TWIN PEAKS

[Thor 7,504]

2 hours ago, BloodBoal said:

 

I thought Bobby's line "I know how to open this. We need to go outside", and then just smashing the object on the floor was better!

 

Yeah, I enjoyed that. Not LOL moment, but appropriately weird and "anti-climactic".

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

good episode. More "standard" than 8 obviously. But things seem to be moving somewhere. I wonder if we'll see Roth and Jason Leigh again or if these were just cameo's.

 

The Andy/Lucy scene was first rate. And it actually works better for me without any music telling me how to feel. made it touching rather than comical.

 

[BloodBoal 7,538]

[mstrox 6,651]

3 minutes ago, Stefancos said:

good episode. More "standard" than 8 obviously. But things seem to be moving somewhere. I wonder if we'll see Roth and Jason Leigh again or if these were just cameo's.

 

Since Mr. C indicates that they should take care of the warden and then head to Vegas for two hits (Ike the Spike and Dougie?  Dougie and Janey-E?), my guess is that we'll see them again.

[Quintus 5,399]

4 minutes ago, Stefancos said:

good episode. More "standard" than 8 obviously. 

 

Yes, episodes 1-7 and then 9 really do a good job of framing epi 8.

 

4 minutes ago, Stefancos said:

 

The Andy/Lucy scene was first rate. And it actually works better for me without any music telling me how to feel. made it touching rather than comical.

 

 

At best I thought it was cute, but still rather awkward and stilted - due to the lack of Badalamenti. I think my missus was a fan, though. 

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Its also the first time I noticed individual storylines progressing in a way that doesn't seem utterly random. Matthew Lillards description of The Zone watched what Bobby, Hawk and Truman found out. So there was actually a sense of momentum.

 

 

[Quintus 5,399]

For the most part, it was reassuringly conventional in the way it played out. 

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Lynch has obviously lost it! The show jumped the shark again!

[Quintus 5,399]

At least we've already had the James and Evelyn equivalent lull out the way (Dougie-greenblazer). 

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Who knows. Apparently Dougie is very important to the overall story, and they seem to finally starting to get into that.

 

One gotta give kudo's to Maclachlan though. Managing to evoke pathos even when he's just staring into a wall.

[Marian Schedenig 8,193]

Nearly the polar opposite of episode 8 - non-abstract, narrative, and even with plots beginning to converge. Almost conventional, at least by comparison. And still very good.

 

One more funny moment: Lucy eating her sandwich and leaning over all the way to drink from her straw.

[Quintus 5,399]

And then raising her palm to ensure she doesn't get interrupted! 

[Marian Schedenig 8,193]

When nobody is paying her any attention anyway.

[KK 3,307]

Lots of talking in this episode, but still good stuff. Good bunch of laughs in there too.

 

[BloodBoal 7,538]

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Perhaps KK doesn't like talking?

[Quintus 5,399]

Talk is good! It's a rare quality in this Twin Peaks revival. 

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Who's more badass? Mr. C or Ash?

[KK 3,307]

Just felt a bit more exposition-heavy than I like. A lot of the information being spewed out was stuff we already knew, or worked out too.

 

But it was all framed well and I enjoyed it. Guess its good to have an episode like this after everything that came before it.

 

The scene with Dougie staring at the flag might be my favourite part.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Just now, KK said:

Just felt a bit more exposition-heavy than I like. A lot of the information being spewed out was stuff we already knew, or worked out too.

 

Episode 7 has a lot of that too. It might be the shows biggest weakness so far.

[Quintus 5,399]

44 minutes ago, KK said:

Just felt a bit more exposition-heavy than I like. A lot of the information being spewed out was stuff we already knew, or worked out too.

 

There was a really ham-fisted moment of CHARACTERS EXPLAINING THE PLOT dialogue between Albert and Gordon about the fate of Major Briggs in morgue. It stood out like a sore thumb. 

 

44 minutes ago, KK said:

The scene with Dougie staring at the flag might be my favourite part.

 

That was rather nice. Cooper was after all most definitely a patriot. 

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Yes, and that worked without feeling gaudy or cheap.

[KK 3,307]

Felt like a moment where the audience had a genuine connection with the old Dale Cooper.

 

30 minutes ago, Quintus said:

 

There was a really ham-fisted moment of CHARACTERS EXPLAINING THE PLOT dialogue between Albert and Gordon about the fate of Major Briggs in morgue. It stood out like a sore thumb. 

 

Exactly the scene I had in mind as well. In fact, Gordon's dialogue in this new season, is generally written in a ham-fisted "As you know... -insert redundant pre-existing information here-" way.

[Quintus 5,399]

Luckily, Twin Peaks of the 90s also had some real humdinger moments of dialogue in there too. Except there, it felt like part of the charm. 

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Here it feels like characters clumsily explaining things Lynch and Frost reckons the audience should probably know.

 

Which seems kinda incongruous actually.

[Quintus 5,399]

It's because of the strikingly different shifts of tone from one episode to another. There's some natural opposition there. 

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

 

I guess the fact that neither the old show nor the film ever showed what happened when Coop and the Major disappeared has something to do with it. The actor playing Major Briggs being dead doesn't help of course.

[Quintus 5,399]

When are you lining Fire Walk With Me up then? 

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

1 minute ago, Quintus said:

It's because of the strikingly different shifts of tone from one episode to another. There's some natural opposition there. 

 

From eps 8 to 9 sure. But otherwise its been fairly consistent.

 

 

Just now, Quintus said:

When are you lining Fire Walk With Me up then? 

 

Not sure. The problem is that what ive seen of it over the years looks dreadful. I know I probably should watch it. But I don't really feel like it.

[Quintus 5,399]

Don't do it then. But with where you are with Twin Peaks now, I think you might take something worthwhile out of it. 

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

I have a torrent standing by, so who knows

[Quintus 5,399]

Plus there's a really gorgeous Badalamenti cue in there, exclusive to the film. Although I'm not actually sure where you stand with his synth. 

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

I don't either.

[Dixon Hill 4,234]

Anyone reckon the tone of this synth patch is somewhat close to the one Angelo uses in "that scene?"  Ignore the half assed transcription/performance, just trying to nail the right sound for now.

 

http://picosong.com/WDKi/

[Quintus 5,399]

I was watching Blue Velvet again last night, and I couldn't believe it when I spotted a link between the packet of crisps visual gag seen in the last episode of Twin Peaks! Turns out a very young Kyle Maclachlan really loves to munch on crisps in the car in that old movie, which is beyond a doubt a spiritual prequel to Twin Peaks. 

 

12 hours ago, TheGreyPilgrim said:

Anyone reckon the tone of this synth patch is somewhat close to the one Angelo uses in "that scene?"  Ignore the half assed transcription/performance, just trying to nail the right sound for now.

 

http://picosong.com/WDKi/

 

Very close, yes. The sweet reverb was seemingly identical. 

[BloodBoal 7,538]

[Dixon Hill 4,234]

You don't think it was another step to foil real Cooper?  Guess it could be both, but it does make sense that he is looking for the Experiment.  That's what his playing card seemed to represent.  That symbol showed up on Briggs' note as well, over one of the "peaks," with a red/gold orb over the other.  Laura?  Or something else?

[Marian Schedenig 8,193]

What do we know about Johnny Horne? Was he in the original series? Or is the only time he appeared before when his birthday party is repeatedly mentioned in FWWM?

[BloodBoal 7,538]

[Romão 2,274]

And Richard Horne is Audrey's son for sure. I wonder what happened there

[BloodBoal 7,538]

[Quintus 5,399]

Maybe Richard is the reason estranged Audrey left Twin Peaks. She must get called back, for one last job.

[Dixon Hill 4,234]

Really dig this song!

 

 

[Quintus 5,399]

I hate almost every song featured in the Roadhouse thus far. This week's was good though in as far as it fit my idea of the Twin Peaks aesthetic far more than any of the others have. None are Julee Cruise levels of essential goodness though.

 

Latest epi was another disjointeded affair with a couple of great parts in amidst the plodding subplots I continue to care little about (Doc Jackoby for eg).

 

A lot of the casino gangster material reminds me of One Eyed Jacks, and so feels strangely Twin Peaksy. Again, thank Badalamenti for some of that.

 

I must mention that the increasingly frequent and intense brutality some of the male characters exhibit towards the women in this under Lynch's direction is becoming a tad problematic for me. As his themes go, it's definitely the more repugnant one of the lot, and often feels overly aggressive and gratuitous. At this stage I am dubious of it.

[Thor 7,504]

The Richard Horne/grandma sequence was intense and spellbinding -- almost on par with Michael Haneke's FUNNY GAMES. Didn't we speculate earlier that he might be the son of Audrey and Bobby Briggs?

[BloodBoal 7,538]

[Thor 7,504]

If so, did Evil Coop rape her while she was in a coma?

 

I hope we get to find out who the father is at some point.

[Quintus 5,399]

28 minutes ago, BloodBoal said:

Bobby Briggs? Nah. Evil Coop I say!

 

Speaking of Bobby, will this series ever explain how on earth he managed to become a cop? After what he did in FWWM, it's pretty astonishing.

[BloodBoal 7,538]

[scallenger 483]

That "fly swatting" scene in Episode 10...