The cycle of time and space changes. Only evil is eternal. We can only coexist with it, but regardless of whether we stand up and directly confront it, don't forget to create and enjoy pleasure. Have fun in the dark and long road.
Written in the front: This is not a comment in the strict sense, but just records some fragmentary thoughts after watching the movie to leave a reference for myself. You are also welcome to correct and discuss.
a) The present world, the setting of Lodge, 430, and Lynch’s editing tricks b) Nuclear explosion Mother and Judy c) E17-E18 and the double tragedy of Laura d) Reality and dream Audrey and Monica Bellucci e) Fire ring and other questions
The world, the setting of Lodge, 430, and Lynch’s editing tricks
There is no parallel universe in this space where the characters in the play live in this world. It is unique and linear in time. When the history is revised, the new fait accompli will cover the original part and the original part will no longer exist.
Time in Lodge is non-linearly fragmented and even has no time dimension at all. This can be drawn through FWWM and TMP. "Is it future or is it past?" Mike asked many times in S3 also emphasizes the nonlinearity of time. The past is the future and the future is the past. As a result, the causal relationship in this world will influence each other and it is no longer one-way.
430 is a higher dimension of existence than Lodge. In S3, Lynch has highly abstracted the duality of good and evil, namely the Fireman camp and the Mother camp. The two different spaces in which the source of extreme goodness and the source of extreme evil exist are similar to WhiteLodge and BlackLodge. I call them "White 430" and "Black 430" for short. My idea is that these two higher-dimensional spaces have higher "authorities" and more abilities to do more powerful things. In layman's terms, in the present world, the low-level employees Lodge is the middle-level cadres and the "430 dimension" is the top-level management. In S3, the scenes that show the space where Fireman is located are all black and white. The processing method is completely different from that in the Lodge. It makes people feel that this is a deliberate distinction. In addition, the decoration style of "White 430" is more retro. The women who appeared in "White 430" with Fireman in S3E08's entire makeup and hair dress are the style of the early Hollywood golden age. These details seem to imply that the "430 dimension" is more ancient.
The reason why I have this idea is because from S3E17-E18 we can see that Coop has entered the Lodge to rewrite the current history and successfully prevented and changed the fact that Laura was killed at the beginning of S1. But why insist on entering the "Black 430" Woolen cloth? This is because Laura still appears in the Lodge after multiple cycles (about the cycle will be explained later). This means that even if Laura did not go to the cabin with Leo and them that night, Laura still "suffered" and the final outcome has not changed. . Combining the simultaneous playback of S3E17 and S3E18 and the sound effects when Laura disappears, all of this has nothing to do with Sarah (Judy)'s obstruction, so Coop decided to enter "Black 430" in a certain cycle and start from "Black 430" to fight Judy and try to change history. In S3E18, we can see that earth-shaking changes have taken place this time (the specific plot analysis is described in the E17-E18 part). In addition, before S3E18 entered the "Black 430", Lynch continued to emphasize the nature of the source of evil of the "Black 430" through the continuous and continuous power grid, huge electric towers, and strong electric currents.
Regarding the cycle, this is a big baggage that Lynch has hidden from a lot of careful thought this time. The whole drama is not displayed sequentially on a timeline, but is mixed together after multiple loops are crushed through editing. Specifically, multiple different versions of a segment at the same time node that have been replaced (deleted) in multiple cycles of history are mixed and pieced together into one segment. Let me change the way of describing it: Lynch intercepted the paragraphs composed of a series of events "...AB-C3-DE..." on the temporal timeline of this world, in which the segment C is taken by history The modified version currently has and only has the final version of C3, but the two fragments C1 and C2 have been overwritten and no longer exist. But when Lynch showed us the paragraph AB-C3-DE, he mixed the two historical versions of C1 and C2 with C3 to form a C1/2/3 segment, so what the audience saw became a mixture" The AB-C1/2/3-DE paragraph of "The History of Non-Existence".
The source of the idea is two very strange points of doubt when watching the drama and it is by no means a bug caused by negligence because the lens is very clear and straightforward to show the information to the audience. After watching the complete play, I combined the ending plot and the two doubts, and I thought of multiple cycles. One is at the end of S3E07-a man enters the RR restaurant and asks if anyone has seen Billy-this series of shots. Taking the guests in the deck on the right as a reference, we can find that there are three different groups of diners in the same deck in this continuous paragraph. In other words, this set of shots exhibited at least three cycles. They are three different versions of the same location on the same time node.
The second is the SMS received by S3E16 Diane. The shot was close-up three times. The sending time of the short message was completely different and the content was different (the last period). Even the coordinates sent by Diane before disappeared for the last time.
The idea of cyclic mixing also explains a lot of doubts in the daily life scenes in Twin Peaks. For example, the dialogue between Jacques who is still working at the bar and the many "orphan characters" in the Roadhouse deck (they only appear once in the whole world and there is no confession). These are fragments of daily life in a small town in a certain cycle or cycles. In addition, the repeated pros and cons of "Character-Kongjing" that appeared in the whole play many times also seemed to imply Lynch's hacking trick.
So the overall situation is a mixed cut with multiple cycles. In other words, Coop keeps saving people and Laura keeps being killed (at least before the finale, it has been circulating for many times. As for whether the finale has terminated the cycle and put it to E17-E18). Lynch is pessimistic, no matter how the world changes, evil is eternal. At the same time, Lynch was so brave that he was a bit tragic. Even if I believe that it cannot be changed or reversed, I still keep trying and persevering.
Maybe one day there might be such a person who can succeed?
Nuclear explosion Mother and Judy
I personally tend to think that Lodge is an existing nuclear explosion that just opened the way. In fact, this is similar to creating a wormhole. The huge energy breaks through the boundaries of different dimensional spaces and creates a pathway. This set of shots after the S3E08 nuclear explosion looks very much like a convenience store through an aisle from the inside. I think it points to the birth of convenience stores. Evil entered the world on a large scale through the channels opened by the nuclear explosion and established convenience stores. Convenience stores exist as a gateway and a transit point. The subsequent appearance of Woodsman means the official arrival of evil.
I'm not sure whether Mother and Judy refer to the same I am currently inclined to believe that Judy is only one of a "child" of the Mother. After the nuclear explosion, Mother gave birth to many "eggs" with Bob and one of them invaded Sarah after hatching in the desert. And the one who invaded Sarah was Judy. This is a desperate setting that is very thoughtful and terrifying, that is, there is endless evil everywhere. Even if one Judy is eliminated, there are thousands of Judys, they still continue to do evil somewhere in this world.
E17-E18 and the double tragedy of Laura
After clarifying the world view setting I understand, let's look at the plot that took place from the second half of E17 to the end of E18.
--Coop returned to Twin Peaks and ended Bob in the police station. Here is a ghost image that lasts more than five minutes. I also have a lot of doubts about the meaning of this processing method. The look of Coop in the double image is like suddenly remembering a piece of the past and then thinking about it one by one. So at present I tend to think that this is an old version of Coop recalling a certain cycle (that is, the plot that occurred in this section with ghosting).
--Coop enters the Lodge from the Great Northern Hotel.
--With the assistance of Phillip and Mike, he returned to the night Laura was killed and intervened in the course of history to save Laura.
--Due to the history being rewritten, the ending of Laura's killing in S1 has changed.
--But Sarah (Judy) realized that Laura was rescued and blocked her action (the last action of smashing the frame is repeated here also implies that the smashing of the frame is repeated multiple times, which means that Coop saved Laura many times, but Sarah also Repeated obstruction) The result of obstruction was that Laura disappeared on the way. I think Sarah's shot and Laura's disappearance in the forest correspond to Laura screaming in the Lodge and flying away.
--Return to the Lodge. It should be 25 years later in this cycle that Laura still appears in the Lodge, which means that the tragedy is still happening again. Maybe it was another event, but the final outcome of Laura's killing has not changed. Here we can see that this time after Laura whispered to Coop, Coop sent out "Huh?". I think this may have happened after Coop first tried to change history and then entered the Lodge. It shows that Coop was surprised, puzzled and surprised that Laura was not rescued. Maybe Laura told him who killed herself this time.
--Coop walked out of Lodge and decided to enter "Black 430" with Diane to restrict Judy and rewrite history with "higher authority". They understand that the whole world may be different and the two may never see each other again in this life, so the last night is full of pain.
--Due to Judy's disturbance (maybe Judy realizes that Coop is coming to deal with her) this world has been greatly rewritten Coop and Diane have also become Richard and Linda. Here is Judy's strategy of putting the same soul into different containers (body) and placing them in other places. The reason why Coop can remember his plan is because Fireman reminded him in the opening scene of S3E01. Diane, who was not prompted, forgot the version in the previous cycle. So in this cycle, Coop and Diane are separated forever. NS.
--Richard wakes up at the hotel, it should be 25 years later in a new cycle. Carrie Page (Laura) working at a fast food restaurant called Judy's implies that Laura is still under Judy's control.
--Richard and Carrie returned to Twin Peaks and then to the former Laura's house. In this new version, the names of the homeowner and former homeowner (the Chalfonts/Tremonds) imply that evil still occupies the house (eternal evil).
--Carrie heard someone calling the name "Laura". There is a doubt here who called the phrase "Laura". My first reaction when watching the show was LeLand. First of all, why I don't think Judy called. The reason why Judy tried to block in the previous cycles was because Coop wanted to take Laura home. So one of Judy's goals is not to let Coop take Laura close to the house of 708. Now Carrie hasn't remembered himself in the old version. Why did Judy wake up Laura at this time to cause trouble for himself? My first reaction was that Leland is because Leland himself is a daughter who loves him deeply. He hopes to play Laura's "function" (Laura's "function" will be explained later) to fight against Judy to end Laura's painful cycle and get free.
--Laura awakens to play "function" 708 power off. The power failure of 708 clearly shows that Coop and Laura have achieved their goal of fighting Judy. It may be that the pathway (the pathway created by the nuclear explosion) closed or even eliminated Judy.
--Black screen
- dark Coop Laura whispered in the ear. I think this means that the evil is still going on. Laura's tragedy is not over. The whispers of Laura and Coop occurred in the Lodge from the perspective of the three TV series and two movies (or projected from the Lodge to the dream of Coop in the present world). So this time the whisper should also happen in the Lodge, and the darkness around it means that the power is cut off in the Lodge, indicating that their actions against Judy and House 708 have worked. But Coop and Laura still met in the Lodge, indicating that Laura still experienced tragedy and was eventually killed. Combining the relevant settings of Mother and Judy I mentioned above, we can speculate that even without Judy, there are still many of Mother's children who are doing evil in this world and Laura will never be freed. After adjusting the image value of the screenshot of this scene, it also supports my point: this whisper in the dark still occurs in the Lodge.
Laura was created by Fireman for the purpose of throwing himself into the world and fighting against "evil". The way to confront is to endure suffering. She suffered for the world to save the world from the torment of "evil". The ultimate goal of confrontation or Laura's ultimate "function" is to eliminate "evil". In other words, Laura itself is a weapon. But at the same time, Laura couldn't get a liberated ending because he couldn't completely end the "evil". She had to go through tragedies in the cycle again and again, as if she had fallen into an endless purgatory. Laura's core role is full of tragic colors from the perspective of "the purpose of creation" or "the result obtained".
Reality and Dream Audrey and Monica Bellucci
This time, Lynch did not discuss and show his passion for dreams too much. Only through Monica bellucci the question of "Who's dreamer?" was raised and expanded simply through Audrey's related scenes.
The present world can actually be divided into two spaces: "real" and "dream". Two spaces can influence each other, but we can only "survive". For analogy, reality and dreams are like two adjacent rooms separated by a wall. There are small transoms on the wall but not enough for people to pass through. We can only enter one room at a time. To enter another room, we must exit that room and then enter another room. The question "Who's dreamer?" is actually to quantify the two spaces and ask which room you are the subject? From the perspective of our audience in reality, it is natural that the "I" who is awake is the subject and the "I" in the dream is only an appendage that depends on the "I" in reality to exist. But if we look at it from another perspective-dreams are the space where we really exist and the "I" in the dream is the subject reality and the "I" in reality is just an accessory-imagine it like this, then "Who's dreamer?" That is, "Who is the subject of existence?" This question.
Audrey became an independent chapter in S3 and was almost completely separated from the main storyline. I think all the scenes in Audrey this season took place in her own dreams (maybe sleepwalking) and Audrey herself has always been in the mental sanatorium. This nursing home is the nuthouse mentioned by the girl who chatted in the Roadhouse booth at the end of S3E14.
The ensuing conversation, the fatter girl, mentioned the situation when she saw "The Disappeared Billy". After combining, we can infer the ins and outs of Audrey's related scenes in S3: the fat girl has been to the nursing home (maybe hiding in drugs or working in the nursing home) --> Mentioned the situation of seeing Billy in the nursing home --> this paragraph The conversation was heard by the people in the nursing home-->Audrey got the information-->Audrey dreamed.
Audrey's related scenes are just an extended discussion of the question "Who's dreamer?". It is worth noting that at the end of S3E16 Audrey wakes up with the sound of electric current. Mr. C visited Audrey when he left Twin Peaks and S3 gave an intriguing suggestion that the father of Audrey's son Richard (the one who killed the child) was Mr. C. Then we do not rule out the possibility that Audrey's Mental problems or her dreams are related to Mr. C and BlackLodge.
PS. The real name of the John actor Audrey loved in S2 is Billy.
Fire ring and other questions
The symbol of fire has been greatly weakened in S3, especially after adding Electricity in FWWM. I currently feel that fire symbolizes the divine power that is bestowed. "Fire walk with me" is actually a little bit similar to "May the Force be with you" in Star Wars, hoping to gain power. "Fire walk with me" in WhiteLodge is close to "May God be with me" while in BlackLodge it is "May Evil be with me". In addition, the symbol "Black Fire" appeared on Hawk's map. What's interesting is that when Tulpa returned to Lodge, the black fire appeared on his neck.
I think the setting of the ring has changed a lot from FWWM to S3. In FWWM, Arm said "...With this ring, i thee wed...". I thought that the role of the ring was to search for and screen the "source of evil"-perhaps the image of "Judy" in the FWWM. It is looking for its bride "Judy" and Laura is probably related to Judy, so the sentence "Judy" it said after Laura entered the Lodge was very confused. (At that time, my first reaction was the setting of Matrilineal Blood of Nuwa in the Legend of Sword and Fairy Series...) But the S3 ring is more of a transmission tool.
There are still some fragmentary questions. I think they have not much impact on the entire mainline framework and settings of S3, but they are indeed confusing, so they are listed at the end:
1. The disappearance of Laura? S3E18 00:05:05 The set of shots starting at 00:05:05 looks at the process of each cycle. At this time, Laura should sit on the diagonally opposite sofa and walk over to whisper to Coop. But here the camera shows an empty sofa after Coop looks at the sofa. In other words, Laura disappeared.
2. When did the conversation between S3E01 Fireman and Coop happen? The entire show Coop wears the FBI badge when acting as the FBI (whether in the world or in the Lodge). There are only two exceptions: when S3E01 talks with Fireman and when S3E017 rushes from Las Vegas to Twin Peaks to eliminate Bob. The latter is obviously because Twin Peaks has just woken up and has not been able to regain a badge and wear it. But in S3E02's Lodge, S3E02's New York glass box, S3E03's fuchsia mystery room, S3E017 entering the Great Northern Hotel 315 just after the elimination of Bob, and all subsequent scenes, Coop wears a badge. So when did S3E01Coop get Fireman's prompt?
3. What is the purpose of Mr. C looking for the entrance coordinates of "White 430"? In S3, Mr. C explained his purpose from his appearance-to obtain the information he wanted. From the development of the plot, it can be seen that what he wants to obtain is the coordinates of the entrance to the space where Fireman is located (ie "White 430"). So why did he go to "White 430"?
4. The disappearance of convenience stores. In S3E15, Mr. C visited the convenience store on the third floor of Room 8 where Phillip was detained and the convenience store disappeared. So did the disappearance of the convenience store happen after Mr. C left or after the incident at the end of S3E18? If it is the former, then why would the convenience store disappear?
5. Minced meat. What is the minced meat that appeared in the first few episodes of S3?
The above are some thoughts on this 17-hour movie (the other 1 hour is Live) so far.
PS. The part between Ed and Norma is really...! ! ! And S3's comedy clips are too funny! ! ! ! !
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