I wouldn't have tried to write a third season of Twin Peaks lol.

I hope he keeps going, it's fascinating to watch the little shit.

I agree about season 2, the writers definitely misread the offbeat vibe of the first arc and tried to imitate and expand upon it without Lynch or Frost in the driver's seat. But the characters were still by and large themselves, even underneath the ridiculous plot lines they introduced. That's what I don't get from…

Fair enough. Personally I'm only watching because I will always love Lynch for being my gateway to arthouse cinema, and I want to support his work. But yeah I definitely don't feel compelled to finish it on its own merits…

That's an interesting insight, actually. I never considered the strobe effect, but it definitely makes sense. I still see the fan as inherently Laura/Leland symbolism even in how it relates to the lodge, but that's just my lens for the show. Seeing as how so much of the extended lore only came about *after* Lynch left…

I guess I'm a bit too much of a purist with Twin Peaks, in that I feel like all the side plots in season 2 were completely unnecessary and only served to dilute the entire thing. I see Twin Peaks as the story of Laura Palmer and the town that knew/grew her. Period. So it's not really shocking that I just can't connect…

Practically every woman in the show this season has been a bitter hag, or else fodder for the show's murderers. You can't deny that it's a lot weaker in characterizing women than the original, which had a colorful array of distinct personalities. Maybe it's Lynch losing touch with young people, or maybe it's just that…

Incredible scene.

Yeah, which is why I was hyper-attuned to the acting, dialogue, plot, etc.

I think what I dislike most about the new series is the way it ruins so much from the original series/film that was best left vague and symbolic. The Blue Rose in FWWM was an oblique symbol meant to communicate the nature of a case between agents - here, it's shoehorned in as the actual name of the group solving the…

It could have also benefited from leaving the original IP alone because it was fine the way it was…

Thank you. Lifetime Lynch fan and I've watched original Twin Peaks probably 6 times all the way through - this series is almost unwatchable. Lynch is definitely rusty.

Lynch got a good chunk of money to fuck around with cinema again for 18 hours, and Showtime got a bunch of incidental subscribers who will at least stick around till it's over.

I'll keep watching because it's lynch, who was my gateway director for getting into art films, and because I'm a big Twin Peaks fan. I'm thoroughly convinced it's not going to get much better, at this point, but in a way it's fascinating as a window into Lynch's weaknesses as an artist. I was really rooting for this…

Did it take three hour-long episodes? Because that's the pacing, now…

An ounce of cohesion to any of it, for starters. I say "nothing" because we've been given six hours of what are essentially expository episodes and no real development to any of it. It feels like Twin Peaks - Too Many Cooks With Me

I mean if I had to say I expected anything, it would be "Twin Peaks," which seems fair given that Lynch used that IP to pull the talent and money to make this nonsense. Which is pretty manipulative, if you think about it.

I went in with zero expectations, as well, believe it or not. But the show has not delivered, so expectations have naturally started to form and they are increasingly numerous and loud as the show prattles on doing basically nothing.

That is not it at all. I'm all for an unconventional tv show, especially in the key of Lynchian horror. My main issue is that this is a hollow doppelganger of that concept on its own, and an abject failure as a "Twin Peaks revival." The acting is generally mediocre, the writing is all over the place in service of…

Interesting to see people slowly going from the post-premier reactions ("It's genius! It's all so intriguing!") to the frustration that's starting to eke out after the sixth episode. I felt like the show was already meandering and under-engaging by episode 3, and now I'm just about ready to write the whole thing off…