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[–] 33 points 2 months ago* (7 children)

I’m really trying. I live in the PNW and love weird shit, but I’ve never been able to stick with Twin Peaks more than a few episodes, and recently had a hard time getting through Blue Velvet, so I think David Lynch just isn’t for me.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    Blue Velvet is wild and I understand. I actually found the movie through a FX animation called Stone Quakers where they made an entire episode parodying that movie. It made it more fun. I think the lesson was leablve police work to the police.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Same, but hated every minute of the two eps of tp that I forced myself through.

    That, combined with the extremely high praise from a LOT of people leads me to believe that I'm the one not getting it, and that just continues to bother me. I have had multiple people try to explain it to me, one ex even reluctantly gave me away the twist at the end. Nah. Still feels like nails on a chalkboard and then the end going "I meant to do that the whole time".

    Maybe I'll go at it again, someday. But, until then, people praising it continues to be enigmatic.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Loved Twin Peaks. Watched it with a group of friends back when it was first broadcast. We'd unplug the landline so we weren't interrupted, break out the coffee and cherry pie, and everyone would shut up and just watch the show. Then we'd try and figure out wtf was going on, sometimes rewatching almost the entire episode and dissecting it. I miss that experience: no other show has come close.

    Shame it got cancelled and the last few episodes of season two tried to wrap up something that needed at least one more full season.

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  • [–] [S] 14 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    You haven't watched the third season?

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    The third season is some of my favorite TV of all time, and that's saying a lot because I've watched a lot of TV shows.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago*

    The Return is probably some of the finest television ever made. It took a show that was clever and incisive satire and elevated it to it's own art form. And while that sounds like pretentious comments from a second year film student, I stand by it.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 months ago

    You know, this is - excuse me - a damn fine tv show

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Time for a cup of Joe and a Twin Peaks rewatch

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I tried recently. Ehhhh...

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    it's got some surreal banger bits... but also it fucking drags a lot.

    when I was younger I did not understand that lots of people were enamored with macglaughin and the mysteriousness but... didn't really pay off for me, ymmv.

    I'm a big fan of other Lynch stuff, so I don't mind the odder bits, just the pacing of a series probably.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    This is exactly the scenario I’ve got with some JRPGs; currently, Trails in the Sky.

    Anyone who makes it to its ending adores it. But in fairness, that is a huge and heavy filter on opinions. Sooo much unnecessary dialog and bloat, even a few “Oh, Japan” moments.

    Makes me wish for a job as a script editor (game or TV) so I can zero in on innocuous lines like “It was great to meet you” and fuss “This does not add information, or character, or charm!! Skip it!”

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 months ago (3 children)

    Because it's a good show, and I feel everyone should give it one chance.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I mainly like sci-fi, something that takes me away from the current world and all it's shit, I've heard it was good but I'm not sure it'll fit into what I enjoy.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    I watched the new stuff first, then went back and watched the first part.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago