Rick: Arright! People, listen up! I have a plan, and I WILL protect you against The WAWkers! And, by that, I mean 30-80% of you will be dead before lunch. I'm sorry.

Ha! That's great. I've always been a "God Bless America!" man, myself, but maybe its time to change up.

The Sweet Christmas Special.

I grew up in the Phoenix metro and spent a good chunk of my childhood pretending I was living on Mars.

"Mister Señor Love Daddy" was great, but maybe owed a little something to "Super Soul" from The Vanishing Point.

Oh my God! I was wrong!
It was Earth! All along!
You've finally made a monkey
Chorus: Yes, we've finally made a monkey
Yes, you've finally made a monkey out of MEEEEEE!

It's a Fry's in Phoenix.

The science fiction angle seems to be the programming of the human mind via a medley of overt and subliminal methods. However, for puppet master Whiterose, I think the relationship between time, money, and mind goes down an even deeper metaphysical well.

They should do another series, for sure.

I'm thinking that the accident did happen (we saw young Elliot in the hospital immediately afterwards). But, after being institutionalized, he may have been subjected to some kind of human programming project. Were Darlene and Angela also unknowingly part of it?

What Angela's bizarrely anachronistic, PK Dickish, timed psych evaluation further suggested to me is that she, Elliot, and Darlene have possibly all unwittingly been part of some kind of program, which probably began before their birth- that they are, themselves, programed individuals to varying degrees, and always…

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Also great how the slow zooming in on Price revealed the map to be a parody.

Yes.

He just needs that massive infusion of freshly minted fun bucks to back up the E-coin, and all is golden.

I think Price was being kind of campy as a way of chiding and belittling Colby for his relatively weak ambitions, to remake himself into a political pundit as the best-selling author of "The Last Honest Man." His best line: "Politics is for puppets." A reminder that for an "honest' shark, all is power and leverage.

This is a great montage with some nice spot analysis. The power of Lynch's images reminds me that I can barely stand the wait for the new all-Lynch-directed season of Twin Peaks. It seems like some forgotten dream is being dreamed again with them now so deep in editing.

You get it- at it's core, it is a dream mystery with it's own internal logic (as with all his films). And, yes, it is also a semi-improvisational experiment that explored the portability and weird visual qualities of consumer-level DV.

Exactly. Likewise, Mad was my gateway to the forbidden fruits of R-rated cinema that my parents and older siblings enjoyed.

Two words: Mad Magazine.