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Post by Jayzon on May 22, 2017 20:28:30 GMT
Just watched the two-hour premiere of Twin Peaks Season 3.
WOW.
That was some of the lynchiest lynch that Lynch has ever lynched. It was definitely not meant for mainstream TV audiences, and at times it was the most terrifying thing I have ever seen on screen. Some of the scarier, lynchier imagery was fucking sick. So completely out there. Final proof that Lynch is literally insane. And I loved every second of it!
Yes, there are returning characters and some returning themes... But I dare say that none of it makes any sense to even the most hardcore Twin Peaks fan. It's so intriguingly messed up that you just stare at it blankly, understanding nothing, yet you can't wait to see more.
And yes, this is Lynch definitely abusing the audience. In all the worst imaginable ways.
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Post by inaudiblewhisper on May 22, 2017 22:20:46 GMT
Watched the first 2 episodes and loved them. Pure fucking distilled, unhinged Lynch. He gives no fucks about what people want or what might be palatable for a modern TV audience, I've never seen anything like it on TV.
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Post by Guest on May 22, 2017 22:26:28 GMT
I never watched Twin Peaks. Is this on netflix?
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Post by ModerusPrime on May 22, 2017 22:54:34 GMT
If you checked Netflix I'm sure you'd find the answer.
I vaguely remember watching the first season and thinking it was awesome and then the second season was terrible.
Kinda like Heroes in that regard.
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Post by Jayzon on May 22, 2017 23:40:53 GMT
Watched the first 2 episodes and loved them. Pure fucking distilled, unhinged Lynch. He gives no fucks about what people want or what might be palatable for a modern TV audience, I've never seen anything like it on TV. Just wait until you get to ep 3. The first 20 minutes of it are the most spine-rattlingly horrifying stuff I've ever seen in my life. Lynch is so fucking insane it's downright evil. |
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Post by inaudiblewhisper on May 23, 2017 2:28:35 GMT
Watched the first 2 episodes and loved them. Pure fucking distilled, unhinged Lynch. He gives no fucks about what people want or what might be palatable for a modern TV audience, I've never seen anything like it on TV. Just wait until you get to ep 3. The first 20 minutes of it are the most spine-rattlingly horrifying stuff I've ever seen in my life. Lynch is so fucking insane it's downright evil. Just watched 3 and 4. Yeah the first half of episode 3 is absolutely mental. The kind of atmosphere Lynch creates is infinitely more unsettling than 99.9% of horror. Also episode 4 was hilarious, practically right back to season 1 and 2 in tone. I'm liking the mix of old and new, I just hope we don't have to wait too long for Coop to properly come back |
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Post by ampman on May 23, 2017 5:28:57 GMT
Just wait until you get to ep 3. The first 20 minutes of it are the most spine-rattlingly horrifying stuff I've ever seen in my life. Lynch is so fucking insane it's downright evil. Just watched 3 and 4. Yeah the first half of episode 3 is absolutely mental. The kind of atmosphere Lynch creates is infinitely more unsettling than 99.9% of horror. Also episode 4 was hilarious, practically right back to season 1 and 2 in tone. I'm liking the mix of old and new, I just hope we don't have to wait too long for Coop to properly come back I think when he drank coffee he said the first "new" i.e. non imitated thing he had said up to that point, and we didn't see him again. So I think that he will be back next episode. |
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 10:49:31 GMT
I'm a fan of David Lynch's films (Mullholland Drive, Blue Velvet, Elephant Man) but haven't watched the Twin Peaks series. Seriously tempted to get the TP boxset, it's only about £12 on Amazon. Does TP stand up to his best films? I have watched Fire Walk With Me btw and i thought it was decent.
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Post by LeeClaire on May 23, 2017 11:44:23 GMT
Somebody explain Twin Peaks to me and why I should watch it.
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Post by inaudiblewhisper on May 23, 2017 11:59:08 GMT
I'm a fan of David Lynch's films (Mullholland Drive, Blue Velvet, Elephant Man) but haven't watched the Twin Peaks series. Seriously tempted to get the TP boxset, it's only about £12 on Amazon. Does TP stand up to his best films? I have watched Fire Walk With Me btw and i thought it was decent. The best moments of Twin Peaks stand up to his best films. But given that it's 2 seasons long, it's less consistent. It's also different given that its largely imitating the cheesy soap operas of the era like Dallas but with Lynchian weirdness and quirks throughout. You'll either embrace the early 90's style and find it charming, or hate it, but it's always very self aware. Season 1 is great, and half of season 2 is great. Then Lynch essentially quit the show as the network forced him to solve the mystery. and the back half of season 2 is a drag. He came back for the finale which is one of the best episodes. Season 3 however (just started 25 years later) is completely and utterly David Lynch. You can tell he has got no network notes or restrictions, they've just gave him a bag of money and said "Do what you want". So it's a bit different to the first 2 in that it's pure fucking Lynch just like his best films, and so far it's been (imo) some of his best work. It's some of the weirdest stuff he's done, and a lot of it reminds me of Mulholland Drive and Eraserhead. But you really need to watch the whole thing to have a hope of understanding it. Somebody explain Twin Peaks to me and why I should watch it. David Lynch. Either you love him or hate him. It's basically one of those shows that the industry heralds as changing television, just cos of how ballsy and different it was. You have a nation watching a charming soap opera about a murder mystery in a small American town and then all of a sudden they're in an alternate dimension with a dancing dwarf and a Giant talking backwards. |
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Post by LeeClaire on May 23, 2017 12:03:59 GMT
So the premise is an investigation of a murder in a small town but there's some weird shit going on in this small town?
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Post by inaudiblewhisper on May 23, 2017 14:12:42 GMT
So the premise is an investigation of a murder in a small town but there's some weird shit going on in this small town? Yeah pretty much. But when it gets weird it can get really weird, enough to make you go "What in the actual fuck is going on and how did this air on ABC in 1990". I think the thing modern audiences will struggle to get over isn't the weirdness it's the general cheesy soap opera vibe to everything from the acting to the music (which is intentional; none of his other work is like that). I love it, but its an acquired taste nowadays; you'll probably know if it's for you within the first 3 episodes or so. |
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 14:57:36 GMT
So the premise is an investigation of a murder in a small town but there's some weird shit going on in this small town? |
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Post by inaudiblewhisper on May 23, 2017 15:07:59 GMT
Why would you watch the story stuffed into 6 minutes before watching the actual show?
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Post by waunakonor on May 23, 2017 15:12:38 GMT
I love it, but its an acquired taste nowadays Was there a time when it wasn't an acquired taste? |
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 15:16:36 GMT
Why would you watch the story stuffed into 6 minutes before watching the actual show? It sounds complicated to say the least.  |
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Post by inaudiblewhisper on May 23, 2017 15:32:33 GMT
I love it, but its an acquired taste nowadays Was there a time when it wasn't an acquired taste? The weirdness was, but the soap opera style was pretty much what TV looked like in the early 90's so nobody was saying "I can't watch this, it feels cheesy and dated". It was modern at the time and that's what made the weirdness palatable to a general audience; they could embrace it or ignore it and focus on whatever affair or love triangle followed it. And when it turned out the weird stuff was key to solving the murder, a lot of the general audience stopped watching and it got cancelled. Modern audiences have to contend with the weirdness and the dated look and feel, and if they're not feeling one or the other it won't click. |
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2017 16:40:43 GMT
Lynch is into Transcendental Meditation, might give it a go
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Post by Baba Yaga on May 29, 2017 2:48:00 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2017 13:18:19 GMT
Even if you watched seasons 1&2, you still wouldn't have a fkn clue.  |
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Post by inaudiblewhisper on May 29, 2017 14:09:20 GMT
Even if you watched seasons 1&2, you still wouldn't have a fkn clue. Literally not true (and how can you even pretend to know that having never seen seasons 1 and 2?). It's really not that hard to follow along if you know the whole story so far. But yeah, anybody that hasn't seen seasons 1 and 2 (and FWWM) won't have a fucking clue. |
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Post by lightning master on May 29, 2017 21:52:37 GMT
I got goosebumps when the intro theme started playing in the first episode. I like it so far! It's different and seems slower in its storytelling but yeah, I'm intrigued by it so far and looking forward to how the story will unfold. Another thing I noticed is that there's a lot less music so far compared to the first two seasons.
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Post by lightning master on Jun 15, 2017 7:50:13 GMT
The latest episode was pretty boring unfortunately. : ( Here's hoping the next one will be better.
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Post by Jayzon on Jun 26, 2017 21:24:38 GMT
Twin Peaks S03E08:
That was the craziest fucking episode of television I've ever seen. Lynch is out-lynching himself again. You thought the third episode was weird?
You think Eraserhead or Inland Empire is weird? That's cute.
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Post by inaudiblewhisper on Jun 26, 2017 22:53:18 GMT
I fucking love that Lynch just aired that on TV. I can only imagine the Showtime executives faces when they got the final cut. The most abstract, batshit insane thing that I've ever seen air on TV and I loved every second of it.
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Post by lightning master on Jul 25, 2017 20:12:13 GMT
Remember the exterior plane shots in Part 7? Here's the original source:
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Post by lightning master on Jul 25, 2017 21:19:53 GMT
Haha, this is awesome.
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Post by lightning master on Aug 29, 2017 15:41:32 GMT
I am The FBI.  |
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Post by Jayzon on Aug 29, 2017 22:42:32 GMT
Goddamn, that was the most satisfying episode in any TV series I think I've ever watched. We got Cooper back, we got to see what's really going on with Audrey... The long, frustrating, 16-episode build-up was totally worth it after all. I can't WAIT for the final double episode!
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Post by inaudiblewhisper on Aug 30, 2017 11:35:27 GMT
That whole episode was perfect.
People have been under a lot of stress, Bradley.
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