if you're like me, the way i was up until 2 days ago, at least, you know of Invitation to Love, you enjoy the appearances of Invitation to Love in season one, and generally think "invitation to love - it's pretty good". but have you ever watched ALL of invitation to love?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFMen60b6UQ&t=323s
i watched all of this (over 16 minutes) a whopping three times over the weekend, and it is incredible. listen to the ASMR of Montana's leather as he lifts the cigarette to his mouth. the trademark lynch dualism of Jade and Emerald and the mirrored characters representing good and evil.
question for twin peaks superfans: is the audio supposed to cut out in two of the final scenes of Invitation to Love? it seems like it is probably intentional, because both audio cutouts occur during scenes of violence, the silence adds tension, and it's still possible to follow the action.
― Karl Malone, Monday, 3 September 2018 18:54 (five years ago) link
whoops, let's try that again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFMen60b6UQ
twin peaks trivia: Tim Heidecker stars in Invitation to Love
― Karl Malone, Monday, 3 September 2018 18:55 (five years ago) link
CHET: our marriage is in the past. experience is a great and bitter teacher.EMERALD: so is money. Chet, you're a fool. and Jade's a fool. But my father's the biggest fool of all.
*Montana appears out of nowhere*
MONTANA: so what does that make me?
*Chet looks on in horror as Montana leather jacket noisily crunches as he lights a cigarette*
CHET: Montana! I - MONTANA: hello, beautiful.EMERALD: i knew you'd come back
*Chet takes a big drink*
CHET: we didn't expect to see you back here in town so soon, Montana.MONTANA: i had a change in direction.EMERALD: so Montana, tell me - did you find that rainbow you were looking for?MONTANA: plenty of rainbows. no pot of gold. *leather noises*CHET: i'm not sure how i'm feeling about this.EMERALD: Chet, shut up and get Montana a drink! he must be absolutely parched after 18 months in a rainforest *makes out with Montana*CHET: how long are you planning to stay in town, Montana?MONTANA: long enough to see you two. And my ex-wife. tell me, Chet - how is Jade? *intense leather crunch noises*
NARRATOR: Invitation to Love...will be right back
― Karl Malone, Monday, 3 September 2018 19:07 (five years ago) link
So long, Norma.
http://www.thewrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/norma-jennings-twin-peaks-300x200.jpg
I think of her as more famous for Twin Peaks at this point, but they only mentioned The Mod Squad on the story I just heard.
― clemenza, Sunday, 12 May 2019 21:59 (four years ago) link
some lady! RIP x
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Sunday, 12 May 2019 23:06 (four years ago) link
See you in my dreams~
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 13 May 2019 00:39 (four years ago) link
We both know that tune, don’t we?
― milkshake chuk (wins), Monday, 13 May 2019 05:37 (four years ago) link
Dear Twitter Friends, “It’s yrev very good to see you again old friends.” pic.twitter.com/yL2UXyxeWT— David Lynch (@DAVID_LYNCH) August 21, 2019
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 21 August 2019 17:18 (four years ago) link
what is in the box david
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 21 August 2019 17:23 (four years ago) link
P sure that's just a repackaging of the entire series (no FWWM) based on something I read a while back. Looks nice, though.
― Dez Tekken (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 17:24 (four years ago) link
There’s a box set of all three series coming out, yeah. This box is a different, limited thing tho: Twin Peaks: From Z To A, a deluxe 21-disc collection of everything Twin Peaks plus over 20 hours of special feature content will be available by the end of 2019!This worldwide Blu-ray only release includes every ‘Episode’ and ‘Part’ of all three seasons of Twin Peaks, the Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me feature film and its deleted scenes called The Missing Pieces. On top of over six hours of previously unreleased bonus content, it will also include the special features from Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery released in 2014 as well as Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series from 2017. The set is limited to 25,000 copies worldwide and will first hit U.S. and Canada on December 10, 2019, followed by an international roll-out on yet to be announced dates.
― YouGov to see it (wins), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 18:03 (four years ago) link
Oh, nice.
I'd like to see the commentaries from the original season 1 DVD set restored at some point but that's probably not gonna happen.
― Dez Tekken (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 18:07 (four years ago) link
holy shit, there's a screening of FWWM here in a few months with Dana Ashbrook, James Marshall, and Sheryl Lee! not usually interested in Q&A's but DAMN! Can't fuckin wait
― flappy bird, Thursday, 26 September 2019 23:21 (four years ago) link
Whoa. Where is “here”?
― treeship., Thursday, 26 September 2019 23:22 (four years ago) link
I would like to attend that
I would like to attend that― treeship., Friday, September 27, 2019 9:22 AM (seven minutes ago) I would like to attend that― treeship., Friday, September 27, 2019 9:22 AM (seven minutes ago)
― treeship., Friday, September 27, 2019 9:22 AM (seven minutes ago)
^ it is happening again
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Thursday, 26 September 2019 23:31 (four years ago) link
lol
― treeship., Thursday, 26 September 2019 23:31 (four years ago) link
what year is this?
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Friday, 27 September 2019 01:17 (four years ago) link
*screams into the void*
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Friday, 27 September 2019 01:18 (four years ago) link
Baltimore. Only other dates I saw were Bloomington, IN and Miamisburg, OH.
― flappy bird, Friday, 27 September 2019 01:34 (four years ago) link
Saw FWWM in a totally empty theater when I was 16. It shook me.
― Cow_Art, Friday, 27 September 2019 10:05 (four years ago) link
Should have happened
#OnThisDay 1991: An April Fools' Day film that BBC Archive wishes was real - Reporting Scotland revealed that David Lynch was thinking of relocating Twin Peaks to Scotland. pic.twitter.com/eKFn0ljy4Q— BBC Archive (@BBCArchive) April 1, 2020
― Alba, Thursday, 2 April 2020 00:20 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MnOtMP41k4
― Brad C., Thursday, 30 April 2020 17:42 (three years ago) link
OMG, this cracked me up
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 30 April 2020 17:47 (three years ago) link
1000x better than any of the S3 Roadhouse performances
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 30 April 2020 18:06 (three years ago) link
Renault's ridiculous monologue to Coop about how things were better before he showed up is kind of interesting considering The Return:
"Before you came here, Twin Peaks was a simple place. My brothers sold drugs to truck-drivers and teenagers. One-Eyed Jack’s welcomed curious tourists and businessmen. Quiet people lived quiet lives. Then a pretty girl dies. And you arrive. Everything changes. My brother Bernard is shot and left to die in the woods. A grieving father smothers my surviving brother with a pillow. Arson, kidnapping. More death and destruction. Suddenly the quiet people here are no longer quiet. Their simple dreams have become a nightmare. Maybe you brought the nightmare with you. And maybe, it will die with you.”
― JoeStork, Monday, 3 August 2020 23:25 (three years ago) link
ooooh
also I'm rewatching Universal Soldier Day of Reckoning and it has a serious dose of Return vibes, aesthetically speaking
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Monday, 3 August 2020 23:51 (three years ago) link
Laura's Ghost: Women Speak About Twin PeaksPaperback – October 20, 2020by Courtenay Stallings (Author), Sheryl Lee (Foreword)
In 1990, the groundbreaking television series Twin Peaks, co-created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, opened with a murder mystery when a beautiful homecoming queen, wrapped in plastic, washed up on a cold and rocky beach. Laura Palmer’s character began as a plot device that triggered a small town to face its fractured self. But after three seasons and a film, Laura Palmer is no longer just a plot device. Instead of solely focusing on the murderer, like most traditional storytelling at the time, the audience gets to know the victim, a complex young woman who explores her sexuality and endures incredible abuse. Laura’s Ghost: Women Speak About Twin Peaks is an examination of Laura Palmer’s legacy on the 30th anniversary of Twin Peaks. Palmer’s character was one of the few frank and horrific representations of sexual abuse victims which did not diminish the strength and complexity of the victim. Sheryl Lee, who played Laura Palmer, discusses the challenges of the role and how it has impacted herself as well as women she has met over the years, many of whom are survivors of sexual abuse. The role demanded Lee give all of her vulnerability as an actor to this role. This role is one she cannot escape, one with which she will forever be identified. It’s a role that still haunts her today. For many women, this character represents them. Here was a woman who was not just a victim, but who was owning her sexuality as well—a woman coming into her own and discovering her sources of power. This book is a reckoning in which women from the show and community speak about grief, mischief, humor, sexuality, strength, weakness, wickedness, and survival.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 18:20 (three years ago) link
do I need to finish s2 before I watch s3 or can I skip the last 5 episodes? jfc.
― brimstead, Thursday, 8 October 2020 04:03 (three years ago) link
the s2 finale, directed by lynch, is essential. you might as well power through imo
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Thursday, 8 October 2020 04:08 (three years ago) link
Unless I'm remembering wrong the penultimate S2 episode was pretty good as well...
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 8 October 2020 04:29 (three years ago) link
The third-to-last episode is much better than the penultimate episode, really feels like it nails the atmosphere for the first time in ages.
― JoeStork, Thursday, 8 October 2020 04:37 (three years ago) link
Also Simon’s podcast helps make the awful episodes a bit more bearable!
The final few eps of s2 are great, I'd rather skip season 3 in its entirety tbh
― here comes the hotstamper (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 8 October 2020 04:59 (three years ago) link
finally got around to watching the original Twin Peaks series a few months ago. Saw 'Fire Walk With Me' at a drive-in last week. Kinda all over the place but still entertaining. Looking forward to Season 3, and annoying my girlfriend with other David Lynch movies.
― DT, Thursday, 8 October 2020 05:05 (three years ago) link
yes, last few episodes of twin peaks are when it finally gets good again, and it's so incredibly good at the end
― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Thursday, 8 October 2020 05:54 (three years ago) link
of S2 i mean
Counterpoint: the 2nd last ep is just about the worst of the whole run. The one before that is good (and finale is great obv) tho
― Gab B. Nebsit (wins), Thursday, 8 October 2020 06:07 (three years ago) link
wow good to know, didn’t know it actually got good at the end. Thanks all!
― brimstead, Thursday, 8 October 2020 07:14 (three years ago) link
I m/l enjoy all of S2 except James' wild ride, and I reckon cutting out that and any Ted Raimi-adjacent material would be enough to make it bearable for nearly everyone who otherwise loses faith
if you're really burnt out but keen for FWWM / The Return though, you can jump to the final ep whenever the burnout sets in
― Covidiots from UHF (sic), Thursday, 8 October 2020 07:31 (three years ago) link
nah I’m just gonna watch the rest
― brimstead, Thursday, 8 October 2020 07:42 (three years ago) link
you've got some good Gordon Cole scenes coming up then :)
― Covidiots from UHF (sic), Thursday, 8 October 2020 08:37 (three years ago) link
i watched everything over the summer and some of those late season 2 eps are stupid sure but it still flew by
― 1000 Scampo DJs (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 8 October 2020 08:38 (three years ago) link
I m/l enjoy all of S2 except James' wild ride
lol, I got this far into your post and was like 'but what about Raimi?' Thank u for addressing my primary concern, sic.
― OrificeMax (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 October 2020 10:27 (three years ago) link
I’m a confirmed s2 enjoyer except for anything raimi-adjacent (which I understand to mean all of windom earle) but the beauty contest ep is the nadir for me, way worse than the wacky/aimless/boring stretch that includes Evelyn
― Gab B. Nebsit (wins), Thursday, 8 October 2020 10:44 (three years ago) link
there's a certain amount of fun / creepy material with Windom Earle. pegging the Raimi parts as the nexus / apex of it going off the rails lets the imaginary editor fillet as far out from there as they prefer :)beauty pageant plotline is absolutely terrible but iirc it not only allows for more Heather Graham onscreen, but also brings the giant back to warn Coop to stop faffing about and go and join the plot again? great meta moment
― Covidiots from UHF (sic), Thursday, 8 October 2020 11:19 (three years ago) link
oh I spoiler tagged for brimstead but I guess it doesn't work on Flagging?
― Covidiots from UHF (sic), Thursday, 8 October 2020 11:24 (three years ago) link