Twin Peaks returns to television.

[billy_bob]

yeah iirc (big IF as im not sure now where i heard it) he really was shaken by the reviews for inland empire - i didnt realise he was so sensitive! You'd think with his rep and outsiderish tendencies he'd brush it off... no one likes bad reviews i guess. anyway i really enjoyed it

Yeah, when you see him interviewed he clearly does care very much how his work's received. Also if you watch the extras on the TP DVDs (I've got the Gold edition) where he's filmed talking to some of the cast, he quite obviously wants and needs to be liked by them. Hardly the Lars von Trier-style aloof puppet-master/auteur stereotype.

 

[ska invita]

yeah hes got a big soft underbelly too i think - the goofyness of his CIA boss in TP is testimony to that if nothing else

i guess there are also a lot of themes of innocence meeting the darkness in his work, and he firmly sides on the side of the innocent. nice guy basically

 

[mwgdrwg]

Posted these in the Cassettes thread, thought I'd post them here as I'm listening to this tape right now. "The Nightingale" ....still so moving after all these years.

 

[ska invita]

lyrics by DL

 

[Mogden]

Twin Peaks gold DVD set on amazon black friday deals at just gone 5pm today if you have no objections to their practices.

 

[ska invita]

Twin Peaks gold DVD set on amazon black friday deals at just gone 5pm today if you have no objections to their practices.

which of course we all do. fuck amazon

 

[mwgdrwg]

Coop's back!

 

[mwgdrwg]

David Lynch not directing. It's over, it's not Twin Peaks.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

FFS, what are Showtime playing at?

and

This'll kill it, I reckon some actors will walk now.

 

[Silva]

Ugh.

 

[Orang Utan]

Kind of glad really as I wasn't looking forward to being hugely disappointed.

 

[ska invita]

David Lynch not directing. It's over, it's not Twin Peaks.

he didnt direct the majority of the old ones either but yeah, thats shit news

hes not doing it because not enough money supposedly

 

[ska invita]

it needs to happen now for everything to be just right - this year is 25 years later ~ all the actors are 25 years older ~ i still really want it to happen

 

[Orang Utan]

It's a terrible thing, nostalgia.

 

[ska invita]

its not nostalgia as i just watched twin peaks for the first time last year ~ i just want more storyline to enjoy

 

[Belushi]

It's a terrible thing, nostalgia.

it was originally a medical diagnosis.

 

[Orang Utan]

its not nostalgia as i just watched twin peaks for the first time last year ~ i just want more storyline to enjoy

Hmm, it's still nostalgia that has fuelled all of this

 

[ska invita]

it was never going to be a rehash (im faithful) ~ Lynch hasnt made anything in a while now and it wouldve been a whole new project within the same world. Heres what a i wrote up thread:

Seriously, Lynch has never made a turkey - it won't be the old twin peaks it will something different and wonderful

*in fact some TP episodes were a bit lame in places - the ones Lynch directed (only 6) are in a different league - he's directing them all according to IMDB - i expect it will be better than the original!

it wouldve been brilliant... heres hoping the producers can find whatever silly money hes asking for

 

[butchersapron]

it was never going to be a rehash (im faithful) ~ Lynch hasnt made anything in a while now and it wouldve been a whole new project within the same world. Heres what a i wrote up thread:


it wouldve been brilliant... heres hoping the producers can find whatever silly money hes asking for

He's asking for money to make the thing the way he wants I.e for the show, not for his personal benefit.

 

[Orang Utan]

I'd rather he did something brand new. Doing something old for money < doing something new for art.

 

[Silva]

 

[Orang Utan]

Wow, Peggy Lipton hasn't aged at all.
Did you know her daughter is Ann from Parks & Recreation?

 

[butchersapron]

Wow, Peggy Lipton hasn't aged at all.
Did you know her daughter is Ann from Parks & Recreation?

She has aged. But backwards somehow.

 

[mwgdrwg]

The one armed man still freaks me out.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Wow, Peggy Lipton hasn't aged at all.
Did you know her daughter is Ann from Parks & Recreation?

And Ann's dad is Quincy Jones.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Well that's pretty much everyone except for Coop and the cast members who are no longer with us. Not looking good.

 

[elbows]

I didn't see Ray Wise in that video either.

Well well, I never knew that Peggy Lipton caused some dodgy political operators in charge of pension funds to implode!

edit - this one a better starting point: http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-04-29/columns/the-girlfriend-who-sparked-the-pension-scandal/2/
http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-12...lipton-affair-brings-down-another-mogul/full/

Frankly I'm utterly unsure how much Lynch really wants to direct anything these days, but without knowing more about the fallout with Showtime I can't really speculate down that avenue.

 

[ska invita]

Frankly I'm utterly unsure how much Lynch really wants to direct anything these days, but without knowing more about the fallout with Showtime I can't really speculate down that avenue.

he definitely had a wobble after Inland Empire but shirley he hasnt just had last minute stage fright on this?
i am quite curious what the financial issues are here ...who wants how much and for what..... the amount of money that gets thrown at tv series these days Id expect that this wouldnt be a sticking point

 

[elbows]

I suppose all my comment really means is that I was a bit surprised he agreed to do it in the first place, so I wasn't utterly stunned when he pulled out.

 

[elbows]

It sounds like his twitter announcement caught people off-guard and attempts are still being made to fix the situation.

http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/twin-peaks-david-lynch-showtime-1201469031/

There are a couple of details there about what the financial issues might have been.