The only thing that ISN'T a metaphor is, surprisingly, the cherry pie.

[the_deep_magic]

So I finished watching Twin Peaks last night and then watched Fire Walk With Me tonight.  Back in college, I bought the VHS tapes on eBay (yes, DVDs were a thing back then, but they hadn't really started releasing whole TV shows yet) and my roommate and I watched the first season and a half but got busy-slash-lost interest after they revealed Laura Palmer's killer.  We didn't even get to the episodes with David Duchovny in drag, which, what the hell, past-me?  But, as I was aware, it all pretty much went pear-shaped after that.  (Dear Heroes: you want to see a real train wreck?  I'll show you a fuckin' train wreck.  With a Log Lady.)

I can see why people were so disappointed with Fire Walk With Me: they wanted answers to what the hell happened on the last (cliffhanger) episode of the TV show, and they got the equivalent of the Star Wars prequels -- very little in the way of tension because you know how it ends.  And in this case, you also pretty much know how it starts.  Only there's less Jar Jar Binks and more creamed corn (which, I shit you not, is a literal representation of pain and sorrow called garmonbozia)(eat your heart out, Heroes writers).

Anyway, I know absolutely zero people care about this and, hell, I was only 7 when it first aired, but that was truly a different time.  I am still in awe of the fact that this shit aired on network TV.  Now you can't get anything greenlighted that isn't a reality show, a procedural drama, or a Modern Family rip-off.  Such sad, bland times...

Comments

[eefreeboo.livejournal.com]

I watched Twin Peaks through to the bitter end first time around - as with Heroes the first season was truly gripping & intriguing (& I was very proud that I guessed early on that it was Leyland) but it badly lost its way after that. At least they did cancel it straight away though, unlike now when they let things limp on tortuously.

I didn't see Fire Walk with me until quite a while after it came out but remember quite enjoying it. I think I'd forgotten enough about the original series by then to not see all the holes.

I started watching the first season again when I signed up to netflix a few months back so must go back to it at some point. For all is problems it was such a unique show & I have fond memories if its good parts (that bit where you first see Bob in the mirror was terrifying!) so tend to look at it through a rosey haze.

[asya-ana.livejournal.com]

Ugh. The ecstasy of Twin Peaks; the disappointment at the end. I think I inhaled the entire thing in 2 weeks of sleepless nights in college. They were amazing nights. This was also the time I watched the Matrix. So amazing, so much innocence ::sobs:: I wanted so much more. If I had known about fandom then, I would have been a goner. IT CAN NEVER BE THAT GOOD AGAIN.

[leopardchic79.livejournal.com]

What I remember most about Fire Walk With Me was the midget talking about green Formica tables. And then my memory kinda morphs into the Who Shot Mr. Burns episode of the Simpsons w/ the Twin Peaks moment. ("Did you have the same backwards talking dream with the flaming cards?!")

[the-deep-magic.livejournal.com]

Well, I guess Heroes was still making money up to the end. But there does seem to be a trend of either canning things right out of the gate or letting them drag on waaaaaay past expiration date.

With FWWM, it wasn't so much plot holes as things that had already pretty much been revealed in the course of the show. I think if they were going to do a backstory on Laura, they should have gone farther back than just the week before her death.

It was definitely a unique show! But I don't think David Lynch and company really understood how to extend a story like that and still keep enough viewers to make the network happy. Honestly, I don't know if anybody could. But, yeah, up until the Big Reveal, it was a hell of a show.

[the-deep-magic.livejournal.com]

I believe that, within our lifetimes, the reality show thing will run itself into the ground and hopefully make people realize that trying things that stray from approved formulas is actually valuable. I MUST HOLD ON TO THAT HOPE.

[the-deep-magic.livejournal.com]

Ha ha, of all the things, THAT'S what your mind latched on to? ;o)

Aw, man, now I need to go back and watch that Simpsons episode...

[leopardchic79.livejournal.com]

I know, right? Green formica. lol ;)