I think they were wildly ambitious if they thought they could ever keep it going without resolving the murder.
Although I agree with them that the network forced the reveal prematurely and then the show sort of fell into a lull after that with very little direction and bizarre sub-plots (the James story was tedious to the extreme). I read that Lynch went off focusing on other projects as well, neglecting TP during its second season.
Nevertheless I do think it improved in the latter half of the second season with the Windom Earle plot and the last couple of episodes were superb, even if the ending was beyond frustrating!
And the first season remains television perfection IMO.
But almost everyone behaved bizarrely in Twin Peaks.
As understatements go...that's up there with the best of 'em!
I was hooked, but I don't think I'd want to watch it again, not sure it would have stood up to the test of time - has anyone watched it again after a long while? (and my boyfriend at the time bought me 'Laura Palmer's diary'.
As understatements go...that's up there with the best of 'em!
I was hooked, but I don't think I'd want to watch it again, not sure it would have stood up to the test of time - has anyone watched it again after a long while? (and my boyfriend at the time bought me 'Laura Palmer's diary'.
That's one of the best things about it, it has a timeless quailty, it doesn't look like it's 23 years old. I think you'd still enjoy it.
And the first season remains television perfection IMO.
The first series is absolutely brilliant - I'd forgotten how few eps there were in it actually. The second series is a lot more bloated but the oddness keeps me coming back for more.
I was hooked, but I don't think I'd want to watch it again, not sure it would have stood up to the test of time - has anyone watched it again after a long while?
I'm well into the second series of my re-watch now and it's not aged at all imo. Probably helped because it was so ground breaking at the time. Really enjoying the re-watch because I'd forgotten just how good it is!
'Laura Palmer' turned 45 last week (Sheryl Lee's birthday is the 22nd April)
God how time flies! :eek:
Following up on the earlier comment that Desperate Housewives is, in a way, a lighter version of "twisted suburbia" soap that Lynch/Frost wanted Twin Peaks to become, there is another connection, as Sheryl Lee played Mary Alice Young in the original unaired first Pilot episode of DH.
I loved Twin Peaks. Brilliant stuff. Who the murderer was, was pretty obvious but it didn't matter. 'Bob' was so scary but I've no idea why other than that he looked bonkers. :eek:
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Log Lady intros apart (sound and picture quality isn't the best for some reason?) it doesn't feel or look 20+ years old either.
I loved Twin Peaks in all it's surreal, weird glory.
ahh the lovely Audrey.
Addictively Weird.
I think the original plan for it was to have a 5 years season arc. The murder was never really meant to be solved.
Although I agree with them that the network forced the reveal prematurely and then the show sort of fell into a lull after that with very little direction and bizarre sub-plots (the James story was tedious to the extreme). I read that Lynch went off focusing on other projects as well, neglecting TP during its second season.
Nevertheless I do think it improved in the latter half of the second season with the Windom Earle plot and the last couple of episodes were superb, even if the ending was beyond frustrating!
And the first season remains television perfection IMO.
Surprised at that; it's horrid.
As understatements go...that's up there with the best of 'em!
I was hooked, but I don't think I'd want to watch it again, not sure it would have stood up to the test of time - has anyone watched it again after a long while? (and my boyfriend at the time bought me 'Laura Palmer's diary'.
That's one of the best things about it, it has a timeless quailty, it doesn't look like it's 23 years old. I think you'd still enjoy it.
The first series is absolutely brilliant - I'd forgotten how few eps there were in it actually. The second series is a lot more bloated but the oddness keeps me coming back for more.
I'm well into the second series of my re-watch now and it's not aged at all imo. Probably helped because it was so ground breaking at the time. Really enjoying the re-watch because I'd forgotten just how good it is!
Not surprised. It was really brutal and one of the main things I remember about Twin Peaks.
God how time flies! :eek:
Following up on the earlier comment that Desperate Housewives is, in a way, a lighter version of "twisted suburbia" soap that Lynch/Frost wanted Twin Peaks to become, there is another connection, as Sheryl Lee played Mary Alice Young in the original unaired first Pilot episode of DH.