Dear Escapist friends,
After more than 25 year the cult television show Twin Peaks is going to get a long awaited continuation. So, for those of you not familiar with Twin Peaks, let's start with the basics:
What is Twin Peaks and why should I care?
Twin Peaks was a short lived but rather influential television series from the early 90s. It was an unusual blend of genres about an eccentric but lovable FBI agent investigating the murder of a popular high school girl in a small lumbering town in the american pacific northwest. During these investigations he's not only confronted with the towns criminal underbelly but also the supernatural powers that seem to have great influence of the town and its people. When I say it was influential I really mean it. The blend of police procedural and supernatural mysticism in the first season of True Detective? That's inspired by Twin Peaks. The contrast between almost comically quaint small town life and gritty crime and personal intrigue from Fargo? That's inspired by Twin Peaks. The weird, surrealist dream sequences on the Sopranos? You bet that's inspired by Twin Peaks.
Twin Peaks was the brainchild of Mark Frost and David Lynch. Despite Twin Peaks being my favourite television show I still have not much of an idea who Mark Frost is. He's a guy who's been involved in american television for a while now. Also, he was a writer on the older Fantastic Four movies. But let's not hold that against him. Let's rather talk about the other guy: David Lynch.
Who's David Lynch?
The old dude in my avatar. David Lynch is an american... artist. When I say he's an artist I mean he's a painter, a musician, a playwright, an author and, most famously, a movie director. He's also a mildly crazy person which becomes pretty clear if you've seen... basically any of his movies. His most famous ones include his debut, 1978s smash hit family comedy Eraserhead (Jokes aside though, look it up. There's no way I could describe it that'd do it justice.), the Oscar nominated drama The Elephant Man and a lot of other stuff, most of which was weird and artsy. He's one of Hollywoods very own auteurs, a strange man making strange movies, most of them very good. His last one, Inland Empire, was made 10 years ago which marks the continuation of Twin Peaks as kind of a comeback for him. Lynch was directing and editing every single episode of Twin Peak's new season which means... we might be in for quite a ride.
So what is the new season gonna be about?
Fucked if I knew. The original show ended prematurely, means a lot of plot threads were left open. I'm not gonna talk about the ending in case people are watching it now for the first time but there are alot of ways the show can go from there. Now, Lynch was never exactly big on providing conclusive answers so I'm not expecting any but what we do know is that the show's probably gonna pick up 25 years after the old one ended and is probably gonna be quite different in both content and scale. What that means I couldn't possibly tell you but I'm gonna go ahead and assume it's gonna have a lot of surprises in store, even for fans of the original two seasons. Doesn't help that the marketing so far has been a fairly minimalistic affair. Here's the closest thing to a trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsdRG0mJj-w
it sure is something.
So, for those unfamiliar with Twin Peaks: Why the hell haven't you watched Twin Peaks yet? 's pretty good. For those who are familiar with it: What are your hopes, fears and expectations for the new season? Has Dave Lynch still got it? Is it future or is it past?
After more than 25 year the cult television show Twin Peaks is going to get a long awaited continuation. So, for those of you not familiar with Twin Peaks, let's start with the basics:
What is Twin Peaks and why should I care?
Twin Peaks was a short lived but rather influential television series from the early 90s. It was an unusual blend of genres about an eccentric but lovable FBI agent investigating the murder of a popular high school girl in a small lumbering town in the american pacific northwest. During these investigations he's not only confronted with the towns criminal underbelly but also the supernatural powers that seem to have great influence of the town and its people. When I say it was influential I really mean it. The blend of police procedural and supernatural mysticism in the first season of True Detective? That's inspired by Twin Peaks. The contrast between almost comically quaint small town life and gritty crime and personal intrigue from Fargo? That's inspired by Twin Peaks. The weird, surrealist dream sequences on the Sopranos? You bet that's inspired by Twin Peaks.
Twin Peaks was the brainchild of Mark Frost and David Lynch. Despite Twin Peaks being my favourite television show I still have not much of an idea who Mark Frost is. He's a guy who's been involved in american television for a while now. Also, he was a writer on the older Fantastic Four movies. But let's not hold that against him. Let's rather talk about the other guy: David Lynch.
Who's David Lynch?
The old dude in my avatar. David Lynch is an american... artist. When I say he's an artist I mean he's a painter, a musician, a playwright, an author and, most famously, a movie director. He's also a mildly crazy person which becomes pretty clear if you've seen... basically any of his movies. His most famous ones include his debut, 1978s smash hit family comedy Eraserhead (Jokes aside though, look it up. There's no way I could describe it that'd do it justice.), the Oscar nominated drama The Elephant Man and a lot of other stuff, most of which was weird and artsy. He's one of Hollywoods very own auteurs, a strange man making strange movies, most of them very good. His last one, Inland Empire, was made 10 years ago which marks the continuation of Twin Peaks as kind of a comeback for him. Lynch was directing and editing every single episode of Twin Peak's new season which means... we might be in for quite a ride.
So what is the new season gonna be about?
Fucked if I knew. The original show ended prematurely, means a lot of plot threads were left open. I'm not gonna talk about the ending in case people are watching it now for the first time but there are alot of ways the show can go from there. Now, Lynch was never exactly big on providing conclusive answers so I'm not expecting any but what we do know is that the show's probably gonna pick up 25 years after the old one ended and is probably gonna be quite different in both content and scale. What that means I couldn't possibly tell you but I'm gonna go ahead and assume it's gonna have a lot of surprises in store, even for fans of the original two seasons. Doesn't help that the marketing so far has been a fairly minimalistic affair. Here's the closest thing to a trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsdRG0mJj-w
it sure is something.
So, for those unfamiliar with Twin Peaks: Why the hell haven't you watched Twin Peaks yet? 's pretty good. For those who are familiar with it: What are your hopes, fears and expectations for the new season? Has Dave Lynch still got it? Is it future or is it past?
