Ricochet wrote:Going in, starting the series. Wish me luck.
Wishing you all the luck.
Would it be too much to ask for regular updates and thoughts on the episodes? I know you already write mini-essays on art films on a regular basis, so it may be asking too much, but I for one would really appreciate it.
This is my favorite show of all time, and I could listen to/watch/read discussion and analysis of it for hours on end. Note that when I say favorite, I do not mean best. The best TV show of all time is The Wire, no contest. Twin Peaks is a flawed masterpiece, but to be honest, I doubt I'd really be capable of loving a perfect work of art with all my heart the way I do Twin Peaks.
Now, Twin Peaks is essentially a balancing act between three very different television shows.
- 1. A police procedural about a murdered teenage girl, where each episode is a day in the investigation. Everyone's a suspect, and the death of this one person sends shockwaves throughout the entire community.
2. A parody of 80's and 90's era soap operas featuring ridiculous exaggerated acting, labyrinthine relationships, where everyone's sleeping with each other, and pulpy storytelling is just around the corner.
3. A bizarre avant-garde exploration of the dark side of the American psyche and the dark duality of violence and sex not only found in human nature but also in the dirt and wood of the town itself.
And for roughly the first 16-18 episodes, it works.
Then things go a little wonky. You'll know it when it starts happening.
You can choose to either skip ahead, to when it gets good again, and it does get quite good again, or you can tough it out through some rough patches.
It's a journey worth taking, and especially now considering the 18-hour-long, solely Lynch directed SHOWTIME revival this May.
We'll be getting new episodes of Twin Peaks, the Leftovers, and Fargo all at the same time, not to mention comedies like Silicon Valley and Veep.
Truly the #goldenera of #PeakTV.
