Twin Peaks: Classic or Dud?

If you want this experience, then, yes, definitely: http://www.theonion.com/articles/poor-bastard-who-just-started-watching-lost-in-for,30378/

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stick it out til the ending, it's worth it

OK, I needed to hear this.

We just started watching the Bluray set weekend before last. I've seen the first season probably dozens of times, and then up through the revelation of Laura's murderer maybe twice. Having only seen the latter half of season two once before, I'm curious to see how it holds up. But I definitely remember that last episode being a keeper.

Sund4r: Yeah, this is the way it happens. If you're finding at least a few things in each episode to be interested in/charmed by then I'd say stick it out as the finale (with Lynch back at the helm) is really fucking classic. But there's definitely a moment where it's more like "fuck, I've sunk this much in, it'd be stupid to stop now!"

re: Lost: lol, OK, I think the Onion has cleared this one up for me

As much as it pains me to do so from this vantage point, I probably would still recommend those first five seasons, with the caveat that, regardless of what the producers say, it's absolutely a shaggy dog story with no satisfactory resolution. The ride was fun for a while, though.

I watched the first 4 seasons of Lost. They were amazingly skilled at making you think something was going to happen and there was lots of good suspense, but honestly I feel stupid now for believing it was going to unfold into something rewarding. I think the naysayers were right mostly.

It has its moments but I'd discourage people from watching it, it just doesn't have enough truly satisfying moments and it is WOEFULLY padded out with people leisurely checking up on each other and pointless mood summation montages.

For Twin Peaks, there are lots of great moments and unlike Lost I don't think it really needed a payoff.

Don't get me wrong: Twin Peaks is flawed but great. L O S T was deeply flawed but fun for a while, but also ultimately a cowardly/hostile work that was completely untrue to its established premises. The producers pretended it was an intricate machine but it was just a box that made noise.

Sund4r you should definitely stick with it to the ending, the finale is fantastic

finally watching this after about 10 years of being aware of it as a major influence on a lot of other stuff i like

it took awhile for me to recognize Sarah Packard while treaming The Hustler on Netflix last night. Is Josie's last name a reference?

We just finished the series last night. Oh my god does that last third or so of season 2 draaaaaaaaaaaag. I've only ever seen it once before and I have a hard time imagining I'd sit through it again. You can definitely tell at what point Lynch took a powder. It becomes turgid and, frankly, really uninteresting soap-by-numbers for such a long stretch. But, wow, that last episode. But in addition to the wow factor, I really appreciate the perversity of Lynch's relaxed pace (e.g. the bank manager doddering around for ten minutes and Andy taking Harry's breakfast order) in light of all the dangling threads and metaphysical urgency.

Having only really listened to the initial soundtrack dozens upon dozens of times in the past, I just finished properly listening to the season two soundtrack and...goddamn. That thing is amazing. It's like a dark, ambient remix of the themes and recurring motifs from the first season. Badalamenti and Lynch are such a perfect pair.

yeah, the season 2 soundtrack is so good! Harold's Theme *swoon*

heard a rumor that Badalementi is still a holdout for the new season :(

Noooooooooooo

i'd like to squash that rumor now. my evidence is that it is unimaginable and it is unconscionable, therefore it cannot happen.

There's been some talk of John Williams taking the reins, so all is right with the world.

lol

Christopher Young could kill as twin peaks composer if it came to having to replace Angelo.

^ i misread this at first and am now imagining Twin Peaks Season 3 as scored by D'Angelo

Josie Packard is in Marco Polo. I cannot escape TP characters lately.

I watched about half of the FWWM deleted scenes last night. Whoever said that they kinda weren't worth the wait was OTM, but it's a bit of a fun trip nonetheless. Seems like it's about half weirdo mystic Lodge stuff and half "Hi, it's your old pal Ed, remember me from tv's Twin Peaks?". Between these deleted scenes and the deleted Wild At Heart scenes, it becomes clear that the Lynch of that era was keen on editing relatively comprehensible scenes down until they were as obtuse as possible. I kinda get why Laura's the muffin now (although it remains to be seen if I'll ever learn what a Great Went is).

First promo shot:

https://twitter.com/DAVID_LYNCH/status/554768700536938498?lang=en

looks like he's hosting a late night show

It's strange, but I really didn't want David Lynch to cave in and do this. Like, just make something else good, ignore the fans who can't let go. But it probably will at least be kind of good since he's making it.

looks like he's hosting a late night show

Perhaps he is. Twin Peaks Tonight!

musical guests James and Donna

maybe they'll finally let agent cooper hook up with audrey (who is now CEO of her dad's corporation, i assume).

I hope dick tremayne is in it

I love that guy

little nicky is now mayor

Man Alive- he's not caving. He's said for years that he wanted to return to Twin Peaks in some form but only if he got good enough ideas.

lucy is sheriff

xps I would go for that! I get that they fucked up but I still like a lot of that stuff in those meandering episodes. I love Ben Horne in all his incarnations. "Sometimes the urge to do bad is almost... overpowering" *munches carrot*

I wonder how much of the zaniness they will retain

ben horne has retired from active leadership of his company after his injury brings his mental competence into question. instead, he opens up a high-end ice cream shop (local ingredients only) with his brother jerry.

I love Ben Horne so much

calling it now lucy's baby is the killer

and Jerry! xp

*eats a buttered baguette and brie sandwich from the side like it is corn on the cob*

i wonder if the foodie craze has reached the double "r"

btw this makes me wonder if twin peaks doesn't play some role in propagating the "coffee culture" that has since taken over america

keep coming back to the question of how zany will it be. Pine weasel zany? Billy Zane zany? It's the question I keep asking myself. How zany? How zany? How zany? HOW ZANY? HOW ZANY? HOW ZANY? HOW ZANY? *cackles*

if lynch is in a very goofy mood, i'd say it could be very goofy and not at all zany

lynch is able naturally to access goofiness that others strain to reach

episode 1 could be all albert & cole

^^^ yes please

maybe they'll finally let agent cooper hook up with audrey (who is now CEO of her dad's corporation, i assume).

not to get too fanfic but before the decision was made to distance the character from cooper, audrey was clearly aspiring to be a fed. Albert & cole & audrey in the 1st ep. And chris isaak.

I like this show too much. I will buy the book and hope that it explains what became of John Justice Wheeler.

yeah Audrey's first arc is all Nancy-Drew-girl-detective

btw this makes me wonder if twin peaks doesn't play some role in propagating the "coffee culture" that has since taken over america

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