Twin Peaks: Classic or Dud?

Def amazing he's being given such a free hand

they, tbf

Nah, I heard he fired the cast & crew and is doing everything himself. His Audrey is supposedly a showstopper.

The point isn't "hey did you know that television is a collaborative art form" it's that the other co-creator of the show has and will continue to have a huge influence on how the story is told

"will continue"? idk how you know that. He's got a cowriter credit for the whole thing but who knows if he's involved in the editing/directing/final cut at all

anyway my point was only that it's highly unusual and fortunate that someone like Lynch is getting his projects backed and bankrolled and distributed by people who are eager to stay out of the creative process. that's a rare opportunity.

xxpost Oh, I know, I wasn't really legitimately responding to anything as much as I was engaging in dumbassery, as is my perpetual wont.

Lynch has always emphasised frost's role, especially recently - on the blu-Ray he said twin peaks is "at least 50% Mark - at least" or words to that effect. I'm pretty sure he's also said that frost is the one who had the initial idea that the new series is based around, plus the guy's written a twin peaks novel in the meantime, I doubt he took a hands-off role during filming and am reasonably sure he'll have some influence on post-production

anyway my point was only that it's highly unusual and fortunate that someone like Lynch is getting his projects backed and bankrolled and distributed by people who are eager to stay out of the creative process. that's a rare opportunity.

Yeah, they better not blow it

amen

prob asking too much for a new six hour single track julee cruise ambient album tie in

crazy running time

lol

The new Mondo soundtrack release is really nice.

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i don't know what that's for, but I hate it

oh its a thing like that other thing

Well it's terrible.

Malkovich

Just another fundraiser for TM

these are great

http://boingboing.net/2016/10/06/twin-peaks-tarot-cards.html

ok, well, you were right, the rumor is now def that Forster is playing Truman's brother Frank Truman. This brother figures heavily in Frost's book that just came out.

also, I like the book, but man there are some angry people who have found inconsistencies in it

There were consistencies in Twin Peaks?

the episodes were consistently 46-47 minutes long, except for the season premieres and finales. BEAT THAT.

lol when the new show drops there's gonna be so much salt from people whining about plotholes

well, these are things in the book that are inconsistent with the series; such as ed and nadine's entire story of meeting (which I don't remember from the show at all); ben turning good and opposing ghostwood (which I do remember...apparently this didn't happen in the book) and the reason Audrey goes to the bank; and the names of some minor relations (who cares).

leak: in the new twin peaks, all episodes are 6 seconds long, except for the premiere and finale, which are 17 hours each

i forget most of inner-S2, but i'm looking forward to rewatching everything in the weeks leading up to the new one.

you think you are, but you'll find yourself 10 episodes into season two questioning your choices in life

i did try it once before and have been questioning my choices in life non-stop ever since

I'm rewatching at one a week and just passed 10 episodes into season two, and am loving it

Yeah, there's tons of great stuff in the second season.

I started watching with S2 two decades ago, loved it, but never went back to watch S1.

Re: inconsistencies, I realise one of the advantages of the old show, pre-Internet, was that the producers were basically "this is what happened, deal with it." "Lump it" Show doesn't align with the Dale Cooper's Autobiography? Tough. Josie's a doorknob now? LUMP IT

true, but you'd think that someone who helped write all that stuff in the first place might want to stick with it for the book. speculation that there is actually a reason for the inconsistencies though

My educated guess is that the inconsistencies are part frost being up to something, part light retconning cause he feels like it and part actual forgetfulness re the finer details; all of which are fine by me and the better if they have nerds foaming at the mouth.

This brother figures heavily in Frost's book that just came out.

I mean he's mentioned like twice, and briefly?

Also characterising Norma's mom as a mere "minor relation" makes me think you have forgotten all about how she unexpectedly comes to stay, with new husband Ernie Niles in tow, and later writes a rather scathing review of the double r diner under the pseudonym mt wentz. That put a few noses out of joint!

I started watching with S2 two decades ago, loved it, but never went back to watch S1.

weird

yeah i should do that

Reading the frost book. Past the Area 51 style stuff (I hate UFO nonsense) and firmly into the twin peaks part. If the menu from the R&R diner is from the period of Cooper (which seems to be implied) their prices are crazy! $4.00 for 2 eggs?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d714bEXFny4

is this just going to be hours of Lynch eating donuts?

Two-hour premiere on May 21st. Episodes 3 and 4 available for Showtime subscribers directly after

I've been slogging through the depths of season 2. Among the highlights:

Weasel-cam
I appreciate Diane Keaton throwing lots of visual distractions into a James-heavy episode.
There doesn't seem to be much fallout from Cooper shooting a dude while under investigation for involvement in the deaths of several people.
Despite the ludicrous explanation of Denise's self-discovery, Cooper's a solid model for how to behave when a friend comes out as trans.
Newspaper headline reads "Asian Man Killed!!"

fffffffffffffffffffffffffff

Denise is a funny one, good by the standards of the time and I love the character and duchovny's performance but at the same time yeah there are a few too many *shakes head, chuckles indulgently* reaction shots and I would have liked a recast in c21. Hawk's bigoted wariness has always felt real to me tho, generally thought her treatment was a lot better than you might expect from the creators of tojemura and "Asian man killed!"

"Asian man killed!"

I've always taken this as a joek

on small-town/provincialism determining "newsworthy" details

from the creators of tojemura

fuck I'm posting in the wrong thread

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I thought it was from a newspaper in Seattle though. Also two exclamation points.