tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post8274933145990072304..comments2024-01-21T11:18:54.087-05:00Comments on Lost in the Movies: 7 Facts About Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With MeJoel Bockohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-30160265702992326922015-01-02T12:13:40.171-05:002015-01-02T12:13:40.171-05:00Well, to be honest we don't have to wonder bec...Well, to be honest we don't have to wonder because the fact that he waited as long as he did was already enough to turn off most viewers! By the time Laura's killer was revealed the ratings were really suffering (although they did spike for that announcement) and the critics had turned on the show about a month earlier, with the season 2 premiere.<br /><br />My feeling is Twin Peaks was damned if it did, damned if it didn't. It was a miniseries at heart, overextended into a weekly TV series. But as noted above, I'm glad that mistake was made because if it resulted in a lot of flaws, it also resulted in the best parts of the whole experience.<br /><br />I'm glad 2016 will be a tight, compact, focused Lynch-Frost limited series. But I'm also glad they experimented with a straight-up TV show format in 1990.Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-41904032930806303442015-01-02T11:47:41.096-05:002015-01-02T11:47:41.096-05:00I agree that it's fascinating to think of what...I agree that it's fascinating to think of what would have happened if Lynch had been able to delay the killer's reveal. Would it have been like The Killing where so many viewers just quit after there was no reveal at the end of Season 1? <br /><br />This makes me even more curious to see what happens with the new episodes on Showtime. How will they feel? It's dangerous to get our expectations too high, but how can we not? Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12351431577484530230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-6115974928798837622015-01-01T05:25:19.203-05:002015-01-01T05:25:19.203-05:00One thing I love about Lynch is that he follows hi...One thing I love about Lynch is that he follows his instincts - and they usually prove correct even if it takes a while to realize it. On the other hand, I like that he incorporates rather than ignores obstacles and outside circumstances.<br /><br />One thing that never ceases to amaze me is that if Lynch TRULY had his way - delaying the killer's reveal for a long time or even not revealing him - we never would have had Fire Walk With Me. Obviously the film means a great deal to him, yet he continues to claim the killer's reveal was a huge mistake and is painful to him. I can kind of see how he squares that circle but it's hard for me to wrap my head around.<br /><br />Personally, I would rather have episode 14, episode 29, and especially Fire Walk With Me than seven excellent seasons of the Laura Palmer mystery, good as I'm sure those would have been. The fact that Lynch threw himself so heavily into parts of Twin Peaks he opposed (revealing the killer, Cooper's failure) suggests that deep down on some level he knew that they worked. After all he did not involve himself deeply with a lot of other Twin Peaks storylines.<br /><br />I think in a way there were two Lynchs working on Twin Peaks (how appropriate): one in love with mystery, and one in love with the truth. The first had his hand forced, and the second emerged to the benefit of Lynch's subsequent work, not just on the show. Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, and Inland Empire are pretty difficult to imagine without the Leland/Bob reveal, Cooper's split in the Lodge, and Laura's personal story.Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-86694940472920771722015-01-01T00:29:47.955-05:002015-01-01T00:29:47.955-05:00Awesome. The contradiction between what Lynch was ...Awesome. The contradiction between what Lynch was interested in as opposed to Twin Peaks is so telling. He wanted to explore Laura's world, yet a lot of us (including me at the time) weren't as willing to follow him there. Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12351431577484530230noreply@blogger.com