Let me tell you about Twin Peaks.

[Sophist]

[fright][yt]d2ZQOBikBmE[/yt][/fright]Hello RMRK, that gum you like is going to come back in style.
Some of you may be wondering what my forum avatars and other related posts are about. It all boils down to the television series:



Created in 1990 by noted director David Lynch, creator of Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, and other surrealist films, Twin Peaks is a strange mash of various elements and genres. Spanning two seasons and a film, on the surface it is a mystery show that parodies the rampant soap operas that were playing on daytime TV at the time. The veil of the mystery is thin, however, as Lynch immediately set to work on creating an artistic, surreal environment that is laced with true horror. The TV series has gone on to be a great influence in media like Silent Hill, the X-Files, and all other 'cinematic' television to come, such as Breaking Bad and The Killing.

It is a series that a lot of time, care, and dedication were put into, and it shows. Anything from flickering lights, the odd expressions characters give, or how donuts are arranged in stacks of two across a table, Twin Peaks is full of depth and immersing elements. Characters were meant to 'overact' in some scenes, as soap opera actors were often to do, but to the point in which it is polarizing. There are long scenes that aren't meant to be engaging or interesting, only to keep building up tension or snap into a point of oddity or horror. The series is quirky without being forceful about it, or artistic just for artistic sake. David Lynch is a masterful director of the series, so much so that you can easily not care about what is happening in one moment, and be captive and mesmerized in another. The cast choices were perfect, and they all work together in such a way that you cannot help but keep watching. Although it has 'aged' somewhat since airing, it isn't enough to complain about. The series is listed as the 27th best TV show on IMDB, and continued to have a cult following that strongly exists to this day, 25 years later. Both the cast, community, and Netflix (which the entire series is on), have expressed interest in picking the series up once more.

Twin Peaks is an epitome of surrealism. It can only be truly described and appreciated by watching. Floating on the right is the pilot and first episode of the series. If you find yourself somewhat interested, continue watching onto the third episode to see if you're hooked. Surrealism is meant to be polarizing, either you get it or you don't. It is art, and an example of excellent cinematics. If you appreciate a good television series, you owe it to yourself to see where it all began.

If you watch it, please post about what you think, good or bad. I created this topic to expose people to a series they might not be aware of, but should be all the same.
The owls are not what they seem.

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I watched Eraserhead and did not enjoy it at all, but I'll give this a try.
(You know a good place to stream it from (for free)? I'm with Cumcast and I'm too paranoid to torrent anymore.)

[Sophist]

I believe it is all on Youtube, but I don't know about the movie. I wasn't a fan of Eraserhead as well, as it was surreal to the point of being uninteresting, or just strange for the sake of being strange. Twin Peaks balances this between 'normal' scenes and writing, so that the surreal marks are a lot more subtle and not just some strange thing because an art student thought it would be cool.

Edit: So it seems that user only has the first 7 episodes. This place seems to have it all. Dunno if it is in chunks or not though.

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Thank you. :D
The site I use to stream videos has been acting weird lately. :(

I'll start watching it tonight. :3

[haloOfTheSun]

I've had the show queued in Netflix for a while. I should be getting up to it soon 8]

[Sophist]

Please do. Although the second season kind of lulls in the middle (David Lynch was more away than present for episodes 8-16), it is so worth watching if only for the very last episode, which is easily the best one. Season 1 I have watched many times over, however.

Edit: Granted, this is because ABC strongarmed Lynch into making a more 'normal' series, and got their fingers in to make it a soap opera instead of a parody of one? Either way it is still worth pushing through to the end.

[Sophist]

I believe I am within my rights to bump this thread. Watch this show.

[haloOfTheSun]

I'm about to start watching !_!

[Sophist]

Diane, that cherry pie is worth a stop.

Let me know what you think. ;]

[haloOfTheSun]

I didn't realize the first episode was an hour and a half lol. I liked it a lot though! I always like a good murder mystery. I'm not sure if that aspect of it lasts throughout, but it's still interesting nonetheless. There's something about it that just draws you in. I'm really tired right now so I'm not sure how to describe or process my thoughts on it just yet. I should be going to bed but I think I'm going to watch the next one first lol. I will expand on my thoughts later (probably Sunday or Monday night).

[Sophist]

So, I'm bumping this thread because there's going to be a new season of this 25 year old television show.

Doesn't that make you think you should watch it?

[Sophist]

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shore why not eh? ill give em all a good ol' torrent a give a wotch govna