view upon the series as a whole - not overly so, but still... > >Two things to remember, that can help: First of all, the fact that the > >show could affect you that strongly means that it was ultimately pretty well > >written and powerfully presented; your original faith and pleasure in the > >show really was warranted. Oh, no doubt about that, I always felt that TP was well crafted in all details. Only the ending and all the loose ends is dissatisfying. Call me old-fashioned, but a show without a happy ending just doesn't do it for me. > > Secondly, and probably the greatest relief for > >me, is to really understand that the ending we saw was never intended to be > >the ultimate conclusion of the series; it was always intended to be a > >cliff-hanger ending for the season, only, in the same way that the first > >season ended with Coop being shot. (I'd give my eye teeth for the > >writers' bible for the first, second, and most especially the *third* > >seasons.) Yea, I thought about the cliffhanger, and that's of course all well, and I could take it if there were to be a new season, but seeing as how there isn't, I think they should have ended it properly. > >-- > >-larryy@apple.com Asger :) > >"You wouldn't recognize a *subtle plan* if it painted itself purple, > >and danced naked upon a harpsichord, singing, 'Subtle Plans are Here Again'." > > - Edmund Blackadder Love that quote! -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Asger Hoegsted, Comp. Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark -- -- E-mail : bims@freja.diku.dk -- -- --