Twin Peaks: Classic or Dud?

He seems like he has stuff going on all the time, like he's writing music or working on movies or videos or painting or whatever. His previous movies have all been independent affairs and he's had incredible freedom to explore and follow his whims. A season-long commitment is a big deal and would probably put a halt to a lot of the things he is involved with.

Maybe what they are offering him it just isn't worth his time, and he couldn't use random cameraman and actors and stuff he would have to do that stuff through a system.

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

This was OTM (although it took us four months to get to it).

is it not a case of lynch being too greedy? https://twitter.com/mccrabb_will/status/577511601495928832

every Showtime show that has ever attempted something even mildly ambitious visually has had some horrendously bad CGI

shit, imagine having david lynch standing over you and barking instructions at you during sex

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiVfJYXPiJ0

ugh, this is really disappointing

I found it difficult imagining Lynch going back to working with lots of other powerful people. After the freedom he's had for so many years now, I wouldn't be surprised if he made an excuse to get out that situation where he isn't guaranteed complete freedom. I'm sure Lynch was adamant about sticking to the cinematography style he's been using for the last decade and I doubt the Showtime people would like that.

It's academic now but I think he would have attempted a synthesis of his late style with the already-established style of peaks, which is what would have been so interesting about this even if it was a failure. Certainly if budget is the sticking point we can assume he wasn't planning grungy dv inland empire style

This is disappointing yet: they already have the scripts so it's still written by him and Frost. and he only directed a few episodes of the original series anyway. I'd obviously rather have him directing it but in someone else's hands this can still be good. Also maybe calling all the actors over the weekend and making such a stir is a way to shake showtime down.

This all just seems like hardball negotiation tactics from Lynch. He knows he has power here and is holding out for more money, which I'm assuming he'll get.

They were clearly close to an agreement before; I'm sure they'll reach one soon.

Showtime must know that without Lynch this isn't going to make any money

If he really bails I will absolutely require those scripts to leak

apparently opens with Coop scaling a Dubai skyscraper to break into the top floor server room. next scene has Bruce Willis as himself. needs to be Bruce Willis for the script to work.

Bruce Willis as an apparition of a disappeared FBI agent a la David Bowie would be legit awesome though

little man dances atop a big pile of burning money. It has to be real money, and michael anderson has to really be on fire. This is a matter of principle for lynch

also this means no Gordon :/

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after a mini-freakout last night i have decided to withhold judgment until more details emerge. if this does turn out to be a negotiation tactic it's pretty brilliant.

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idk how brilliant a tactic negotiating in public is but it could work if a) Showtime can actually afford what Lynch is asking for and b) Showtime doesn't understand that without Lynch they have nothing

I wouldn't exactly call threatening to walk away from a project "brilliant", I mean this is pretty much negotiating 101 here.

yeah baffled by the comments here. scuppering the entire thing because he wants more % of dvd sales is hardly commendable

eh I love this guy and his work so much I would be cool with him demanding bajillion dollars tbh

give him the network. rename it davetime.

Wait is it that he wants a bigger slice, or that he wants a bigger budget to do it right?

he wants a street fighter car demolishing bonus stage between each cut

I'd say the latter, but all we have to go on is Lynch's tweet about money for the scripts

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yeah, it's all a bit vague. the dvd/streaming thing comes from 'will mcrabb' whoever he may be: https://twitter.com/mccrabb_will/status/577511601495928832

I left because not enough money was offered to do the script the way I felt it needed to be done.

that reads like production budget to me

I can't tell if that's Will McCrabb the cinematographer or some other will mccrabb

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give him the network. rename it davetime.

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better idea than more twin peaks tbh

24/7 bunnies

yeah to be clear in my conception davetime brims with original+exclusive content assembled from david lynch's personal editing chair and is not just like douglas sirk movies introduced robert-osborne-style by david lynch, not that that would not also be worthwhile

all the original+exclusive is bunnies tho obv yes

lol

Split up 'davetime' between Lynch and DLR and I am there

Not a bad idea. A lot of those '80s VH and DLR videos were pretty damn Lynchian.

Also I have to believe that if Showtime bungles this, the show ends up somewhere else. Netflix would be all over this.

Idk rights to this are p convoluted iirc

scuppering the entire thing because he wants more % of dvd sales is hardly commendable

The idea that Lynch is being greedy here is insanely ridiculous when he co-created, wrote, directed, acted in, and co-composed the soundtrack to the original series. It's also ridiculous when you consider he has been approached many many times before about going back to Twin Peaks and has always turned it down. If he was in this for the money he could have cashed in by now. He knows how much it takes out of him and probably only wants to do this if he is in it 100%.

Maybe none of us really know what's going on behind the scenes here and it's dumb to get fired up about it.

I'm very skeptical of the theory that he's playing hardball and they'll eventually come to an agreement. I suspect the chances of Lynch being a part of this now are very low.

the cast made a video

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=885752348164289&fref=nf

lol nice to see everybody

this whole thing is so fucking stupid, way to go Showtime

What would david lynch do with the extra money he is demanding?

According to his statement over the weekend, use it for the show's budget.

who's the woman at the end of the cast video?

She's the only one I couldn't name too! She's also the only one who fucks up the simile