You have NO idea how excited I am.... especially when my friends called me this morning to tell me it was up. The producers have yet to make any clear comments about the series and they haven't shown any scenes, yet the ONE THING they put in the trailer, of actual action on set, features yours truly.
I'm famous.
Today I will gladly share my experience and advice, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so."
Time for this strange ride to continue. I understand David Lynch directed all 18 hours and there have been no previews made available (although there was a premiere party Friday night). Anyway, just signed up for Showtime and will be watching this Sunday night. Who's in?
I'm in....eventually. I'm still trying to catch up, as I never watched Twin Peaks originally. Just finished Season One. Love it so far, and we haven't even gotten to the crazy stuff yet.
TiVo recorded both previous seasons, and I meant to watch them first, but I'll just have to jump right in with the new stuff.
My wife was reminiscing about the first time we watched the show. It was on VHS, I bought the box set. It cost almost $100...
She remarked that until we re-watch them we'll have no real idea of what the show is supposed to look like since back then we watched it on a crappy TV. We had to leave the TV on all the time because the picture might not come back otherwise. We had to strategically place large chunks of concrete on top of the TV for the whole picture to come in and even then the colors were all off.
The things we used to put up with when we were young and poor!
Wife loved the original. I liked the first season but drifted away after it turned weird for weirdness' sake. It was groundbreaking stuff in its day, but there's been an awful lot of innovative and edgy TV since then. Hard to imagine a new version having the same kind of impact.
Since it's on showtime I won't see it anyway. Maybe someday on dvd.
I have to hold my hand up to block some of the TV screen bc of the backwardness. Never could handle things going backward, reverse film footage, even music... not soothing like a lullaby to me. Regardless, I did watch the 2 hour opening show (with my hand blocking the backward images) and was unnerved like Twin Peaks can do to the viewer. Nice job David, nice job... well done.
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For those of you that have watched Twin Peaks, you need to watch an episode of the series Psych, that was an homage to the original Twin Peaks, it was hilarious. It was called Dual Spires and reunited many of the cast members from the original show.
Well do you ever get the feeling that the story's too damn real and in the present tense?
Or that everybody's on the stage and it seems like you're the only person sitting in the audience?
We watched most of the first 2 episodes last night. We probably should have waited as we were both tired and the slow opening was well slow. I'm not much for shows where you have to pay super attention so I doubt I'll make it through it. My wife is a super fan of the original so I'm sure she will.
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It went from fun and quirky to unwatchable in pretty quick order. Episode 3 was the turning point. It's just freakin' awful at this point. Lynch has to be pranking everyone. I can see no other explanation.
It's funny, because on the Twin Peaks forums, it's all "Episode 3 is when it finally started to feel like Twin Peaks again."
I'm good on all of it. I've watched each episode twice now and completely enjoy it. Quirks and all. I imagine it's pretty much for fanboys at this moment, but I'm a fanboy, so yeah... I'm good.
Today I will gladly share my experience and advice, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so."
hepcat wrote:It went from fun and quirky to unwatchable in pretty quick order. Episode 3 was the turning point. It's just freakin' awful at this point. Lynch has to be pranking everyone. I can see no other explanation.
It was better but yeah, so far this is missing just about everything I loved about the original including, mostly, the town of Twin Peaks.
Yesterday's episode seemed to bring a lot of the town back, including the music, and a closer feeling to the original. Still, we each have a "what Twin Peaks meant to me" feeling, so I imagine nobody will be completely cool with what is released, simply because we have had 25 years to be disappointed with any changes that don't fit into our ideal.
Today I will gladly share my experience and advice, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so."
hepcat wrote:It went from fun and quirky to unwatchable in pretty quick order. Episode 3 was the turning point. It's just freakin' awful at this point. Lynch has to be pranking everyone. I can see no other explanation.
It was better but yeah, so far this is missing just about everything I loved about the original including, mostly, the town of Twin Peaks.
My current theory is that it's deliberate. It's supposed to feel off, as if Cooper's absence has corrupted Twin Peaks in some way. These episodes have gradually reintroduced the old elements, with more and more scenes in Twin Peaks itself, and with more and more music. This coincides with Cooper gradually regaining his memory. I suspect we'll be back to something closer to the classic Twin Peaks style by mid-season.
David Lynch is the kind of director who's very deliberate with everything he does, even if it's not obvious to the audience. He knows what he's doing.
So, I've watched 7 episodes so far and have really fallen in love with it, however (I have yet to see it, but) I hear episode 8 literally went BONZO crazy and half the people watching it swore it off forever. Without spoiling it, can anyone chime in thoughts on the show thus far?
Thanks!
Today I will gladly share my experience and advice, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so."
1. Cooper needs to snap out of it soon. I get that he's traumatized (either his time in the Black Lodge and/or the means by which he got out) and seeing him bumble around was fun to watch, for an episode or two. Now it's just ridiculous. He had that moment in ep7 that's hopefully a sign it's coming.
2. I've found I like Lynch being Lynch... in small bites. That slow pan to the blackened man in the jail cell just staring at the screen, or even that minute or two that was just a guy sweeping the floor of the bar for what seemed like nothing. Things like that. Ep8 was just too much all at once.
Watched Part 8 and discovered the new 2001. Basically, that's the first time someone ever went that far off the rails on TV. ...and when I say off the rails, I mean in the BEST way possible. Challenging. Symbolic. Epic.
LOVED IT. Can't wait to see where it goes next, but I can say this much about the Trinity explosion:
Spoiler:
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Today I will gladly share my experience and advice, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so."
Daveman wrote:1. Cooper needs to snap out of it soon. I get that he's traumatized (either his time in the Black Lodge and/or the means by which he got out) and seeing him bumble around was fun to watch, for an episode or two. Now it's just ridiculous. He had that moment in ep7 that's hopefully a sign it's coming.
You might want to prepare yourself for disappointment. This being Lynch, there's absolutely no guarantee that we'll ever get the old Cooper back. Reviewers seem to be gradually accepting this.
nasai wrote:Watched Part 8 and discovered the new 2001. Basically, that's the first time someone ever went that far off the rails on TV. ...and when I say off the rails, I mean in the BEST way possible. Challenging. Symbolic. Epic.
"Historic" is a word I'd use. The third season of Twin Peaks is challenging traditional TV and charting a completely new course for the medium, just like the first two seasons did. It'll be interesting to see if other TV shows latch onto this and have the courage to veer off into territory typically associated with movies.
Well, looks like I'll have to go back and watch episodes 5 through whatever was the latest. As I said, I thought it was needlessly obtuse (and not in a good, Lynch way...but in a meandering, felt like bad improv way). But if it makes up for it with later episodes as you folks are saying, I can forgive the earlier stuff.
Did anyone else watch the whole season? Just finished it tonight and I have no idea what I watched this whole season. I haven't figured out if I actually liked it, but it was interesting enough to keep me watching. I think not finishing season 2 and not watching Fire Walk with Me probably didn't help my ability to follow what the hell was going on most of the time.
I'm not much for shows where you have to pay super attention so I doubt I'll make it through it. My wife is a super fan of the original so I'm sure she will.
