(2017-09-10, 05:22 PM)Chris Wrote: I just wonder whether a lot of the details are meant to make sense, or whether there's an element of Hitchcock's "MacGuffins" - things that are just there to move the plot along, without possessing any intrinsic logic. I mean, Major Briggs's gigantic head floating through space whispering "Blue Rose" is such a wonderful image that I can believe they came up with it first, and only included an explanation of the phrase as an afterthought.
But maybe I'm wrong. Maybe there's a reason for everything - even Lucy's jacket being decorated with giant liquorice allsorts.
Yeah. I'm more of the mind movies or series such as TP have much in common with song lyrics. Most of the time they're just words and word associating that work well together and flow. The listener themselves are then forced to imply some sort of 'real' meaning to the lyrics usually based on they're own psychology.
I kinda viewed this TP as just a series of surrealism's all strung together and without the kind of 'deep messaging' and referencing be damned that all the online punditry wants to attribute to it.
And when it comes down to it, for me at least, that's all plenty enough to be entertained. Chasing hidden meanings is a dog chasing it's tail, imo. However I can totally see how its enjoyable for some people to do and don't knock the 'sport' of it.