Finally got around starting to watch this. Just seen the first 5 minutes and already had my first wtf moment. Was that Bisping playing the security guard? Seeing the psychiatrist dude quickly made me realize how old this show would make me feel. 
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
The guy cleaning the floor at the roadhouse cracked me up.
That was very Lynch. A metaphor for the various strands coming together or just him messing with our minds?!
Is this good? I'm seeing people talking about it and am I right in assuming it's a reboot of the older show? I also didn't watch that one and have no idea what it's about.
The first season is timeless. Definitely worth a watch. It kinda falls apart mid season 2. As far as the new reboot is concerned, I might be in the minority but I never liked the idea to begin with. The soundtrack and eerie feel that was unique to the show is kinda lost in the reboot.
If you like movies like mindfeck movies like Mulholand Drive, then give this a shot. I started the original serial because of so many recommendations. I liked it but another colleague who started the serial with me couldn't get past three episodes.
Kyle MacLachlan is doing a smashing job in these dual roles it has to be said.
Yeah, season 1 is must watch television. The 2017 series isn't a reboot, more like a continuation of the series.
I don't know about you guys, but I absolutely love the new season. It's just so unique, there is really nothing like this on telivison. I'm having a blast even watching the most pointless scenes.
I thought episode 7 was huge. Not just as a stand alone, but also in helping put things together from the first six episodes, and probably making them look better in retrospect.
Finally caught up now. The last episode was the most revealing so far and in turn, most enjoyable for me. Wish they showed some more of the original characters. Like Big Ed, Nadine, Leo Johnson, and Audrey (assuming she's alive by what Doc Hayward said). Even the ones we've seen so far like Shelly, Norma, Bobby, James, and Ben Horne have hardly been the focus. Also want to see it more centered around the actual town of Twin Peaks.
- So wtf was in the box in NY?
- What's the point of Dougie? Was he another doppelgänger?
- Who was the woman that the midget killer killed first?
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Really enjoying the new season. It's fantastic.
What the actual feck was that, I have no idea what just happened and after reading the tweets about the consensus is ?????
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What. The. Feck.
This was eraserhead on drugs. Lynch can go feck himself with that garbage. How could he sell that as Twin Peaks is beyond me.
This was eraserhead on drugs. Lynch can go feck himself with that garbage. How could he sell that as Twin Peaks is beyond me.
Da fuq did I just watch???
Lynch just went Tree of Life on us, didn't he? What was the point of all that? To show where Bob came from? This is David Lynch totally unfiltered. Not a fan of it myself.
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This is what happens when he gets too much freedom. How the hell did he manage to sell that to Showtime. I for one will be canceling my Showtime subscription. Will probably catch up when it all comes out on Netflix, when I'll have nothing better to watch.
Whatever that was, it wasn't Twin Peaks. Not even on the best psychedelics can someone make that connection. "Gotta light?"
I am loving this! Season gets better by every episode!
That was pretty neat, always knew he would use the Twin Peaks moniker to experiment with some post-Inland Empire ideas.
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Woah. That's the most intense, disturbing and unashamedly arty thing I've ever seen on mainstream TV. Kudos.
That was weird as feck, but to be fair we needed to see where all of this shit came from.
The view inside the nuclear bomb was pretty fascinating.
It's been really hilarious too. Himself as Gordon, Dougie, etc.
How the hell did they create that? Mesmerising. Can't wait for the next episode.
I'll be honest.
I fast forwarded through most of that episode, did absolutely nothing for me. Personally this season has been a disappointment, random dull scenes that take far too long with very little actual plot. I can understand why some people would feckin love this season because it's so different to anything else out there. But it feels to me like i'm watching modern art rather than actual television show with any kind of plot or characters.
It's hipster porn.
I fast forwarded through most of that episode, did absolutely nothing for me. Personally this season has been a disappointment, random dull scenes that take far too long with very little actual plot. I can understand why some people would feckin love this season because it's so different to anything else out there. But it feels to me like i'm watching modern art rather than actual television show with any kind of plot or characters.
It's hipster porn.
Just caught the latest episode. Loved it. Interesting to see where he's going with this. Contrary to some people here I think showtime deserve a lot of credit for allowing him to do what he wants. That was pure Lynch, good and disturbing.
This season would not have happened had he not been given full control.
That said, the last episode did surprise me. It went full Lynch - we've had segments of Lynch up to this point but this was the entire episode.
That said, the last episode did surprise me. It went full Lynch - we've had segments of Lynch up to this point but this was the entire episode.
I like modern art. Sorry that you don't. Bit insulting to call something visually stunning by a director in his 70s who's literally done this sort of stuff his entire career "hipster porn".
I'm really trying to like this new season but the last episode was pretty boring.
Why is some random Twin Peaks town and local girl and her murder so important that the whole universe is wrapped around them?
David, I'm counting on you to have a pretty damn good plot behind all this.
Why is some random Twin Peaks town and local girl and her murder so important that the whole universe is wrapped around them?
David, I'm counting on you to have a pretty damn good plot behind all this.
I enjoyed Twin Peaks and on the whole I love Lynch. But this is just taking it too far for me, some will love it no matter what because it's Lynch and he can do no wrong. But as a TV show that lasts for hours it doesn't work and it is unrecognisable as Twin Peaks. Its gone too niche and Twin Peaks wasn't that.
Also, why did the show have to change mid way through that episode to Top of the Pops with an entire Nine Inch Nails song in studio? A 5/6 min song no less. Cmon David, show us actual plot rather than a song. Think I would have preferred a modern version of Just You to that.
And I'd been going to say I preferred these extended sequences much more than watching someone sweep for 5 mins
Don't get me started.And I'd been going to say I preferred these extended sequences much more than watching someone sweep for 5 mins
Problem is that you're expecting something different from Lynch when this is probably what he's wanted to do all along.
Maybe that's the case and if so then should probably have not billed it as continuation, it's an evolution. That's perfectly acceptable but it's something that i'm not enjoying watching and will probably stop watching once this Season is finished.
I think they got the marketing wrong and so my expectations coming into the season were vastly different. Hence to me it's been a disappointment.
It is a continuation but TV has changed and Lynch being Lynch it would be naive to expect him to compromise. I'm glad he didn't. This feels fresh and challenging whereas a retread would've been a disaster.
I kind of get what you are saying. This has gone too far away from Twin Peaks, a huge part of what I loved about the original was the setting and we are barely actually getting any of the town, plus Lynch comes across as trying too hard to be Lynch on this. I also hate the new opening credits.
I'm enjoying it overall though, but my mrs really doesn't like it at all.
I never would have thought he could pull off an intimidating character like the bad Coop but he's doing it extremely well.
TV has changed, it's become darker and far more adult and serious. But it also requires functioning plot and intelligent characters and that's what I feel is missing from Season 3.
Someone had a great description of this Season which I think fits really well. It's like you're watching TV and switching the channels every few minutes to a different channel. That's exactly how I feel watching it, it's a collection of ideas mashed together into episodes. Throw in some random characters and a few graphic deaths to make it edgy.
It's no shock that the only part of the Season i'm actually enjoying are the parts with Cole and Rosenfield. I can't think of one new character I like, perhaps Dianne but we've seen so little of her. It makes me laugh though when you think of Diannes character and all the messages Coop was leaving her in Original Twin Peaks. Naomi Watts character could be good but that whole story arc pisses me off as it's being dragged out way too much.
I probably made the mistake of rewatching it recently. I still have it fresh in my mind and for me in comparison it's failing. Others will think it's far better, I guess i'm more of a character/storyline kind of guy rather than a visual kind of guy.
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/06/26/arts/television/twin-peaks-season-3-episode-8-recap.html
This review says how I'm feeling about it much better than I can.
That episode will probably be the break point where Twin Peaks hipsters and Lynch tourists stop watching and Lynch fans start to enjoy it even more.