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by Ricochet
Sat Aug 06, 2016 10:07 am
Forum: Tinsel Town
Topic: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}
Replies: 68
Views: 4093

Re: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: 2017-ish, New Book: 10/18}

Spoiler: show
I should watch it eventually.
by Ricochet
Fri Mar 17, 2017 8:31 pm
Forum: Tinsel Town
Topic: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}
Replies: 68
Views: 4093

Re: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}

Going in, starting the series. Wish me luck.
by Ricochet
Sat Mar 18, 2017 2:54 am
Forum: Tinsel Town
Topic: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}
Replies: 68
Views: 4093

Re: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}

We'll see, no promises. I'm planning to push myself to watch these over breakfast, in order to walk through it regularly and have it done come May 21, so peak analysis is probably not to be expected. Any other period of the day, I'd probably fail to keep, considering how seasons from Americans, Saul, You're the Worst and such have been sitting in their folders for months now.
by Ricochet
Sat Mar 18, 2017 1:56 pm
Forum: Tinsel Town
Topic: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}
Replies: 68
Views: 4093

Re: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}

1x00 "Pilot"
Spoiler: show
Interesting.

First of all, I mistimed the whole breakfast thing by not realizing the pilot is like a 1h and a half movie in itself. Had to watch the last 30 minutes on my way to school.

At first level, it was real nice to finally experience a lot of the iconic cues I was familiar with, from a distance. The music (even if "LP's Theme" was overused at times). LP's dead face. LP's portrait face. And such.

Plus, damn, this has all the 90s babes. Amick. Boyle. Fenn. Hnnnng. Lynch, ya dog you.

Right, let me bring it back to slightly more academic levels of discussion. I guess that, out of your formula INH, this episode covered 1 and 2 (and may do for a while during this season). The first 30 minutes were so soapy and I got the irony of it. The fact that two or three characters went in mucus & wailing mode even before the Sheriff said a word about what happened felt so weird; I mean I literally chucked at people crying, wot - and made me wonder if said characters aren't meant, thus, to be put in the pool of suspects, in a they-knew-what-had-happened way, or if it's an (intentional) false lead. Even so, Cooper brought a whole new fresh air, once the procedural bit proceeded. I could say I love this character already. A prototype of cuckoo lead figure that's nevertheless quite sharp and one-step-ahead-of-you badass at his tasks, that we're seeing countless times in today's TV dramas/dramedies, it seems? I also liked the chemistry (or rather the off-chemistry?) of slick, spontaneous Cooper and stiff as a plank Truman (seriously, does that actor even emote with his face).

Truman: "Do you think they spotted us?"
Cooper: "Gimme a doughnut."
WAT XD

I suppose there is already a sense of weirdness and oddball, even to these expositional conventional soap & murder plot tropes, that stems from Lynch's particular handle of language. I assume anyone not familiar with this would have a "these people aren't acting very well, do they" reaction to all that mucus filled anguish and wailing. For instance, I didn't get the point of showing Josie Packard doing her eyelines and gazing slowly at Pete leaving the house, during a set piece that was clear "Pete leaves the house to find LP dead", but mixed with the music, it gave me subtle chills.

If I'd single stronger scenes from this ep, it would probably be the Donna and James meetup in the dark. I also liked the cheap texture of some of the décor, like the scene in what I assume was the town hall - as faithful as literally going up in the Carpathians at any village's cabin or restaurant. It's all shitty white drywall and shitty lumber wood.

Finally, the pool of suspects lottery - might surprise you, but even if I prepped myself on some of the weirder elements of the show when I wanted to pull a faux-Mulholland/Twin Peaks move in Triskaidekaphobia, I never happened to stumble upon the answer to "who dun it"; of course, in my great wisdom, I have already figured it out, but just to humor anyone here:

Bobby - my brain texted "HE DID NOT DO IT" way faster than Cooper typed it to Truman
James - gut tells me second hubby isn't prime candidate material either, although that "LP told me Bobby told her he killed a guy" story sounded like concocted bull
everyone who gave cried about as fake ass as Melania moans in bed... except the mother I guess

Good start, overall.
by Ricochet
Sat Mar 18, 2017 3:35 pm
Forum: Tinsel Town
Topic: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}
Replies: 68
Views: 4093

Re: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}

Spoiler: show
insertnamehere wrote:Think back to that initial phone call between Pete and Sheriff Truman.

PETE: "She's dead...wrapped in plastic."
TRUMAN: "Slow down, Pete. Where?"

'Where,' not 'who.'

In many ways, (but not in a literal sense) the answer to "who killed Laura Palmer" is the town itself.

It takes a village to murder a child.
Lol, right.
insertnamehere wrote:Multiple on-set mistakes were incorporated by Lynch into the episode. Namely, the flickering light during the autopsy, the deer head on the Police Office's conference room table, and a face - belonging to a set dresser - being caught in a mirror's reflection in the next-to-last shot of Sarah Palmer screaming her lungs out.
Read about that, yes. The deer stuff would have drawn the same reaction, whether intentional or not, which is: "oh pls. a bit too early for my first ride, innit?", but the flickering light part was very cool.

And oh I know very well who was caught in the mirror reflection. :dark:
by Ricochet
Mon Mar 20, 2017 12:59 pm
Forum: Tinsel Town
Topic: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}
Replies: 68
Views: 4093

Re: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}

Diane, it is 6:28pm local and I am starting my thoughts on season 1, episode 1 (the real episode 1 of season 1, not the Pilot, that I erroneously wrote down as the episode 1 of season 1 two days ago), called "Traces to Nowhere", even though my mood and inspiration to scramble for such thoughts are minimal; oh, and do tell that bastard INH that until he drives down here to taste this damn delicious P I E he ain't lived for real
Spoiler: show
Mmso, I don't think there's much to say about this one, it was palatable and passable, but I wouldn't say there were any particular high marks, unless I missed some esoteric stuff. I liked the Pilot as a piece of work more than this one. There were moments like Cooper arriving to the police station, early at the beginning, that I didn't feel much heart put into either the deadpan or the set pieceing of such a scene. Really driven to create more connections, ties, interactions episode, adding more beef to the individual stories, creating more telenovela-like minor twists and OH MY GOD KILLER BOB

To be honest, I'm giving a big plus to the fact that he is introduced already. Dunno why, but expected him to be like a season 2 addition or once the weirder plots get into gear. But instead, it's as good and quick of an intro as The Smoke Monster was in Lost [it was everything else that was added and overblown as mystery- and mythos-expading carp, after one and a half seasons of mostly straightforward drama].

Is Fenn's character even close to Cooper's age? Or is this pedo territory? Please tell me it's not pedo territory.

I'm reading that the scenes between Shelley and whatever-her-husbando-is-called garnered debate re: its quality and grippiness, but I wasn't fully sold on it, still looked like telenovela tier. Makes me fully expect "Shelley, what happened with yer eye" / "Oh, it's nothing, I fell down the stairs." / "Don't you worry, I'll kill that bastard." / "Oh, please Bobby, don't go near him." follow up scenes in the next episode. Plus, she made a Catch-22-like, dumb move for herself, hiding away the shirt. Good move for us, the movie watchers, and if it should prove important for the investigation. But irrevocably dumb for her.

I suppose Nadine''s scene counts as the fringiest, cringiest in the chemistry of the episode, but even here, it only made me think that she looks like "Mountain Snake" from Kill Bill. Wait... surely Tarantino didn't steal that look from here, did he? Tarantino, pls.

Also, quite odd use of "diegetic"-hinting or -alluding music, like when Josie is visited by Coop and Truman and I heard some chimney-tooting sounds (taken from "LP's theme", I think) in the faint background. Reminds me of something I didn't mention, the volume of the music changing in the Pilot, when Shelley and Bobby left the diner... which made no bloody sense from a diegetic viewpoint and even less sense to turn it down a notch from a non-diegetic viewpoint. Wyrd.

"what's a shenanigan"

Pool of suspects lottery
Both Whatever-Shelley's-Husbando-Is-Called and The-Psych seem too on the nose to be the case, so I'm calling bait on those drama cues - unless it's literal WIFOM
by Ricochet
Wed Mar 22, 2017 12:59 pm
Forum: Tinsel Town
Topic: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}
Replies: 68
Views: 4093

Re: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}

Diane, it is 6:08pm and I'm starting to write down what I thought after seeing Season 1, Episode 2 "Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer", again, to stress, quite superficial notes, since a cup of joe is all the time I have to myself throughout the day to watch this once. Oh, and I guess you don't have to tell Albert anything anymore, since he finally showed up here.
Spoiler: show
Ricochet wrote:To be honest, I'm giving a big plus to the fact that he is introduced already. Dunno why, but expected him to be like a season 2 addition or once the weirder plots get into gear. But instead, it's as good and quick of an intro as The Smoke Monster was in Lost [it was everything else that was added and overblown as mystery- and mythos-expading carp, after one and a half seasons of mostly straightforward drama].
Well color me double-impressed for all the Black Lodge setting also being introduced already. I really didn't expect this site of the mythology to be added this early in the show, but there's Lynch for ya, I suppose.
Ricochet wrote:I'm reading that the scenes between Shelley and whatever-her-husbando-is-called garnered debate re: its quality and grippiness, but I wasn't fully sold on it, still looked like telenovela tier. Makes me fully expect "Shelley, what happened with yer eye" / "Oh, it's nothing, I fell down the stairs." / "Don't you worry, I'll kill that bastard." / "Oh, please Bobby, don't go near him." follow up scenes in the next episode.
I guess I could check a quarter of this betting check.

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Fenn is killing it so far. Though it's still disquieting that my question regarding her age in the assumed pending flirtatious relationship with Cooper has not been answered. INH, y u no answer. Quite bizarre, however, of a diegetic-implied use of that jazzy tune as a danceable diner jukebox track. Felt like trying to squeeze a square through a circle. Did Badalamenti not go outside to socialize much in his life?

The humor / deadpan / cringe writing is both amusing and vexing me, at this stage. I don't feel quite ready to bend the knee to Lynch's style in this regard. Quite sleazy scenes with the Horne brothers, even for my taste.

Am I missing something with the bottle scene, apart from its gimmicky presentation of Cooper's train of thoughts?

And then...

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I suppose one thing to remind myself is that this was 1990 pulling-of-the-rug moment, not present time I've-seen-enough-surreal-shit-already. I'm not set to claim that the scene melted my circuits - with the reverse talking stuff giving me a slight "whyyy" first reaction (does this improve or is this the end result of Lynch experimenting with Anderson, even after the former discovered that the latter is pretty kickass at reverse talking?) - but I think with revisits or sinking into this third layer of the show this should improve.

Pool of suspects lottery

This is now pointless, because I've accidentally upon the answer to whodunnit. FOK. Oh well. Was planning to note the show chooses to pedal on The Psych and Joe as suspects, following the previous' episode build, which I'd catalogue as a straightforward path to fuel the series' episodic steps.
by Ricochet
Wed Mar 22, 2017 6:45 pm
Forum: Tinsel Town
Topic: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}
Replies: 68
Views: 4093

Re: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}

Re: last paragraph
Spoiler: show
insertnamehere wrote:You said you already know the killer's identity. Would you be so kind as to discuss that a little more in a clearly marked spoiler section? If the spoiler is right, that's a real bummer, as it makes the show lose more than a bit of narrative grist.
Dunno what you're asking here. I mentioned that, despite my previous luck in scrambling through Wiki pages without coming across the information, I stumbled eventually upon the reveal of LP's killer, upon checking the trivia on Episode 2.

I'll see how bummed I feel in the process. There's still a sense of chase and investigation in the show that I can follow and judge unfold, even if I know the outcome or not. I'm not the type to not watch a tennis match rerun anymore if I found out beforehand what the score will be.
Also, since sprityo is ahead of me, please mark (either of you) your separate conversation with RICO DON'T in case I shouldn't open up those spoilers just yet. Nothing compromised so far, but just to be safe.
by Ricochet
Fri Mar 24, 2017 1:54 pm
Forum: Tinsel Town
Topic: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}
Replies: 68
Views: 4093

Re: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}

Diane, it is 6:48pm (wow, I time these around the same time of the day, don't I) and guess what, I'm recording this again. BUT WHY. Season 1, Episode 3, "Rest in Pain"
Spoiler: show
Eyyy I kinda liked this episode as a whole. Clear follow-up qualities to the previous episode's "hey let me suddenly add snake juice in your noodle soup", that I thought held up nicely, as an episodic format. Of course, I don't mean to imply that I'm dissing with this on Lynch's directed style of choppier, less stable, fancier set pieces, but yeah, this kinda worked, start to finish.

I liked, again, the cheekiness of Cooper just explaining his dream and Truman and (...omg, what's her name) just casually going along with it. Even Gregory House couldn't sneak a crazy move or story like that for eight seasons without Wilson frowning at him. The whole scene had both an artificial vibe of being explanatory, perhaps trying to patch things through with what happened during the last six minutes of the previous episodes - and a comformity to Cooper's style of laying things out. The "I forgot" bit was both an eff you to any kind of expectations the ep2 cliffhanger would deliver and just straight up deadpan. Nice of Truman to also spell out the Mike-Bobby / Mike-BOB red herring connection that likely a million pleb watchers made by then.

The funeral scene was great - and about as maxed up cringefunny as the show has been taking us so far, so no complaints here - the silent moment between Cooper and LP at the morgue was great, Josie is so hot, the Coop - Jacoby talk was great.

The addition of Madeleine had my eyes rolling a bit, but even that was framed quite well with the whole "twin sisters [or sumthin']" presentation from the soap Leland was watching. Tongue-in-cheek meta. Check.

One thing this episode reminded, that I forgot to write it down back on ep1, was just how much amount of corny Don S. Davis has been built to utter. Jeez Louise.

Nadine as a character seems totally compromised for me. I literally cannot stop thinking of Daryl Hannah in Tarantino's bloody movie.

Pedantic quirk: if each episode is meant to be a new (subsequent) day in the storyline, how did Shelley's [I wrote Sherry initially, RIPochet my memory] cheek bruise from the beating heal so quickly?

Even though I'm technically praising this episode, I don't know what else to single out, other than the above. Its big quality was that it geled together: set pieces were moved, a few more secondary/tertiary storylines branched out (or at least cleared of a bit of the mist around them). Conventional stuff, but when done right, it's good enough for crediting an episode like this as good, as opposed to just ones that are meant to wow.
by Ricochet
Sun Mar 26, 2017 1:03 pm
Forum: Tinsel Town
Topic: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}
Replies: 68
Views: 4093

Re: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}

Diane, it is now 7:43pm local (you will note I started later this time, but I blame everything on Daylight Savings; I WANT MY HOUR BACK) and here goes with Season 1, Episode 4, "The One-Armed Man"
Spoiler: show
Another safe, straightforward, next-station-pull episode - more so than Episode 1, if I recall? - from which I can't really point out any highs for me. It almost feels like this writer and/or director opted for a far less bumpy ride than on most previous occasions. Story branches are ramifying even more, almost casting in the shadows some of the main characters and how far their part is moving alone. Even Coop's initial quirk mojo is on low levels this time around. I can't call myself a fan for how little of Donna is shown - or at least, it feels little from episode to episode.

Plus, this episode features a llama, which is just instant 1/10.

Interesting how Coop's investigation is less about a standard connect-the-dots Poirot-esque procedure and more following stuff and leads that just pop up. Like the fact that both he and Mrs. Palmer had a vision of Killer BOB - the latter could have remained an element of enigma for the rest of the crowd, instead Coop has the material already to go along with it. Idk, rambling on this issue. I've read the term "investigation-by-coincidence" in a review and I guess this is an apt description for how the procedural plot is evolving.

Also interesting that an element of tampering has been finally introduced in the investigation, with Bobby planting Leo's shirt - although, for the show's purposes, it only serves to enhance the idea that Leo is supposed to be our prime suspect and that this has potential of a season's arch. Even if I had not found out the revelation, it would have still not made me believe it's the right lead.

Idk...
...idk...
......idk...
by Ricochet
Wed Mar 29, 2017 11:09 am
Forum: Tinsel Town
Topic: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}
Replies: 68
Views: 4093

Re: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}

Diane, it is 5:51pm now and holy smokes I had to wait a whole day to get to write this, that's how busy I simply am right now; fear not, though, I did watch this properly yesterday, within the proper Pepsi and doughnut schedule. I could also blame the kid from upstairs for the distraction, as he keeps playing on his out-of-tune piano past hours and what's worse, making the same mistakes - I mean jeez Louise, even I know he plays an f sharp where it should be plain as day f natural. Anyway
Spoiler: show
Season 1, Episode 5, "Cooper's Dreams", was an episode of two energies and I give both thumbs up. Quite precipitated there at the end, wasn't it? I instantly liked Leland's meltdown and the comedy that ensued.

I found it pretty wonky (even editing-wise - those two sequences could have been interspersed throughout the episode) how Leo was done with in like, what, a minute? Then again, everything about Leo was wonky all season long, so whatevs. We have Norma's-Husbando, Whatever-His-Name-Is now. That gun was sure to be shot, at one point, as the saying goes.

Josie ya bitch!

Lynch, Frost and co. don't really give an eff about how they crayon any nordic visitors in this show, do they?

I liked that Coop was given more screen time and stuff with which to use the full range of his character. He had grown slightly pale the previous episodes, as I've noted. I feel the series found a stable core, at least at this point; whatever reverential, absurd or stylistic spin it wants to give on things, it doesn't crank it up to eleventy-stupid and thus the sequences feel cohesive. Not to say I mind the madness, but I've come to appreciate the conventional side of the coin as well. Good feels.

I'm reading that the James fella got constantly heavily criticised for the performance and myeah, I suppose he's a bit of a dunce everytime he shows up on screen. Hard to believe I praised the scene between Donna and James in the pilot - t'was really gripping atmosphere, though - but since, both of them have become very uninteresting at every step of the way.
by Ricochet
Sun Apr 02, 2017 2:55 pm
Forum: Tinsel Town
Topic: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}
Replies: 68
Views: 4093

Re: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}

Diane, I have failed you in keeping up with the notes these past days, but... I. Have. Not. Failed. This. Show. In fact, great news, Season 1 is done. Doneso. Donezilla. I have watched the season finale, in fact, thia morning, around these parts (LARGE PICS becuz on phone)
Spoiler: show
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Can I die here, Diane? I'd be happy to die here. Order me a coffin, Diane. Oh, and one last pot of coffee to go before that.

Also. What's up, Doc?
Spoiler: show
1x06 was moving-pieces. Good alternance overall between these and more exciting ones, I declare myself satisfied. But with this, after four days, I couldn't remember much. Not even Coop's infiltration scenes were fire set pieces in this case. LP's voice / accent was hella creepy.

I keep forgetting those telenovela promo inserts. "Invitation to laaauv". They're hilarious.

1x07

McLachlalalan was stellar in this one. More Sherlock than Detective Coffee. Emmy, pls.

Cliffhanger was pretty predictable, but I'll take it. I'll take most of the half resolutions in here. Bit confused with Norma's husband sticking his nose in so many things. Uhh why did he shoot Leo? Both him and Jacques being cleaned in the midst of the investigation is conventional, but ok as a device.

Oh Pete. He was, in case he's a goner, about my favourite type of corny, over-acting face in the series so far. Not like Don S. Davis (sorry).

Idk I'm in a train now and not much in the m0od or with network available to dissect this. I liked it k
by Ricochet
Mon Apr 03, 2017 2:04 am
Forum: Tinsel Town
Topic: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}
Replies: 68
Views: 4093

Re: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}

Images above resized and reuploaded.
by Ricochet
Tue Apr 04, 2017 2:20 pm
Forum: Tinsel Town
Topic: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}
Replies: 68
Views: 4093

Re: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}

Diane,
Spoiler: show
I recorded the notes on today (2x01) and then lost everything, because I accidentally logged out in another tab. So frak it.

(Sort of like Coop not turning on the voice automatic when needed. Ironic.)
by Ricochet
Sat Apr 08, 2017 4:32 am
Forum: Tinsel Town
Topic: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}
Replies: 68
Views: 4093

Re: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}

Diane, blablabla
Spoiler: show
Season 2, Episode 2 felt like the weakest of the Lynch-directed episodes (I've no doubt the finale will leave up to at least some expectations, so I'm calling it now). In my post on s2e01 that I've fudged, I noted having had the same inevitable gripes with his style of discourse and connecting with me as a watcher - for which "hey man, you couldn't see stuff like this on television back in those days" argument is just not sufficient -- but in retrospect now, I'll take even that heavily stretchmarked scene with The Waiter over much from this episode. The most notable stuff was probably the scene in which James, Donna and Maddy sing a song and I've no idea what that was for at all. Or the times BOB shows up - who seems to be pushed to "shit-getting-real" levels now - another thing I mentioned about s2e01 that was lost was how 2spooky its last two minutes were. :scared:

Season 2, Episode 3, 'The Man Behind the Glass'... mucho mejor. Firstly I thought the screenplay was really sharp, with lines and moments that just stuck on landing. That Albert-Truman exchange was just what the shit. XD Even Hawk's snarky quips together with Lucy and Richard caught me chuckling. Characters were introduced in a way that was explainable -- except for maybe that Asian stalking dude (Lynch, bro, if you're going to add a tertiary Asian strange character, you need to have him steal the show right away and then vanish... look, like The Coens did).

Bless you, James, it took you three episodes to notice stuff about Donna changing, that I did ever since the first episode of the season. On that note, the new J - D - M love triangle is not something I'd label as desirable, but I suppose it is inevitable for the soapy substrata of this show (and lo and behold, they plunged right into it this episode) - also probably speaks of how people start reflecting the image of Laura onto Maddy, or how Maddy herself might get enamoured with being the substitute of her lookalike icon, who knows.

Audrey being stuck for so long at One Eyed Jacks is also something I'm not enjoying to the fullest, mostly because I feel Audrey is a character needs to be out there, everywhere, anywhere, the way she was in season 1; on the other hand, she's probably now used as the female token descending in the same dark place as Laura once did. The plot advance here is just too slow, simply because Cooper is dumb or distracted at figuring out (surely the tuxedo bit should have tipped him off that he wore it not only at the Northern), with nothing truly alarming happening to Audrey in the process either. Oh, she was gagged this episode? And nothing else? Oh my, what danger.

Holy frak that Nadine scene. Finally something to remember her other than the Tarantino throwback (or is it... throw-... forward?).

MIKE's reappearance in the episode only reminded me of the most bugging question that I forget about from one episode to the next... where da hell happened to Mike?

Honestly, one of the best eps overall from those I've watched.
by Ricochet
Wed Apr 12, 2017 10:42 am
Forum: Tinsel Town
Topic: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}
Replies: 68
Views: 4093

Re: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}

Diane, I went biking this past Sunday and my nose, back of the neck and wrists now look like they've been ironed over. Most unpleasant. Sometimes I go out with the mental preparation and wisdom of a 12 year old... but more importantly, frak u sun :meany:
Spoiler: show
Season 2, Episode 4, "Laura Secret Diary" was something I felt no need to write anything about, on Monday. I was half asleep for a little slept Sunday night, anyway.

Season 2, Episode 5, " The Orchirds Curse" was more like it, although I was surprised to stumble upon a review on A.V. Club that was among the first in the series to be labeled as a stinkeroo. I felt it was fairly good, it had the power and focus to push along. Not perfect, though, I didn't care for the sellsman slapstick stuff or Leland's "trial" scene at whatever tavern that was shot in - which also seemed poorly mixed at times, the judge sounded like he was recorded from inside bathroom or something. Although I did find it funny that Sid, the clerk lady, acted as both, well, the clerk during the trial and then as a bartender during the respiro. And that the judge's judging skills were about as sharp as asking the cops what he should do.

Also kek to the notion of Leo being still kept alive in the show (the old coma / vegetative state ploy in the book), yet being so disgraced as to just show up in pictures, never in actual scenes.

Can we ascertain already that, if Season 1's stereotype was Nordic countries, Season 2 is Asian peeps? And always linked with Benjamin Horne or his inn bizz, lol. Lynch & co. seem to be going zero fucks with this.

Andy keeps testing my patience as the comic relief, but that being said, I liked his "I'm a whole damn town" line. The stuff with Lucy is sheer telenova, the stuff which I can't imagine a serious fella like Lynch give any damns about, but I suppose the other writers are driving it through the usual tropes.

Despite my expectations, Harold and the scenes in his house continue to bring a solid flow and atmosphere, there's been some tense stuff in this episode (and Donna's been given creepy lines to work with, the stuff only Audrey used to receive back in Season 1), even with all the inevitable clumsiness that Donna and Maddy's plotting prompted. When Harold got sick exiting his house, it did make me wonder if it's just his exhibited psych disorder or his confined to this place by a voodoo, outside force. Even so, now that Harold decided to scratch his face with a rake and ketchup sauce, I'm hoping for a quick resolution here. In vain, probably, but oh well...

And speaking of resolutions, the show finally found a way to make Cooper realize Audrey's at Jacks and finally go rescue her. I was amused by the telenova string of treatchery and backstab between Jean, Blackie, whoever that other woman was and Hank, but I suppose it comes with the territory.

Oh shizzles, COOP GUT PUNCHING A WOMAN. e d g y t v

I seem to be talking by myself in here lately.
by Ricochet
Wed Apr 12, 2017 6:03 pm
Forum: Tinsel Town
Topic: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}
Replies: 68
Views: 4093

Re: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}

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insertnamehere wrote: Those places look pretty damn picturesque. And the graveyard is especially appropriate for the part of the series you're getting close to.
The graveyard's stairs is where I sat and watched the season 1 finale. :grin: I didn't spot any passerbies taking pictures of me, like a weird exhibit, though.
insertnamehere wrote: Jack Nance, the actor who played Pete Martell, was a goddamn national treasure and should be revered for time immemorial. He also died in a donut shop fist fight, appropriately enough.
You're making this us. Good lord. Anyway, you're replying to something concerning the s1 cliffhanger, and Pete has been fine since, so I will still get to enjoy him a bit longer. He's the kind of relative I would have liked to tell me bedtime stories. For one, he would have made the funniest voices, hence awesome. For two, the stories would have taken seven hours, considering how slow he talks, hence double awesome.
insertnamehere wrote: Gonna be honest, I unabashedly love the two intentionally offputting Lynch directed sequences in the first two episodes of season 2- the long scene with the waiter, and the "Just You" performance followed by the BOB attack.
Well, consider me to be a half and half, then. The Giant, but not The Waiter. BOB freaking me out, but not whatever non-sequitur song or shtick is also in the mix. I forgot to state that the "Just You" song also made my eyebrow raise towards Badalamenti having perhaps gone in search for a new tune pivot in the show, instead of having the same two or three. But then, in later episodes, I didn't sense any OST shift in accompanying the JDM triangle at any stage, so I guess the song was just... put... in there. Hrmpf.
insertnamehere wrote: This is about when the show loses the plot with Audrey. She just kinda got stuck at One Eyed Jack's until she became mostly irrelevant.
Gah, this sucks.
insertnamehere wrote: Also, Rico, WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THE LITTLE MAGICIAN BOY WITH THE CREAMED CORN
Theeee...........

Yeah, you should tell by now that thing flew by me.
by Ricochet
Sat Apr 15, 2017 8:14 pm
Forum: Tinsel Town
Topic: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}
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Re: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}

D.

Season 2, Episode 6, "Demons"
Spoiler: show
I'll be swift, because I'm writing this at 3am, nearly two days after having watched it, according to regular schedule. Was good overall and sketchy at the same time:

Harold denounment, following last ep's cliffhanger, took a fast dive into shlock, but it was to be expected.
This episode had too much James in it.
insertnamehere wrote:Leo's character becomes ten times more ridiculous and ten times more interesting in Season 2.
I did not expect, nor requested this to get into motion this quickly. Frak.

This episode was also quite Ben Horne heavy, but in ways the scenes held up in significance or simple parlé.
Leland going singy songy, cuckoo lulu again wasn't as strong as that dance shtick with the Icelanders, but two thirds of the routine was still delectable.
Strong finish, getting darkly serious with MIKE. This show needs no-more-goofing-around scenes, at this point.

idk what else. what else... wh-

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fire cringe with me
by Ricochet
Sun Apr 16, 2017 12:23 pm
Forum: Tinsel Town
Topic: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}
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Re: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}

Diane... I'm scared.
Spoiler: show
Whoa boy.

So let's not kid around, "Lonely Souls" was all about its last 15 minutes. And how convincingly so. For one, during the early stages, I was ready to shoot it down for its filler contents and especially their lenghts - a whole lot of minutes with Leo & Bobby or with Nadine & Ed, jesus. Most of the set pieces felt in fact lenghty; not your average two-line exchanges.

But then the second half happened and I declare myself more than "appeased", so to speak. Such surreal transitions between the events at the Roadhouse and the Palmers' residence. As for the latter... grueling. It's like Lynch went all in. It's a small detail in this whole wretched chemistry, but pretty sure I don't want to hear anything alike Leland's shout inflexion in "going back to Missoula, MONTANAAAA" ever again. There were moments in which I genuinely shivered. So good stuff, ya got me here, Lynch old sport, pulling the rug like that after 20 minutes of bore. I even knew beforehand that this episode had important, revelatory stuff and still didn't expect it to go down like this. And the very end scene afterwards, with everyone breaking down at the Roundhouse. Just... what...

Further stray observations:

I'm not even going to pretend having a clue, what was up with the horse.

holy shit Mike suddenly returned. wat! did he had homework to do for a season and a half or something?

LMAO I was confident Tojimura was someone in drag, but it never crossed my mind it could've been Catherine. For a while, I thought Josie could be up to stunts. (Wait a minute, where did "Tojimura" get five millions to pass it to Benji?)

Another element I felt was long-winded and incessant early on was the background music. It just went on and on and on, over everything (and anything) that was happening or what the characters were talking - only to do then cut dry to, ironically, non-music, as it was only the sound of vinyl spinning freely, during the murder scene. Not sure what the actual intent was with this, but, in line with my train of thought regarding the tone switch during the last stretch, I have an inkling of a feeling that Lynch was keen to bore us with the first half of the episode and weigh everything down on us - filler scenes, banal or quirky casual dynamics and background music galore - only to then take a sharp turn into serious and cutthroat territory.
by Ricochet
Wed Apr 19, 2017 9:51 am
Forum: Tinsel Town
Topic: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}
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Views: 4093

Re: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}

Twine Beaks comments postponed until site issues are fixed and spoiler tags can function again (o god all my writing is now locked). I will continue to watch, according to schedule.
by Ricochet
Mon May 29, 2017 3:39 pm
Forum: Tinsel Town
Topic: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}
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Views: 4093

Re: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}

I still can't get over how some of the actors nail the same friggin inflexion after 25 years of actual life.

Lucy pls
by Ricochet
Mon May 29, 2017 3:46 pm
Forum: Tinsel Town
Topic: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}
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Views: 4093

Re: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}

On the other hand, though... the reverse speeches (or whatever it is)used to be better made than this. Sherry Lee sounded real good at it. But now in ep2 her lines sounded like shit.

And wouldnt you know, the only actor who was actually skilled at it got into an edgy feud and was replaced with a tree. Blargh.
by Ricochet
Mon Jun 12, 2017 3:34 pm
Forum: Tinsel Town
Topic: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}
Replies: 68
Views: 4093

Re: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}

Diane!! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Stanton better hit 100 years, god bless him. I don't remember anything about his character, though. Wasn't he in the shitty part of FWWM?

Also, I can't express how well the outro songs hit the mood here, compared to Lefty's juxebox covers shuffle idea for S3 intros.
by Ricochet
Mon Jun 26, 2017 4:14 pm
Forum: Tinsel Town
Topic: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}
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Views: 4093

Re: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}

whoo boi. what in all fucks

I guess the world needed a doppelganger of Tree of Life and Satantango, with a bit of Scott Walker, Penderecki and The Caretaker in the mix
by Ricochet
Mon Jul 31, 2017 3:43 pm
Forum: Tinsel Town
Topic: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}
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Views: 4093

Re: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}

I CLAPPED, I CLAPPED WHEN I SAW AUDREY

I CLAPPED BECAUSE I KNOW TWIN PEAKS

I KNOW WHAT THAT IIIIIIIIS
by Ricochet
Mon Jul 31, 2017 5:14 pm
Forum: Tinsel Town
Topic: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}
Replies: 68
Views: 4093

Re: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}

I played Binding of Isaac during it. That's how I can sum it up.

(I didn't win)
by Ricochet
Tue Aug 08, 2017 4:48 pm
Forum: Tinsel Town
Topic: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}
Replies: 68
Views: 4093

Re: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}

The very last shot of The Return will be Leo still clinging to that piece of rope with his teeth, after 25 years.

Screenshot this.
by Ricochet
Mon Aug 14, 2017 3:22 pm
Forum: Tinsel Town
Topic: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}
Replies: 68
Views: 4093

Re: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}

Diane,

I've been away for the past 25 years, but I'm back and banging your step-sister now.
by Ricochet
Mon Aug 21, 2017 4:22 pm
Forum: Tinsel Town
Topic: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}
Replies: 68
Views: 4093

Re: T W I N P E A K S {Season 3: May 21st}

Good night, Margaret.

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