Twin Peaks Revival Cancelled.

Geoff Ramseys going to be pissed.
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I hate that Twin Peaks ended with so many unanswered questions, but I wouldn't want it brought back without David Lynch involved.

I don't necessarily feel this is completely dead, even without Lynch. Most people fell in love with the first season of Twin Peaks because of the quirky mystery element of the show. The first season was essentially an elaborate "who done it?" An answer which a ton of people were sorely disappointed in, and was amplified when they saw it via Fire Walk with Me. Plus, most people hate the second season, specifically the back half of the second season.

I tend to feel Season 2 is more reflective of David Lynch's total body of work than Season 1, and Season 1 is what gets all the "this is brilliant" praise. Lynch has spent virtually 90% of his career telling these really lucid and incoherent stories that were left open for interpretation because they take place within a dream, within an alternate reality, within a reality. If you've seen Inland Empire then you know his broken reality complex has gotten progressively worse over time.

David Lynch, to me, is the abstract art of directing. He's not for everyone and I think plenty of people are going to find his work completely disturbing, unnerving, ambiguous and most unfortunately pretentious, despite that not really being the intent. His early work, which I think is much easier to follow if you're use to a linear narrative, only fiddles around with the lucid dream concept. Blue Velvet is the first time he manages to mix his themes with a linear story and make an incredible end result. I believe that is the film that led to what TPS1 became. However, if you look at TPS2 and then his total departure in Lost Highway, you understand who he was the entire time, which was not the "who done it" guy.

What I'm getting at is that David Lynch doesn't care who done it. That's completely secondary to the story he's trying to tell. I think the end result of a DL Twin Peaks revival would look a lot like The Left Overs. The Left Overs is a show about nothing that baits you with this grand idea that you'll one day get to see them pull back the curtain and explain everything. When in reality, the show is about those characters, the experience, and trying to interpret if what you're seeing is real, purgatory, or some kind of fantasy created by a character or a set of characters. I'm not saying that's bad, but I think fans who were expecting some kind of resurrection of Season 1 David Lynch storytelling were going to be left sorely disappointed.

So if Showtime moves ahead with the show and gears it more towards the True Detective crowd, but can recapture the charm of the original characters, then so be it. I think more people are looking for a mystery/solution story than they are another character piece driven show left for viewer interpretation. I guess we'll see what they do with it. I'd rather see someone else try and get it to us than never see it all, personally. If it sucks, so be it. I still have the first two seasons on dvd and nothing is lost.

No point in watching without David Lynch's involvement.