Twin Peaks: Classic or Dud?

Lynch initially announced both his and later Kyle MacLachlan's participation, and his comments are vague enough that this might all be blown out of proportion.

Supposedly axed.

nooooooo

i just typed the same thing, only it was

Noooooooo

i had a feeling this was going to be really bad if they actually made it so i am okay w/ this

https://mobile.twitter.com/TwinPeaksArchve/status/584847567898279936

no Lynch, no point.

if lynch is out and this still happens that is the worst possible outcome

I have to imagine some of those actors will bail.

if lynch is out and this still happens that is the worst possible outcome

absolutely. ugh. i firmly believed that this was going to be amazing so now it's odd to be thinking "PULL THE PLUG FOR FUCKS SAKE"

yep, they say it's going ahead:

http://tvline.com/2015/04/05/twin-peaks-revival-showtime-cancellation-rumors/

what a sad state of affairs

Yuck imo a Lynch-less revival is worse than no revival at all.

showtime maybe shoulda thought about getting all their ducks in a row before announcing this

even if lynch just "steps back" into a "showrunner" role or something i am firmly opposed; the only thing that made me not a 100% spoilsport about this whole idea was the prospect of ~10 hours of straight lynch -- oh xps lol how terrible

on the bright side we can expect to discover the truth about so many things

The "Missing Pieces" edit of all the missing FWWM footage was incredible does anyone know if Lynch himself edited it together? I sort of got that feeling from it. One thing I really liked was the use of extended takes from single camera sources, it had a more documentary style feel to it that was more in line w his modern work.

lol yeah

I had like 0.01% doubt that this would be great tbh, post-inland empire lynch does fwwm pts 2-10

xp yeah lynch edited it himself

I know I'm overreacting a bit, but can't help but feel like this is a goddamned tragedy

I'm with you, and I don't ever care about stuff getting cancelled or otherwise ruined by television networks

Here it sucks extra because we already have a good half-season of Twin Peaks sans Lynch and it's not that great.

:(

xp yeah I'm an apologist for those parts of s2 and even I think that doing that again will be a travesty, I can enjoy those episodes but the finale and the film are so brilliant and among other thing a rebuke of that part of the series

http://33.media.tumblr.com/e3834542464a143d72254502dec0f54b/tumblr_ndssq4XGCm1rpotpgo4_250.gif

would feel terrible about helping fucking showtime out, but Austin needs to maybe introduce his dad to kickstarter.

This will be worthless w out lynch, v bummed

Showtime can't think that many people will watch if Lynch isn't involved.

maybe the cast will heroically make a group decision not to continue

half of them wouldn't be anyone without lynch anyway

what does lynch's statement mean? they couldn't get enough money to pay good script writers?

they won't put The-Dream and Tricky up at The Plaza 2 nights to cut 'Baby'?

Welp, that's just fucking dumb. Way to shit the bed, Showtime.

I think the statement means the script implies something expensive to film, like it has lots of effects or whatever.

lasers maybe

considering how cheaply he supposedly shot inland empire i'd be interested in knowing how far apart showtime and lynch were on episode budget. like what's it worth to showtime to keep david lynch from doing twin peaks?

“We were saddened to read David Lynch’s statement today since we believed we were working towards solutions with David and his reps on the few remaining deal points. SHOWTIME also loves the world of Twin Peaks and we continue to hold out hope that we can bring it back in all its glory with both of its extraordinary creators, David Lynch and Mark Frost, at its helm.”

"But those solutions involved actually paying him, and we were taking a page from the Amanda Palmer book, and..."

Seconding clay's puzzlement. I imagine lynch to be one of the best at working out how to do effects cheaply and in-camera. I mean I imagine lynch could do 12 hours of awesome TP on favours from actors and a cheap digital cam but I guess he had other ideas for it. I suspect that lynch just got pissed off dealing with contract bs although he's never come across as someone who might be difficult to negotiate with. I just want more lynch asap and hope he has other film work imminent at some point.

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

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CB5zzb-WAAA2Re3.jpg:large

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.