Why all the hype?

Bob is like the Devil.. so kinda like God in reverse.. but it's not all what it seems.. because the dream scenes are strange.. the good guys and bad guys appear in the dream world..

Actually the David Lynch universe is quite fascinating if you watch all the films made after the series..


TBH I haven't seen much of his films made before Twin Peaks.. but they look a bit dull.. it's like he didn't start making really good films until he made Twin Peaks..


I'm sure the films he made before are good.. I just never seen them..

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Perhaps some spoiler included.

I am now a pensioner an remember this being on over 25 years ago now when I was often working a long day or chilling after that long day in a bar. So never got invested.

Due to watching Wayward Pines with which I do not have any serious gripe about the implausible [I accept that we have invented Faster Than Light FTL as a means of futuristic transport, or Stargates or Superheroes] so how can I not accept the premises of Wayward Pines, a comment about a similarity to Twin Peaks got me interested. So the download began and last night I watched the double episode setting up the story.

While this is looking like an awful murder of a pretty young popular girl crime to be solved I see it will have definite shift in Genre.

Well I do not see what any HYPE is about as such. So far I see little in the way of suspense grabbing as it moves slowly. The filming, the sets, and the way the actors say their lines is almost amateurish as in very budget movies.

I will persevere on the basis that it was a well received series in its day and comment upon regularly as well as the haunting music which may have also been a regular feature in radio station playlists or suchlike.

Perhaps the idea of flashbacks may well be the innovative difference to the normal fare. The teasing reveal of a characters back story or life. I see comments about how it may have gone too far away from what the viewer signed up to see but that wont put me off.

I have also just started watching LOST and am now going into episode four. Now this has grabbed me quite hard and is the opposite of all the negatives I have given about Twin Peaks. At the moment the repeated flashback of the Plane breaking up and descending is so well done with moments that are particular to various characters each tome we see it it is not monotonous.

While I will watch I do not see why the great plaudits or the almost cultist following.

Twin Peaks remains one of the most bizarre shows to ever make it to TV. I loved every minute of it...but admittedly I am into weird stuff.

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I sometimes loved the fact that it seemed a different kind of show with a unique soul and atmosphere but other times I was put off by it and this special vibe would turn into cheap eccentricity and goofiness (the soul trapped inside the drawer knob or the lifesize chess pieces to name a few examples). It left me an uneven impression but I think it was totally worth it.

I like it because it's not formulaic like most network tv shows nowadays.

I'm with you man, had to watch it college for a class. I can't stand it. I think its like one of the other posters said that it aged badly.