Twin Peaks

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Anyone here watching the new Twin Peaks? It's gotten so crazy man...

[unleashbaynes]

Thought this was another thread about that trash ass restaurant

[vander]

the original was already so crazy, is the new one even worse?

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the original was already so crazy, is the new one even worse?

Eh, the original was 65% normal tv soap opera 35% crazy shit. The new one is 100% crazy supernatural David Lynch shit. I like it tbh.

[AlexJones]

Lost Highway is the best Lynch

[DJR210]

Twin Peaks destroyed lebombs marriage

[lebomb]

Twin Peaks destroyed lebombs marriage

:lol You wish nigga. We stayed for 3hrs watching hoops back then. Went home and made sweet love to her. :claw

[JMarkJohns]

I do not pretend to understand David Lynch.

But I have always loved his unique and nightmarish visions.

Twin Peaks chief amongst them.

I do miss the satirical soap operatic feel of Sean 1. It had a charm and ironic innocence that is missing from new season. But I have loved everything about the new season.

Episode 1 was very weird, but you saw the extent of this things teach. It's not isolated.
Episode 2 was almost wonderful. From finding our way back to Twin Peaks, to Chromatics as a close, I felt the nostalgia again.
Episode 3 was almost perfect. Incredible blend of visuals until uncomfortable and story development. Me Jackpots was a fantastic Twin Peaks sequence.
Episode 4 is the bridge episode, with so much explanation and plot development. Very strong. Bobby as police and that scene with the evidence and Laura's picture was great mood TV.
Episode 5 was the most Twin Peaks episode yet. New, vintage feel characters complete with rough around the edges fiendishness, stitched amidst wonderment of nostalgia with The RR Diner, and the continuing of Dou E, and the introduction to Dr Amp, which takes place of Log Lady as the quirkiest and best TP character.

The fucks are at it again!

Looking forward to this ride.

If you're on Twitter, I created a handle just for my TP fanboy side: Twin Peaks Dirtbag (like the Wheatus song)

I centralize content, promote theory, critique the critiques, and retweet memes.

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I do not pretend to understand David Lynch.

But I have always loved his unique and nightmarish visions.

Twin Peaks chief amongst them.

I do miss the satirical soap operatic feel of Sean 1. It had a charm and ironic innocence that is missing from new season. But I have loved everything about the new season.

Episode 1 was very weird, but you saw the extent of this things teach. It's not isolated.
Episode 2 was almost wonderful. From finding our way back to Twin Peaks, to Chromatics as a close, I felt the nostalgia again.
Episode 3 was almost perfect. Incredible blend of visuals until uncomfortable and story development. Me Jackpots was a fantastic Twin Peaks sequence.
Episode 4 is the bridge episode, with so much explanation and plot development. Very strong. Bobby as police and that scene with the evidence and Laura's picture was great mood TV.
Episode 5 was the most Twin Peaks episode yet. New, vintage feel characters complete with rough around the edges fiendishness, stitched amidst wonderment of nostalgia with The RR Diner, and the continuing of Dou E, and the introduction to Dr Amp, which takes place of Log Lady as the quirkiest and best TP character.

The fucks are at it again!

Looking forward to this ride.

If you're on Twitter, I created a handle just for my TP fanboy side: Twin Peaks Dirtbag (like the Wheatus song)

I centralize content, promote theory, critique the critiques, and retweet memes.

YES, glad to meet another Twin Peaks fan! This season has been different in the most awesome way though with the latest episode, I do think they're easing us back into old Twin Peaks. I was hyped when they hint at Cooper slowly coming back (agent, case files, etc.) and the usual background music seems to be coming back with him. That morph scene when evil Coop was on the mirror was sick! WTF happened to Dr. Jacoby? Lot of stuff to speculate on but I'm mostly curious about the Major Briggs angle and what was up with Laura and Leland in episode 2.

[Spurminator]

Currently watching season 1 of the original series. Always liked Lynch's movies despite the fact that they can sometimes be frustrating to follow in a narrative sense.

So for the fans, quick question. Should I watch this show:

- expecting clues to tie together into some kind of meaningful reveal

or

- without expecting it to necessarily make sense, but just enjoying the characters, suspense and situations?

I'm assuming the latter, that it's a show I shouldn't try to make too much sense of, but curious about your thoughts.

[JMarkJohns]

If you watch Season 1, Season 2, Fire Walk With Me (the film), and then the new season, you will have all of the following:

1. Logical detective show focused around Laura Palmer's murder
2. A very odd satire of soap opera turned horror series
3. Mystery involving origins and outcomes of Bob
4. Absolute weirdness involving main characters, bizarro plots/worlds
5. Heavy handed critique on the duality of existence and amorality of living
6. Many intersecting plots that unravel and devolve into nothing (maybe to be explored this season)
7. Many "Weird for Weird sake" characters, moments, plots that are aomewhat entertaining and also mostly enfuriating.

But the greater significance of the show, it's characters, and its generational story arc are unmatched by most shows.

But you will get full Lynch many times, which I love even when I don't fully grasp where he's going, but something that bores or enrages certain others who want a brain dead show that entertains.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

Still in the middle of season 2. Show's gone full soap opera :lol people just falling in love with each other every scene

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Still in the middle of season 2. Show's gone full soap opera :lol people just falling in love with each other every scene

Yeah, there is a noticable dip in quality after the whole "who killed Laura Palmer" storyline, around episode 11 iirc. I think Lynch stopped being involved other than acting as Gordon Cole. Just try to get through it because the last few episodes are really good (the finale is directed by Lynch).

[LaMarcus Bryant]

Yeah, there is a noticable dip in quality after the whole "who killed Laura Palmer" storyline, around episode 11 iirc. I think Lynch stopped being involved other than acting as Gordon Cole. Just try to get through it because the last few episodes are really good (the finale is directed by Lynch).

I'm sticking with it for sure. So weird imagining this herky jerky acting faux-soap opera being on prime time network television for longer than 5 episodes :lol

[JMarkJohns]

The initial point of Laura Palmer wasn't her death.

It was that she could die, and die in such a way in such a town.

Her death was supposed to be a catalyst and magnifying glass to the rest of the town, as well as a door for the Bob content. The studio didn't get it, forced the narrative reveal, and people got their catharsis, and stopped watching.

Audiences hadn't been primed for a TV show like that, with meta narratives, and not just episodic resulutions. So, when the killer was revealed it felt like a conclusion.

Since, we can have series like Breaking bad where the meta narrative is king and the series flows from episode to episode and season to season without hiccup despite plot conclusions because the narrative isn't interrupted.

Had Lynch been allowed to weave his web, I don't think Season 2 happens, and I don't think a reveal is necessary. It would have simply been a town being revealed for the atrocious underbelly it is, one prestigious resident at a time.

All while within the satirical soap opera setting with quirky characters that move narrative forward, but very little of the excessively weird characters or plot points that make you think the show has lost itself in itself.

[Spurminator]

That was some fucked up shit but I enjoyed it. That said, while Lynch movies have good re-watch value, I don't think I'll be devoting another 18 hours to watch this one again.

[JMarkJohns]

I'm watching Wild At Heart. Gonna rewatch The Return after a few weeks.

[DAF86]

Just finished season 1. I don't know why because Mulholland Drive's finish got me raging mad. It's easy to write a compelling plot when you don't have to tie a fucking lose end at the end of the whole damn thing. I don't know why I'm expecting any different with Twin Peaks but I'm already neck deep.

[JMarkJohns]

By the end, especially with The Return, Twin Peaks is far more Mulholland Drive meets Lost Highways meets Eraserhead than original Twin Peaks.

Even if many characters are the same. They are still very different.

Still, in many ways it works well.

In others, prepare to be enraged.

[Death In June]

Yep, that fuckin' sucked. What a lame ass ending. I didn't expect we would get answers to everything, if anything at all, and yet it still managed to disappoint. How can anyone find 20 minutes...not an exaggeration... a full 20 minutes of driving in silence compelling? That would be bullshit in any episode, let alone a series finale on your 25 year long follow up. My guess is that David Lynch could take a shit on screen and people with praise the guy for being subversive and a genius. Just because it defies expectations doesn't mean it's good. Call it nuanced if you want, but I think a high school student could write a better Twin Peaks.