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Twin Peaks Season 3 OT |25 Years Later...It Is Happening Again

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Sumio Mondo

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There's so many creepy characters/creatures and nasty characters in this season.

Black Lodge "alien" that escaped the box
Oil black ghost in jail (that probably possessed Hastings into killing people)
Creepy guy in the bar (Richard Horne? Jerry's son?)
BOB
Drugged up creep
The Casino owners (Belushi and Knepper)
Those people Dougie has annoyed
Sarah Palmer (dead eyed watching animals violently eating each other)
Dr. Jacoby
Coops Doppelgänger
The Arm's Evil Doppelgänger
"Philip Jeffries" on the phone (but not actually Philip Jeffries?)
"Mother" in the Black Lodge

I'm loving that aspect a lot. It's like Mark Frost and David Lynch just put in every idea for antagonists that they could think of. Makes me wonder how many of these will get explained and what they will all do next. And to think we're still yet to see certain residents of the Black Lodge again yet (The Jumping Man for instance).

I'm just soaking up this atmosphere like a sponge for this series and loving it.
 
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superfly

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Definitely going to be a link with insurance back to twin Peaks. The guy who is looking for Sherrif Truman in the first episode reappears in part 5 at lucky 7
 
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Flipyap

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I'm so envious of people who get to watch (and hear) Lynch direct. There better be a documentary crew involved in this production.
AmyCringeneck on Dugpa forums said:
Watching this scene be filmed was VERY interesting. Caleb was running up & down the parking lot, leaping in the air to give himself that red/ high look. When they pulled the car to the back of the diner lot, that's where we could really get a better view of what was going on. Here is a photo from the day the Becky scene was filmed; Lynch kneeled down beside Sefried; they talked quietly for a few minutes. He tilted his head, to show her what he wanted and where he wanted her to look. She did it and they got it in one take. The car is really moving down the street as she's tripping, and Lynch, et al, are following the trans am in a white van.

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SuperStiltzkin

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Flipyap said:
Caleb was running up & down the parking lot, leaping in the air to give himself that red/ high look.
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I wonder what part of this is Lynch and what part is Caleb Landry Jones. I know Jordan Peele said Caleb was a bit freaky to work with cause he's kind of one of those method acting actors.
 
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SuperStiltzkin

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robotrock said:
Where did Peele say this? Interested in seeing that.

wonder if caleb is a nice guy.
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It was in one of the interviews with Peele after the movie came out. I can't remember if it was a video or article. But he said Caleb was a nice dude and a real professional, just very intense sometimes on set and got really into his role. I'll need to track down the interview. But it wasn't a negative. He said he liked working with him if I recall.

EDIT: maybe it was a Daniel Kaluuya interview. I'm not sure now.
 
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Flipyap

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robotrock said:
David Lynch was giving his actors some directions? What a legend
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Cute. Lynch isn't just some random director. He doesn't explain much and often works with abstract moods. Everyone who works with him describes it as a unique experience.
Watching him direct is always fascinating and I wish there was more behind the stage material out there.
 
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VistraNorrez

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Rewatching part 5, and that scene where Coop gets the coffee, the soundtrack underneath is just percussion. It's like Coop is back just enough to get one piece of the score. Also, when he's drinking the coffee he is a bit more autonomous. He can walk on his own, even if it's just towards more coffee.
 
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InaudibleWhispa

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SuperStiltzkin said:
It was in one of the interviews with Peele after the movie came out. I can't remember if it was a video or article. But he said Caleb was a nice dude and a real professional, just very intense sometimes on set and got really into his role. I'll need to track down the interview. But it wasn't a negative. He said he liked working with him if I recall.

EDIT: maybe it was a Daniel Kaluuya interview. I'm not sure now.
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Yeah I recall Peele saying he was method too, I think it was on Fallon.
 
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Niraj

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Really liked the episode. Nice blend of lighter/funnier moments and more serious ones. Jane Adams really made me laugh with the off-color jokes about the corpse. Robert Knepper and Jim Belushi were seriously menacing, and I'm assuming we'll see Cooper back at the casino at some point. The scenes with the doppleganger Cooper were all really unsettling. I really like the choice to have the black contact lenses, really makes him seem devoid of warmth.

I'm laughing a lot at the Cooper/Dougie stuff (the part where he's facing everyone in the elevator was fucking hilarious), but there's that tinge of sadness as well since we know what Cooper was like, and it's hard to see him like this. The payoff for the Jacoby shovel painting was priceless, nice subversion of expectations there. The scene in the car with Amanda Seyfried I thought was really great, really gave me some Laura Palmer vibes. Oh, and had no idea that was Mike earlier in the episode until I saw the credits. Dude at the bar was a psycho, wonder what his exact relation is to the rest of the Hornes. Oh and the sheriff's wife, yikes.

Anyway, good episode. Really looking forward to Sunday.
 
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bounchfx

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brinstar said:
Personally, I'm quite enjoying how weird and plodding this is so far
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same, it's compelling as fuck

I'm surprised and not-so-surprised by how many people seem to be impatient as fuck. There's a lot to go, and a lot has happened so far too even if the pace isn't light speed. It gives us a lot more time to embrace and enjoy each of the moments presented.

probably going to rewatch ep 5 tonight to try to absorb more. I find this show strangely relaxing and nice to have on
 
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plagiarize

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It's weird seeing you guys not recognise the old cast for me, because I've seen a lot of them in person not that long ago so it doesn't take me any time. Not everyone is lucky enough to have had that experience. I instantly recognised Gary Herschburger (And that Chevy dealership actually). That scene was fantastic, as was the call back to it with Steven's "good feedback line.
 
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gun_haver

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Niraj said:
Really liked the episode. Nice blend of lighter/funnier moments and more serious ones. Jane Adams really made me laugh with the off-color jokes about the corpse. Robert Knepper and Jim Belushi were seriously menacing, and I'm assuming we'll see Cooper back at the casino at some point. The scenes with the doppleganger Cooper were all really unsettling. I really like the choice to have the black contact lenses, really makes him seem devoid of warmth.

I'm laughing a lot at the Cooper/Dougie stuff (the part where he's facing everyone in the elevator was fucking hilarious), but there's that tinge of sadness as well since we know what Cooper was like, and it's hard to see him like this. The payoff for the Jacoby shovel painting was priceless, nice subversion of expectations there. The scene in the car with Amanda Seyfried I thought was really great, really gave me some Laura Palmer vibes. Oh, and had no idea that was Mike earlier in the episode until I saw the credits. Dude at the bar was a psycho, wonder what his exact relation is to the rest of the Hornes. Oh and the sheriff's wife, yikes.

Anyway, good episode. Really looking forward to Sunday.
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Yeah the Twin Peaks location was really beefed up this episode. It's kind of funny how it is all staggering out like this - in a more conventional show, all the kids that were introduced in this episode, Shelly/Bobby/Norma etc and their current relationships, would all have been introduced up front to 'check in' before beginning to meander like it has, but this show is doing nothing in a conventional order. It's building something up and in this episode we saw how various threads related in unexpected ways, but at the same time it is also building a bigger picture.
 
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Sebastian Suola

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There's one thing that's irritating me right now.

Why is everyone calling Cooper Dougie? I mean on this forum, Neogaf. I understand why they do it in the series. But we know better! We know that Dougie is gone. He turned into a ball of gold! There ain't no Dougie no more.

Dale Cooper. That is the name of the character we are following. In the latest episode he was wearing green. He is not well. Dale Cooper. Not Dougie Jones.

Wheew. Finally got that off my chest ;)
 
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Kadayi

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The way I kind of read the whole Dougie thing is that Coop is for want of a better word is suffering from the worst case of PTSD. Effectively he's been trapped for 25 years in the black lodge, unable to really move or engage with anyone. Just simply forced to observe presumably without sleep. Albeit Coop is still in there, this isn't the sort of thing he's going to be able to recover from anytime soon. If anything I suspect that the lodge became his normal, which is why he's struggling to deal with reality.

I get it that it's frustrating, but at the same time I have to admire Lynch for committing to it, because in many ways to do otherwise would undermine the actual horror of what he's been through. Evil Coop robbed him of more than his name and his youth.
 
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Niraj

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plagiarize said:
It's weird seeing you guys not recognise the old cast for me, because I've seen a lot of them in person not that long ago so it doesn't take me any time. Not everyone is lucky enough to have had that experience. I instantly recognised Gary Herschburger (And that Chevy dealership actually). That scene was fantastic, as was the call back to it with Steven's "good feedback line.
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I was kicking myself, especially since I just watched the S2 finale and FWWM again last weekend, so it's not like his face wasn't fresh! Total "duh" moment.

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Yeah the Twin Peaks location was really beefed up this episode. It's kind of funny how it is all staggering out like this - in a more conventional show, all the kids that were introduced in this episode, Shelly/Bobby/Norma etc and their current relationships, would all have been introduced up front to 'check in' before beginning to meander like it has, but this show is doing nothing in a conventional order. It's building something up and in this episode we saw how various threads related in unexpected ways, but at the same time it is also building a bigger picture.
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Yeah, good point. It feels less forced the way they are cutting to various people/places, but you still also get that feeling of comfort from seeing the familiarity. I definitely did when I saw the diner. It's definitely interesting seeing what ties into what. I like how all these different places we've seen so far are clearly interrelated to a degree.

Sebastian Suola said:
There's one thing that's irritating me right now.

Why is everyone calling Cooper Dougie? I mean on this forum, Neogaf. I understand why they do it in the series. But we know better! We know that Dougie is gone. He turned into a ball of gold! There ain't no Dougie no more.

Dale Cooper. That is the name of the character we are following. In the latest episode he was wearing green. He is not well. Dale Cooper. Not Dougie Jones.

Wheew. Finally got that off my chest ;)
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He's Cooper, but for everyone else he's interacting with on the show, he's Dougie. I think we all know this though lol. Dougie's fun to say!
 
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BlueTsunami said:
Damn, some people get so irritated over someone digging something
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There's a little bit of a backlash going on, coming from people who aren't really David Lynch fans and didn't expect the show to be like this, or didn't know anything even about Twin Peaks but are generally fans of serial TV dramas.

So, these people are saying and suspecting that people who are enjoying the show aren't being genuine and merely want it to be good or seem smart/cool because they pretend to like it, as opposed to actually thinking that it is good and embracing how different it is. That's just part of the package with something like this - if this was a weird little film Lynch did, you wouldn't hear anything about this, but since it's a big bleugh 'IP' like Twin Peaks, you've got a different kind of audience coming in.
 
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plagiarize

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gun_haver said:
There's a little bit of a backlash going on, coming from people who aren't really David Lynch fans and didn't expect the show to be like this, or didn't know anything even about Twin Peaks but are generally fans of serial TV dramas.

So, these people are saying and suspecting that people who are enjoying the show aren't being genuine and merely want it to be good or seem smart/cool because they pretend to like it, as opposed to actually thinking that it is good and embracing how different it is. That's just part of the package with something like this - if this was a weird little film Lynch did, you wouldn't hear anything about this, but since it's a big bleugh 'IP' like Twin Peaks, you've got a different kind of audience coming in.
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I haven't seen that here though. Am I overlooking it?
 
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Emperor_Uriel

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gun_haver said:
There's a little bit of a backlash going on, coming from people who aren't really David Lynch fans and didn't expect the show to be like this, or didn't know anything even about Twin Peaks but are generally fans of serial TV dramas.
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I've seen seasons 1 & 2 and FWWM, and I'd be pissed too if this were a standard 12-13 episode season. With 18 episodes, there's bound to be some slow bits. If Cooper is still a dribbling dummy in episode 10, and none of the intrigue established thus far has been capitalized on, then the complaints will be more justified.
 
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Permanently A

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Thus far I'm not really enjoying it. Seems too far removed from the original Twin Peaks and scenes tend to drag on too long for no reason. I will continue to watch of course, but so far the third season doesn't have any of the charm that the first two did.
 
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Dynamite Shikoku

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After being pretty disappointed with the first 4 episodes, I liked episode 5 quite a bit more. Feels like its gaining a bit of pace now. Feels like 18 episodes won't be enough though.
 
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Mauddib

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So I haven't seen this idea floated around anywhere, but this season of Twin Peaks feels like a parody of mystery drama series like Lost and GoT the same way Season 1 of Twin Peaks was a parody of soap operas.

Any thoughts?
 
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Mauddib said:
So I haven't seen this idea floated around anywhere, but this season of Twin Peaks feels like a parody of mystery drama series like Lost and GoT the same way Season 1 of Twin Peaks was a parody of soap operas.

Any thoughts?
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I don't think this version of Twin Peaks has that kind of intertextual stuff in mind. It's just telling its own story, using its own formal elements. I'm sure David Lynch is influenced by a number of things, but none of it feels like a direct take on any kind of genre. So nah, in my opinion that one isn't a go-er.
 
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Flipyap

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Andrea Leal - Mandie
Amie Shiels - Candie
Giselle Damier - Sandie
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Oh geez, that's Amy Shiels! It's pretty fun watching these early predictions implode.
She got so much press, and with her doing voice work on the audiobook, it seemed like everyone expected her to have a sizable role. Even right before the premiere we were getting articles confidently stating that she's the only new addition to appear in all 18 parts.

...well, I guess it still could end up being an important character (which would be the best because this trio pretty much stole the show).
 
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Intheflorsh

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anaron said:
There's nothing wrong with digging something but it's another to have to endure countless thinkpieces about the dude across the internet and how "you just don't understand!"
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Is someone forcing you to read these thinkpieces or something? Sounds rough man.
 
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tamaster92

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Started watching the first episode after reading up a bit, it seemed like my kind of weird

But oh my gosh is it more gory and scary than I expected 0.0 not my cup of tea sadly
 
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