Drink full: The TWIN PEAKS 2017 spoiler thread, part 2

Lynch said he was happy with the original tv series until "Who Killed Laura Palmer". What is he referring to? There isn't an episode called that.

Is there any good articles or documentaries which detail his level of involvement across the series and about the other writers and directors input? Was he on set for episodes he didn't direct or act in?

Can't believe Diane Keaton directed an episode.

B-b-but several of these clearly aren't plot points to be resolved? "The evidence the FBI found in Georgetown" was just a humorous way to re-introduce Albert and Gordon. Same goes for the place Bad Coop visits in the first ep.

Still six eps left ffs!

― The Marmadook (latebloomer), Tuesday, 1 August 2017 00:49 (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that's true, it's just... so much. i don't mind the sprawl (and the colour) at all, but i'd like to see at least some of it pay off before too long.

What Alzheimer's doc? Xpost

Doc Hayward

also how is it that no one has yet commented on the shot of Diane appearing from between two dark red curtains, that whole shot composition was straight out of the Red Room

xp

― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 01:31 (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wins and i did, but tbh this thread is careening along like bad coop's driving skills at 2.53

aldo:

Hawk is transphobic about Denise

by the end of the scene he's cool with it. from what i can remember of 1991 that's about as progressive as you'd find on prime time american network television. i'm willing to give him (and the production) a pass on this.

Nah, he's still giving him the side-eye. Harry not much better. Dale is shocked but just about copes.

But then later at the Great Northern they're just all like "right, the script says he's just explained it to Cooper when we weren't there so we have to act like we know all about it"

yeah, there are plenty of problems with the show at that point, but a character like denise in the early '90s would almost certainly be (a) the subject of derision or (b) a massive deal, so addressing her situation quickly and moving on was pretty forward-looking imo

Lynch said he was happy with the original tv series until "Who Killed Laura Palmer". What is he referring to

I’m assuming it’s the fact CBS forced Frost and Lynch into answering that question, when they were going to let it linger and do the soap opera style thing as long as possible instead of going straight toward the resolution of the murder investigation.

xp (sorry mh) also it's a small town in the countryside in the early '90s, in which you'd expect people to be less accepting, so the fact that they moved on quickly was far from the worst outcome.

recently i saw a 1990 episode of northern exposure which handled a gay topic so badly it was insulting (maurice sacked his dj for saying walt whitman might have been gay, and went on a brutal anti-gay tirade). the episode resolved it by expecting the audience to sympathise with maurice.

compare this to that shitty show Pretty Little Liars which never answered the main question of who the secret identity of some character was for like 8 seasons and people loved it (why do I now this? I got bored and watched a full season of it at some point on netflix)

My girlfriend tells me that Jay Ferguson, who played Stan on Mad Men, is in the cast list but has yet to appear. Whoever he's playing, he's my new pick to be the voice that Evil Cooper talked to in the motel room in pt. 2. It kinda sounds like him. I'm still mostly hung up on plot points from the first two episodes.

xp hell man, they didn’t reveal who Gossip GIrl was until the show’s finale

oh that's right

I’m assuming it’s the fact CBS forced Frost and Lynch into answering that question, when they were going to let it linger and do the soap opera style thing as long as possible instead of going straight toward the resolution of the murder investigation.

yep. here's the way he describes it in Lynch on Lynch (sorry in advance for my typos and other weird mistakes, i am eating leftover thai at the same time and my limbs and digits are flying left and right):

INTERVIEWER: By the time we got to the answer - that it was Leland - it doesn't really seem to matter any more. By then it's clear that an evil force - Bob - is operating from within the "host" character anyway. So pointing the finger at Leland isn't really an answer at all.

LYNCH: It's not an answer. That was the whole point. Mark Frost and I had this idea. The way we pitched this thing was as a murder mystery but that murder mystery was to eventually become the background story. Then there would be a middle ground of all of the characters we stay with for the series. And the foreground would be the main characters that particular week: the ones we'd deal with i detail. We're not going to solve the murder for a long time.

This they did not like They did not like that. And they forced us to, you know, get to Laura's killer. It wasn't really all their fault. People just got a bug in them that they wanted to know who killed Laura Palmer. Calling out for it. And one thing led to another, and the pressure was just so great that the murder mystery couldn't be just a background thing any more. The progress towards it, but never getting there, was what made us know all the people in Twin Peaks: how they all surrounded Laura and intermingled. All the mysteries. But it wasn't meant to be. It just couldn't happen that way. The yearning to know was too intense. But the mystery was the magical ingredient. It would've made Twin Peaks live a lot longer.

"THERE IT IS ALBERT, THE GOOSE THAT LAYS THE GOLDEN EGG"

well by that standard I'd say he's got another 4-5 seasons in him the way things are going now

compare this to that shitty show Pretty Little Liars which never answered the main question of who the secret identity of some character was for like 8 seasons and people loved it (why do I now this? I got bored and watched a full season of it at some point on netflix)

― akm, Monday, July 31, 2017 3:54 PM (twenty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i hate to break this to you but they reveal that character three times over seven seasons which i have unfortunately watched every minute of

Cole's damsel taking three minutes to leave the room had me in stitches, there was something spooky and unreal about her smile too.

I totally read this scene as a reference to Laura Dern's terrifying grin moment in Inland Empire

oh wait my favorite moment in the last episode was carl telling his neighbor not to sell his blood

carl rules so much

his uber whistle is fantastic

i am currently rewatching fire walk with me and carl is the best character? "you see, i've already gone places. i just wanna stay where i am"

Between his recent song and last night's moment, I've really come to love Carl so much

“Keep your blood, Kriscol.”
—Carl Roddhttps://t.co/hvRyWzGvbM #TwinPeaks pic.twitter.com/Yyrh1L1JoF

— Twin Peaks 🍷 (@ThatsOurWaldo) July 31, 2017

Ohhhh, there was an 'L' at the end. Thought that dude's name was Crisco.

the great surprise of this show is the characters who have been given new prominence (carl, bobby, gordon, albert, hawk) and the ones who are completely new (diane, janey-e, bushnell, candie, bill hastings, frank, bad coop, chad). so many all-time legends here.

Re: what someone said upthread about Audrey's appearance, Lynch definitely falls back too much on making female characters shrill harridans being reactive in the face of stoic men who are reasonable and in control of their emotions.

It's one of his worst impulses

I was wondering in the middle of her rant if there would be a reveal that this was her big scene from the 37th season of An Invitation To Love.

I'm pretty sure "terrible soap opera" was the vibe they were going for in that scene. It felt intentionally absurd in that way.

Feeling Cooper won't snap out of it til nearly the end (if at all) - that's one of the biggest mysteries her.e I'm sure Lynch has learned (in re: to annoncing Leland as killer in season 2, episode 14) the damaging reality of letting the cat out of the bag too soon. But who knows, see what happens.

I really need to know what was banging around in Sarah Palmer's kitchen.

wilson

Turkey jerky reminded me of "Welcome to Canada. You won't find a turkey dog here," from the debauched bar scene in FWWM.

I put it to you: in line with the themes of this show, turkey is a malignant doppelgänger for red meat.

Or maybe she's got a turkey in there.

fire walk with me is the best movie in the whole world

long gone like a turkey in the corn

I really need to know what was banging around in Sarah Palmer's kitchen.

Josie's soul trapped in the crisper drawer of the fridge

I was so happy Carl’s sign indicating he is to be bothered no earlier than 9:30 appeared

I seriously considered making a similar sign for my office but decided it wouldn't be a great idea.

it has occurred to me on occasion, perhaps even after typing that last post

mh OTM

carl is very good

"Or maybe she's got a turkey in there."

that would be so good

finally watched this episode and it was hardly as bad as I was led to believe. It was just kind of another episode; but we got Sarah, we got Audrey (even if her scene was irritating; I didn't think it was that irritating); we got, what I thought, was a pretty affecting scene with Ben; and we got a hilarious 5 second Dougie scene. Felt like treading water, I suppose; and there was almost certainly an intentional amount of extra names thrown out (the purpose of which, I have no idea), but I thought it was alright. Sherilyn still looks great. I actually thought her acting was pretty good.

Ben seems like such a solid dude this season

well except for during that phone call with his wife

ah yeah :-/

I'd be lying though if I didn't say this episode did have me wondering if The REturn might have been better at 9 episodes rather than 18

absolutely not

Shut your mouth

many of the set pieces will age like a fine wine