Twin Peaks: Classic or Dud?

I hope Lynch will do the right thing and refilm those scenes of MacLachlan in old man makeup. He should be able to CGI Jack Nance into the show, too, a la Nancy Marchand in The Sopranos.

might i suggest ignoring the instant recap and the twitter feed; works for me.

i guess. i have a sort of professional need to see what's going on in tv criticism though :(

two years from now the hivemind updates will appear by default on your screen as the episode unfolds.

I have difficulty imagining Lynch making something now that fits into the popular tv drama fandom. I'd be surprised if it was as accessible to mainstream audiences as the original episodes.
Is this being made for a major channel or streaming service?

two years from now the hivemind updates will appear by default on your screen as the episode unfolds.

That's the next season of Girls right there.

Oh right it's Showtime.

it's on cable he should make it as weird and challenging as he can get away with.

Portlandia crossover imo

Lynch is pretty willfully perverse regarding audience expectations, I wouldn't be surprised if the first episode spends most of its time getting us up to speed on Nadine.

Or involving altogether new characters. Lest we forget that the first quarter/third of Fire Walk With Me was anchored by Chris Isaak and Kiefer Sutherland.

I guess you ppl liked episodes 18-30 way way more than i did.

Lynch only directed 2 of these at most. The last episode and probably another one somewhere in the middle.

Only saying this to suggest that 9 consecutive Lynch-directed episodes should be a big improvement.

It's tempting to imagine an alternate career for him where he did both good, "conventional" studio films (tho I don't consider that a wholly accurate label even for Elephant Man) and passion projects, a la Soderbergh.

The Straight Story is always forgotten. Too bad... folks are missing out.

Yeah, great film and I love Farnsworth.

That reminds me that it's the only Lynch besides Dune I've still never seen. Need to get on that.

"I'll see you again in 25 years" comes from the final episode of season 2. The dream sequence in alternate ending to the pilot also had a "twenty-five years later" title card.

Straight Story is great...not what you would expect at all - v moving and emotional.

Straight Story is the only of his I still haven't seen but 'moving and emotional' doesn't surprise me so very much. The Elephant Man has that in spades, and there are many such moments in even his more outwardly bizarre outings. Lynch's facility with emotional resonance is one of his more underrated qualities.

there are moments of twin peaks that are heartbreaking and incredibly moving. at least to me. at least they were at the time.

The Straight Story is goddamn WEIRD btw

from http://deadline.com/2014/10/twin-peaks-return-showtime-series-mark-frost-interview-846363/

DEADLINE: How did the project end up at Showtime?
FROST: We had a really good feeling about Showtime from the very beginning. (EVP Original Programming) Gary Levine, who is the second in command there, was actually the ABC executive in charge of the show when we did it 25 years ago. (President) David Nevins was a big fan of the show, we had a great meeting with them, and David Lynch loved the artwork that David Nevins had in his office, that seemed to get him excited. We feel it’s the perfect home for the show now, and we’re very happy to be there.

actors who are very happy about this: lara flynn boyle, who hasn't been in anything of note since the Practice. Sherilynn Fenn: does she even act anymore? I liked her showtime series.

maybe he'll cast moira kelly instead.

michael onkean

(apparently he was in the descendants? don't remember him in that at all)

'straight story' does the 'signs and symbols' trick of putting in a bunch of things that seem to indicate a deeper meaning (the protagonist's stories) but don't really.

sherilyn fenn in late-period gilmore girls eps btw/i'll have you know

lara flynn boyle not looking so great these days

she hasn't looked that great in years, she got scary anorexic right after TP.

oh yeah, uh, just googled that. plastic surgery gone awry, but I think those pics must have been right after some surgeries.

sherilynn fenn and sheryl lee look great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TH0jGAnytU

I'd assume Lee won't be involved with the new series, since both of her characters are now dead, and she's too old to play the dream version of Laura? Unless Lynch and Frost come up with some shocking plot twists...

But it's cool to see she and Fenn have aged like normal people... Hopefully Fenn at least will do the new series, she was always my favourite actor in TP.

the original idea for Mulholland Drive actually came from an Audrey in Calfornia spinoff

Better Call Audrey

(apparently he was in the descendants? don't remember him in that at all)

Ontkean didn't even have a speaking role! I assume his character must've been trimmed way down.

I can't imagine Laura Palmer not making some appearance in this. She's still in the red room. No reason why she may not have aged there.

Ray Wise too

If I recall, Audrey had maybe been blown to smithereens at the end of the series. What if she's missing limbs? Wait -- she was missing limbs in Boxing Helena, too. Wait -- which was directed by David Lynch's daughter. OMG the owls have returned it is happening again

I was just thinking that folks like Wise and Joan Chen must be feeling so deflated right now and I suddenly got a vision of an eccentric, retired Sheriff Truman walking around town carrying a wooden drawer knob that speaks only to him. I'm sure Lynch could figure out a way to shoehorn all of the dead characters into the story again.

Sherilyn Fenn channelling some prime Sally Struthers vibes there, love that drawl too

Going to miss Major Briggs.

I'm sure Lynch could figure out a way to shoehorn all of the dead characters into the story again.

maybe just play it like Les Revenants, they're back and it's weird but no explanation is really needed or forthcoming.

Madchen Amick looks pretty sexed up these days on Witches of East End (she was on Gilmore Girls as well).

What ever happened to Bobby? The other guy? I can't even remember the other guys' name, that's how inconsequential he is.

Sherilynn Fenn: does she even act anymore?

happy to report that I hate-watched Sherilynn Fenn in the Lifetime movie about Brittany Murphy (she played her mother)

Madchen Amick was great in Twin Peaks. would love it if she's been caring for invalid Leo for 25 years

uh I mean she was great in Mad Men

Opening scene s/b Coop and Laura sitting in room as they were, just 25 yrs older

I wouldn't rule out anybody appearing/not appearing based on the last episode. this is david lynch.

Fingers crossed for Duchovny.