“The uncertainty renders it immortal ...” Thank you, Mr. O’Neal.  That’s exactly what I’ve been struggling to articulate in the past two days of Twin Peaks discussions.

Your question about Laura Palmer’s role in the cosmic scheme and the paradox of undoing her murder has raised a possibility for me. It seems like BOB was pretty resoundingly defeated in ep. 17, bringing to a conclusion the Fireman’s complex plan to defeat him. That was in a sense, the “true” ending of the Twin Peaks…

Yes. I started episode 18 thinking “We got to see the apparently final defeat of BOB, so maybe Lynch is really in a mood here to tie up all the loose ends. This is great! We’ll get a big showdown between Cooper, Laura, the Fireman/the good spirits, and Judy/the evil spirits. Everything about the master Blue Rose plan…

I was reading that without looking at the authors and I thought to myself “I would bet the farm that this is Katie Rife.” Sure enough. It’s precisely the kind of lazy, relentlessly politicized nonsense that she spouts nonstop. Contrast that with Ignatiy Vishnevetsky’s comments that provide some genuine insight and a…

I really hope this is not the end, but the full impact of what this change means is only now hitting me after hearing this. Such a bummer, especially coming right when I'm actually seriously excited about a TV show for the first time in several years: the Twin Peaks revival. I'm almost giddy each week when the new…

Upvoted for having the greatest user name of all time.

Yes, and gated reverb is practically the textbook example of the artificiality and the tasteless, excessive application of effects that was far more egregious in the 80s than at any other time (except for maybe Auto-Tune in the last 10-15 years). I guess maybe the first time it appeared on a record was kind of cool,…

I don't know where the prevailing theory that she's in a coma comes from, but she definitely seems to be stuck in some kind of personal limbo or time warp or something. Their inability to actually do anything but talk is almost like Waiting for Godot.

OK, I guess I was trying to see David Bowie's face because that's who I assumed it would be.

Anyone else watch the shot of the Jumping Man frame by frame? I don't know exactly what I saw there, but it was creepy as fuck.

I would imagine that around the AV Club he's somewhat of a persona non grata given his politics.

JTH has always secretly been my main man. I suspect there is a small but passionate group of fans who feel the same, kind of like the Boba Fett fandom. Or maybe it's just me.

If you fully understand Cable's backstory, you sir are truly a nerd among nerds.

Exactly. I was turned off by the generic horror artwork, but finally gave it a chance. It reminds me why as a die-hard horror and sci-fi fan I sit through so many shitty direct-to-Netflix movies: it's because it's really the only way to discover diamonds in the rough like Triangle. All the movies I mentioned are…

If you hold this opinion despite having listened to their first album in its entirety, then I'm sorry you hate rock and roll.

I love mind-bending, indie sci-fi, and Coherence is up there with Primer in that vein. In fact, there have been several really good ones in the past few years. Triangle (2009), Predestination (2014), and Timecrimes (2007) spring to mind.

Without defining the term precisely, I guess it's hard to say exactly what we're talking about, but I would say that "traditional comedy" is still around. You just have to look to things like sitcoms and animated movies. I think the irony you mentioned is a big part of why live-action, wacky, traditional comedy as a…

I won't defend him in general, but PDL proves beyond any doubt that the man has chops.

Unless you're counting the act of us watching the movie itself, MD isn't really a dream within a dream is it? I think the consensus is that Diane's reality is the real one, and everything else is various dreams, hallucinations, and flashbacks she experiences soon before she kills herself.

The most entertaining thing I have ever seen is a live David Copperfield show. It doesn't matter how old, jaded, or skeptical you are. That shit will knock your socks off. It is truly amazing what the man accomplishes as a showman. Seeing it on TV really doesn't even come close to doing it justice.