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Hey, Dawn Ostroff!! Here’s A Thought!! TWIN PEAKS II, Baby!!
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What do “90210,” “Melrose Place” and “Twin Peaks” have in common? All were Spelling Television series, forged at the dawn of the 1990s, and now owned by CBS via a 1999 Viacom acquisition.
What they don’t have in common? Among many, many other things, “Twin Peaks” has not been revived on CBS-owned netlet The CW.
A headline in tomorrow’s Variety:
CW hot for remakes
Network continues to comb through old titles
So I say this to CW entertainment president Dawn Ostroff:
Bring back “Twin Peaks” the way you’ve brought back “90210” and “Melrose Place”!
Remember that the original “Peaks” gave us bizarre Black-Lodge glimpses at a decades-older FBI special agent Dale Cooper, as if anticipating this 20-years-later revival.
Kyle MacLachlan has been sending out signals suggesting he’d be into it. Reach out to David Lynch and Mark Frost; they don’t seem like the busiest guys in Hollywood at the moment. I think Tim Minear’s contract with Fox runs out next year; start putting out feelers to his agent too in case his “Alien Nation” project doesn’t get picked up fast enough.
Maybe start with eight episodes, like they did in 1990.
Imagine retired FBI regional bureau chief Gordon Cole, called up from his Caribbean home to Washington State 20 years later to investigate the sudden and mysterious emergence from the Black Lodge of the good Special Agent Dale Cooper, now clothed in bloody, urine-soaked rags and speaking backward gibberish.
Imagine senior FBI agent Chet Desmond, still shaken from his own brief encounter with the Black Lodge, spurred by the news to investigate what the evil, imposter Dale Cooper has been building in Twin Peaks for the last two decades (think Kid Miracleman -- or “Fringe’s” shadowy superindustrialist William Bell)!
Imagine heavily armed survivalist Big Ed living on a remote patch of Indian reservation in a reconstituted Bookhouse.
Hire Summer Glau as Deputy Josie Truman. Hire Lauren German as Ben Horne’s Japan-educated granddaughter Cricket. Hire David Bowie to turn up three times a season as time-lost FBI man Phillip Jeffries.
Make it happen, Dawn Ostroff. The smart little girls like me don’t want another fucking Whedon-free vampire series; we want “Twin Peaks II”!!
Find all of Variety’s story on The CW’s plans here.
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Please, no? Twin Peaks is good as is... don't revive it.
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i LOVED THIS SHOW!!!
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If Hollywood and the network execs are going to be enslaved to the remake/re-imagining business model by the robot brained M.B.A. corporate executroids, at least give us something that will be fun!
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I will preorder the fucking DVD for whatever you want to price it at Evil Conglomerate Whores. Bring back Agent Dale!
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Aug 04, 2009 10:18:57 PM CDT
We already have Twin Peaks II It's called FUCKING LOST!!
by lockesbrokenleg
HELL YEAH!!
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Even if CBS Paramount could find people who could revive TWIN PEAKS in a way that wouldn't embarrass the brand, is the CW the place to pitch it to? That network is stacked with idiots, and the show would be a terrible match for any of its other programming. What's the point of bringing TWIN PEAKS back if it's just going to hemorrhage the lead-in from GOSSIP GIRL or TOP MODEL? Even pitching it to CBS proper would make more sense.
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I cant stand the new melrose place or 90210 shows and i feel that in the wrong hands a reboot can destroy everything that twin peaks started. I came up with an opening and thought i might run it by all the david lynch fans.
We open on a shot of The Institution for the Paranormally Affected. Then move into a hospital with high tech gadgettry form all eras. then we cut to an open space in the woods two owls one white and one black collide with each other fight, then go off in opposite directions. We then see a doctors personal office, he is starting to nod off then hears a beeping sound comes alert, leaves the room and comes back He frantically picks up the phone and in the same iconic tone of voice that says "Shes Dead" the doctor says "He's Back!" -
Wouldn't that be something insane. The CW, the station to go to for two hours of amazing television? My head could explode.
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and without him, there is no 'Twin Peaks'.
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I hope she's watching Herc. If you got connections, (or know anyone who knows anyone who KNOWS anyone, I beg you to use them!
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I meant to write "ONLY if David Lynch was involved."
And Lynch, though he may not be busy, seems quite comfortable doing his own thing, making funky videos for his website, shooting stuff on outdated video cameras, etc. I think when the Mulholland Drive pilot wasn't picked up, even though he figured out how to salvage the project, it ended any chance of Lynch working on television again. That being said I'd be absolutely thrilled if Lynch revisited Twin Peaks. -
"Before bringing back an old show, however, Ostroff said it must fit within the CW’s niche young female brand.
“We’re not going to be doing the ‘The Dukes of Hazzard,’ “ she said."
So Twin Peaks fits within CW's young female niche how?
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and you still haven't made time to put up the VENTURE BROS stuff from comic con? Can we at least get an explanation or response on where the stuff is or when it's coming? The panel is up on youtube finally. My point being, you have time to dream up a hypothetical setup for a twin peaks reboot, but you can't type up your Hammer/Publick interview? Why? Not trying to be a dick, I'm a longtime reader, but this is really buggin' me out.
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Look, I'm as big a fan of "Twin Peaks" as the next guy, but c'mon. There's no news here. Just a suggestion. At the very least, frame it as an editorial, or something, not a regular article. Sheesh.
At any rate, unless Lynch were interested in it, I don't want this to happen. I don't care if all the actors want it. I don't care if Frost wants it. I don't care if the networks, writers and all the fucking fans want it. If Lynch isn't the one making this, I do not want this to happen at all. -
I'm serious. Let's just wait for LOST to come back and sit here nice and quiet and not give them ideas of what classic TV shows to ruin. They would find a way around David Lynch and make it stupid with like new agents. And they'd make the black lodge a bizarro heaven or something. They'd get Putty to play Big Ed. And the Log Lady would be the Twig Lady because of the economic crisis. Nope. I don't wanna know what they'd do.
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Drinking beer at the Goose Hollow Inn in Portland. Nice guy.
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(yelling) THIS COFFEE ISN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE, SOMETHING IS AMISS IN THIS OLD TOWN! Do YOU HAVE ANY PIE?!!??
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"It's Twin Peaks.....set at a fashion magazine......run by vampires!!! We can't lose!!"
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I remind you that Twin Peaks had its gorgeous teens, and could again.
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see Avatar talkback
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Please don't touch this. On the other hand, the ending of Twin Peaks was such a blow to me. As crazy and surreal as the show was, I really got into the metaphysical battle, and when evil basically won the day in the last episode, it shook me. I enjoyed your continuation Herc, but I'm not sure I want a remake or sequel... unless David Lynch is in charge, but we all know that won't happen.
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Herc, you're a frakkin' genius. Serve me up a (damn fine) cup of joe and a slice of cherry pie. Marlene, when all roads lead to Rome it's time to buy lira and go!
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He hated network executives and the limited creativity on TV
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I clicked on this thinking it was reporting reality rather than one person's wishful thinking.
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The only way they could properly pull this off is to give it to pay cable where they'd be more likely to let Lynch be Lynch. AMC maybe. Neither "Mad Men" and "Breaking Bad" are set up as conventional mainstream audience pleasers, but the network trusted their creators and it's really paid off. A Lynch series would fit nicely with the reputation they're building as quality risk-takers. I've always been curious as to why neither HBO nor Showime has approached Lynch (maybe they have?); he's got a built-in fan base that could lead to new subscribers from desirably moneyed demographics and could draw in the kind of critical acclaim those networks thrive on.
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There's more artistry in the title sequence of Twin Peaks than there is in 5 series of Lost.
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Remember Kiefer Sutherland played an FBI Agent in Fire walk with me? That was Jack Bauer in his early career! Send Bauer back in to Twin Peaks, that Black Lodge shit would be over with in a convenient 24 hours.
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put David Lynch on a leash. did ya see Inland Empire?
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I haven't forgotten how pretentiously wank the last one was yet!
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over the past 20 years, the iq of the avg american tv viewer has dropped over 100 points, as revealed by what kind of shows hit the top 10 every week a revamp of peaks will have to be dumbed down...and i wont hear of it
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The first 16 episodes combined equal one of the greatest works of art in existence. After that, the show was still very good, but not close to what it was before. They delved a bit too far into the supernatural (the story is far more disturbing with out the supernatural element).
I also don't think Laura's killer should've been kept secret, because then we would never have been given the masterpiece that is "Fire Walk With Me". Also, if you rewatch the show knowing who the killer is, SPOILERS
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So long as the great Mr Lynch is involved.
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it's a great idea and all, but remember these network executives, they don't like it when somebody else comes up with a good idea and not them. you need to pitch it in a way that it looks like it was them who came up with it all along!
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The show is a product of the time it was made. If you try and remake it now, it'll be nothing like it was and thus nothing like the show you liked.
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...but it wouldn't be the best show now. Also think it's a product of it's time - epitomising that borderline tacky soap opera sheen of the time and infusing it with a creeping sense of malice and eccentric comedy. It was unheard of at the time. Since Twin Peaks has since inspired a glut of character/mystery based shows it just wouldn't have the edge anymore. Not without Lynch to reinvent it at least. Last episode is one of my favourite waking nightmares.
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Aug 05, 2009 5:48:16 AM CDT
On AMC, back to back with the remake of The Prisoner
by dailysportspages
Hey... doesnt CBS own Showtime?
There you go, no more problems. Let Lynch do what he does best and let him do it on Showtime.
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Great idea and great setup - could even be done as a limited series like Daybreak or Harper's Island.
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I'd love to see Lynch go back in there. But only Lynch. No one else.
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I've been reading here for years, and this has to be the single stupidest goddamn thing I've ever read here by a country fuckin' mile... unfuckingbelievable.....
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Three talkbacks for every bit of useless piece of news Heroes generates, talkbacks for shows that will never exist, and no talkbacks for many of the best hour-long dramas on cable, extended or otherwise.
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The series ends with him possessed by Killer Bob, smashing his head into the bathroom mirror and cackling "How's Annie? How's Annie?" over and over while Twin Peaks' finest are right outside. And apart from Annie telling Laura Palmer to write that Dale is in the Black Lodge into her diary in FIRE WALK WITH ME, there was never a resolution to this annoyingly dangling plot thread. And we still don't know what the fuck happened to Special Agent Chet Desmond.
So yes, make TWIN PEAKS (Vol.2) or TWIN PEAKS: THE BLACK LODGE or whatever you want to call it but do it right and contain it to just a special 5-episode event mini-series similar to TORCHWOOD: CHILDREN OF EARTH. An hour of TWIN PEAKS every day for a week would be brilliant and just enough to tell an amazing story worthy of the original series.
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...simply because it makes sense and it's a good idea. Lynch would probably do it if he had the control. Minear's touch would help. Add a bit of Bryan Fuller to write, Todd Holland to direct and get Christopher Walken as new character and watch the revenue come in. ABC took a huge chance on this show when it debuted and Dawn doesn't have the balls to do it.
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Has anyone seen the Body Politic pilot? Despite the good word of mouth, they're not going to pick it up. Seeing Minka Kelly on screen every week wouldn't have been a bad thing now that she's vacating FNL. She was lookin' good on Ferguson last night.
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I'm a little baffled by it. I dropped 60 bucks on the box set just because of hearing such good things and then was wildly disappointed by it. I got frustrated by the characters jumping to conclusions (and then being right) and how most of those characters seemed like caricatures by episode 3. The acting was pretty horrendous too. Maybe I'm just too young for it? I don't know...
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Didn't Herc already post this months ago?
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Herc's always been odd for Heroes. He skipped some eps last year, and now he's throwing up TBs - I dig the show, but this is the last place I go for people to discuss Heroes like adults.
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Can't think of anything better than resurrecting Twin Peaks. Though it's not going to happen. David Lynch hates the networks. He'd rather produce perfume commercials in Ugoslavia than work with Hollywood TV again. I usually despise digging up old titles and bringing back old characters with dated situations. But TWIN PEAKS 2010 would be sweet. TWIN PEAKS was taken off the air in its second season. There was still much more story to tell concerning Agent Dale Cooper, Harry Truman and the likes. Like I said if there's a chance I'd like to see it. But unless Lynch reliquishes control to Frost (who he currently can't stand), it's more than likely a pipe dream.
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That's all we need, a CW version of Twin Peaks. HIlarious. What's up with this "hey, it's been 20 years, now is the perfect time to make a sequel." e.g. Crystal Skull, Ghostbusters 3.
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I don't like Herc's idea much, save for the part about the good Cooper emerging all fucked up from the Black Lodge and learning what bad Cooper has been doing, but that said I'm fully behind a Twin Peaks return. Though, I'm not so sure CW is the place to do it. I've said in Twin Peaks talk-backs before that HBO is the place for any new Twin Peaks material. HBO pretty much lets their shows do what they want and it's given us some of the best TV shows in history (The Wire, Sopranos). But if it has to be the CW, I don't think it should be a show. It should be a mini-series with a conclusion. Ten hour-longs and out. Finish the story. I want an end to Twin Peaks, not necessarily brand new Twin Peaks--only if it could be done right and I'm not sure it can be.
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The idea is so effin' crazy that it just might work. If David Lynch, Mark Frost, and Kyle MacLachlan agree to make a return to TWIN PEAKS to give us one final visit with Special Agent Dale Cooper, COUNT ME THE FUCK IN!Make it a shortened series run. Have David Lynch direct everything. Bring back as much of the original cast as possible. (All the female leads are still turbo-hot.) Find a suitable replacement for BOB. And finally, don't fuck it up!FREE THE GOOD DALE!
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Lara Flynn Boyle fuckin' stretched her face out and injected 5 lbs of colligine into her lips. She was on an episode of Law & Order last season and looked gross. But Shelly looked almost 10x hotter now than she did then, she's backwards aging.
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I actually forgot about her.
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But now on CW. Maybe CBS. I don't want crossovers with Ashlee Simpson and Lori Loughlin. No no NO.
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even though you deserved it for suggesting Norm MacDonald is capable of filling James Garner's loafers. All of your suggestions for a Twin Peaks reboot are great. Except, you know, of course, it'll never happen. But, we can dream. Also, did you love the series finale as much as I did? A lot of people didn't get it, but I think it was a love letter straight from Lynch's heart to the true Twin Peaks fans! And Fire Walk With Me was the whip cream on top of the cherry pie!
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'nuff said.
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Man she was yummy in those schoolgirl outfits. I think she only replaced Lara Flynn Boyle, because she wouldn't do the nude scene.
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Although I think Twin Peaks was its own monster and could not be properly duplicated without the full on support and involvement of David Lynch. Agent Cooper suddenly emerging from the Black Lodge is a brilliant idea and would allow for some strange, albeit very Lynchian, continuity.
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involvement. I don't think anyone would even attempt it if Lynch wasn't on board. I certainly wouldn't watch.
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but I can't deny that I would be fucking ecstatic the day it was announced. Never cared about a character in anything like I did about Coop.
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Do you even REMEMBER the gaggle of cute teenagers on "Twin Peaks"???? It was really all about the cute teenagers...
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So was Herc just goofing or has he admitted to being a chick as so many people have long time suspected?
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Please check your facts before posting- Twin Peaks was NOT an Aaron Spelling production. It was a Lynch/Frost Production only. Spelling Entertainment has some connection to the dvd/home video rights at some point in time but was NEVER a producer of Twin Peaks.
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I saw her not too long ago on GILMORE GIRLS and was glad to see that Audrey Horne is still highly bangable after almost twenty years. Madchen "Shelly Johnson" Amick, meanwhile, looks stunningly amazing.
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- Mischa Barton 'working' at One Eyed Jack's
- Mina Kunis in a waitress uniform serving pie at the diner.
- Jamie-Lyn Spears wrapped in plastic floating over the waterfall
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She was on "In Plain Sight" a week or so ago and wasn't looking quite as bangable as she did on those Gold Box DVD features. Maybe it was her make-up job AND admittedly I only saw her on the commercials, but it's possible another one might have bit the dust. It sucks too--Audrey was hands down my favorite TP chick. She practically exuded sexuality.
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He stated early this summer, he plans to web episodes to finish the ending. He is sitting with Lynch to pound out the details. CW doesn't have the creditability to actually do anything good. Stay the fuck away and let the originals handle it.
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On TWIN PEAKS, she looked like a old-school pin-up come to life. I believe David Lynch once described her as a 5ft-1in piece of heaven (or words to that effect).
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Do you have a link to that webisode news? Sounds interesting.
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I can't stand.
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For the love of all that is Lynchish...
What is wrong with all of you? Or have you somehow not noticed that the throng of remakes, sequels and redos lately that have just plain absolutely SUCKED.
Star Trek notwithstanding, IT DOESN'T WORK.
If Lynch was in charge (and I think he owns all the rights) and Frost were brought back (because much of the mythology type stuff was his from the start) AND fresh new blood was brought in (maybe some of those high priced Lost folks who will be out of a job in a few months) this is nothing but a BAD idea.
Twin Peaks is holy ground. More so than most. Don't screw around with it. if there's a good idea originating from those that started it and supported by MONEY and dedicated Fresh REAL talent... need I remind anyone how CRAPPY Fringe and Transformers were?... then it might be considered.
But please... let's not let this happen unless the circumstances are absolutely ideal. No compromises. No crappy Twin Peaks II. PUH-LEEEEEEEEZE! I'm begging you, if you ever enjoyed anything about the original show and or movie, Puh_LEEEEEEEEEEZE leave it alone.
Trust me, NO ONE would be more of a Twin Peaks fan than me... I'm a nut... it's my world... but unless you want to hire me to help write it... please just forget you ever had this thought.
To boot, Killer Bob is dead. Pete is dead. We all know Heather Graham is a slutty whore who can't act... there is NO GOOD REASON to do this... unless you're going to hire me that is. -
I'm all for the Twin Peaks sequel as long as Kyle, Lynch and Frost are all involved. (if not, forget about it!) As to Miracleman, anyone know what the status of the rights issue with that is? Anyone trying to adapt Miracleman for the movies? Just curious...
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...is the only reason I gave a shit about that pretentious piece of crap.
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with supernatural and smallville both ending this year they need
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Aug 05, 2009 2:46:18 PM CDT
Do not sully the Twin Peaks name with that shit known as Lost
by gruntybear
"Lost" is little more than pretty people on the beach, pointing guns at each other and having half-conversations. "Twin Peaks" was liquid gold, which when imbibed made every snyapse crackle with possibility and promise. Never the two shall meet. "Lost's" hackneyed, make-it-up-as-we-string-the-audience-along "plot" cannot hold a candle to the creative dread that suffused every episode of Lynch's small-screen masterpiece. Fuck "Lost." Fuck it all to pieces.
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Seriously, if you thought Sherylin was hot in Twin Peaks, this was before Twin Peaks in 1988. An erotic thriller along the lines of 91/2 Weeks and Wild Orchid. Only good for Sherylin Fenn nubile sexiness. Thank me later.
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I would give my left arm for a good continuation of this series (it's probably scary how true that is - If I could guarantee a good continuation, I'd do it) but it's not a matter of 'try get Lynch back on board' - Lynch & Frost legally own a lot of 'Twin Peaks' - no remake can go ahead without their say so. And Lynch I guarantee would say no. A couple of years back someone tried to launch a 'Twin Peaks' comic - they got the go ahead of everyone including Frost but Lynch said no. Despite appearances Lynch is a very, very busy man - he's working on a lot of stuff and almost rejected outright the studio system. The only possible even vaguely remote chance of this making any form of coming is A. the completely speculative web series - literally the only evidence we have of this is Kyle saying he'd like to return to the character, nothing else. We don't know if he's pursuing it or not, if it'd be web based. If it exists. Nothing. or B. Giving Lynch a boat load of money (& I do mean a LOT, as for Frost I don't know his situation) and giving him completely free reign. As much as I love 'Twin Peaks' with every iota of my being this is never going to happen.
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Make it happen!
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Season One of Twin Peaks was lightning in a bottle. A once in a lifetime synergy of awesome talent, incredible ideas, and a compelling mystery. Season Two was utter shit, and the movie was equally as shitty. This show should NEVER be resurrected.
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I saw David Lynch give a live presentation of transcendental meditation and he was taking questions about his films and I really wanted to ask him about "Judy," but didn't get the chance. Is it Judy Garland?
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Point of contention: Season 2 started off incredibly strong, went downhill fast, and then was brilliantly rescued by one of the most haunting finales of all time.
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I'm not sure but I think Judy may have been Josie's sister (?).
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god knows we've waited long enough...even if its only one more season to wrap it all up.
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The series was primarily about Cooper and his after death connection to Laura. If you watch the end of Fire Walk With Me you will see that they are together in the good lodge (white??) which I'm guessing is some kind of version of heaven (notice the angel). The Cooper at the end of FWWM is the good Cooper, while evil Cooper possessed by Bob escaped the lodge at the end of the TP series and presumably went on some kind of covert killing spree much like Leland did. If Lynch wanted the good Cooper out of the lodge then I'm guessing he would've done that in FWWM.
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Okay if you've actually watched season 2 it's a dumb statement to say it was 'utter shit', sure it had it's low points and it's REALLY low points (Diane Keaton, I'm looking at you), but it had episodes to rival series one. And simply put the final episode is one of the finest episodes of TV ever. The Red Room scenes are unlike anything else ever on TV - they are the work of America's premier surrealist in conjunction with a great TV writer. Say what you will about the film, I love it almost unreservedly, especially when you consider the theory that first half of it is a dream. Judy according was supposed to be Josie's sister. There are many theories around why Jefferies emerges spouting her name/the monkey says it... one theory among many is that she is a victim of BOB.
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But not one of these shifting personality movies that we've been getting lately (Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire). Maybe somthing more along the lines of Blue Velvet or Wild at Heart.
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As it says in the series 'there's something old in the woods'. The series didn't necessarily have a finish, BOB would still be out there, the Black Lodge/White Lodge would still exist. 'Fire Walk With Me' like Samuel Fulmer said was an end - a theory is that the end of FWWM we see that Cooper & Laura have survived their time in the Black Lodge and their souls can now progress on to the White Lodge. Yes shadow Coop is still out there but really 'Twin Peaks' isn't about Cooper, it's about the shadow cast over a small town by the death of Laura Palmer - everything else is in her gravitational pull. As such FWWM is a fitting end to the series.
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We're coming up with our own? Seriously, can't one great cultural icon die a natural death? The ending of the original was so utterly creepy and yet also an indictment on the fickleness of TV that we should just let it be.
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Reboot something that could seriously benefit from a reboot. Twin Peaks was the first TV show I fell in love with and in this Golden Age of TV drama I can't think of a damn finer show to bring back. Fuck Lynch if he doesn't want in, there's plenty of other people who can do mystery and surreal and hundreds of TV showrunners out there right now whose creations have far surpassed Lynch's efforts on the original 'Peaks...David Chase, David Simon, Shawn Ryan, Ronald D. Moore, Bruno Heller and David Milch to name a handful. I'd love to see what the dude who created Veronica Mars could do with this. FUCK IT, make Veronica the protagonist. TWIN PEAKS WITH VERONICA MARS. I just did a sex wee.
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sketch comedy, where it's a CW pitch meeting, and they're talking about bringing back Twin Peaks, with a young, cool cast; Nadine being one-eyed and hot; The Red Room speaking in Spanish, rather than backwards (characters are so stupid, they don't understand the language). I DID just start watching Durham County though, which is super compelling and dangerously close to being as uncomfortable and creepy as Twin Peaks.
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"Five feet of heaven in a ponytail", and Stabby, yeah, Judy would have been Josie's sister (also played by Joan Chen). Remember when she got trapped in a door knob?
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I gotta disagree with you. None of those writer/directors (all of them great) have done anything as surreal as David Lynch. I can't imagine anyone crafting scenes (both visually and sonically) such as Cooper's first dream in the Black Lodge, the awakening of Ronette Pulaski from her coma and subsequent flashback, the first appearance of The Giant, the revelation of the killer, or the Black Lodge sequence from the finale in the way that he did.To this day, all of that stuff still gives me chills. Looking back on it, I'm surprised some of it (some of it wholly disturbing) made it past the network censors when it was originally broadcast.
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"Five feet of heaven in a ponytail". -- Yeah, that's the ticket!
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I think it has too much potential to be a let down, unless it was a Lynch involved mini-series of some sort..
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I forgot. Also, Lara Flynn Boyle doesn't have to be Donna, they had some other chick on Fire Walk With Me play her already.
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... thanks for sharing you're brain fart here. No offense, bro... someone had to say it!
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lynch throws some shit together and hopes someone decides its deep shit.
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Jack Nance. RIP.
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I hope people who think that die of colon cancer.
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Good article- good pitch, I like the idea. But I know I've seen it on this site before. Don't know that it was busted out into its own article though, might have just been a sub-story attached to some other CW story.
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TV Series like Twin Peaks are and always will have been a product of the era they were made in. If Twin Peaks were to come back it would have to be as either a series of movies to tie up the loose ends and or possibly setup a new series. I always imagined a return of Twin Peaks to be something that would totally start out shaking up what people expected of it. I imagined the sheriff never getting over the events that ended the series and having been an alchoholic the past 20 years, Cooper incarcerated in some insane asylum in a nearby area close enough to get back to town if he escaped. Andy is now the sheriff and has become a cold hearted hard ass after everything he had witnessed. It could be totally cool with a town full of people who treat most of the events of the original series as nothing more than rumor and urban legend only to be proven so wrong when things start going wonky again.
Of course we all pine for what could have been, and for every reboot such as the recent Star Trek movie there are a dozen crappy movies/series reboots that make us weep at our lost childhoods. I'm affraid Twin Peaks will most likely fall into the latter category. But thats ok, when I want to get creeped out by Angelo Badalamenti's score or the uber creepy trees and stoplights of Twin Peaks I have my gold box set of DVD's to watch.
And anybody who compares Twin Peaks to Lost (no offense to Lost) has never really sat down and watched Twin Peaks or appreciated just how ahead of it's time it was as far as TV is concerned. David Duchovny in drag, come on, thats just genius man... -
I agree 100% about Fenn. DO NOT put her on tv. The years have not been kind. Let us have our memories of her ridiculous hotness 20 years ago. They actually cast her as Lulu Hogg in one of those crappy Dukes of Hazzard new movies! Don't watch anything that she's been in over the past 10-12 years and remember her youthful hotness.
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I don't find these shows all that similar. I was addicted to TP when it first aired. I know some will blast me for this but I found TP to be a show that burned really hot for the 1st year and then had a steep slide after that. After it left the air and the movie came out I had no desire to revisit it and still don't. Lost however will hold up so much better I believe. Regardless of how this last season goes I'm very positive that Lost will hold up so much better. I know TP was an important part of the history of television, but I just have no desire to revisit other then for a little nostalgia (which would wear off very quickly).
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there actually is a connection between these shows... TP was an extremely interesting premise that was executed well at first. But there was clearly no great long term plan. Lost however is that very rare show that gets to tell their story on their terms. When it ends, we will have basically seen everything Darlton wanted to show us, and the show hasn't been dragged on forever for the sake of ratings. Lost is going to go down so much better in the annals of tv history then TP and lots and lots of other shows...
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Anytime something new is revealed on Lost it makes you want to revisit several old episodes and rewatch them. The revelation that there is an anti-jacob makes you want to watch akmost every episode over again. There's very little retcon bullshit and when it's been done it's because of factors beyond Darlton's control (ex: Mr. Eko). Am I saying that TP was crap? No, but it's just does not hold up and that's okay. Lot's of important shows to the history of tv are practically unwatchable today. Let's let Agent Cooper and the rest of TP rest in peace.
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and before anyone replies and says "i watch my TP DVDs every day" and goes off on how groundbreaking and nuanced the show was... I acknowledge that the show STILL has a dedicated fan base. But in the grand scheme of things, TP is more of a footnote in tv history. There are lots of shows (just about everything Norman Lear produced) that were groundbreaking and important but just don't have a real audience that wants to see them anymore. Okay I'm done now... Go ahead and call me a douche if you like.
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TP is much better than Lost. Because we're still discussing it now, over a decade later. Lost cannot be called logically better until we see if it has a sufficient place in history - as well as the fact that Lost, by nature, lives and dies by the ending. If that doesn't work, it'll never be called a truly great show by a wide populace.
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I realize that Lost is still in it's run, and we have to wait for history to judge it but... I'm very confident about Lost's legacy because it's constructed so well. TP was not. Let me put it this way, Heroes will have a similar legacy to TP in 10 years minus the accolades for being innovative... A show that flamed out but had one great season.
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Lost is not only a popular show, but also a cult show at the same time. It has Sci Fi elements, horror elements, etc... If you don't think Lost will still have a devoted following in 10 or 20 years from now you're on crack. You may not like the show, or value it as highly as I do but you have to admit it's a fucking juggernaut.
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You're a fan, so you should know Lynch wouldn't touch it, and that therefore it would be a botch job. And it would need more than his nominal imprimatur to do it right--Executive or Consulting Producer wouldn't cut it. Who else has dream logic down like him? This is a well-intentioned bad idea.
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it would be totally great to watch if Lynch/Frost took it on. other showrunners? then no point.
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MNG and DanielKurland. Thanks for answering my question. There's still a lot of mystery surrounding Judy. For instance, in FWWM in the one dream sequence there is a close up of a monkey who whispers, 'Judy." And in the scene with David Bowie's character, Jeffries, he says, "We're not gonna talk about Judy. No, we're not gonna talk about Judy at all!" Do you think he's referring to Judy being trapped in the wooden nob, which I believe was on a chest of drawers?
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Do you even know when this show aired? If I'm 15 I would have to watch it in the womb and as an infant. Face it, people turned off Twin Peaks the moment we found out who killed Laura Palmer and the show nosedived. I didn't say that Heroes and TP were the exact same thing, I said they would have somewhat similar legacies and that TP gets bonus points for being much more innovative. Learn how to read.
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Twin Peaks was not a Spelling production which makes his article irrelvant and stupid. Herc update your article advising that you were wrong and 90210 and Melrose have nothing in common with TP. Idiot.
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Aug 06, 2009 12:49:01 PM CDT
I Don't Think The Word "Planning" and Lost Go Together
by aquatarkusman
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I know it's all personal opinions but the whole Lost vs Twin Peaks thing really is a non-starter. Aside from having an over-arching mythology and a central mystery they don't really have much similar. Despite my slavish love of Twin Peaks I agree somewhat with what jjwalrus said - completely right that there was no finish point planned. Lynch & Frost built it to carry on, it was intended to be a twist on the classic American soap. I think it's wrong just to think of Twin Peaks as a footnote & it's one of the reasons why Lost & Twin Peaks differ (and for that matter why Twin Peaks and all other programmes differ). Twin Peaks had the unique stand point of being created by an artist - even though Lynch is primarily known for films, he's originally (and still is) a painter - this is why there are so many unique images in his films and why the list of creators who someone put up wouldn't be able to do Twin Peaks right. He's America's best surrealist. It's why when Stabby wants to know why the monkey says 'Judy' you're asking a dead end question. A lot of Lynch's ideas come as a result of his meditation - you get images he feels are connected even if they don't seem to be consciously. His works are a lot about tone rather than story (see his working relationship with Badalamenti & his unique approach to sound in his works). The reason Twin Peaks isn't a footnote is because, I feel, TV falls in design vs. art parameter. Nearly every programme ever falls into a design category - something commissioned to occupy space between money making adverts/sell subscriptions. There is nothing wrong with this - it's produced some of the greatest fiction ever - the Prisoner/The Wire/Battlestar Galactica/Lost/The Avengers/Buffy, etc. etc. etc. And Twin Peaks is a product of this also. But it is design approached an artist - it's a comment on the medium of TV itself, it's why the one armed man from 'The Fugitive' is in the same world as characters named after Andy Griffith & Lucy from I Love Lucy. It's reality ebbs and flows with the melodrama of daytime soap. It's all these reasons why it's not a footnote and why a reproduction wouldn't work unless exactly the right approach was taken (and I'm not denying here that there weren't poor spots - there were).
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Unless Lynch is totally involved, this is a BAD idea. It just can't happen. As far as Judy goes, I believe she was supposed to be part of a TP Season 3 and was supposed to be Josie Packard's sister. But we're not going to talk about her at all.
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Dale was occupied by Bob at the end of the show.
I really, really doubt this will happen. Lynch has been adamant that Twin Peaks is "dead as a doornail" and he would never do something so inorganic. -
Enough with the classics being remade - you don't recreate brilliance and Lynch won't do it anway. Don't bring it up again, you fucker.
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that was supposedly written where Mulder and Scully go to Twin Peaks to find out what happend to their fellow FBI agent Dale Cooper. I remember hearing talk that they had approached Lynch to direct the 2 part episode, but network suits killed it because of contract disputes or something. If true, that's a shame.Woulda been killer.
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